{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Klaus Tennstedt at 100: Edward Seckerson recalls a great conductor","description":"The conductor Klaus Tennstedt was born on June 6, 1926. After his arrival from East Germany to the West, he held chief conductor posts with the NDR Symphony Orchestra in Hamburg (1979-81), and with the London Philharmonic Orchestra (1983-87), with whom he recorded extensively, including a Mahler symphony cycle (of which No 8 won a Gramophone Award back in 1987). To mark the anniversary Warner Classics has issued a 41-CD set of all of the conductor\u2019s EMI recordings. Additionally, there is a substantial Tennstedt catalogue on the LPO\u2019s own label as well as numerous off-air performances on YouTube and various other record labels.  A century on, we celebrate Tennstedt\u2019s artistry with a special Gramophone podcast in which the critic and broadcaster Edward Seckerson \u2013 who interviewed the conductor, attended recording sessions and heard him live many time \u2013 talks to James Jolly about what made him such an admired musician. &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Gramophone Classical Music Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/www.gramophone.co.uk\/content\/podcasts","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/41545840\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/202647900"}