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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Schumann: Symphonies No. 1 "Le printemps" & No. 4
Charles Munch, Leonard Bernstein, Boston Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic
Classique - Paru chez Les Indispensables de Diapason le 27 févr. 2020
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Shostakovich Under Stalin's Shadow - Symphony No. 10 (Live)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 31 juil. 2015
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Ravel: Shéhérazade/Britten: Les illuminations/Debussy: La damoiselle élue/
Sylvia McNair, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 1998
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Dutilleux: The Shadows of Time
Classique - Paru chez Warner Classics le 20 juil. 1998
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Munch conducts a Treasury of French Music
Classique - Paru chez West Hill Radio Archives le 4 oct. 2011
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Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 12 & 13
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 20 oct. 2023
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Debussy: La Mer; Nocturnes
Sir Colin Davis, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 23 août 1982
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Munch conducts Beethoven
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Clara Haskil, Claudio Arrau, Jascha Heifetz, Zino Francescatti, Charles Munch
Classique - Paru chez West Hill Radio Archives le 4 oct. 2011
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Bolcom: Lyric Concerto & Symphony No. 8
Classique - Paru chez BSO Classics le 19 févr. 2009
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Brahms : The Symphonies - Nos. 2 & 3
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Symphonies - Paru chez BSO Classics le 24 avr. 2017
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Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 27 mai 1979
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G. Fauré: Requiem op.48 / Dolly Suite op.56 / Pavane op.50
Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 1996
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Ravel: Bolero
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 2007
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Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, Rudolf Serkin
Classique - Paru chez Telarc le 1 déc. 1984
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Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 1973
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker / The Sleeping Beauty / Romeo and Juliet
San Francisco Symphony, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 1992
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Ruggles: Sun Treader / Schuman: Violin Concerto / Piston: Symphony No. 2
Paul Zukofsky, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 1990
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Sibelius: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon
Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 2004
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Bach, J.S.: Transcriptions by Stokowski/Schoenberg/Stravinsky/Webern
Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 1992
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Poulenc : Gloria - Stabat Mater
Kathleen Battle, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 1989
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Boston Symphony Orchestra - Ravel
Classique - Paru chez UME - Global Clearing House le 7 déc. 2022
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