Oregon Symphony
The Oregon Symphony is the oldest symphony orchestra on the U.S. West Coast. After shaky beginnings, it gained considerable prominence in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The Oregon Symphony was founded as the Portland Symphony Orchestra in 1896. The group gave its initial performance, under conductor W.H. Kinross, at the sizable Marquam Grand Opera House, but seasons for several years were spotty. In 1911 the orchestra was reorganized as a professional group, with an unusual arrangement involving five rotating conductors. British conductor Carl Denton became music director in 1918, and was succeeded by the Netherlands' Wilhelm van Hoogstraten in 1925; both of these conductors did much to organize the orchestra musically along European lines. The orchestra vigorously attempted to maintain a classical music presence in Portland during the Great Depression, offering stadium concerts for a $1.00 -- a six-concert season ticket -- but it suspended operations due to financial difficulties in 1938. Reestablished in 1947, the symphony cycled through various conductors before changing its name to the Oregon Symphony (unusually, not Oregon Symphony Orchestra) in 1967. The name change reflected the orchestra's growing statewide presence, with concerts even in remote small cities such as Bend. Another milestone in the orchestra's history was the appointment of James DePreist as music director in 1980: one of the first African Americans to conduct a major symphony orchestra, DePreist remained on the podium for 23 years, inaugurated the orchestra's recording catalog with a series of albums on the Delos label, and became a beloved figure in Portland. Since 2003, the orchestra's music director has been Carlos Kalmar. The Oregon Symphony performs in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, a renovated 1921 vaudeville house seating 2,775. In the 2010s, the orchestra has issued a variety of albums on the Netherlands' audiophile label PentaTone; in 2018 it issued Aspects of America, featuring music by Sean Shepherd, Sebastian Currier, Christopher Rouse, Kenji Bunch, and Samuel Barber.
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Discography
18 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Spirit of the American Range (Live)
Oregon Symphony, Carlos Kalmar
Klassiek - Released by PentaTone on 3 feb. 2015
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Aspects of America: Pulitzer Edition (Live)
Oregon Symphony, Carlos Kalmar
Klassiek - Released by PentaTone on 13 mrt. 2020
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Aspects of America
Oregon Symphony, Carlos Kalmar
Symfonische muziek - Released by PentaTone on 7 sep. 2018
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
WAGNER, R.: Tristan und Isolde, Prelude / BERLIOZ, H.: Romeo et Juliette, Love Scene / TCHAIKOVKSY, P.I.: Romeo and Juliet (Oregon Symphony, DePreist) (Richard Wagner - Hector Berlioz - Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky)
Klassiek - Released by Delos on 1 jan. 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
RESPIGHI, O.: Fountains of Rome / Pines of Rome / Roman Festivals (Respighi's Rome) (Oregon Symphony, DePreist) (Ottorino Respighi)
Klassiek - Released by Delos on 1 jan. 1987
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
STRAVINSKY, I.: Rite of Spring (The) / The Firebird Suite (1919 version) (Oregon Symphony, DePreist) (Igor Stravinsky)
Klassiek - Released by Delos on 1 jan. 2001
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Music for a Time of War (Ives, Adams, Britten, Vaughan-Williams)
Oregon Symphony, Sanford Sylvan, Carlos Kalmar
Klassiek - Released by PentaTone on 4 okt. 2011
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
This England
Oregon Symphony, Carlos Kalmar
Klassiek - Released by PENTATONE on 1 nov. 2012
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 53, 64 & 96 (Live)
Klassiek - Released by PentaTone on 7 apr. 2017
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
SIBELIUS, J.: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 7 (Oregon Symphony, DePreist) (Jean Sibelius)
Klassiek - Released by Delos on 1 jan. 2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
RACHMANINOV, S.: Symphony No. 2 / Vocalise / RESPIGHI, O.: Rachmaninov - The Sea and Seagulls (Oregon Symphony, De Preist) (The Sea and the Gulls) (Ottorino Respighi - Sergei Rachmaninov)
Klassiek - Released by Delos on 1 jan. 1987
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Symphonie n° 11 (Dimitri Chostakovitch)
Concertmuziek - Released by Delos on 1 jan. 2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
RESPIGHI, O.: Roman Festivals / STRAUSS, R.: Don Juan / LUTOSLAWSKI, W.: Concerto for Orchestra (Oregon Symphony, DePreist) (Ottorino Respighi - Richard Strauss - Witold Lutoslawski)
Klassiek - Released by Delos on 1 jan. 1994
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
This England
Carlos Kalmar, Oregon Symphony
Symfonieën - Released by PENTATONE on 1 nov. 2012
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Tchaikovsky, P.: The Tempest / Hamlet / 1812 Festival Overture (Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky)
Klassiek - Released by Delos on 1 jan. 1989
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Orchestral Works by Tomas Svoboda
Oregon Symphony, Niel DePonte, James Depreist
Klassiek - Released by Albany Records on 26 aug. 2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Horn Arrangements - MENDELSSOHN, Felix / BACH, J.S. (Oregon Symphony) (Martin Hackleman - Felix Mendelssohn - Johann Sebastian Bach)
Klassiek - Released by Centaur on 1 jan. 1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
British Classical Selections
Andrew Manze, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Arabella Steinbacher, Oregon Symphony
Symfonieën - Released by PENTATONE on 23 apr. 2021
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo