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Eugene Aynsley Goossens
Person · male · United Kingdom · Camden Town · born 1893 · died 1962 · recording since 1987
English conductor and composer (1893-1962)
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1960s
1980s
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Debut release: Bach: Concertos for violin in A minor and E major, Concerto for two violins / Vivaldi: Concerto for two violins No. 8
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1990s
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Album: Violin Concertos, BWV 1041 & BWV 1042 / Double Violin Concerto, BWV 1043 / Orchestral Suite no. 4, BWV 1069
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Album: Five Impressions of a Holiday / Pastorale et Arlequinade / Four Sketches / Suite / Three Pictures
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Biography
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Biography
Sir Eugene Aynsley Goossens (; 26 May 1893 – 13 June 1962) was an English conductor and composer.
Biography
He was born in Camden Town, London, the son of the Belgian conductor and violinist Eugène Goossens (fils, 1867–1958) and Annie Cook, a Carl Rosa Opera Company singer. He was the grandson of the conductor Eugène Goossens (père, 1845–1906; his father and grandfather spelled Eugène with a grave accent; he himself did not). His younger sisters and brothers, all musicians, were Marie, Adolphe, Léon and Sidonie.
Eugene studied music at the age of ten in Bruges, three years later at Liverpool College of Music, and in 1907 in London on a scholarship at the Royal College of Music under composer Charles Villiers Stanford and the violinist Achille Rivarde among others. He won the silver medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians and was made associate of the Royal College of Music.
He was a first violin in Henry Wood's Queen's Hall Orchestra from 1911 to 1915 and as second violinist a founding member of the Philharmonic Quartet before coming to attention as Thomas Beecham's assistant conductor with a performance of Stanford's opera The Critic (1916). In 1921 he decided to make conducting his career and founded his own orchestra; with this ensemble he made a number of gramophone records for Edison-Bell's Velvet Face label. He gave the British concert premiere of Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring on 7 June 1921 at the Queen's Hall with the composer present.
For nearly a quarter of a century, he accepted positions at U.S. orchestras. At the invitation of George Eastman he was conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra from 1923 to 1931. This post also involved teaching at the Eastman School of Music. During the late 1920s he often conducted for Vladimir Rosing's American Opera Company, an organization which grew out of the Eastman School. From 1931 to 1946 he succeeded Fritz Reiner as the conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. In a tribute to Goossens on his departure for Australia, nine American composers collaborated on Variations on a Theme by Eugene Goossens, for orchestra. The composers were Ernest Bloch, Aaron Copland, Paul Creston, Anis Fuleihan, Roy Harris, Walter Piston, Bernard Rogers, Roger Sessions and Deems Taylor, with Goossens himself writing the finale.
Goossens spent nine years in Australia, from 1947 to 1956. There, he enthusiastically lobbied for a new major performing arts theatre, which ultimately led to the creation of the Sydney Opera House.
He conducted the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and other groups, and was the director of the NSW State Conservatorium of Music. He held these positions concurrently until March 1956, when he was forced to resign after a major public scandal, only a year after being knighted.
Scandal
In the early 1950s, Goossens met Rosaleen Norton, the so-called "Witch of Kings Cross". Norton was known as an artist of the grotesque and for her interest in the occult and erotica, which Goossens secretly shared. They conducted an intense affair, exchanging a number of passionate letters; although Goossens asked Norton to destroy all of them, she kept a bundle hidden behind a sofa.
In early 1956, Goossens visited Europe, unaware that Sydney police were already in possession of his letters to Norton and photographs of her occult activities, which had been stolen from her flat by Sydney Sun reporter Joe Morris, who had infiltrated her supposed "coven". When Goossens returned to Australia on 9 March 1956, he was detained at Sydney Airport, following a tip-off by informants in London; his bags were searched by Customs officials, who found a large amount of what was then considered pornographic material, which included photographs, prints, books, a spool of film, some rubber masks, and sticks of incense.
