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Heinrich Schiff

vc, *1951 AT, Gmunden
Musician / Conductor of Classical

Heinrich Schiff (born 18 November 1951, in Gmunden, Austria) is an Austrian cellist and conductor. He studied cello with Tobias Kühne and André Navarra and made his solo debut in Vienna and London in 1971. He studied conducting with Hans Swarovsky,[clarification needed] and made his conducting debut in 1986.Schiff was Artistic Director of the Northern Sinfonia from 1990 to 1996, and recorded with them for the NMC label. He also held chief conductorships with the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra in Copenhagen, Denmark(1996–2000), and the Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur.

     
Instruments
  • Violoncello
  • Piano
Genres
  • Classical
  • Jazz
Plays With
Aci Bertoncelj
Wiener Bläserensemble
Mirring Quartet
Popular Tracks   
Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 107: 1. Allegretto on Shostakovich: Cello Concertos Nos.1 & 2 by Dmitri Shostakovich, Heinrich Schiff, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Maxim Shostakovich
Valse sentimentale, Op. 51, No. 6 on Tchaikovsky for the day by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Concerto grosso no.1 (1976-77): 2. Toccata: Allegro on Schnittke: Concerto grosso No.1; Quasi una sonata; Moz-Art à la Haydn by Alfred Schnittke, Chamber Orchestra of Europe & Heinrich Schiff
Liebesleid - Arr. for Cello and Piano: Liebeslied on Romantic Cello by Alexander Borodin, Edward Elgar & Julian Lloyd Webber
Cello Sonata in E minor, RV 40: 4. Allegro on Ton Koopman - A Portrait by Antonio Vivaldi, Ton Koopman & Arcangelo Corelli
String Quintet In C Major, D.956: 2. Adagio on Schubert: String Quintet in C op. posth.163 D956 / Beethoven: Great Fugue in B flat major by Franz Schubert & Hagen Quartett
Cello Concerto No. 2, Op. 126: 1. Largo on Shostakovich: Cello Concertos Nos.1 & 2 by Dmitri Shostakovich, Heinrich Schiff, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Maxim Shostakovich
Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 5, No. 3: 3. Affettuoso on Ton Koopman - A Portrait by Antonio Vivaldi, Ton Koopman & Arcangelo Corelli
Rachmaninoff: Rachmaninov: Sonata in G Minor for Cello & Piano, Op. 19: 3. Andante on Relaxing Rachmaninov by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Cantabile, MS.109 on Romantic Cello by Alexander Borodin, Edward Elgar & Julian Lloyd Webber

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Hommage à Heinrich SchiffHeinrich Schiff2017Compil.
String Quintet / String Quartet No. 12Franz Schubert – Hagen Quartett, Heinrich Schiff2015Compil.
Symphony-Concerto For Cello & Orchestra / Symphony No.7Sergei Prokofiev / Heinrich Schiff, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, André Previn2012Album
Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - Violin ConcertoJoseph Haydn, Heinrich Schiff, Pinchas Zukerman, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner2012Compil.
Konzert Für Violoncello Und Orchester / Kammersymphonie In Einem SatzFriedrich Cerha / Franz Schreker - Heinrich Schiff / Radio Kamerorkest / Peter Eötvös2007Album
Arthur Honegger / Bohuslav Martinů / Johann Sebastian Bach / Matthias Pintscher / Maurice RavelFrank Peter Zimmermann / Heinrich Schiff - Arthur Honegger / Bohuslav Martinů / Johann Sebastian Bach / Matthias Pintscher / Maurice Ravel2006Album
Falstaff/Cello Concerto/Romance For Bassoon/Smoking CantataSir Edward Elgar, Hallé Orchestra, Mark Elder, Heinrich Schiff2006Compil.
Violin Concertos • Cello ConcertosJoseph Haydn - Christian Tetzlaff, Truls Mørk, Northern Sinfonia, Heinrich Schiff, Det Norske Kammerorkester, Iona Brown2005Compil.
