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Herbert Blomstedt

*1927 SE, Springfield, Massachusetts
Conductor of Classical

Swedish-American conductor, born 11 July 1927 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. Music Director or Principal Conductor of the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra (1954–62), Oslo Filharmoniske Orkester (1962–68), Danmarks Radios Symfoniorkester (1967–77), Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester (1977–82), Dresdner Staatskapelle (1975–85), The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (1985–95), NDR Sinfonieorchester (1996–98) and Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (1998–2005).

     
Genres
  • Classical
  • Soundtrack
  • Jazz
Plays With
Danmarks Radios Symfoniorkester
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
NDR Sinfonieorchester
Norrköping Symphony Orchestra
Oslo Filharmoniske Orkester
Staatskapelle Dresden
Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester
The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Band Members
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Symphony No. 2; SerenadeWilhelm Stenhammar, Göteborgs Symfoniker, Herbert Blomstedt2018Album
Symphonien Nr. 40 & 41Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks : Herbert Blomstedt2018Album
Triple Concerto / Symphony No. 5Ludwig van Beethoven, Herbert Blomstedt, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Isabelle Faust, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Martin Helmchen2017Single
Ludwig Van Beethoven - The Complete ConcertsLudwig van Beethoven, Herbert Blomstedt, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig2017Album
Sinfonie nr. 3 Sinfonie nr. 4 Die TragischeFranz Schubert, Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt2014Album
The San Francisco YearsHerbert Blomstedt2014Album
Complete Symphonies • Aladdin Suite • MaskaradeCarl Nielsen, Herbert Blomstedt, Ulf Schirmer, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, DR RadioSymfoniOrkestret2014Compil.
Symphonies, Overtures, Piano Concertos, Clarinet ConcertosCarl Maria von Weber, Emma Johnson, Peter Rösel, Herbert Blomstedt, Sir Neville Marriner, Marek Janowski2013Compil.
Complete SymphoniesFranz Schubert, Herbert Blomstedt, Staatskapelle Dresden2013Album
Sinfonie Nr. 4 Es-Dur ("Romantische")Anton Bruckner - Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Herbert Blomstedt2012Album
Sinfonie Nr. 3 d-MollAnton Bruckner, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Herbert Blomstedt2011Album
Sinfonie Nr. 5 B-DurAnton Bruckner - Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Herbert Blomstedt2010Album
Mozart Symphony No.35 / Dvořák Symphony No.8Herbert Blomstedt, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Antonín Dvořák2010Compil.
The Symphonies Vol.IV (Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8)Ludwig van Beethoven, Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt2007Album
Sinfonie Nr. 7 E-DurAnton Bruckner, Herbert Blomstedt, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig2007Album
Mozart Concert AriasEdda Moser, Jeanette Scovotti, Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt2006Album
Sinfonie Nr. 8 C-MollAnton Bruckner - Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Herbert Blomstedt2006Album
Sibelius: The SymphoniesJean Sibelius, Herbert Blomstedt, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra2006Compil.
Rosenkavalier Waltzes / Burleske / Capriccio SextetRichard Strauss, Herbert Blomstedt, Jean-Yves Thibaudet2005Album
Peer Gynt, Piano Concerto, SongsEdvard Grieg, John Ogdon, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Siv Wennberg, Herbert Blomstedt, Paavo Berglund, Staatskapelle Dresden, New Philharmonia Orchestra2004Compil.
Symphonies 5 & 6 “Pastoral”Ludwig van Beethoven ; Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt2003Album
Piano Concertos • Symphonies • OverturesCarl Maria von Weber • The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields • Sir Neville Marriner • Staatskapelle Dresden • Herbert Blomstedt2002Compil.
Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 "Sinfonia Semplice"; Hymnus Amoris; Sleep; Wind QuintetCarl Nielsen / Danmarks Radios Symfoniorkester / Herbert Blomstedt2001Album
Piano Concertos 1 & 2, Variations Sérieuses, Rondo CapricciosoFelix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Herbert Blomstedt, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig2001Album
Symphonia Serena - Die Harmonie Der WeltPaul Hindemith, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Herbert Blomstedt2000Album
The Symphonies Nos. 4-6Carl Nielsen : The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra / Herbert Blomstedt1999Compil.
