Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has gained a wider reputation than the medium size of its home city might suggest, benefiting from the leadership of some of the 20th century's top conductors at various points in their careers. In the 2010s, the orchestra has issued a major series of recordings of mainstream symphonic repertory.
The Pittsburgh Symphony was founded in 1896 by the Pittsburgh Art Society, which two years later hired Irish-born operetta composer Victor Herbert as conductor. The move ran counter to the tendency toward German conductors at the time, but the orchestra gained wide popularity. In 1904, the orchestra went to the opposite pole, installing Germany's Emil Paur as conductor and getting a heavy diet of Brahms and other symphonists for its money. Paur clashed with local musicians, financial support dried up after the Panic of 1907, and the orchestra disbanded in 1910. It was reestablished in 1927, intentionally violating a Pennsylvania law against music on the Sabbath and gaining valuable publicity. The orchestra took advantage of the new medium of radio, launching broadcasts in 1936 that were heard across much of the eastern U.S. The following year, Otto Klemperer became one of a series of international-caliber conductors to lead the group, building it into a top-quality ensemble. He was succeeded by Fritz Reiner (1938-1948), Vladimir Bakaleinikov (1948-1952), William Steinberg (1952-1976), André Previn (1976-1984), Lorin Maazel (1984-1996, who had lived in Pittsburgh and studied with Bakaleinikov), Mariss Jansons (1996-2004), a unique troika of Marek Janowski, Andrew Davis, and Yan Pascal Tortelier (2004-2008), and, since 2008, Manfred Honeck. The orchestra has also maintained a pops series that was conducted by famed ragtime pianist Marvin Hamlisch from 1995 until his death in 2014; in 2019, the pops concerts welcomed Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds as a guest. In its earlier years, the orchestra performed at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Music Hall, Syria Mosque (a performance space suggested by a shrine, not an actual mosque), and Penn Theatre; in 1971, it gained its own Heinz Hall, which has itself been expanded several times. Especially under Steinberg and Previn, the orchestra amassed a large recording catalog. Honeck has revived the orchestra's recording activity, issuing a series of recordings of symphonic repertoire works in the 2010s on the Exton and Reference Recordings labels. In 2018, the orchestra issued a reading of Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55, paired with the Horn Concerto No. 1, Op. 11, of Richard Strauss; Honeck's Beethoven interpretations have been influenced by the historical-performance movement. The Pittsburgh Symphony, under Honeck, was nominated for a Grammy award for its 2019 album Bruckner: Symphony No. 9.
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Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 8
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 1962
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J. S. Bach, Purcell, Turina & Mussorgsky
Philadelphia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Altair le 9 juin 2023
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 1966
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 15 mai 2020
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Petter Og Ulven / Dyrenes Karneval
Trond-Viggo Torgersen, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, André Previn
Classique - Paru chez Universal Music AS le 1 janv. 1980
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 15 mai 2020
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 10
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 1970
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Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3
Lorin Maazel, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Horacio Gutiérrez
Classique - Paru chez Telarc le 1 oct. 1991
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Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn & Symphony No. 1
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Marek Janowski
Symphonies - Paru chez Pentatone le 1 août 2007
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica"
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 1955
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60; Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72a
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 1961
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Gershwin: Porgy & Bess; An American In Paris
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 1972
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Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une Infante Dèfunte, La Valse & Boléro - Igor Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg
Classique - Paru chez Soundmark Records le 21 févr. 2014
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Curtain Calls!
William Steinberg, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 1972
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Falla: El sombrero de tres picos; Ritual Fire Dance
André Previn, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 juill. 1983
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Beethoven's 5th
Classique - Paru chez Planet Blue Records le 1 janv. 1965
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F. Loewe: My Fair Lady / Rodgers: The Sound Of Music
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 1968
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Offenbach: Gaité Parisienne
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, André Previn
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 1982
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Fritz Reiner conducts Bartok live
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner, Yehudi Menuhin
Classique - Paru chez Archipel le 2 déc. 2022
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Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Prelude to Act I), Parsifal, Götterdämmerung & Tristan und Isolde (Prelude & Liebestod)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg
Classique - Paru chez Soundmark Records le 24 févr. 2014
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Wagner: Orchestral Works (Remastered 2022)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg
Classique - Paru chez Archipel le 1 avr. 2022
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