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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Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: IV. Allegro - Presto
Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez The state51 Conspiracy Ltd le 3 avr. 2020
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Hector Berlioz - The Great Classical Collection, Vol. 10
Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Documents 2 le 13 déc. 2014
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Great Musicians, Great Music: Heiftz and Koussevitzky Play Brahms
Jascha Heiftz, Serge Koussevitzky, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez YOYO USA Digital le 12 juin 2012
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Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 "Unfinished": II. Andante con moto
Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: II. Andante con moto - Più mosso - Tempo I
Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra
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Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B Minor ("Unfinished")
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
Classique - Paru chez Music Manager le 18 déc. 2020
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Master of Music, Brahms - Piano Concerto No.2, Op.83
Arthur Rubinstein, Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Oscardigital le 21 juil. 1998
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Carlo Maria Giulini conducts Haydn & Verdi
Carlo Maria Giulini, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez G.O.P. le 24 févr. 2022
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Wagner: Tannhäuser - Der fliegende Hollander - Götterdämmerung
Margaret Harshaw, Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Infinity le 25 juin 2021
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Charles Münch conducts and rehearses Ravel (Paris 1942. Charles Münch Edition, Volume 5)
Jacques Février, Charles Munch, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez XXI Music le 22 juin 2018
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Guido Cantelli, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Musique symphonique - Paru chez Infinity le 7 mai 2021
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Symphonies from Strauss, Respighi & Stravinskij
Boston Symphony Orchestra, I Musici, English Chamber Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Ermitage Rc le 14 août 2020
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Milhaud , Debussy, Ravel, Hindemith & Beethoven: Prelude from Eumenides - Nocturnes - La Valse - Nobilissima Visione - Leonore Overture No. 3 - Creatures of Prometheus (Excerpts) - Violin Concerto
Berl Senofsky, Pierre Monteux, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Infinity le 13 déc. 2021
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The Great Classical Music #84 : Antonín Dvořák // Aaron Copland // Jean Sibelius
Philharmonia Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini
Classique - Paru chez Ermitage Records le 10 nov. 2020
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Master of Classic Music, Tchaikovsky, Serenade Op. 48
Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Oscardigital le 18 août 1990
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Charles Münch conducts and rehearses Berlioz (2) (Paris/Boston 1943/1949. Charles Münch Edition, Volume 7)
Charles Munch, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Orchestre National de France, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez XXI Music le 22 juin 2018
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Ravel Bolero - Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
Classique - Paru chez MAMANOQUIERE le 15 avr. 2021
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 55 "Eroica"
Musique symphonique - Paru chez MVE le 21 sept. 2015
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Classique pour la creativité
South German Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, The Warner Bros. Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Music Manager le 22 déc. 2015
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Nocturnes of a Lonely Night
Margulis Vitalij, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Karen Khatchaturian
Classique - Paru chez Music Manager le 9 déc. 2015
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