Person · Male
Christoph Eschenbach
pianist and conductor
- From
- Wrocław, Germany
- Since
- 1940–present
- Rating
- ★ 5
- Releases
- 142
- classical
About
Christoph Eschenbach (German: [ˈkʁɪstɔf ˈɛʃn̩bax]; born 20 February 1940) is a German pianist and conductor. Over the past decades, he has held positions as music directors at 13 orchestras worldwide. In 2014, he was awarded a Grammy Award for an album with works by Paul Hindemith and received the prestigious Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in 2015 for his contributions to music.
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In 2025, his biography Christoph Eschenbach: Lebensatem Musik, written by cultural journalist Margarete Zander was published in German.
Discography
Albums
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Préludes
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Sonata in D Major KV 448 for Two Pianos / Sonata in C Major KV 521 for Piano Due
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Four Hand Piano Music
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Four Hand Piano Music
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Lieder Volume 1 – Nach Gedichten von . On Poems by . Sur des poèmes de Eichendorff ▪ Rückert ▪ Geibel ▪ Chamisso
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Lieder Volume 2 - Nach Gedichten Von . On Poems By . Sur des poèmes de Heine ▪ Kerner ▪ Geibel
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Lieder Volume 3 - Nach Gedichten Von = On Poems By = Sur des poèmes de Byron ▪ Goethe ▪ Lenau ▪ Von Der Neun
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The Concertos for Two & Three Pianos
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Dichterliebe / Liederkreis / Myrten
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Klavierkonzerte: BWV 1060, 1061, 1063, 1065
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Cello Sonatas / Variations Concertantes / Lied ohne Worte
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Symphony No. 3 »Organ«
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Stravinsky: Firebird / Messiaen: L'Ascension / Koehne: Rain Forest / Ravel: La Valse
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Violin Concerto in D minor / Fantasie Op. 131
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Symphony no. 5
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 3 / Bartok: Piano Concerto no. 2
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Music for Piano Duet
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Symphonie funèbre et triomphale / La Mort de Cléopâtre
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The Encantadas / Old and Lost Rivers / Romances and Interludes
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Klavierkonzert / Tripelkonzert
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Symphonies 2 & 4
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Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor
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Piano Quintet Op. 34 / String Sextet Op. 18
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Symphony no. 3 / Alto Rhapsody
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Piano Lessons: Beyer: Preparatory School (nos. 44-106) / Mozart: Minuet in F / Schumann: The Happy Farmer
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Frauenliebe und Leben / Dichterliebe / 10 Lieder
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Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande / Webern: Passacaglia
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 - Chopin: Etudes
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Violin Concertos nos. 2 & 3 / Stille Nacht / Gratulationsrondo
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Dichterliebe, op. 48
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Four Last Songs / Songs with Orchestra / Rosenkavalier Suite
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Mozart: Symphony no. 40 / Beethoven: Symphony no. 8
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Symphony no. 2 / Flute Concerto / Phaeton
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Music for Piano Duet II
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Out of Russia
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Brahms: Double Concerto / Beethoven: Triple Concerto
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The Complete Schumann Symphonies
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Violin Concertos
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Strauss Heroines
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Piano Concerto no. 5 op. 73 “Emperor” / Choral Fantasy op. 80
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Quartet for the End of Time
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Complete Violin Concertos
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Bruckner: Symphony no. 6
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Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" / Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini
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Piano Concertos 21 & 27
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Cello Concerto No. 2 / Cello Sonata No. 2
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Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major / Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra in D major
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Lieder
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À Quia
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Schumann: Dichterliebe op. 48, Liederkreis op. 24, Myrten op. 25, Belsatzar op. 57
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Symphony no. 4 “Romantic”
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Color
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Rendering / Stanze
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Les rayons du jour
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Martinu, Gideon Klein, Bartók - Symphonic Works
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Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / La Muse et le Poète / Suite
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Lyrische Symphonie, op. 18
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Symphony no. 2 / Bacchus et Ariane
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Symphony no. 5 / The Seasons (January - June)
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Symphony No. 4 / The Seasons (July-December)
Live
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Sommernachtskonzert 2017 / Summer Night Concert 2017
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Sommernachtskonzert 2014 / Summer Night Concert 2014
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Symphony no. 5
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Concert 1993
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Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony no. 3 "Organ" / Francis Poulenc: Organ Concerto / Samuel Barber: Toccata Festiva
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Symphony no. 6 / Piano Quartet
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Ravel - Gaspard de la nuit - Le Tombeau de Couperin
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Symphony No. 2 in C minor
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2008-05-08 through 13: Verizon Hall, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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2009-09-16: Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
Compilations
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Zemlinksy: Anniversary Edition
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Romantische Klaviermusik
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The Early Recordings
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Dvořák: Love Songs, Op. 83 - Piano Quintet, Op. 81 - Cypresses for String Quartet
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Introduction and Allegro Appassionato / Geistervariationen / Introduction and Concert-Allegro / Six Etudes in Canonic Form
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Conciertos para piano nº 21 y 27 / Sonatas para piano
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Piano Sonatas 29 'Hammerklavier'; 30-32; Bagatelles, Op. 126
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Violin Concertos
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Frauenliebe und ‐Leben & andere Lieder
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The Best Of Chopin
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The Music for Piano Duet
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Great Pianists of the 20th Century, Volume 24: Christoph Eschenbach
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The Piano Sonatas
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Symphonies 1-4
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Konzert für klavier und orchester / Tristan
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Klaviertrios / Horntrio / Klarinettentrio
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シューマン: トッカータ 作品7 / 子供の情景 作品15 / モーツァルト: アンダンテ ヘ長調 k.616 / 「きらきら星」の主題による変奏曲 k.265
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3 Klaviersonaten
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Forellen‐Quintett / Der Tod und das Mädchen
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Träumerei: Die schönsten romantischen Klavierstücke
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Trios
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Klaviertrios / Klavierquartette
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The Five Violin Concertos
Links
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Official
Concerts
Conductor position
Also known as
Christopher Eschenbach
Tags
- pianist
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 67307b9a-5f5c-4611-8d41-d439d343fa84
- ISNI
- 0000000108854631
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