Carlos Kleiber, great Austrian/Argentinian/American conductor: July 3, 1930 - 2004…
Kleiber was publicity shy, extremely selective re. recordings, and eventually completely stopped giving public performances. His total concert tally stands at less than 100 (plus 400 opera performances). In March 2011 a group of 100 conductors voted Kleiber as the greatest conductor of all time, ahead of Bernstein and Abbado…


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