André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra
Andre Kostelanetz was a Russian-born arranger and conductor who "brought classical music to mass audiences while helping the works of modern composers find their way into the classical repertoire", according to the Washington Post in its obituary following his death in 1980. As well as classic works by composers such as Brahms, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky, his repertoire included orchestral arrangements of pop songs and Broadway show tunes which made him one of the best known conductors in America. He championed contemporary composers including Richard Rodgers, Alan Hovhaness, William Schuman, Virgil Thompson, Paul Creston, Cole Porter and George Gershwin and commissioned such works as Aaron Copland's 'A Lincoln Portrait', Ferde Grofe's 'Hudson River Suite', William Schuman's 'New England Tryptch' and Jerome Kern's 'Mark Twain'. He made a great many recordings including 'New York Wonderland' (1964) which went to number 68 on the Billboard 200, 'Traces' (1969) which reached number 200, 'Sounds of Love' which achieved number 194 and 'Love Story' (1971) number 183. His arrangement and orchestral performance of Lorenz Hart's 'With a Song in My Heart' was used as the theme tune of the BBC Radio show 'Family Favourites' and 'Two-Way Family Favourites' from the 1950s to the 1980s.
Born in St. Petersburg to a wealthy family, he studied at the conservatory despite the turmoil of World War I and the Russian Revolution, finally making his way West in a perilous journey to join his already departed family. In New York in the 1920s, he conducted radio orchestras and in the 1930s began his own weekly radio show conducting CBS Symphony Orchestra. For many years he was associated with New York Symphony with whom he established the Promenade summer concerts at Lincoln Center and then Central Park in New York where the audience picnicked and enjoyed music and other entertainment in the 1960s and '70s. He was a guest conductor in concert halls around the world and he made his final appearance in public conducting four concerts with the San Francisco Symphony during the Christmas season in 1979. He died in a hospital in Haiti in January 1980 aged 78.
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Eight All-Time Hits (Album of 1950)
André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra
Lounge - Released by Kosta on 30 apr. 2023
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Kostelanetz Conducts... (Album of 1945)
André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra
Lounge - Released by Kosta on 30 jun. 2023
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The Music of Victor Herbert (Album of 1945)
André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra
Klassiek - Released by Kosta on 30 jun. 2023
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Masterpieces: Pjotr Tschaikowski, Vol. II (Recordings of 1947 - 1958)
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Klassiek - Released by Masterpieces on 14 mei 2023
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Calender Girl
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Klassiek - Released by Mach60 Music on 1 okt. 2015
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Carnival Tropicana (Original Album Plus Bonus Tracks 1948)
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Pop - Released by Weird Music - Exotica on 1 jan. 2013
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The Columbia Album Of Richard Rodgers, Vol. 1 (Original Album 1957)
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Pop - Released by American Songbook Classics on 1 jan. 2013
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The Columbia Album of Richard Rodgers, Vol. 2 (Original Album 1957)
André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra
Pop - Released by American Songbook Classics on 1 jan. 2013
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Believe in Magic of Theatre
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Divers - Released by Don't stop the music on 20 jul. 2023
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Music Of Cole Porter (Album of 1947)
André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra
Lounge - Released by Kosta on 30 apr. 2023
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Music of George Gershwin
André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra
Jazz - Released by Shellac Revival on 4 jul. 2020
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Giacomo Puccini: Madame Butterfly (Opera-for-Orchestra) (Album of 1956)
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Klassiek - Released by Kosta on 30 nov. 2023
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Strauss Waltzes (Album of 1959)
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Klassiek - Released by Kosta on 31 dec. 2023
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Saëns: The Carnaval of the Animals
André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra
Klassiek - Released by Past Classics on 2 feb. 2009
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Ferde Grofé: Hudson River Suite (Album of 1955)
André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra
Klassiek - Released by Kosta on 11 nov. 2023
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Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème (Opera-For-Orchestra) (Album of 1953)
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Klassiek - Released by Kosta on 19 nov. 2023
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The Music of Stephen Foster (Album of 1941)
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Klassiek - Released by Kosta on 30 jun. 2023
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Music of Chopin (Album of 1949)
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Klassiek - Released by Kosta on 29 nov. 2023
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Stardust (Album of 1955)
André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra
Lounge - Released by Kosta on 16 nov. 2023
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Kostelanetz Favorites (Album of 1946)
André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra
Klassiek - Released by Kosta on 18 nov. 2023
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Stardust (Mono Version)
André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra
Pop - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1955
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