Orquestra Sinfônica Do Estado De São Paulo
The Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (OSESP), or Symphony Orchestra of the state of São Paulo, is one of Brazil's most prominent orchestral ensembles internationally. Sometimes known in English as the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, the group is an important exponent of Brazilian music of many kinds beyond the country's borders.
The Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo was founded in 1953 as the Orquestra Sinfônica Estadual. The orchestra's first conductor, João de Sousa Lima, held the baton through 1964. He was succeeded by Bruno Roccela (1964-1972), Eleazar de Carvalho (1972-1996, under whom the group's finances solidified, and it took its present name in 1978), John Neschling (1997-2009), Yan Pascal Tortelier (2009-2011), Marin Alsop (2012-2019; she remains honorary conductor), and Thierry Fischer (2020-). Isaac Karabtchevsky, born in 1934, has been a frequent guest conductor and has continued to appear and record with the orchestra into the 2020s. Neschling demanded a new hall, the Sala São Paulo, and inaugurated it in 1999; it remains the orchestra's home base. Neschling raised salaries and opened international auditions, and under him, the group's international profile rose. He led the group on several tours of South and North America in the early 2000s. The trend continued under Tortelier and especially Alsop, who took the orchestra to the Proms in London in 2012; it was the first Brazilian orchestra to appear there. Back home in Brazil, the orchestra founded "OSESP Itinerante," a touring program encompassing the countryside around São Paulo.
In the 2000s and early 2010s, the OSESP regularly recorded for the BIS label, focusing often but not exclusively on Brazilian music. It moved to Naxos in 2012, recording an album of works by Villa-Lobos under Karabtchevsky; the group also recorded the symphonies of Prokofiev under Alsop in the 2010s. In 2020, Karabtchevsky returned to the podium to lead the OSESP in the first volume of a new recording of the choros of composer Mozart Camargo Guarnieri.
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Discography
20 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Villa-Lobos: Symphony No. 10, "Ameríndia"
Orquestra Sinfônica Do Estado De São Paulo, Saulo Javan, Leonardo Neiva, Isaac Karabtchevsky, Coro da Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo
Classical - Released by Naxos on 3 Nov 2014
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Villa-Lobos: Symphony No. 12, Uirapuru & Mandu-Çarará
Orquestra Sinfônica Do Estado De São Paulo, Isaac Karabtchevsky, Coro da Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo, Coro Infantil da Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo
Classical - Released by Naxos on 30 Mar 2015
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Villa-Lobos: Symphonies Nos. 8, 9 & 11
Orquestra Sinfônica Do Estado De São Paulo, Isaac Karabtchevsky
Classical - Released by Naxos on 9 Jun 2017
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Villa-Lobos: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
Orquestra Sinfônica Do Estado De São Paulo, Isaac Karabtchevsky
Classical - Released by Naxos on 10 Nov 2017
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Symphonies Nos 6 & 7
Orquestra Sinfônica Do Estado De São Paulo, Isaac Karabtchevsky
Classical - Released by Naxos on 1 Sep 2012
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Symphonies n°3 et n°4
Orquestra Sinfônica Do Estado De São Paulo, Isaac Karabtchevsky
Classical - Released by Naxos on 4 Mar 2013
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Symphonie n°5
Orquestra Sinfônica Do Estado De São Paulo, Marin Alsop
Classical - Released by Naxos on 23 May 2012
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Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6, Op. 111 & Waltz Suite, Op. 110
Orquestra Sinfônica Do Estado De São Paulo, Marin Alsop
Classical - Released by Naxos on 12 Aug 2016
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Prokofiev: Orchestral Works
Orquestra Sinfônica Do Estado De São Paulo, Marin Alsop
Classical - Released by Naxos on 13 Oct 2017
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Prokofiev : Symphony No. 3 & Scythian Suite, Op. 20
Orquestra Sinfônica Do Estado De São Paulo, Marin Alsop
Classical - Released by Naxos on 5 May 2015
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Guarnieri: Chôros, Vol. 2
Ovanir Buosi, Olga Kopylova, Orquestra Sinfônica Do Estado De São Paulo, Horácio Schaefer, Matias de Oliveira Pinto, Roberto Tibiriçá
Chamber Music - Released by Naxos on 13 May 2022
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Prokofiev: Orchestral Works
Orquestra Sinfônica Do Estado De São Paulo, Marin Alsop
Classical - Released by Naxos on 7 Oct 2014
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Guarnieri: Chôros, Vol. 1 & Seresta
Olga Kopylova, Alexandre Silverio, Claudia Nascimento, Davi Graton, Orquestra Sinfônica Do Estado De São Paulo, Isaac Karabtchevsky
Classical - Released by Naxos on 28 Aug 2020
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Hime: Concerto para Violão e Orquestra - Ayres: Concertino para Percussão e Orquestra
Orquestra Sinfônica Do Estado De São Paulo, John Neschling, Alondra de la Parra
Classical - Released by Biscoito Clássico on 19 Sep 2011
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Symphonie n°4 (version révisée)
Orquestra Sinfônica Do Estado De São Paulo, Marin Alsop
Classical - Released by Naxos on 30 Sep 2013
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Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo e Banda Mantiqueira
Orquestra Sinfônica Do Estado De São Paulo
Classical - Released by Biscoito Clássico on 1 Oct 2005
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Schumann: Sinfonia No. 2 e Sinfonia No. 4
Orquestra Sinfônica Do Estado De São Paulo, John Neschling
Classical - Released by Biscoito Clássico on 6 Jan 2009
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Walton & Hindemith: Cello Concertos
Christian Poltéra, Orquestra Sinfônica Do Estado De São Paulo, Frank Shipway
Classical - Released by BIS on 29 Sep 2014
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Tchaikovsky - Sinfonia No. 5 e "A Tempestade"
Orquestra Sinfônica Do Estado De São Paulo, John Neschling, Fabio Mechetti
Classical - Released by Biscoito Clássico on 3 Aug 2011
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Beethoven: Abertura "A Consagração da Casa" - Sinfonia No 6 "Pastoral"
Orquestra Sinfônica Do Estado De São Paulo, John Neschling
Classical - Released by Biscoito Clássico on 28 Sep 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo