Gothenburg 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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Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra - Great Recordings
Classical - Released by UME - Global Clearing House on 20 May 2022
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Boldemann / Gefors / Hillborg
Anne Sofie von Otter, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 2008
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Eliasson: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Johannes Gustavsson, Sakari Oramo
Classical - Released by BIS on 7 Jan 2022
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Grieg: Peer Gynt-Suite No. 1
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 23 Jun 2009
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Berio: Sinfonia
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Peter Eötvös
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 2005
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Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No.1 / Sibelius: Humoresques Op.89; Violin Concerto
Ilya Gringolts, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 2004
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Beethoven: Triple Concerto - Brahms: Double Concerto
Neeme Järvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Trio Poseidon
Concertos - Released by Chandos on 1 Feb 2010
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Prokofiev: The Fiery Angel
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 2005
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Stenhammar: Piano Concerto No.1
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit
Classical - Released by Sterling Records on 25 Apr 2006
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A Portrait, Vol. 6: Jascha Horenstein (Remastered 2022)
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Jascha Horenstein
Classical - Released by Urania Records on 17 Jun 2022
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Tchaikovsky: The Symphonies and Orchestral Works
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Classical - Released by Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group on 1 Mar 2011
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Aulin, Moberg, Andrée: Orchestral Works
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Valborg Aulin, Ida Moberg, Elfrida Andree, Johannes Gustavsson
Symphonic Music - Released by Nilento Records on 4 Jun 2021
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Nystroem: Ishavet / Sinfonia breve / Sinfonia seria
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Peter Eros, Sixten Ehrling
Classical - Released by Caprice on 1 Jan 1989
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Shostakovich: Legendary Recordings 1990-1999
Classical - Released by UME - Global Clearing House on 13 Jul 2023
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Netzel, Sandström & Tarrodi: Piano Concertos
Peter Friis Johansson, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Ryan Bancroft
Classical - Released by BIS on 4 Nov 2022
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Peer Gynt (Narration)
Tygo Gernandt, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Classical - Released by Universal Music, a division of Universal International Music BV on 1 Jan 2007
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Västkustlegender
Gerard Schaub, Gunnar Sjostrom, Guido Vecchi, Per-Olof Jonsson, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit
Classical - Released by Intim Musik on 27 Sep 2005
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See you at the Opera
Classical - Released by Bela Records on 25 Jan 2009
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