Milestones Of A Legendary Conductor

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When Paul Paray (1886-1979) arrived in Detroit from Paris in 1951, he already had a considerable reputation as a composer and conductor in Europe. The industrial centers around Lake Michigan were at the heart of the North American economy. In Chicago, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh, cultural institutions, particularly symphony orchestras, benefited from the region's wealth. In Detroit, the world's largest center of the automotive industry, Paray was to elevate the local orchestra to the highest level. The exceptional way he achieved this makes the ten CDs in this box set a very special listening experience. Paray, who conducted the orchestra until 1963, after which he returned to Europe, was aided by an outstanding recording technique that has set benchmarks to this day. He also recorded works by lesser-known French composers from the 19th and early 20th centuries, which he included in his programs. His sensitive treatment of German Romantic music is also clearly recognizable in the recordings of the complete symphonies of Schumann, which form the conclusion of this 10-CD box set.