Symphonies N° 7 & N° 8Ludwig van Beethoven, Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt1999Album
Symphonies N° 5 & N° 6Ludwig van Beethoven, Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt1999Album
Symphonies N° 2 & N° 4Ludwig van Beethoven, Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt1999Album
Symphonies N° 1 & N° 3 EroicaLudwig van Beethoven, Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt1999Album
The Symphonies Nos. 1–3Carl Nielsen : The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra / Herbert Blomstedt1999Compil.
Also Sprach Zarathustra - Till Eugenspiegel - Tod Und Verklärung - Death & TransfigurationRichard Strauss, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt1998Album
Sinfonía Núm. 5 / Sinfonía Núm. 8 "Incompleta"Franz Schubert - Herbert Blomstedt, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra1997Compil.
Violin Concerto / Flute Concerto / Clarinet Concerto / Orchestral WorksCarl Nielsen, Herbert Blomstedt1997Album
Choral WorksJohannes Brahms / Herbert Blomstedt . Claudio Abbado . Simon Preston1997Compil.
Luna · Symphony No. 3 · TwilightPer Nørgård, Danmarks Radios Symfoniorkester And Radiokoret, Herbert Blomstedt, Tamás Vetö, Jan Latham-König1996Album
Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2Franz Schubert, Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt1996Album
Ein Deutsches RequiemJohannes Brahms, Herbert Blomstedt, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz, Wolfgang Holzmair1995Album
Piano ConcertosEdvard Grieg / Frédéric Chopin, Olli Mustonen, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt1995Album
Symphony No 3, Op. 27, "Espansiva" / Symphony No.4 "The Inextinguishable", Op. 29Carl Nielsen, Danmarks Radios Symfoniorkester Conducted By Herbert Blomstedt1995Compil.
The Symphonies Vol. II - Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4Ludwig van Beethoven, Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt1994Album
Sinfonien H-Moll D 759 & Nr. 5 B-Dur D 485Franz Schubert, Herbert Blomstedt, Staatskapelle Dresden1994Album
The Symphonies Vol. III - Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 ("Pastorale")Ludwig van Beethoven, Herbert Blomstedt, Staatskapelle Dresden1994Album
The SymphoniesCarl Nielsen, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt1994Compil.
Symphony No. 2 / Symphony No. 2 / Oboe ConcertoRoger Sessions, John Harbison, William Bennett, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt1994Album
Beethoven Sinfonien Vol I (Nr, 1 & 3)Ludwig van Beethoven, Herbert Blomstedt, Staatskapelle Dresden1994Compil.
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection - Auferstehung)Gustav Mahler, Ruth Ziesak, Charlotte Hellekant, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra And San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Herbert Blomstedt1994Album
Symphonies 5 & 8Franz Schubert, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt1993Album
Symphony No. 1 “Sinfonie Sérieuse” / Symphony No. 4Franz Berwald, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt1993Album
Nobilissima Visione / Der Schwanendreher / Konzertmusik Op. 50Paul Hindemith, Geraldine Walther, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt1993Album
Symphony No. 9 In C - Overture In C, D591Franz Schubert, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt1993Album
7 Early Songs (Piano and orchestral versions) - Der WeinAlban Berg - Kari Lövaas, Sabine Hass, Margaret Marshall, Herbert Blomstedt, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Geoffrey Parsons1993Compil.
KlavierkonzerteCarl Maria Von Weber - Peter Rösel1993Album
Symphony No.6 / Siegfried IdyllAnton Bruckner / Richard Wagner, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt1993Album
Symphonies 3 "Scottish" & 4 "Italian"Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy : The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra / Herbert Blomstedt1993Album
Symphony No.2/TapiolaJean Sibelius, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt1992Album
Beethoven Symphonies 1 & 3Herbert Blomstedt, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra1991Album
Carmina BuranaCarl Orff - The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra & San Francisco Symphony Chorus / Herbert Blomstedt1991Album
Symphonies 4 & 5Jean Sibelius, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt1991Album
Canto Del Vagabondo / Canti In Lontananza / La Fièvre / Disegno Per Quartetto D'ArchiAnders Eliasson, Radiokören, Eric Ericsons Kammarkör, Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester, Herbert Blomstedt, Stig Westerberg, The Stockholm Wind Quintet, The Crafoord String Quartet1990Compil.
