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Dietmar Mueller-Elmau, entrepreneur

Michael Berkeley's Guest is the entrepreneur and hotel owner Dietmar Mueller-Elmau.

Dietmar Mueller-Elmau is the owner of Schloss Elmau, a resort hotel in the Bavarian Alps, 60 miles from Munich. It was set up in 1916 by his grandfather, the philosopher and writer Johannes Müller. He wanted people to take “a holiday from the ego” and to enjoy classical concerts.

Over the decades, it hosted performances by the likes of Benjamin Britten, Yehudi Menuhin and Alfred Brendel. Dietmar continues that tradition, with musicians such as Yuja Wang and the Kanneh-Masons, along with jazz concerts, events with writers and philosophers, and the G7 leaders conference – twice.
Dietmar's music choices include Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Liszt and Chopin.

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Music Played

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Prelude in D flat major "Raindrop" (24 Preludes Op.28)

    Performer: Grigory Sokolov.
    • Grigory Sokolov at Esterházy Palace.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 16.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Mendelssohn/Bruch - Violin Concertos; Romance: Janine Jansen.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Canticle V - The Death of Saint Narcissus, Op. 89

    Performer: Osian Ellis. Singer: Peter Pears.
    • Britten: The Canticles; A Birthday Hansel / Purcell: Sweeter than Roses..........
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.

  • Traditional Indian song

    Raag Bhairarvi

    Performer: Hariprasad Chaurasia. Singer: Pandit Jasraj.
    • In Concert Vol. 1.
    • Music Today.
    • 4.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fidelio Overture, Op 72

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Beethoven - The Symphonies.
    • DG.
    • 009.

  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Divenire (To Become)

    Performer: Ludovico Einaudi. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Ziegler.
    • Islands - Essential Einaudi.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 5.

  • Brad Mehldau

    Schloss Elmau

    • Places.
    • Warner Bros Records.
    • 11.

  • Fatoumata Diawara

    Sowa

    • Fatou.
    • World Circuit Records.
    • 2.

  • Franz Liszt

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C sharp minor, S.244

    Performer: Evgeny Kissin.
    • Schubert: \"Wanderer\" Fantasia / Brahms: Fantasien op.116 / Liszt: Hungarian Rh.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 16.

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  • Today12:00
    BBC Radio 3

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