Although he was not immediately arrested or charged, Goossens naively agreed to attend a police interview a few days later, where he was confronted with photographs of Norton's "ceremonies" and his letters. Faced with the evidence of his affair with Norton – which left him open to the serious charge of "scandalous conduct" – Goossens was forced to plead guilty to the pornography charges. He paid a fine of £100; more significantly, the scandal ruined his reputation and forced him to resign from his positions. He returned to England in disgrace.
The scandal was the basis of a novel, Pagan (1990), by Inez Baranay; it also inspired a play, The Devil is a Woman, by Louis Nowra and an opera, Eugene & Roie, by Drew Crawford. The scandal is documented in the film The Fall of the House, directed by Geoff Burton.
Marriages and children
He was married three times: to Dorothy Millar from 1919 to 1928 (with whom he had three daughters), to pianist Janet Lewis from 1930 to 1944 (two daughters, Sidonie born in 1932 and Renee born in 1940), and to Marjorie Foulkrod from 1946 to 1962 (childless).
His daughter Renee published an autobiography in 2003, which noted that her mother said her biological father was a Swedish violinist.
At the end of his life, he and his third wife lived apart, and he was instead joined by a young pianist from Adelaide, Pamela Main.
Note
The Belgian baritone Albert Goossens, who with his wife Alice Goossens-Viceroy, a soprano with the New South Wales State Orchestra, was on the teaching staff of the Sydney Conservatorium, was not related. Their daughter Renee Goossens, soprano and teacher at the Sydney Conservatorium and the Melba Conservatorium, has been confused with Renée Goossens (born 1940), youngest daughter of Sir Eugene Goossens and author of Belonging: a memoir.
Death
His former student Richard Bonynge visited him near the end of his life, and found him "absolutely destroyed". Nevertheless, he was engaged for work with the BBC, and Everest Records asked Goossens to make some stereo recordings. For Everest he completed a powerful recording of Respighi's Feste Romane just before his death and it was released as the sole selection on the LP. His other Everest recordings included Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances, Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony, and the Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz.
He died of rheumatic fever and a haemorrhaging gastric ulcer on 13 June 1962 at Hillingdon Hospital in Middlesex. He was buried in St Pancras and Islington Cemetery. He left his estate including copyrights and royalties "to my faithful companion and assistant Miss Pamela Main".
Music and legacy
Among his works as a composer are two symphonies (1940, 1945), two "Phantasy" concertos (one for piano, one for violin) both composed in the 1940s, two string quartets (1918, 1942), two violin sonatas (1918 and 1930) and a Concertino for string octet (1928) that became quite popular and was later re-scored for string orchestra. The Oboe Concerto (1927), was written for his brother, Léon Goossens. He wrote two operas, both with libretto by Arnold Bennett, which Banfield believes are among his major achievements: Judith (1929) and Don Juan de Manara (1935). The latter was broadcast by the BBC on 11 April 1959 with Monica Sinclair, Marie Collier, Helen Watts, Marion Lowe, Bruce Boyce, Robert Thomas and Andrei McPherson. The performance was conducted by Goossens himself. And between 1949 and 1954 he wrote a large-scale oratorio, The Apocalypse, after the Revelation of St. John.
In 1942 Goossens wrote to several composers, including Aaron Copland, to request patriotic fanfares as "stirring and significant contributions to the war effort ..." Copland responded to the request with his famous Fanfare for the Common Man. Eighteen fanfares were written by the different composers and performed during the 1942/43 season of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
In 1941 he made the first American recording of the Symphony No. 2 by Tchaikovsky, with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Goossens's recording ignored the cuts that were popular with conductors at that time. That same year, also with the Cincinnati Symphony, he recorded Vaughan Williams' A London Symphony, in its 1920 edition, and also the original version of Walton's Violin Concerto, with Jascha Heifetz as soloist.