Johannes Brahms Works For Chorus And OrchestraJohannes Brahms, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Herbert Blomstedt1990Album
Symphony No. 3 In E Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica"Ludwig van Beethoven, Herbert Blomstedt, Staatskapelle Dresden1990Album
Johannes Brahms Works For Chorus And OrchestraJohannes Brahms, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Herbert Blomstedt1990Album
Eine Alpensinfonie • Don JuanRichard Strauss • The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra / Herbert Blomstedt1990Album
Symphonies 2 & 3Carl Nielsen, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt1990Album
East German Revolution (Symphony In D Major, KV 504 "Prague" / Overture From "Euryanthe")Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Carl Maria von Weber1990Album
Symphonies 1 & 6Carl Nielsen, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt1989Album
Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche · Metamorphosen · Tod Und VerklärungRichard Strauss, Herbert Blomstedt, Staatskapelle Dresden1989Album
Peer GyntEdvard Grieg, Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt, Edith Thallaug, Taru Valjakka, Rundfunkchor Leipzig1989Album
Symphonies 4 & 5Carl Nielsen - The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra / Herbert Blomstedt1988Album
Mathis Der Maler • Symphonic Metamorphosis • TrauermusikPaul Hindemith – The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt1988Album
Also Sprach Zarathustra / Don JuanRichard Strauss : Herbert Blomstedt Conducting Staatskapelle Dresden1988Album
Violin Concerto No. 2 / Suite From Barefoot SongsAllan Pettersson, Ida Haendel, Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester, Herbert Blomstedt, Akademiska Kören, Eskil Hemberg1988Compil.
Klarinettenkonzerte · Clarinet Concertos / Concertino Op. 26Carl Maria von Weber : Sabine Meyer, Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt1986Album
Sinfonie D-Dur "Prager Sinfonie" / Sinfonie Es-DurWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Herbert Blomstedt1986Album
Klavierkonzerte No's. 1 & 2 Konzertstück Op. 79Carl Maria Von Weber - Peter Rösel1986Album
Sinfonie Nr. 7 E-DurAnton Bruckner - Staatskapelle Dresden Conductor Herbert Blomstedt1985Album
LiederAlban Berg - Margaret Marshall • Kari Lövaas • Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau • Geoffrey Parsons • Aribert Reimann • Herbert Blomstedt1985Album
Ein HeldenlebenRichard Strauss, Herbert Blomstedt, Staatskapelle Dresden1985Album
Sinfonie Nr. 7 E-DurAnton Bruckner - Staatskapelle Dresden Conductor Herbert Blomstedt1985Album
Symphonie Nr. 9 D-Moll Op.125 "choral"Ludwig van Beethoven, Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt1985Album
ViolinkonzertMax Reger - Manfred Scherzer - Staatskapelle Dresden - Herbert Blomstedt1984Album
Konzertarien Für Sopran Und Orchester (3)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Jeanette Scovotti, Edda Moser, Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt1984Album
Symphony No.7 In E MajorHerbert Blomstedt conducting Staatskapelle Dresden : Anton Bruckner1984Album
KonzertarienWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Peter Schreier, Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt1983Album
Sinfonien Nr. 1 D-Dur D82 / Sinfonien Nr. 2 B-Dur D125Franz Schubert, Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt1983Album
The Complete Beethoven Symphonies Vol. 1Ludwig van Beethoven / Staatskapelle Dresden / Herbert Blomstedt1983Album
Orchestral WorksCarl Nielsen – Herbert Blomstedt, Danmarks Radios Symfoniorkester1983Album
Mozart Symphonies Nos.40 & 41 "Jupiter"Herbert Blomstedt Conducting Staatskapelle Dresden : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1983Album
Symphonies Nos.40 & 41 "Jupiter"Herbert Blomstedt Conducting Staatskapelle Dresden : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1982Album
Sinfonie Nr. 5 B-dur D 485 - Sinfonie Nr. 6 C-dur D 589Franz Schubert, Herbert Blomstedt, Staatskapelle Dresden1982Album
Konzertarien Concert AriasWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt, Jeanette Scovotti, Peter Schreier, Edda Moser1982Album
Symphony No.4 In E-Flat Major "Romantic"Herbert Blomstedt conducting Staatskapelle Dresden : Anton Bruckner1982Album
Sinfonie Nr. 1 C-Dur Op. 21 / Sinfonie Nr. 8 F-Dur Op. 93Ludwig van Beethoven - Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt1981Album
