“Music has powers to summon forth the best in mankind.” This was one of the maxims of the conductor Rafael Kubelík , whose Munich career is now being celebrated in this picture book. His performances were noted for their innate musicality, impressive vitality and rigorous yet highly emotional readings. Kubelík was a humanist and homo politicus who stood at the helm of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1961 to 1979 as its principal conductor and made regular guest appearances with the o...

• Vorwort
• Gruber, Thomas Grußwort
• Hiller, Wilfried Gedankensplitter - Erinnerungen an Rafael Kubelik
• Scharf, Albert Rafael Kubelik: Sein Leben, sein Wirken
• Rafael Kubelik und das Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks 1972
• Ein Gespräch mit Martin Kubelík "Die Wahrung der menschlichen Freiheit war ihm wichtig"
• Eine Symphonie in Bildern - A symphony in pictures:
• Rafael Kubelík beim Studium der Partituren **I. Langs...