After his return to England, Goossens was approached by Beecham to arrange a modern symphony orchestra version of Handel's Messiah to mark the bicentenary of the composer's death in 1959. Goossens augmented the original orchestration with parts for four horns, three trombones, tuba, piccolo, contrabassoon, two harps, triangle, cymbals, and bass drum. Beecham recorded the piece soon afterward with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and Goossens's version became synonymous with the conductor (but much less so with its orchestrator). Because of disputes around whose work the orchestration was, and the fact that the manuscript was held by the Beecham estate, despite it being claimed by Goossens's estate, it went unperformed for over 40 years. It went unrecorded for even longer, until a new recording appeared in 2020, again with the RPO, under Jonathan Griffith.
For Kapp Records, he recorded a bilingual version of Peter and the Wolf in 1959, featuring the actor José Ferrer narrating the story in both English and Spanish. The music was played by the Vienna State Opera Orchestra. The performance was later released on CD by MCA Records.
Goossens is credited for much of the lobbying to the New South Wales Government to build a music performance venue, a process that led to the construction of the Sydney Opera House. Having agreed to go ahead with the project, the New South Wales Premier Joseph Cahill had wanted it to be on or near Wynyard Railway Station in the north-west of the CBD, but Goossens insisted that it be built at Bennelong Point overlooking Sydney Harbour. The site of Bennelong Point was confirmed in 1957, after he had left Australia.
He is commemorated in the Eugene Goossens Hall, a small concert and recording facility that is part of the broadcasting complex of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Harris Street, Ultimo, in Sydney.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
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| Metric | Value | Percentile |
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| Wikipedia language versions | 17 | 76.4th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 15 | 85th |
| Studio albums | 11 | 91.9th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 11 | 87.9th |
| Recording span (years) | -25 | 7.8th |
| Genres | 7 | 93th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (15 release groups · 11 studio albums)
Albums · 11
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:12:43
1Orchestral Suite no. 4 in D major, BWV 1069: I. Ouverture9:532Orchestral Suite no. 4 in D major, BWV 1069: II. Bourrée I/II3:033Orchestral Suite no. 4 in D major, BWV 1069: III. Gavotte2:004Orchestral Suite no. 4 in D major, BWV 1069: IV. Menuet I/II3:375Orchestral Suite no. 4 in D major, BWV 1069: V. Réjouissance2:506Concerto for Violin, Strings and Continuo in A minor, BWV 1041: I. (Allegro moderato)4:047Concerto for Violin, Strings and Continuo in A minor, BWV 1041: II. Andante7:318Concerto for Violin, Strings and Continuo in A minor, BWV 1041: III. Allegro assai4:029Concerto for Violin, Strings and Continuo in E major, BWV 1042; I. Allegro8:2310Concerto for Violin, Strings and Continuo in E major, BWV 1042: II. Adagio7:0911Concerto for Violin, Strings and Continuo in E major, BWV 1042; III.Allegro assai3:0012Concerto for 2 Violins, Strings, and Continuo in D minor, BWV 1043: I. Vivace4:1613Concerto for 2 Violins, Strings, and Continuo in D minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo Ma Non Tanto7:3214Concerto for 2 Violins, Strings, and Continuo in D minor, BWV 1043: III. Allegro5:23Five Impressions of a Holiday / Pastorale et Arlequinade / Four Sketches / Suite / Three Pictures
2004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:08:13
