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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Puccini: La bohème (Instrumental Version, Mono Version)
André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra, André Kostelanetz
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1958
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Rachmaninoff: 4 Préludes (Mono Version)
André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1958
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Harold Arlen: Blues-Opera
André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra
Klassiek - Released by Masterworks on 11 mei 2012
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Grofe: Hudson River Suite plus music by King Norodom, Falla, White, Tucci, Kay (1955)
André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra, André Kostelanetz
Klassiek - Released by Naxos Classical Archives on 1 jul. 2012
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Kostelanetz Strings (Album of 1950)
André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra
Klassiek - Released by Kosta on 30 sep. 2023
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Music Of Vincent Youmans (Album of 1951)
André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra
Pop - Released by American Songbook Classics on 30 apr. 2023
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The Rosary
André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra
Jazz - Released by Vintage Jukebox on 9 jun. 2023
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The Lure of the Grand Canyon (Album of 1961)
André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra, Johnny Cash
Klassiek - Released by Kosta on 30 apr. 2023
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Giacomo Puccini: Madame Butterfly (Opera Wonderland Of Sound For Orchestra) (Stereo Version, Album of 1961)
André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra
Klassiek - Released by Kosta on 30 jun. 2023
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Depuis le jour, from Louise
André Kostelantez and His Orchestra, André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra
Pop - Released by Digable Classics on 1 okt. 2020
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George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue - An American in Paris (Album of 1950)
André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra, Alan Templeton
Klassiek - Released by Kosta on 30 sep. 2023
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The Lure of France (Album of 1957)
André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra
Lounge - Released by Kosta on 30 apr. 2023
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Claire De Lune - André Kostelanetz
André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra
Lounge - Released by Don't stop the music on 17 jul. 2023
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Motion Picture Favorites (Album of 1948)
André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra
Klassiek - Released by Kosta on 30 sep. 2023
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Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata (Opera-for-Orchestra) (Album of 1954)
André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra
Klassiek - Released by Kosta on 30 jun. 2023
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Jacques Offenbach: Gaité Parisienne - Georges Bizet: Carmen Suite (Album of 1960)
André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra
Klassiek - Released by Kosta on 31 jul. 2023
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Masterpieces: Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Vol. I (Recordings of 1947 - 1958)
André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra
Klassiek - Released by Masterpieces on 14 mei 2023
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Invitation To The Waltz (Album of 1949)
André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra
Klassiek - Released by Kosta on 30 sep. 2023
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The Music Of George Gershwin
André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra
Jazz - Released by Master Classics Records on 2 aug. 2010
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The Lure Of Paradise (Album of 1959)
André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra
Lounge - Released by Kosta on 30 apr. 2023
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Puccini: "Tosca" (Opera-For-Orchestra) (Album of 1956)
André Kostelanetz And His Orchestra
Klassiek - Released by Kosta on 12 nov. 2023
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