Among the generation of conductors born after the end of WWII, Claus Peter Flor has enjoyed an especially varied career, conducting many of the world's foremost orchestras, leading important opera productions, serving several major orchestras in an ongoing capacity, and frequently recording. As principal guest conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, he has been afforded both a steady relationship with a leading orchestra and the time toRead more pursue the numerous other projects offered him. After violin studies in Weimar and Leipzig, Flor trained in conducting first with Rolf Reuter, then with Rafael Kubelik and Kurt Sanderling. Following a variety of guest assignments, Flor was appointed chief director of the Suhl Philharmonic and, not long thereafter, general music director of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra. In 1988, he appeared for the first time with the Berlin Philharmonic, receiving a subsequent invitation to return. From 1991 to 1994, Flor was engaged as principal guest conductor of London's Philharmonia Orchestra while simultaneously holding the position of artistic advisor with the Tonhalle-Orchestre Zürich. The latter post continued until 1996. Following that, Flor was appointed principal guest conductor of the Dallas Symphony. In addition to his appointments, Flor has regularly appeared before such European orchestras as Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Rotterdam Philharmonic, the Orchestre de Paris, and the Vienna Symphony while also conducting such American ensembles as the Los Angeles Philharmonic (United States debut), the Boston Symphony, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the Houston Symphony, the Minnesota Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony, and the Pittsburgh Symphony. Opera engagements have taken him to Berlin (both the Staatsoper and the Deutsche Oper), Brussels, Cologne, Dresden, Hamburg, Munich, and Paris. In the latter city, he led a concert performance of Wagner's Rienzi during the 2001 - 2002 season. Dallas Opera chose him to conduct a 2003 production of La bohčme. Most of Flor's recordings have been made for RCA/BMG Classics. Among the most noteworthy are his Martinu symphonies, Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10, and miscellaneous works by Weber, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Haydn, and Zemlinsky. A curiosity, Bruch's oratorio Moses was released by Orfeo to positive reviews. Read less
Label: Sony
Catalog: 88697748652
Release Date: 09/25/2015
Number of Discs: 1
Composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach,
George Frideric Handel,
Franz Joseph Haydn,
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Performer:
Steve Davislim,
Simone [Soprano Vocal] Kermes,
Johannes Mannov,
Keith Lewis
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Conductor:
Helmuth Rilling,
Nikolaus Harnoncourt,
Martin Neary,
Thomas Hengelbrock
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Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stuttgart Bach Collegium,
Concentus Musicus Wien,
Balthasar-Neumann Ensemble
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Label: Rca Victor Red Seal
Catalog: 68111
Release Date: 08/31/2012
Number of Discs: 1
Composer:
Alexander von Zemlinsky
Performer:
Luba Orgonasova,
Bo Skovhus,
Helmut Deutsch
Conductor:
Claus Peter Flor
Orchestra/Ensemble:
North German Radio Symphony Orchestra
Label: Berlin Classics
Catalog: 300347
Release Date: 06/12/2012
Number of Discs: 3
Composer:
Dmitri Shostakovich,
Franz Joseph Haydn,
Claude Debussy,
Albert Lortzing
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Performer:
Peter Rösel,
Hans Sotin,
Georgine Resick,
Gerhard Erber
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Conductor:
Claus Peter Flor,
Hartmut Haenchen,
Bernhard Klee,
Kurt Masur
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Label: Berlin Classics
Catalog: 300204
Release Date: 04/12/2011
Number of Discs: 3
Composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Peter Schreier,
Theo Adam,
Helena Doese,
Igor Oistrakh
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Conductor:
Franz Konwitschny,
Herbert Blomstedt,
Heinrich Schiff,
Günther Herbig
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Label: Berlin Classics
Catalog: 300104
Release Date: 10/12/2010
Number of Discs: 2
Composer:
Léon Boëllmann,
Max Reger,
Ludwig van Beethoven,
George Enescu
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Performer:
Michael Pohl,
Dieter Zechlin,
Günter Kootz,
Jan Vogler
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Conductor:
Heinz Bongartz,
Heinz Rögner,
Gerhart Wiesenhütter,
Herbert Kegel
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Orchestra/Ensemble:
Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra,
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra,
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
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Label: Berlin Classics
Catalog: 300085
Release Date: 09/14/2010
Number of Discs: 1
Composer:
Claude Debussy,
Albert Lortzing,
Sergei Prokofiev,
Dmitri Shostakovich
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Performer:
Peter Rösel,
Hans Sotin,
Georgine Resick,
Gerhard Erber
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Conductor:
Bernhard Klee,
Kurt Masur,
Claus Peter Flor,
Hartmut Haenchen
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Label: Berlin Classics
Catalog: 184262
Release Date: 08/12/2008
Number of Discs: 2
Composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Theo Adam,
Ursula Zollenkopf,
Ingeborg Wenglor,
Hans-Joachim Rotzsch
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Conductor:
Franz Konwitschny,
Claus Peter Flor
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra,
Leipzig Radio Chorus,
Berlin Symphony Orchestra
Label: Berlin Classics
Catalog: 1281
Release Date: 03/04/2008
Number of Discs: 2
Composer:
Robert Schumann,
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky,
Ludwig van Beethoven,
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Peter Rösel,
Annerose Schmidt
Conductor:
Kurt Masur,
Claus Peter Flor
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra,
Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra,
Berlin Symphony Orchestra
Label: Rca Victor Red Seal
Catalog: 60119
Release Date: 01/11/2008
Number of Discs: 1
Composer:
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky,
Mikhail Glinka,
Jean Sibelius,
Franz Liszt
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Conductor:
Claus Peter Flor
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Symphony Orchestra