1Four Sketches, op. 5, Book I: I. Legend4:522Four Sketches, op. 5, Book I: II. Serenade3:103Four Sketches, op. 5, Book II: III. Romance4:284Four Sketches, op. 5, Book II: IV. Humoreske2:415Three Pictures, op. 55: I. From the Belfry of Bruges (for my friend, Ary van Leeuwen)5:206Three Pictures, op. 55: II. From Bredon in the Cotswolds4:427Three Pictures, op. 55: III. From a Balcony in Montparnasse8:318Five Impressions of a Holiday, op. 7: No. 1. In the Hills3:039Five Impressions of a Holiday, op. 7: No. 2. By the Rivers2:4610Five Impressions of a Holiday, op. 7: No. 3. The Water Wheel2:1411Five Impressions of a Holiday, op. 7: No. 4. The Village Church5:4112Five Impressions of a Holiday, op. 7: No. 5. At the Fair2:1813Suite, op. 6: I. Impromptu3:4514Suite, op. 6: II. Serenade3:0415Suite, op. 6: III. Divertissement3:4816Pastorale et Arlequinade, op. 41: I. Pastorale4:4717Pastorale et Arlequinade, op. 41: II. Arlequinade3:03Symphony no. 1 / Phantasy Concerto
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:04:38
1Phantasy Concerto, op. 60: I Moderato con moto – Più mosso – Tempo I – Molto espressivo – Più mosso – Trionfante – Tempo I – Più mosso – Tempo I –7:192Phantasy Concerto, op. 60: II Allegro – Poco più tranquillo – Poco allargando – Subito a tempo – Poco meno mosso – Poco animando – Più moto – Cadenza – Moderato – Più lento – Poco meno mosso – Tempo I – Pochissimo meno mosso – Poco allargando – Più mosso – Tempo I –4:023Phantasy Concerto, op. 60: III Andante – Con moto – Più moto – Tempo I – Più moto – Tempo I – Più moto – Più mosso – Molto meno mosso – Molto più mosso – Largamente – Mosso – Tempo di Habanera – Andare in tempo – Meno – Tempo I – Con moto –8:544Phantasy Concerto, op. 60: IV Finale. Vivo (in uno) – In tempo ma languido – Tempo I – Grazioso scherzando – Tempo giusto – Agitato – Grandioso – Molto lento – Presto5:165Symphony no. 1, op. 58: I Andante – Allegro con anima – Più tranquillo – Tempo I [Allegro] – Giocoso – Tranquillo – Meno mosso – Tempo I [Allegro] – Tranquillo – Meno mosso – Più lento9:316Symphony no. 1, op. 58: II Andante espressivo, ma con moto – Con moto – Più moto – Tempo I – Poco più lento – Più moto – Tempo I – Poco più lento – Più moto – A tempo, tranquillo – Più lento –9:237Symphony no. 1, op. 58: III Divertimento. Allegro vivo – L’istesso tempo – Coda – L’istesso tempo6:328Symphony no. 1, op. 58: IV Finale. Andante moderato – Alla breve (con moto) – Con slancio – Alla breve (con moto) – Un poco meno mosso – Tempo I [Alla breve] – Poco meno mosso – Doppio meno mosso – [Tempo I] – Con slancio – Doppio meno mosso – Lento – Nobilmente – Andante espressivo – Lento – Allegro con anima – Più mosso – Ancora più mosso – Molto mosso – Presto13:412013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 23 tracks · 1:14:22
1Kaleidoscope, op. 18: 1. Good-morning1:022Kaleidoscope, op. 18: 2. Promenade1:293Kaleidoscope, op. 18: 3. Hurdy-Gurdy Man1:084Kaleidoscope, op. 18: 4. March of the Wooden Soldier1:045Kaleidoscope, op. 18: 5. Lament for a Departed Doll1:436Kaleidoscope, op. 18: 6. The Old Musical Box0:477Kaleidoscope, op. 18: 7. The Punch and Judy Show0:438Kaleidoscope, op. 18: 8. Good-night2:019Tam O'Shanter, op. 17a3:4410Three Greek Dances, op. 44: I. Moderato3:0511Three Greek Dances, op. 44: II. Andante languido4:5512Three Greek Dances, op. 44: III. Vivo2:1113Concert Piece, op. 65: I. Fantasia4:5714Concert Piece, op. 65: II. Chorale9:3915Concert Piece, op. 65: III. Perpetuum mobile e burlesca7:2516Four Conceits, op. 20: 1. The Gargoyle1:4617Four Conceits, op. 20: 2. Dance Memories1:2118Four Conceits, op. 20: 3. A Walking-Tune2:2319Four Conceits, op. 20: 4. The Marionette Show1:1920Variations on "Cadet Rousselle"3:5121Two Nature Poems, op. 25: I. Pastoral7:0022Two Nature Poems, op. 25: II. Bacchanal4:2523Intermezzo from "Don Juan de Mañara"6:242018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:18:26
1The Apocalypse: Part 1: Prelude4:332The Apocalypse: Part 1: The Vision of the Glory of God - The Vision of the Book of Destiny8:273The Apocalypse: Part 1: The Opening of the Seals of the Book of Destiny3:274The Apocalypse: Part 1: The Four Horsemen5:285The Apocalypse: Part 1: The Martyrs11:306The Apocalypse: Part 1: The Sounding of the Trumpets - The Cataclysms - The Bottomless Pit - The Four and Twenty Elders6:217The Apocalypse: Part 2: Interlude. The Vision of the Ark of the Covenant7:098The Apocalypse: Part 2: The Worship of the Beast4:189The Apocalypse: Part 2: The Song of the Elect - The Scarlet Women5:3910The Apocalypse: Part 2: The Fall of Babylon6:1111The Apocalypse: Part 2: The Song of the Victors3:0612The Apocalypse: Part 2: The Binding of Satan3:3013The Apocalypse: Part 2: A New Heaven, and a New Earth (The New Order)4:4014The Apocalypse: Part 2: Alleluia4:072019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:04:51
