Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
The Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, now Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, has been a part of the city's cultural life since its founding in 1902 as the Stockholm Concert Society. The orchestra is fully international in its orientation, and indeed, except for founder-organizer Tor Aulin, it has never had a Swedish-born conductor.
The Stockholm Concert Society, originally "intended primarily for workers," gave its first concert on October 21, 1902. At the beginning, the group had no fixed membership, drawing as needed on members of the existing Royal Court Orchestra and the Swedish Music Association. From the beginning, the orchestra's concerts often included new and contemporary Swedish works. In 1914, the orchestra was established as a professional ensemble, and the following year, Georg Schnéevoigt became its first principal conductor. Over his ten-year reign, the orchestra experienced a period of growth. Conductor Václav Talich served as principal conductor from 1926 to 1935, overseeing the orchestra's move into the Konserthuset concert hall in 1926; the orchestra continues to perform there today. Fritz Busch served as conductor from 1937 to 1940 before fleeing Europe due to the rise of Nazism; he was succeeded by conductor-violinist Carl Garaguly (1942-1953) and Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (1955-1964). The group's name was changed to the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra in 1957.
Stockholm Philharmonic conductors all had substantial international careers. The group included several from the Communist East Bloc, thanks to Sweden's neutrality: Antal Dorati (1966-1974) and Gennady Rozhdestvensky (1974-1977 and 1991-1992, continuing on with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic until 1995), whom orchestra players, flummoxed by his hard-to-pronounce name, called Rolfe Svensson. Between Rozhdestvensky's two terms came Yuri Ahronovitch (1982-1987) and Paavo Berglund (1987-1991), who launched major European tours and one of Japan in 1990. In 1992, when patronage from Sweden's royal family began, the orchestra took on its current name, Kungliga Filharmoniska Orkestern (or Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; in English, the term "Stockholm" is added to avoid confusion with England's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra).
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Fricsay conducts Tchaikovsky
Ferenc Fricsay, Berliner Philharmoniker, Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by Urania Records on Mar 3, 2023
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Alfven: Symphonies and Rhapsodies (The)
Claes-Hakan Ahnsjo, Christina Hogman, Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Classical - Released by BIS on Sep 1, 2004
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Berwald: Symphony No. 1 'Sérieuse', Symphony No. 3 'Singulière' (Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt Edition 2, Vol. 8)
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on Jan 1, 1962
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Alfven: 3 Swedish Rhapsodies
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Classical - Released by BIS on Jan 1, 1992
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Wirén: Serenade - Sinfonietta - Symphony No. 4 - Music for Strings
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orebro Chamber Orchestra
Classical - Released by NaxosSweden - Swedish Society on Jan 1, 1988
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Atterberg, Kallstenius, Lindberg
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Stig Westerberg
Symphonic Music - Released by Musica Sveciae on Jan 1, 1992
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Svenska ballader / Swedish Ballads
Ingvar Wixell, Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Johan Arnell
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Musica Sveciae on Jan 1, 1991
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Alfvén Edition, Vol. 2: Sypmhony No. 2 - Uppsala Rhapsody
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Stig Rybrant, Leif Segerstam, Berliner Symphoniker
Classical - Released by Swedish Society on Jan 1, 2000
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Symphony No. 3, Facetter
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Elisabeth Söderström, Sixten Ehrling, Antal Doráti, Sergiu Comissiona, Yuri Ahronovitch
Classical - Released by Caprice on Jan 1, 1988
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Symphony No. 9 (The Great)
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by Olympic Records on Jul 30, 1974
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Stenhammar: Symphony No. 2 & Serenade
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by NaxosSweden - Swedish Society on Jan 1, 1999
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Rosenberg / Söderlundh: Violin Concertos
Leon Spierer, Leo Berlin, Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Arvīds Jansons, Stig Westerberg
Classical - Released by Caprice on Jan 1, 1988
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Alfven: Symphony No. 4, Op. 39
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Classical - Released by BIS on Jan 1, 1991
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Scriabin: Piano Concerto / Symphony No. 3, "Le Divin Poeme"
Roland Pöntinen, Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
Classical - Released by BIS on Jan 1, 1989
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Rosenberg: Louisville Concerto & Symphony No. 2
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by NaxosSweden - Swedish Society on Jan 1, 1988
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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 Jan 1, 1989
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Alfvén Edition, Vol. 3: Symphony No. 3 & Dalarapsodi
Nils Grevillius, Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Stig Westerberg
Classical - Released by Swedish Society on Jan 1, 2000
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Alfvén, H.: Symphony No. 2 - Midsommarvaka
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Classical - Released by BIS on Jan 1, 1987
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Scriabin: Symphony No. 1 / Prometheus
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
Classical - Released by BIS on Jan 1, 1991
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Alfvén, H.: Upsala Rhapsody - Symphony No. 1
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Classical - Released by BIS on Jan 1, 1988
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Dorati: Symphony No. 1 / Symphony No. 2
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Antal Doráti
Classical - Released by BIS on Jan 1, 1988
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