Carlo Maria Giulini — Mozart: Don Giovanni

The artist

About Carlo Maria Giulini

Carlo Maria Giulini (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkarlo maˈriːa dʒuˈliːni]; 9 May 1914 – 14 June 2005) was an Italian conductor. From the age of five, when he began to play the violin, Giulini's musical education was expanded when he began to study at Italy's foremost conservatory, the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia in Rome at the age of 16. Initially, he studied the viola and conducting; then, following an audition, he won a place in the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Although he won a conducting competition two years later, he was unable to take advantage of the prize, which was the opportunity to conduct, because of being forced to join the army during World War II despite being a pacifist. As the war was ending, he hid until the liberation to avoid continuing to fight alongside the Germans.

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The release

About Mozart: Don Giovanni

Mozart: Don Giovanni is a release by Carlo Maria Giulini. Issued on 19 October 2009 by PLGCLASSDOM. This edition is supplied as CD. Musically, it sits within Classical.