1Soliloquy4:192Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra in D major AV. 144: I. Allegro moderato9:053Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra in D major AV. 144: II. Andante8:394Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra in D major AV. 144: III. Vivace –5:055Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra in D major AV. 144: Allegro3:056Le Tombeau de Couperin: I. Prélude. Vif3:237Le Tombeau de Couperin: II. Forlane. Allegretto6:188Le Tombeau de Couperin: III. Fugue. Allegro moderato4:199Le Tombeau de Couperin: V. Menuet. Allegro moderato4:5410Le Tombeau de Couperin: IV. Rigaudon. Assez vif3:1711Concerto in One Movement, op. 4512:27Symphony no. 2 / Phantasy Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
2020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:08:22
1Phantasy Concerto, op. 63: I. Molto moderato9:102Phantasy Concerto, op. 63: II. Scherzo. Moderato6:173Phantasy Concerto, op. 63: III. Largo5:244Phantasy Concerto, op. 63: IV. Moderato8:035Symphony no. 2, op. 62: I. Adagio12:206Symphony no. 2, op. 62: II. Andante tranquillo8:177Symphony no. 2, op. 62: III. Scherzo. Giocoso7:008Symphony no. 2, op. 62: IV. Andante11:512020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 46 tracks · 2:13:47
1Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 1. Sinfonia3:572Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 2. Comfort ye my people3:023Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 3. Every valley shall be exalted3:284Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 4. And the glory of the Lord3:045Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 5. Thus saith the Lord1:296Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 6. But who may abide the day of his coming?5:157Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 7. And he shall purify2:588Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 8. Behold, a virgin shall conceive0:279Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 9. O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion5:5010Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 10. For behold, darkness shall cover the Earth2:4411Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 11. The people that walked in darkness4:4612Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 12. For unto us a child is born4:2113Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 13. Pifa ("Pastoral symphony")3:2014Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 14. There were shepherds abiding in the field. And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them0:4215Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 15. And the angel said unto them0:4716Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 16. And suddenly there was with the angel0:1817Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 17. Glory to God2:1518Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 18. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion4:4919Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 19. Then shall the eyes of the blind0:3120Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 20. He shall feed his flock5:2521Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 21. His yoke is easy, and his burthen is light2:5022Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 22. Behold the lamb of God3:5223Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 23. He was despised4:4824Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 24. Surely he hath borne our griefs2:3025Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 25. And with his stripes we are healed2:0626Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 26. All we like sheep have gone astray4:2027Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 27. All they that see him laugh him to scorn0:5228Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 28. He trusted in God2:5229Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 29. Thy rebuke hath broken his heart2:0730Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 