Boston Symphony Orchestra
The Boston Symphony Orchestra is one of the most prominent U.S. symphonic ensembles, with deep roots in the Germanic practices that formed the model for American orchestral culture. The orchestra's catalogue of recordings on the RCA Victor label in the middle of the 20th century, artistically ambitious and sonically top-notch thanks to the ambiance of Boston's magnificent Symphony Hall, continue to set a standard. The Boston Symphony Orchestra was formed in 1881 with principal support from banker Henry Lee Higginson, who also spearheaded the construction of Symphony Hall and its opening in 1900. Its membership consisted largely of German-trained musician, and its first conductor, George Henschel, was a friend of Brahms. Subsequent conductors were German or, in the case of Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian. Especially important was Karl Muck, a former conductor of the Berlin Court Opera (now the Berlin State Opera), who led the orchestra from 1906 to 1908, and again from 1912 to 1918 after the leadership of Max Fiedler in the interim. Muck stepped down and was held in an internment camp in Georgia after espousing pro-German sympathies during World War I. But beginning with Pierre Monteux in 1919, the Boston Symphony boasted a series of internationally renowned and non-German conductors. Monteux was French; Serge Koussevitsky, who led the orchestra from 1924 to 1949, was Russian and a towering figure who commissioned numerous modern works and led the world premieres of Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms and Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra, among many other now-standard works, and founded the annual Tanglewood Music Festival and its associated talent-development classes, with the BSO in residence. Koussevitsky was succeeded by Alsatian-French Charles Münch (1949-1963) and the Austrian-Jewish Erich Leinsdorf, whose RCA recordings were central to collections in the LP era in the U.S. Leinsdorf was succeeded for several years by the ailing William Steinberg and in 1973 by Japanese-born Seiji Ozawa, whose leadership was artistically controversial but long, and also marked by significant recordings, mostly on the Deutsche Grammophon label. Another conductor with an operatic background, James Levine, followed Ozawa in 2002; he stepped down due to ill health and Latvian conductor Andris Nelsons, who had taken on Mahler's vast Symphony No. 8 ("Symphony of a Thousand") as an emergency replacement for Levine, was named conductor. His contract has been extended through 2022, and he has led the orchestra in new recordings with Deutsche Grammophon, including a live cycle of the symphonies of Dmitri Shostakovich. A notable feature of the orchestra's musical life is the existence of the Boston Pops light music orchestra, with personnel drawn from the ranks of the BSO; under conductor Arthur Fiedler (son of Max), that group attained unprecedented popularity on American radio and television as well as in live concerts. The Boston Symphony Orchestra has also been heard on the scores of two films by director Steven Spielberg, Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan, with the scores' composer, John Williams, as conductor.
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 & Egmont Overture, Op. 84
Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Telarc le 1 janv. 1981
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Strauss
Andris Nelsons, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 6 mai 2022
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Ravel: Alborada del Gracioso; La Valse; Rhapsodie Espagnole etc.
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 2000
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Mahler: The Symphonies/Kindertotenlieder (14 CDs)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 2002
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Holst: The Planets / Ligeti: Lux aeterna
Boston Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 1987
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Sibelius: The Complete Symphonies, etc., Vol.2
Salvatore Accardo, Boston Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 1995
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Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 1987
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Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Selected Film Themes
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Boston Symphony Orchestra, John Williams
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 6 mai 2022
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Gubaidulina: Offertorium
Gidon Kremer, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 1989
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Dvorak: Symphony No.9 "New World"
Berliner Philharmoniker, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 1998
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Mahler : Symphony No.1
Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 22 juin 2016
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Leonid Kogan Plays Brahms & Khachaturian
Leonid Kogan, Philharmonia Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Guild Music le 15 sept. 2012
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Ravel : Boléro - Pavane - La Valse
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 1963
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De Falla: El Sombrero De Tres Picos; El Amor Brujo
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, London Symphony Orchestra, García Navarro
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 1989
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Ravel: Boléro; Rapsodie Espagnole
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 2007
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Mahler: Symphony No.8
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 1981
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Mozart: Concerto pour clarinette, K. 622 & Quintette avec clarinette, K. 581 (Mono Version)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch, Benny Goodman
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1957
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Mendelssohn: Symphony 4 & 5 by Charles Munch (2023 Remastered)
Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Alexandre Bak - Classical Music Reference Recording le 6 sept. 2023
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Brahms: Symphony No. 1; Nänie
Bernard Haitink, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 déc. 1996
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Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3
Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Serkin
Classique - Paru chez Telarc le 22 févr. 2005
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Ravel: Boléro; Valses nobles et sentimentales; Le tombeau de Couperin; Alborada del gracioso
Bernard Haitink, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 11 mai 1998
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