Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra
The London Philharmonic Orchestra is a central institution of the British classical concert scene, performing major repertory works, British standards, contemporary music, and more. Especially on recordings, the group has also engaged with music from beyond the classical sphere.
The London Philharmonic Orchestra was formed in 1932 in response to a consensus that London's major orchestras, lacking strong artistic leadership, were inferior to those in Germany and even the U.S. So conductor Sir Thomas Beecham assembled a crack membership of 106 players, and the new orchestra was successful from the start. Beecham steered the group through financial difficulties at the beginning of World War II before resigning for health reasons and due to conflicts over the ensemble's artistic direction. Postwar conductors included Eduard van Beinum (1947 to 1951) and Sir Adrian Boult (1951 to 1958); the latter inaugurated an active recording program, releasing albums that remain standards to this day.
In 1966, Bernard Haitink became the orchestra's principal conductor; his tenure, lasting until 1979, was longer than that of any other conductor of the group until Vladimir Jurowski. The orchestra renovated a disused church, renamed it Henry Wood Hall, and began to use the space for rehearsals and recordings in 1975. Haitink's successor was another giant, Sir Georg Solti, who served as principal conductor from 1979 to 1983 and continued as conductor emeritus afterward, often appearing and recording with the orchestra. Solti was succeeded by a trio of Germans, Klaus Tennstedt in 1983, Franz Welser-Möst in 1990, and Kurt Masur in 2000. Welser-Möst officially installed the orchestra as the resident ensemble of the Royal Festival Hall, which remains its main concert venue.
The orchestra has also had numerous guest conductors over the years, and these have been responsible for many of its crossover releases. Although not as active in this field as the London Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic has made high-visibility film soundtrack recordings. These include soundtracks for such films as Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), The Fly (1986), and the trilogy The Lord of the Rings, as well as the anthology Academy Award Themes (1984). The orchestra has released albums devoted to the music of progressive rock bands Pink Floyd and Yes, and as far back as 1959, it released the album Hawaiian Paradise. In 2011, the London Philharmonic recorded 205 national anthems in preparation for the London Olympic Games of the following year. The orchestra's album releases, classical and otherwise, numbered 280 by 1997 and has increased by well over 250 albums since then; in the year 2001 alone, the orchestra released 21 albums. The London Philharmonic established its own LPO label in the mid-2000s decade and has issued large amounts of music, both classical and not, including Genius of Film Music: Hollywood Blockbusters 1980s to 2000s, in 2018.
In 2007, the London Philharmonic was in the forefront of taking advantage of the wave of talented Russian musicians who had emigrated to the West, installing Vladimir Jurowski as principal conductor. He remained in the post until 2020, becoming the orchestra's longest-serving conductor and leading the group in a 2021 recording of Mahler's Symphony No. 8 ("Symphony of a Thousand"). In 2020, Karina Canellakis became the orchestra's first female principal guest conductor. Jurowski was succeeded in 2021 by Edward Gardner, who became the group's first British principal conductor for decades.
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Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Wilhelm Backhaus, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Böhm
Klassik - Erschienen bei Decca Music Group Ltd. am 01.01.1953
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Beethoven; Wagner; R. Strauss; Mozart; Verdi (Clemens Krauss: Complete Decca Recordings, Vol. 9)
Hilde Güden, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Clemens Krauss
Klassik - Erschienen bei Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. am 19.11.2021
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 5; Wagner: Götterdämmerung (Hans Knappertsbusch - The Orchestral Edition: Volume 7)
Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Hans Knappertsbusch
Klassik - Erschienen bei Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. am 01.01.1956
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Brahms: A German Requiem
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Elizabeth Watts, Stéphane Degout, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Neville Creed
Messen, Passionen, Requiems - Erschienen bei London Philharmonic Orchestra am 01.04.2010
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 1 'A Sea Symphony' (Adrian Boult – The Decca Legacy I, Vol. 3)
John Cameron, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
Klassik - Erschienen bei Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. am 01.01.1954
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, Nozze di Figaro & Cosi fan tutte
Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Walter Berry, Herbert von Karajan, Leonyte Pice
Oper - Erschienen bei Forlane am 01.01.2014
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Bruno Walter's The Vienna Farewell Concert (1960)
Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Bruno Walter
Klassik - Erschienen bei Music and Arts Programs of America am 01.01.2004
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Furtwangler: The Best Studio Recordings (1929-1943)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler
Klassik - Erschienen bei Music and Arts Programs of America am 01.04.2012
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Johann Strauss II: Graduation Ball; Le Beau Danube
Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Antal Doráti, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
Klassik - Erschienen bei Decca Music Group Ltd. am 01.01.1975
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 - "Pathetique"; Romeo & Juliet
Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Lorin Maazel
Klassik - Erschienen bei Decca Music Group Ltd. am 01.01.2000
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro
Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Erich Kleiber
Oper - Erschienen bei World Classical Music Digital am 17.03.1955
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Schubert: Sinfonie No. 8 "Unvollendete"
Wiener Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler
Klassik - Erschienen bei Vienna Classics Records am 24.09.2013
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Vienna New Year's Concert
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Willi Boskovsky
Klassik - Erschienen bei Classic Style am 27.11.2014
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Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat for 13 Wind Instruments, K. 361 - "Gran Partita"
Klassik - Erschienen bei Past Classics am 18.03.2009
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Neujahrskonzert - Best Of Vol. 1
Klassik - Erschienen bei Universal Music GmbH am 01.01.2010
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Beethoven by H.V.Karajan: Symphony No.9 in D minor, Op.125 (Remastered 2021)
Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Alexandre Bak - Classical Music Reference Recording am 12.10.2021
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique"
Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Philippe Jordan
Klassik - Erschienen bei Wiener Symphoniker am 09.09.2014
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Strauss: Don Quichotte, Op. 35 (Mono Version)
Pierre Fournier, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Clemens Krauss
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1954
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Beethoven: Symphonie No. 6 "Pastorale" (Mono Version)
Wilhelm Furtwängler, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1954
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Nights in Vienna (Stereo Version)
Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1959
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Dvořák: 5 Danses slaves Op. 46 & Op. 72 - Brahms: 8 Danses hongroises (Mono Version)
Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Fritz Reiner
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1961
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