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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Milestones of a Legendary Conductor: Pierre Monteux, Vol. 7
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Berkshire Festival Chorus, San Francisco Symphony, Pierre Monteux
Klassiek - Released by Intense Media GmbH on 6 dec. 2019
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Medea's Meditation & Dance of Vengeance, Op. 23A
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
Klassiek - Released by Ancien Prodige on 12 mrt. 2024
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The Sound History Of A Great Orchestra
Pop - Released by Leverage on 29 jan. 1900
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Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 in F Minor
Klassiek - Released by Discover Classical Music on 7 nov. 2010
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Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Klassiek - Released by Sunday Club Records on 8 okt. 2013
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Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
Klassiek - Released by Discover Classical Music on 1 aug. 2010
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Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 16
Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer, Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra
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Hanson: Symphony No. 3 - Harris: Symphony No. 3
Klassiek - Released by Discover Classical Music on 3 okt. 2010
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Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14
Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Klassiek - Released by Ancien Prodige on 21 mrt. 2024
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Franck: Symphony in D Minor
Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symfonische muziek - Released by Sunday Club Records on 8 okt. 2013
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Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30
Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Byron Janis
Concertmuziek - Released by Sunday Club Records on 1 jan. 1958
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Brahms: Symphony No. 3, Academic Festival Overture, Brahms' Lullaby
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Klassiek - Released by Discover Classical Music on 1 dec. 2010
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Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100
Klassiek - Released by Discover Classical Music on 3 okt. 2010
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Milestones of a Legendary Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf, Vol. 4
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Pennario, Erich Leinsdorf, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Klassiek - Released by Intense Media GmbH on 14 feb. 2020
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Milestones of a Piano Legend: Lili Kraus, Vol. 1
Lili Kraus, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux
Klassiek - Released by Intense Media GmbH on 18 okt. 2019
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Milestones of a Piano Legend: Alexander Brailowsky, Vol. 10
Alexander Brailowsky, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
Klassiek - Released by Intense Media GmbH on 6 dec. 2019
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Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy, Etude in C-Sharp Minor, The Poem of Fire & Mazurka
Klassiek - Released by Discover Classical Music on 5 dec. 2010
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Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor
Klassiek - Released by Discover Classical Music on 2 jan. 2011
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Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
Kamermuziek - Released by Sinetone PCA on 29 jan. 2016
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Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, Op. 15 and Sonata No. 22 in F, Op. 54
Concertmuziek - Released by Sinetone PCA on 11 nov. 2015
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Les grands chefs d'orchestre de la musique classique : Charles Munch, Vol. 1
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
Pop - Released by Mon patrimoine musical on 27 apr. 2017
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