Cellokonzerte - ÉlégieCamille Saint-Saëns, Édouard Lalo, Gabriel Fauré, Heinrich Schiff, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras2004Album
Piano Quartet No. 2, Op. 26 / String Quintet No. 2, Op. 87Johannes Brahms / Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Isabelle Faust, Stefan Fehlandt, Gustav Rivinius, Hartmut Rohde, Heinrich Schiff, Christian Tetzlaff, Lars Vogt2004Album
Falstaff • Cello Concerto • Romance For Bassoon • Smoking CantataSir Edward Elgar – Hallé Orchestra, Mark Elder, Heinrich Schiff2004Compil.
Kammersymphonie / ViolinkonzertFranz Schreker / Ernst Krenek - Musikkollegium Winterthur, Hanna Weinmeister, Heinrich Schiff2004Album
Revolutions Of The PastWitold Lutoslawski, Claude Debussy, Anton Webern / Bruno Weinmeister, Heinrich Schiff, Stefan Veselka2003Album
Violin Concertos / Rondo In CChristian Tetzlaff, Northern Sinfonia, Heinrich Schiff - Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart2002Album
Triple Concerto / Piano Concerto No. 3Ludwig van Beethoven - Christian Zacharias, Ulf Hoelscher, Heinrich Schiff, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden, Kurt Masur, Hans Vonk2001Album
Cello Concertos Don Quixote Symphony-ConcertoHeinrich Schiff - Antonín Dvořák, Robert Schumann, Richard Strauss, Sergei Prokofiev2001Album
Die Werke Für Cello Und KlavierLudwig Van Beethoven2000Album
The Sonatas For Cello And PianoJohannes Brahms - Heinrich Schiff, Gerhard Oppitz1997Album
Cellokonzert h-moll - Syphonie Nr. 9 "Aus der Neuen Welt"Antonín Dvořák, Heinrich Schiff, Concertgebouworkest, Sir Colin Davis, Antal Dorati1997Compil.
Doppelkonzert - HorntrioJohannes Brahms – Frank Peter Zimmermann, Heinrich Schiff, Marie Luise Neunecker, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch1997Album
String Quartets 13-15 / "Trout" Quintet / String QuintetFranz Schubert - Alban Berg Quartett, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Georg Hörtnagel, Heinrich Schiff1997Compil.
Mosaic: Piano ConcertosHenryk Górecki • Sofia Gubaidulina • Galina Ustvolskaya • Georgs Pelēcis - Alexei Lubimov, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Heinrich Schiff1996Album
Beethoven Op 97 "Archduke" / Brahms Op 8Ludwig van Beethoven • Johannes Brahms • Viktoria Mullova • Heinrich Schiff • André Previn1995Album
Cello Concerto - "New World" SymphonyAntonín Dvořák, Heinrich Schiff, Concertgebouworkest, Sir Colin Davis, Antal Dorati1994Compil.
String Quintet, Great Fugue Op.133Franz Schubert, Ludwig van Beethoven, Hagen Quartett, Heinrich Schiff1994Album
Cello ConcertosWillem Pijper, Henriëtte Bosmans, Hans Kox, Leo Smit – Heinrich Schiff, Dmitri Ferschtman, Quirine Viersen, Pieter Wispelwey, Radio Kamerorkest / Ed Spanjaard1994Album
Chopin Piano ConcertosFrédéric Chopin - Nikolai Demidenko, The Philharmonia, Heinrich Schiff1994Album
ConcertosBernd Alois Zimmermann - Heinrich Schiff, Heinz Holliger, Håkan Hardenberger, Sinfonieorchester Des Südwestfunks, Michael Gielen1993Album
Cello ConcertoAntonín Dvořák - Heinrich Schiff, Wiener Philharmoniker, André Previn1993Album
Symphonies 29 & 40, Eine Kleine NachtmusikWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Northern Sinfonia, Heinrich Schiff1992Album
Konzert Für Klavier Und Orchester Nr. 5 In Es-Dur, Op. 73 / Konzert Für Violoncello Und BlasorchesterLudwig van Beethoven - Friedrich Gulda / Heinrich Schiff / Münchner Philharmoniker1992Album
6 Sonate Per Violincello E BassoAntonio Vivaldi, Francesco Geminiani, Heinrich Schiff, Ton Koopman1992Album
Chamber Music • KammermusikAlfred Schnittke, Gidon Kremer, Tabea Zimmermann, Heinrich Schiff1992Album
