Carlo Maria Giulini
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Carlo Maria Giulini (May 9, 1914 – June 14, 2005) was an Italian conductor.
Born in Barletta, he studied the viola and conducting at the Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome.
He worked at Milan Radio from 1946 to 1951, where he revived several obscure operas, including works by Alessandro Scarlatti. Arturo Toscanini heard a production of Joseph Haydn's Il mondo della luna; this led to him recommending Giulini for the musical directorship at La Scala, where Giulini remained from 1953 to 1956. In 1958, he conducted a highly acclaimed production of Giuseppe Verdi's Don Carlos at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, but from 1967 he largely abandoned opera, concentrating on orchestral works. He conducted the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra of London. From 1978 to 1984, he was principal conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In 1982 he returned to opera, conducting Verdi's Falstaff
His legendary recordings include Verdi (Don Carlos), Fauré (Requiem), Bruckner (Symphony No. 8 and No. 9), Tchaikovsky (Symphony No. 6), Schubert (Symphony No. 8 and No. 9), Mahler (Symphony No. 1, No. 4, and No. 9) and Dvorak (Symphony No. 7 and No. 9) to name a few.
On various bulletin boards, his recordings have scored most stars (4 or 5 out of 5 total) for his recorded repertoire.de:Carlo Maria Giulini fr:Carlo Maria Giulini it:Carlo Maria Giulini ja:カルロ・マリア・ジュリーニ lb:Carlo Maria Giulini