30. Behold, and see if there be any sorrow1:2531Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 31. He was cut off out of the land of the living0:2332Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 32. But thou didst not leave his soul in hell2:2633Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 33. Lift up your heads, O ye gates3:4934Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 37. The Lord gave the word1:1235Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 38. How beautiful are the feet2:2736Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 39. Their sound is gone out1:4037Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 40. Why do the nations so furiously rage together?3:0138Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 41. Let us break their bonds asunder2:1339Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 42. He that dwelleth in heaven0:1740Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 43. Thou shalt break them2:0041Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Hallelujah4:2942Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 45. I know that my redeemer liveth6:1943Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 46. Since by man came death2:0144Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 47. Behold, I tell you a mystery0:3945Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 48. The trumpet shall sound4:2646Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 53. Worthy is the lamb that was slain9:15Franck: Symphonic Variations / Schumann: Piano Concerto
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1Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra15:542Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 54: I - Allegro affectuoso14:343Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 54: II - Intermezzo (andantino grazioso)5:044Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 54: III - Allegro vivace10:39— · studio album
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1Manfred Symphony: I. Lento legubre12:502Manfred Symphony: II. Vivace con spirito9:043Manfred Symphony: III. Andante con moto10:004Manfred Symphony: IV. Allegro con fuoco16:44— · studio album
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Disc 11The Rite of Spring: Part 116:492The Rite of Spring: Part 220:55Disc 21The Rite of Spring: Part 116:492The Rite of Spring: Part 220:55Disc 31The Rite of Spring: Part 116:492The Rite of Spring: Part 220:55
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| 1987 | Bach: Concertos for violin in A minor and E major, Concerto for two violins / Vivaldi: Concerto for two violins No. 8Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 1:04:061Concerto for violin, strings and continuo in A minor, BWV 1041: I. Allegro moderato4:06 2Concerto for violin, strings and continuo in A minor, BWV 1041: II. Andante7:32 3Concerto for violin, strings and continuo in A minor, BWV 1041: III. Allegro assai4:05 4Concerto for violin, strings and continuo in E major, BWV 1042: I. Allegro8:25 5Concerto for violin, strings and continuo in E major, BWV 1042: II. Adagio7:11 6Concerto for violin, strings and continuo in E major, BWV 1042: III. Allegro assai3:08 7Concerto for two violins, strings and continuo in D minor, BWV 1043 "Double concerto": I. Vivace4:15 8Concerto for two violins, strings and continuo in D minor, BWV 1043 "Double concerto": II. Largo ma non tanto7:32 9Concerto for two violins, strings and continuo in D minor, BWV 1043 "Double concerto": III. Allegro5:33 10Concerto grosso for two violins, strings and harpsichord in A minor, Op. 3 No. 8 (RV 522): I. Allegro3:55 11Concerto grosso for two violins, strings and harpsichord in A minor, Op. 3 No. 8 (RV 522): II. Larghetto e spiritoso4:26 12Concerto grosso for two violins, strings and harpsichord in A minor, Op. 3 No. 8 (RV 522): III. Allegro3:58 | Compilation | 1987 | |
