Erik George Sebastian Smith (25 March 1931 - 4 May 2004) was a German-born British record producer, pianist and harpsichordist. Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located He produced over 90 opera recordings. His greatest legacy is the 1991 complete recording of the entirety of Mozart's compositions, which included many previously unheard fragments and was released for the bicentenary of Mozart's death.
He was born in Rostock, the son of the German conducter Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt. Rostock (ˈʁɔstɔk from Polabian Roz toc, literally "to flow apart" is the largest City in the north German state Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt ( 5 May 1900 Berlin – 28 May 1973, Holm-Holstein Germany was a German conductor and His Jewish mother took him from Germany in 1936, with his brother, to be brought up in England. He did his tertiary education at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Corpus Christi College (full name The College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary, often shortened to simply Corpus) is a College of the University
Through his friendship with the American pianist Julius Katchen, he joined the Decca company as a record producer, working with such people as John Culshaw and Gordon Parry. Julius Katchen ( August 15, 1926 &ndash April 29, 1969) was an American concert Pianist, possibly best known for his recordings Decca Records is a British Record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. John Royds Culshaw ( May 28, 1924 - April 27, 1980) was a pioneering English classical Record producer
In 1958 he produced the first recording of Peter Grimes, conducted by the composer Benjamin Britten. Peter Grimes is an Opera by Benjamin Britten, with a Libretto adapted by Montagu Slater from the Peter Grimes section of Edward Benjamin Britten Baron Britten, OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976 was an English Composer, conductor, He also produced the first recording of Mozart's opera La Clemenza di Tito, with the conductor Istvan Kertesz. La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus K 621 is an Opera seria composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with text after Metastasio István Kertész ( August 28, 1929 &ndash April 16, 1973) was a world-renowned Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor
He formed the London Wind Soloists and the Vienna Mozart Ensemble in order to record the complete wind music and the complete dances and marches of Mozart. Many of these were premiere recordings.
In 1967 he moved to Phillips. Here, he produced a series of Haydn operas, many early Verdi operas, Tippett's The Midsummer Marriage, and Berlioz's The Trojans and Benvenuto Cellini. Sir Michael Kemp Tippett, OM (2 January 1905 &ndash 8 January 1998 was one of the foremost English Composers of the 20th century The Midsummer Marriage is an opera in three acts with music and libretto by Michael Tippett. Les Troyens (in English The Trojans) is a French Opera in five acts by Hector Berlioz. Benvenuto Cellini Many of these were premiere recordings.
In 1991 he created his master work, the Complete Mozart Edition, on 180 CDs. He even completed some of Mozart's unfinished works such as the finale of the String Quartet, K. 464.
After his formal retirement in 1991, he continued to devote time to projects such as Mitsuko Uchida's cycle of Schubert sonatas. (born December 20, 1948) is a classical Pianist. Career Born in Atami a seaside town close to Tokyo, Japan, Uchida
He won Grammy Awards in 1971, 1973, 1976 and 2003. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
He died on 4 May 2004, survived by his wife and two daughters.
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