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Jerzy Semkow
1928-2014 PL, Radomsko
Conductor of Classical
Jerzy Semkow (12 October 1928 – 23 December 2014) was a Polish-born French conductor.Semkow was born in Radomsko, Poland, but later took French citizenship and resided in Paris. His conducting mentors included Erich Kleiber, Bruno Walter, and Tullio Serafin. He was an assistant conductor with Yevgeny Mravinsky with the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra.Semkow lectured on music at the University of Colorado and conducted master classes at Yale University and New York's Manhattan School of Music. He recorded commercially with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra for the Vox/Turnabout label.
Popular Tracks 
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Prelude to Act III - Remastered 2024 on Wagner: Preludes & Overtures by Richard Wagner, St. Louis Symphony & Jerzy Semkow Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Ride of the Valkyries - Remastered 2024 on Wagner: Preludes & Overtures by Richard Wagner, St. Louis Symphony & Jerzy Semkow Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: I. Allegro maestoso on Chopin: Piano Concertos by Frédéric Chopin, Rafał Blechacz, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Jerzy Semkow Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: II. Romance (Larghetto) on Chopin: Piano Concertos by Frédéric Chopin, Rafał Blechacz, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Jerzy Semkow Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: III. Rondo (Vivace) on Chopin: Piano Concertos by Frédéric Chopin, Rafał Blechacz, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Jerzy Semkow Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21: II. Larghetto on Chopin: Piano Concertos by Frédéric Chopin, Rafał Blechacz, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Jerzy Semkow Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21: I. Maestoso on Chopin: Piano Concertos by Frédéric Chopin, Rafał Blechacz, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Jerzy Semkow Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21: III. Allegro vivace on Chopin: Piano Concertos by Frédéric Chopin, Rafał Blechacz, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Jerzy Semkow Straszny Dwór: Ten zegar stary on Stanisław Moniuszko - Songs / Arias / Overtures. The Best 20th-Century Recordings by Stanisław Moniuszko, Andrzej Hiolski, Antonina Kawecka, Bernard Ładysz, Maria Kunińska-Opacka, Bogdan Paprocki, Halina Słonicka, Chór Filharmonii Narodowej, Orkiestra Filharmonii Narodowej & Orkiestra Opery w Poznaniu Helios Overture, Op. 17 on Carl Nielsen - Essential Works by Carl Nielsen & Various ArtistsTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piano Concerto No. 1 In E Minor Op. 11 | Rafał Blechacz, Jerzy Semkow, Concertgebouworkest, Frédéric Chopin | 2015 | Album |
| The Piano Concertos | Frédéric Chopin, Rafał Blechacz, Concertgebouworkest, Jerzy Semkow | 2009 | Album |
| Song Of The Night | Karol Szymanowski, Konstanty Andrzej Kulka, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Jerzy Semkow | 2000 | Compil. |
| Alexander Nevsky / Scheherazade | Sergei Prokofiev / Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Jerzy Semkow / Leonard Slatkin, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra | 1998 | Album |
| The 4 Symphonies | Robert Schumann - Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Semkow | 1991 | Album |
| Symphony No. 1 In B Flat Major, Op. 38 - "Spring" | Robert Schumann, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor Jerzy Semkow | 1990 | Album |
| The Four Symphonies | Robert Schumann, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Semkow | 1990 | Album |
| Symphonies: No.34 In C Major K 338 No.39 In E Flat Major K543 No.38 In D Major K 504 „Prague” | Jerzy Semkow, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 1989 | Album |
| Symphony No. 4 In D Minor Op. 120 | Robert Schumann, Jerzy Semkow | 1988 | Album |
| VI Symfonia F-Dur "Pastoralna" Op. 68 | Ludwig van Beethoven - The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Jerzy Semkow | 1988 | Album |
| Violin Concertos • Symphonie Concertante | Karol Szymanowski - Konstanty Andrzej Kulka, Piotr Paleczny, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Jerzy Semkow | 1988 | Album |
| Jerzy Semkow Conducts Brahms Symphony No. 1 In C Minor Op. 68 | Johannes Brahms, Jerzy Semkow, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra | 1987 | Album |
| Symphony No.2 In C Major Op. 61 | Robert Schumann, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Jerzy Semkow | 1987 | Album |
