Stockholm Symphony 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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Discographie
5 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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Canto General
Maria Farantouri, Petros Pandis, St. Jacob's Chamber Choir, Stockholm Symphony Orchestra, Mikis Theodorakis
Musique chorale (pour chœur) - Paru chez Proprius le 1 avr. 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Larsson: Pastoralsvit - En vintersaga - m.fl.
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Swedish Society le 1 janv. 1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
BJORLING, Jussi: Opera Arias (1936-1948)
Jussi Björling, Stockholm Royal Opera Orchestra , Stockholm Symphony Orchestra, Nils Grevillius
Opéra - Paru chez Naxos le 15 nov. 1999
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Great Conductors: Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt Conducts Franz Berwald
Stockholm Symphony Orchestra, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Classique - Paru chez Jube Classic le 17 nov. 2017
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Rosenberg, H.: Symphony No. 3, "De Fyra Tidsaldrarna" (The Four Ages of Man) (Stockholm Symphony, Mann) (1953)
Stockholm Symphony Orchestra, Tor Mann
Classique - Paru chez Naxos Classical Archives le 1 janv. 2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo