Martin Haselböck
Martin Haselböck has been counted among the world's most prominent organists since the mid-'70s, making over 50 solo recordings and giving numerous concerts at the world's major concert venues. Since the early '80s he has been active as a conductor, too, both in concert and in operatic performances, turning out even more recordings in this role, mostly with his own Wiener Akademie Orchester in repertory favoring Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, and Liszt on period instruments.
Haselböck was born in Vienna on November 23, 1954. After keyboard and composition studies at home at the Musikhochschule, he traveled to Paris for further study on organ with Daniel Roth and Jean Langlais. He also studied composition with Michael Radulescu, Anton Heiller, and Friedrich Cerha. He captured first prize in the 1972 Vienna-Melk organ competition, then launched his professional career the following year. While maintaining a busy concert schedule he accepted two prestigious organist posts in Vienna, the first at St. Augustine's Church, the second at the Vienna Hofkapelle (1977) as Court Organist. In the 1980s Haselböck began to conduct regularly. In 1985 he founded the period-instrument ensemble Wiener Akademie Orchester, though he continues to guest conduct other orchestras in Europe and America. He maintained both his organ and conducting careers while holding teaching posts in organ as well, first at Iowa's Luther College (1977), then at the Vienna Musikhochschule (1979) and later at the Lübeck Musikhochschule (1986). Haselböck was chief editor of Universal Edition's Organ Edition publications from 1978 to 2000. Haselböck also began conducting opera, and by 1991 became recognized as a major talent when he led an acclaimed performance of Don Giovanni at the Prague Mozart Festival. In the meantime, he took on large projects on organ, recording cycles of works by J.S. Bach and Liszt, as well as numerous individual compositions that included organ concertos by Haydn and Krenek, the latter being just one of the composers who have written expressly for Haselböck. It was the Liszt (1986) cycle that won the Hungarian Liszt prize, and his recordings have garnered other major European awards as well. Haselböck has continued to score triumphs on all fronts, gaining particular notice with his productions of operas by Handel, with Radamisto (2002) and Il trionfo del tempo (2004) staged at the Salzburg Festival. He maintains his interest in teaching, as well, holding a professorship in organ at the University of Vienna. He adjudicates organ competitions and has helped oversee organ installations. Beginning with the 2005-2006 concert season, Haselböck assumed duties as music director of Musica Angelica, an ensemble dedicated to Baroque music based in Los Angeles. His inaugural concert featured a warmly received all-Bach program, in which Haselböck also played the organ for Cantata No. 35. In the 2010s, Haselböck and the Wiener Akademie recorded Beethoven's symphonies for the Alpha label, trying to reconstruct the conditions of Beethoven's original performances, in their original venues. The earlier recordings of Haselböck and the Akademie were remastered and reissued by Aparte in 2021. In 2022, they began a new series recordings devoted to the sacred music of Liszt.
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Beethoven: Egmont (Resound Collection, Vol. 3)
Orchester Wiener Akademie, Martin Haselböck, Herbert Föttinger, John Malkovich
Klassik - Erschienen bei Alpha Classics am 20.05.2016
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Graun: Violin Concertos / Viola Da Gamba Concerto
Orchester Wiener Akademie, Ilja Korol, Daniel Sepec, Vittorio Ghielmi, Martin Haselböck
Klassik - Erschienen bei CPO am 01.01.2002
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GAL, H.: Organ Concertino, Op. 55 / 2 Religious Songs / Prelude and Fugue / Fantasia, Arioso and Capriccio / Toccata (Haselbock)
Klassik - Erschienen bei New Classical Adventure am 01.01.2007
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The Sound of Weimar. Schubert - Liszt Transcriptions
Martin Haselböck, Orchester Wiener Akademie
Instrumentalmusik - Erschienen bei Alpha Classics am 18.09.2015
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Liszt: The Sound of Weimar 2
Klassik - Erschienen bei New Classical Adventure am 02.08.2011
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Telemann, Concerto for Viola d'amore, Oboe d'amore and Flute
Martin Haselböck, Wiener Akademie
Klassik - Erschienen bei SendClassic am 21.04.2000
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Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 6-8, Le Matin - Le Midi - Le Soir
Wiener Akademie, Martin Haselböck
Symphonieorchester - Erschienen bei Arts Productions Ltd am 07.11.2006
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Dante Symphony - Evocation à la Chapelle Sixtine
Klassik - Erschienen bei New Classical Adventure am 01.03.2011
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MUFFAT: Organ Works, Vol. 2
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 23.09.2000
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Œuvres pour orgue (Vol. 3)
Klassik - Erschienen bei New Classical Adventure am 01.01.2005
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Liszt : Œuvres pour orgue (Vol. 2)
Klassik - Erschienen bei New Classical Adventure am 01.01.2005
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Romantic Songs for Baritone & Organ
Vokalmusik (weltlich und geistlich) - Erschienen bei CapriccioNR am 01.01.1986
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MUFFAT: Organ Works, Vol. 1
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 12.06.2000
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Franz Liszt - Arrangements
Christian Schmitt, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, Martin Haselböck
Klassik - Erschienen bei CPO am 11.10.2013
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Liszt : Œuvres pour orgue (Vol. 1)
Klassik - Erschienen bei New Classical Adventure am 23.10.2006
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Liszt: The Sound of Weimar 5
Klassik - Erschienen bei New Classical Adventure am 07.08.2012
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Mozart, W.A.: Zaide [Opera]
Isabel Monar, Markus Schäfer, Markus Brutscher, Christian Hilz, Orchester Wiener Akademie, Martin Haselböck
Gesamtaufnahmen von Opern - Erschienen bei CPO am 01.01.2008
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W.F. Bach, C.P.E. Bach & Hofmann: Flute Concertos
Christian Gurtner, Orchester Wiener Akademie, Martin Haselböck
Klassik - Erschienen bei CPO am 21.01.2003
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Liszt: Famous Organ Works
Klassik - Erschienen bei Orfeo am 01.01.2016
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Bruckner, A.: Symphony No. 1 (1866 Version)
Orchester Wiener Akademie, Martin Haselböck
Klassik - Erschienen bei CapriccioNR am 01.01.2005
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