| Jerzy Semkow Conducts Brahms Symphony No. 2 D Major Op. 73 | Johannes Brahms, Jerzy Semkow, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra | 1987 | Album |
| Halka | Stanisław Moniuszko - Jerzy Semkow | 1987 | Album |
| Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 | Robert Schumann / Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Semkow | 1986 | Album |
| Symphonies: No.29 In A Major K 201 - No.35 In D Major - No.40 In G Minor K 550 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Jerzy Semkow | 1986 | Album |
| Divertimento In D Major K136/ Symphony No.41 In C Major K551 "Jupiter" | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Jerzy Semkow | 1985 | Album |
| V Symfonia E-Moll Op. 64 | Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Semkow, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 1983 | Album |
| Boris Godunov - Highlights | Modest Mussorgsky, Martti Talvela, Nicolai Gedda, Aage Haugland, Polish Radio Chorus Of Krakow, Chór Chłopięcy Filharmonii Im. Karola Szymanowskiego W Krakowie, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Semkow | 1983 | Album |
| Orchestral Works / Orchesterwerke / L'Oeuvre D'Orchestre | Karol Szymanowski, Jacek Kaspszyk · Jerzy Semkow · Antoni Wit | 1982 | Album |
| Fantasia In C Minor, Op. 80 "Choral Fantasy" / Rondo In B Flat Major, Woo 6 / Elegiac Song Op. 118 / Calm Sea Nd Prosperous Voyage, Op. 112 | Ludwig van Beethoven, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Peck, Jerzy Semkow | 1979 | Album |
| Overtures & Preludes | Richard Wagner, Jerzy Semkow, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra | 1978 | Album |
| The Four Symphonies / Manfred Overture | Robert Schumann, Jerzy Semkow | 1977 | Album |
| Boris Godunov | Modest Mussorgsky, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Semkow, Martti Talvela, Chór Chłopięcy Filharmonii Im. Karola Szymanowskiego W Krakowie, Polish Radio Chorus Of Krakow | 1977 | Album |
| Rimzy-Korsakov: Scheherazade | Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Semkow | 1976 | Album |
| 5 Koncert Fortepianowy Es-dur Op. 73 | Ludwig van Beethoven, Eugene Istomin, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Pod Dyrekcją Jerzy Semkow | 1976 | Album |
| Jenufa | Leoš Janáček - Jerzy Semkow | 1974 | Album |
| Jerzy Semkow Conducts Mozart | Jerzy Semkow Conducts Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 1970 | Album |
| Symphony No. 8 "Sinfonia Boreale" / Constellations | Vagn Holmboe, Per Nørgård, Det Kongelige Kapel, Jerzy Semkow | 1969 | Album |
| Kommerkoncert For 11 Instrumenter, Opus 52 / Symfoniske Variationer, Opus 92 | Niels Viggo Bentzon, Det Kongelige Kapel, Jerzy Semkow | 1968 | Album |
| Prince Igor: Highlights | Alexander Borodin : Boris Christoff, The Sofia National Opera Orchestra Conducted By Jerzy Semkow | 1967 | Album |
| Symfoni Nr. 8, Opus 56 "Sinfonia Boreale" | Vagn Holmboe, Jerzy Semkow, Det Kongelige Kapel | 1967 | Album |
| Violinkonzert / Helios-Ouvertüre | Carl Nielsen, Tibor Varga, Det Kongelige Kapel, Jerzy Semkow | 1966 | Album |
| Violin Concerto, Opus 33 | Carl Nielsen - Tibor Varga, Jerzy Semkow, Det Kongelige Kapel | 1966 | Album |
| Klavierkonzert Nr. 1, E-moll, Op. 11 ∙ 4 Mazurkas | Frédéric Chopin, Tamás Vásáry, Berliner Philharmoniker, Jerzy Semkow | 1965 | Album |
| Carmen - Opera W Przekroju / Excerpts | Georges Bizet, The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Choir | 1962 | Album |
| Bolero | Maurice Ravel, Georges Bizet / Arthur Fiedler, Willem Van Otterloo, Jerzy Semkow | 1954 | Compil. |
| Symphony No. 3 In C Minor, Op. 43 "Le Poème Divin" | Alexander Scriabine - The National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Jerzy Semkow | Album | |
| Piano Concerto No. 1 / Four Mazurkas / Four Scherzi | Tamás Vásáry, Jerzy Semkow, Berliner Philharmoniker | Album | |
| Shéhérazade | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Jerzy Semkow, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra | Album | |
| Jerzy Semkow Conducts Rossini Overtures | Gioacchino Rossini, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Semkow | Album | |
| Suite Af Balletten "Etude" / Qarrtsiluni, Opus 36 / Konstellationer, Opus 22, Concerto For 12 Stryger-Grupper | Knudåge Riisager, Per Nørgård, Jerzy Semkow, Det Kongelige Kapel | Album | |
| Concert Voor Piano En Orkest No.1 In E, Op.11 / Nocturnes Nos.7 En 8 | Frédéric Chopin, Tamás Vásáry, Berliner Philharmoniker, Jerzy Semkow | Album | |
| Boris Godunow | Modest Mussorgsky, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Semkow, Chór Chłopięcy Filharmonii Im. Karola Szymanowskiego W Krakowie, Polish Radio Chorus Of Krakow | Album | |
| Operatic Overtures | Gioacchino Rossini, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Semkow | Album |
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