Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Idioma disponible: inglésThe 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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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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Beethoven & Stucky: Orchestral Works
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
Clásica - Editado por Reference Recordings el 10 jun. 2022
Conductor Manfred Honeck has had the kind of tenure with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra that's rare these days, and he has molded the orchestra int ...
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Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 4 & Tragic Ouverture
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 4 mar. 2022
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" (Live)
Clásica - Editado por Reference Recordings el 12 feb. 2021
Conductor Manfred Honeck and his Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra recorded this live reading of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, in 2019. ...
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Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique - Le roi Lear
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Marek Janowski
Clásica - Editado por PentaTone el 29 jun. 2010
Hi-Res AudioEven though Hector Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique is one of the most familiar classical works, performances are often surprising for the variety of s ...
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Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98 - MacMillan: Larghetto for Orchestra (Live)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
Clásica - Editado por Reference Recordings el 22 oct. 2021
Since 2007, Manfred Honeck has been based in Pittsburgh and has developed an intimate relationship with the musicians of the American orchestra there, ...
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, Op. 47 - Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 (Live)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
Clásica - Editado por Reference Recordings el 18 ago. 2017
The performance of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47, heard here was recorded in 2013 but not released until 2017. Kudos to whoever kep ...
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
Clásica - Editado por Reference Recordings el 13 nov. 2015
Even though the program is a standard pairing of famous symphonies by Ludwig van Beethoven, and the live performances are by a modern orchestra, this ...
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Brahms: Complete Symphonies
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Marek Janowski
Clásica - Editado por PentaTone el 11 dic. 2020
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Op. 55 "Eroica" - Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1, Op. 11 (Live)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, William Caballero, Manfred Honeck
Clásica - Editado por Reference Recordings el 21 sept. 2018
5 Sterne Fono Forum KlassikReturning to the symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven in his Pittsburgh Live series on Reference Recordings, Manfred Honeck rigorously explores the Symp ...
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 - Johnathan Leshnoff: Double Concerto for Clarinet & Bassoon (Live)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Michael Rusinek, Manfred Honeck, Nancy Goeres
Clásica - Editado por Reference Recordings el 22 may. 2020
One salutary aspect of the tendency of orchestras, especially American and British ones, to issue their live concerts on recordings is that standout p ...
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R. Strauss: An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64, TrV 233
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Marek Janowski
Clásica - Editado por PentaTone el 1 jul. 2009
Hi-Res AudioStrauss' early symphonic poems Macbeth and Eine Alpensinfonie are long, loud, and banal, and so are these performances by Marek Janowski and the Pitts ...
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Brahms: Symphony No. 1 / Haydn Variations
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Marek Janowski
Clásica - Editado por PentaTone el 1 ago. 2007
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Brahms: Symphony No. 4 & 8 Hungarian Dances for Orchestra
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Marek Janowski
Clásica - Editado por PentaTone el 19 oct. 2018
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Richard Strauss : Don Juan - Death and Transfiguration - Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
Clásica - Editado por Reference Recordings el 12 nov. 2013
Gramophone Editor's ChoiceIf any music seems ideally suited for the multichannel super audio format, the lavish orchestral tone poems of Richard Strauss must be at the top of t ...
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Strauss: Elektra & Der Rosenkavalier Suites (Live)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
Clásica - Editado por Reference Recordings el 11 nov. 2016
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Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Marek Janowski
Clásica - Editado por PentaTone el 1 ene. 2007
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 15 may. 2020
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 - Dvořák: Rusalka Fantasy
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
Clásica - Editado por Reference Recordings el 13 may. 2016
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra used to be a major fixture on the American recording scene, but has not been heard from much in the early 21st centu ...
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, WAB 104
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
Clásica - Editado por Reference Recordings el 10 feb. 2015
One of the most popular versions of Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 4 in E flat major, "Romantic," is the 1879/80 version, edited by Leopold Nowak, whic ...
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Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue & An American in Paris (Transferred from the Original Everest Records Master Tapes)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg
Clásica - Editado por Everest el 1 ene. 1960
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Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) el 4 mar. 2022
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