Sinfonie C-dur Die Grоse, Sinfonie H-moll Die UnvollendeteStaatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt, Franz Schubert1981Album
Konzertarien Für Sopran Und Orchester (2)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Edda Moser, Staatskapelle Dresden · Herbert Blomstedt1981Album
Sinfonie Nr. 4 B-dur op. 60Ludwig van Beethoven - Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt1980Album
Konsert Nr 2 För Violin Och OrkesterAllan Pettersson, Ida Haendel, Herbert Blomstedt, Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester1980Album
Konzertarien Für Sopran Und Orchester (1)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jeanette Scovotti, Staatskapelle Dresden · Herbert Blomstedt1980Album
Sinfonie Nr. 2 D-dur Op. 36 & Sinfonie Nr. 9 D-moll Op. 125Ludwig van Beethoven - Helena Döse, Marga Schiml, Peter Schreier, Theo Adam, Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Chor der Staatsoper Dresden, Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt1980Album
Peer Gynt AusschnitteEdvard Grieg, Taru Valjakka, Edith Thallaug, Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt1979Album
Berwald, Lidholm, RomanFranz Berwald, Ingvar Lidholm, Johan Helmich Roman, Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester, Herbert Blomstedt1979Album
Peer Gynt - Incidental Music (Original Version)Edvard Grieg - Edith Thallaug, Taru Valjakka, Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt1979Album
Divertimenti / D-dur KV 136 / B-dur KV 137 / F-dur KV 138 / Adagio Und Fuge c-moll KV 546Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt1978Album
Sinfonie Nr. 6 F-dur Op. 68 (Pastorale)Ludwig van Beethoven ; Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt1978Album
Sinfonie Nr. 3 Es-Dur Op. 55 (Eroica)Ludwig Van Beethoven - Staatskapelle Dresden1977Album
Sinfonie Nr.8 G-Dur Op.88Antonín Dvořák, Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt1976Album
Konzert Für Violine Und Orchester Nr. 2 / Konzert Für Klavier Und OrchesterGerhard Rosenfeld / Siegfried Matthus - Gustav Schmahl, Siegfried Kurz / Annerose Schmidt, Herbert Blomstedt, Staatskapelle Dresden1976Album
Sinfonie Nr. 7 A-dur Op. 92Ludwig van Beethoven - Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt1975Album
The Concertos Of Carl NielsenCarl Nielsen, Danmarks Radios Symfoniorkester, Herbert Blomstedt1975Album
Symphony No 3, Op. 27, "Espansiva" / Helios Ouverture, Op. 17Carl Nielsen, Danmarks Radios Symfoniorkester Conducted By Herbert Blomstedt1975Album
Symphony No. 2 Op. 16 "The Four Temperaments"Carl Nielsen, Danmarks Radios Symfoniorkester Conducted By Herbert Blomstedt1975Album
Hornkonzerte Es-dur KV 495 / D-dur KV 412 / Es-dur KV 371 / Es-dur KV 417 / Es-dur KV 447Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Peter Damm, Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt1975Album
The Six Symphonies - Violin Concerto - Clarinet Concerto - Flute ConcertoCarl Nielsen / Danmarks Radios Symfoniorkester / Herbert Blomstedt1975Album
The Symphonies Of Carl Nielsen, Album 1Carl Nielsen, Danmarks Radios Symfoniorkester, Herbert Blomstedt1975Album
Flötenkonzerte KV 313 Und KV 315, Oboenkonzert KV 314Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Johannes Walter, Kurt Mahn, Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert Blomstedt1975Album
The Symphonies Of Carl Nielsen Album 2Danmarks Radios Symfoniorkester, Herbert Blomstedt1975Album
Violin Concerto, Op. 33. / Symphonic RhapsodyCarl Nielsen, Danmarks Radios Symfoniorkester, Arve Tellefsen, Herbert Blomstedt1975Album
Symphony No. 3Hilding Rosenberg / The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Herbert Blomstedt1967Album
VårofferIgor Stravinsky, Stockholms Filharmoniska Orkester, Herbert Blomstedt1964Album
Symphonies CompleteLudwig van Beethoven, Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert BlomstedtAlbum
Orchestral WorksPaul Hindemith, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Herbert BlomstedtCompil.
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites, Nielsen: AladdinEdvard Grieg, Carl Nielsen, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Herbert BlomstedtAlbum
Symphony No. 5 C Sharp MinorHerbert Blomstedt, NHK Symphonic Orchestra / Gustav MahlerAlbum
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