| 1995 | The Best of BachSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 1:08:591Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 in F major, BWV 1047: Allegro4:50 2Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: Menuet1:28 3Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: Badinerie1:31 4Concerto for Two Violins and Strings in D minor, BWV 1043: Largo7:35 5Brandenburg Concerto no. 5 in D minor, BWV 1050: Affetuoso6:29 6Concerto for Violin and Strings in A minor, BWV 1041: Allegro assai4:19 7Christmas Oratorio “Shepherd’s Pastorale”7:18 8Toccata & Fuga in D minor, BWV 5659:23 9St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 “Kommt ihr Töchter”9:54 10Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air5:47 11Cantata no. 147, BWV147 “Jesu, joy of man’s desiring”3:34 12Mass in B minor, BWV232 “Gloria in excelsis”6:51 | Compilation | 25 August 1995 | |
| 1997 | The Sound of Everest 35mm Ultra AnalogSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 2:23:15Disc 1 1Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K. 550: I. Allegro molto5:56 2Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K. 550: II. Andante8:52 3Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K. 550: III. Menuetto; Trio4:09 4Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K. 550: IV. Finale: Allegro assai4:31 5Violin Concerto no. 3 in G major, K. 216: I. Allegro10:23 6Violin Concerto no. 3 in G major, K. 216: II. Adagio9:36 7Violin Concerto no. 3 in G major, K. 216: III. Allegro6:44 8Symphony no. 8 in B minor, D. 759, “Unfinished”: I. Allegro moderato11:44 9Symphony no. 8 in B minor, D. 759, “Unfinished”: II. Andante con moto12:09 Disc 21Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 54: I. Allegro affetuoso14:47 2Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 54: II. Intermezzo5:02 3Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 54: III. Allegro vivace11:29 4Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95 “From the New World”: I. Adagio; Allegro molto8:14 5Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95 “From the New World”: II. Largo13:00 6Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95 “From the New World”: III. Scherzo: Molto vivace6:43 7Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95 “From the New World”: IV. Allegro con fuoco9:56 | Compilation | 1997 | |
| 2006 | Overtures / La Boutique fantasqueSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 36 tracks · 2:36:18Disc 1 1La scala di seta: Sinfonia5:48 2Il signor Bruschino: Overture4:18 3Tancredi: Sinfonia5:37 4L'italiana in Algeri: Sinfonia7:37 5L'inganno felice: Overture5:14 6L'assedio di Corinto: Sinfonia9:45 7Guillaume Tell: Overture12:16 8Il barbiere di Siviglia: Sinfonia7:36 9La Cenerentola: Sinfonia8:31 10Il viaggio a Reims: Overture6:53 11La cambiale di matrimonio: Sinfonia5:23 Disc 21La gazza ladra: Sinfonia10:20 2Semiramide: Sinfonia12:08 3Le Comte Ory: Introduzione3:37 4Il Turco in Italia: Sinfonia8:47 5La Boutique fantasque : Overture (tempo di marcia)2:33 6La Boutique fantasque : Allegretto2:40 7La Boutique fantasque : Vivo1:14 8La Boutique fantasque : Tarantella2:03 9La Boutique fantasque : Vivo0:34 10La Boutique fantasque : Mazurka1:58 11La Boutique fantasque : Lento0:19 12La Boutique fantasque : Moderato3:05 13La Boutique fantasque : Vivacissimo0:27 14La Boutique fantasque : Danse cosaque (allegro moderato)2:29 15La Boutique fantasque : Allegro brillante2:15 16La Boutique fantasque : Vivace0:29 17La Boutique fantasque : Cancan (allegretto grottesco)1:30 18La Boutique fantasque : Vivacissimo0:31 19La Boutique fantasque : Andantino mosso3:50 20La Boutique fantasque : Valse lente (andantino moderato)2:11 21La Boutique fantasque : Con brio2:14 22La Boutique fantasque : Allegro moderato2:17 23La Boutique fantasque : Nocture (andantino)4:32 24La Boutique fantasque : Galop (vivacissimo)2:10 25La Boutique fantasque : Allegro brillante3:07 | Compilation | 17 April 2006 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Eugene Aynsley Goossens head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 17 | 76.4th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 15 | 85th |
| Studio albums | 11 | 91.9th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 11 | 87.9th |
| Recording span (years) | -25 | 7.8th |
| Genres | 7 | 93th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Knight Bachelor | won |
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Wikidata: Q945833 · MusicBrainz: d1502259-908b-4ae1-a6c9-9f58dfc12dfa
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