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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Scriabin, A.: Poeme De L'Extase (La) / Liszt, F.: Les Preludes (Boston Symphony, Monteux) (1952)
Roger Voisin, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux
Classical - Released by Naxos Classical Archives on Jan 1, 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
Classical - Released by Naxos Classical Archives on Jan 1, 2000
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Medea's Meditation & Dance of Vengeance, Op. 23A
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
Classical - Released by Classically on Mar 12, 2024
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Béla Bartók (Live)
Concertos - Released by Altair on Jun 9, 2023
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Beethoven: Symphonie No. 5 (Stereo Version)
Willis Page, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on Jan 1, 1961
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Copland: Appalachian Spring - The Tender Land Suite
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Aaron Copland
Classical - Released by Naxos Classical Archives on Jun 1, 2012
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R. Strauss, Mussorgsky & Tchaikovsky: Don Juan - Kovanshchina - Francesca di Rimini (Live)
Symphonic Music - Released by Altair on Apr 10, 2022
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Mstruct
DreamSystem, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Techno - Released by Tech Units on Aug 21, 2019
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Major, Op. 67
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
Classical - Released by Music Manager on Jun 22, 2021
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La mer & Images
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
Pop - Released by Apollo Spark on Oct 1, 2021
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: III. Allegro
Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by The state51 Conspiracy Ltd on Apr 3, 2020
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Tout sur le violon
The Philharmonia Orchestra, The National Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by Music Manager on Dec 22, 2015
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Howl at the Moon
Morton Gould and His Orchestra, Mayfair Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by Music Manager on Jan 29, 2016
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play.it.back
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by 7013124 Records DK2 on May 3, 2024
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BCJU colab (feat. Juicy & Ubski)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by 7013124 Records DK2 on Apr 27, 2024
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Universal Trials
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by 7013124 Records DK2 on Apr 24, 2024
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Debussy: Rhapsody for Saxophone and Orchestra, La Mer
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra of Paris
Classical - Released by Discover Classical Music on Nov 7, 2010
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Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D - Tartini: Devil's Trill Sonata
Henryk Szeryng, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by Discover Classical Music on Dec 1, 2010
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 & No. 5
Classical - Released by Discover Classical Music on Feb 1, 2010
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Milestones of a Legendary Conductor: Pierre Monteux, Vol. 7
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Berkshire Festival Chorus, San Francisco Symphony, Pierre Monteux
Classical - Released by Intense Media GmbH on Dec 6, 2019
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Medea's Meditation & Dance of Vengeance, Op. 23A
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
Classical - Released by Ancien Prodige on Mar 12, 2024
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