Saint-Saens . Lalo Concertos Pour Violoncelle . Faure: ElegieHeinrich Schiff, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras1991Album
Concerto Grosso Nr. 1 · Quasi Una Sonata · Moz-Art À La HaydnAlfred Schnittke - Gidon Kremer, Tatiana Grindenko, Yuri Smirnov, The Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Heinrich Schiff1990Album
Cello ConcertosAntonín Dvořák - Sir Edward Elgar - Heinrich Schiff1990Album
"Der Schwan" und andere Cello-HitsHeinrich Schiff1989Album
Concierto Para Violonchelo Y Orquesta, Número 1, Opus 107 - Concierto Para Violonchelo Y Orquesta Número 2, Opus 126Dmitri Shostakovich - Heinrich Schiff, Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Maxim Shostakovich1989Album
Encore!Heinrich Schiff1989Album
Sonate Op. 40 / Grave / Slowakische VariationenDmitri Shostakovich / Witold Lutoslawski / Bohuslav Martinů - Heinrich Schiff, Aci Bertoncelj1988Album
Cello Concertos Cellokonzerte 1&2Joseph Haydn, Heinrich Schiff, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner1988Album
Cellokonzerte / Cello Concertos No 1 & 2Henri Vieuxtemps / Heinrich Schiff, Sir Neville Marriner, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart1987Album
Konzert Für Violoncello Und Blasorchester / Concerto For UrsulaFriedrich Gulda / Heinrich Schiff / Ursula Anders1986Compil.
Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata "Vocalise" - Dvorak: Polonaise - Sibelius: "Malinconia"Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Jean Sibelius, Antonín Dvořák, Heinrich Schiff, Elisabeth Leonskaja1985Album
Cello Concertos Nos. 1&2Dmitri Shostakovich, Heinrich Schiff, Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Maxim Shostakovich1985Album
Tripelkonzert • Triple Concerto / Violinromanzen • Violin Romances Nos. 1 & 2Ludwig van Beethoven - Christian Zacharias • Ulf Hoelscher • Heinrich Schiff • Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur1985Album
Cello-Suiten = Cello-Suites Nos. 1-6Johann Sebastian Bach, Heinrich Schiff1985Album
5 Cello ConcertosAntonio Vivaldi - Heinrich Schiff, Iona Brown, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields1984Album
Cockaigne Op. 40; Introduction and Allegro Op. 47Sir Edward Elgar - Heinrich Schiff, Sir Neville Marriner, Staatskapelle Dresden1983Album
Brahms - Klaviertrio H-Dur Op. 8Christian Zacharias, Ulf Hoelscher, Heinrich Schiff1983Album
Quintett C-DurFranz Schubert - Alban Berg Quartett, Heinrich Schiff1983Album
Brahms: Klarinetten-Trio / Beethoven: Gassenhauer-TrioJohannes Brahms : Ludwig van Beethoven : Sabine Meyer, Rudolf Buchbinder, Heinrich Schiff1983Compil.
Concerti Per Violino, Sinfonia ConcertanteEnglish Chamber Orchestra, Salvatore Accardo1981Album
Concerti Per Violino - Sinfonia ConcertanteJoseph Haydn, Salvatore Accardo, Heinrich Schiff, Bruno Canino, Neil Black, Graham Sheen, English Chamber Orchestra1981Album
Cellokonzert / WaldesruheAntonín Dvořák, Heinrich Schiff, Concertgebouworkest, Sir Colin Davis1981Album
Konzert Für Violoncello Und Blasorchester / Variationen Über „Ein Mädchen Oder Weibchen“ Für Klavier Und Violoncello, Op. 66Friedrich Gulda / Ludwig van Beethoven – Heinrich Schiff, Wiener Bläserensemble1981Album
Konzert Für Violine, Violoncello Und Orchester A-moll Op.102Johannes Brahms - Salvatore Accardo, Heinrich Schiff, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur1980Album
Doppelkonzert - Haydn VariationenJohannes Brahms - Salvatore Accardo / Heinrich Schiff / Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Conducted By Kurt Masur1979Album
Concertos pour violoncelleCamille Saint-Saëns · Gabriel Fauré · Édouard Lalo - Heinrich Schiff · Sir Charles Mackerras, New Philharmonia Orchestra1976Album
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