Text on the LP jacket of LL 640

One of the very greatest conductors of our day, Schuricht was born in Danzig on July 3rd, 1880. The son of a well-known organ builder, he studied music at the famed Berlin Hochschule with E. Rudorff and the noted composer of Hansel and Gretel, Engelbert Humperdinck. A brilliant pupil, he won both the Franz von Mendelssohn and Paul Kuczynski awards for composition.
His first engagements were at Zwickau, where he supervised both the opera and orchestral concerts. Later he won acclaim for his work in the cities of Dortmund and Frankfort. He was appointed Musikdirektor at Weisbaden in 191] and raised to the position of Generalmusikdirektor in 1922. His activities were, however not confined to that city. From 1930 he has regularly led the summer concerts at Scheveningen, Holland. He also took over the Riuikischer Gesangverein in Frankfort and in 1933 succeeded Siegfried Ochs as conductor of the Philharmonic Choir of Berlin. For many years, Schuricht has shared the podium with Wilhelm Furtwaengler as conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and he regularly appears in London, Paris, Vienna, Rome and Milan as a most welcome guest. He has been particularly popular in Geneva where he regularly direcis L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. It is not generally known here, but Schuricht. has visited the United States (1929) for a number of engagements with the St. Louis Symphony.
A concert conductor of the very foremost rank, Schuricht has a genuine gift for teaching and knows how to make his players penetrate the works performed. His interpretations excel in clarity and careful observation of detail.. A particular affinity for the music of Schumann should be mentioned.

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