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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Classical Fusion: Asian Influence in Western Music
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Boston Symphony Orchestra, The Travnicek Quartet
Classique - Paru chez Music Manager le 30 nov. 2015
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Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Past Classics le 1 déc. 2010
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Romeo And Juliet, Op. 17 Dramatic Symphony
Rosalind Elias, Hector Berlioz, Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra, New England Conservatory Chorus, Cesare Velletti
Classique - Paru chez Music Manager le 23 janv. 2013
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Franck: Symphony In D Minor
Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Music Manager le 26 janv. 2012
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Scriabin, A.: Poeme De L'Extase (La) / Liszt, F.: Les Preludes (Boston Symphony, Monteux) (1952)
Roger Voisin, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux
Classique - Paru chez Naxos Classical Archives le 1 janv. 2000
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Menotti, G.C.: Violin Concerto in A Minor / Honegger, A.: Symphony No. 2, "Symphonie Pour Cordes" (Munch) (1955)
Tossy Spivakovsky, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
Classique - Paru chez Naxos Classical Archives le 1 janv. 2000
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Medea's Meditation & Dance of Vengeance, Op. 23A
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
Classique - Paru chez Classically le 12 mars 2024
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Béla Bartók (Live)
Musique concertante - Paru chez Altair le 9 juin 2023
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Beethoven: Symphonie No. 5 (Stereo Version)
Willis Page, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1961
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Copland: Appalachian Spring - The Tender Land Suite
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Aaron Copland
Classique - Paru chez Naxos Classical Archives le 1 juin 2012
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R. Strauss, Mussorgsky & Tchaikovsky: Don Juan - Kovanshchina - Francesca di Rimini (Live)
Musique symphonique - Paru chez Altair le 10 avr. 2022
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DreamSystem, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Techno - Paru chez Tech Units le 21 août 2019
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Major, Op. 67
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
Classique - Paru chez Music Manager le 22 juin 2021
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La mer & Images
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
Pop - Paru chez Apollo Spark le 1 oct. 2021
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: III. Allegro
Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez The state51 Conspiracy Ltd le 3 avr. 2020
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Tout sur le violon
The Philharmonia Orchestra, The National Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Music Manager le 22 déc. 2015
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Howl at the Moon
Morton Gould and His Orchestra, Mayfair Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Music Manager le 29 janv. 2016
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Hip-Hop/Rap - Paru chez 7013124 Records DK2 le 3 mai 2024
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BCJU colab (feat. Juicy & Ubski)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Paru chez 7013124 Records DK2 le 27 avr. 2024
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Universal Trials
Hip-Hop/Rap - Paru chez 7013124 Records DK2 le 24 avr. 2024
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Debussy: Rhapsody for Saxophone and Orchestra, La Mer
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra of Paris
Classique - Paru chez Discover Classical Music le 7 nov. 2010
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