Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Like the city of Detroit itself, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra has had to deal with many difficulties, from disintegrating venues to financial crises. Through all of its trials and tribulations, the DSO has maintained a consistently high level of musicianship and technical skill, directly representative of the many distinguished conductors who have directed the group.
The DSO was founded in 1914 by ten young society women who each contributed $100 to the enterprise and secured $10 commitments from 100 other people. Weston Gales was hired to conduct, and the DSO played its first concert on February 26, 1914. Gales' name is not much remembered in Detroit. The orchestra blossomed with the appointment of the pianist Ossip Gabrilowitsch as the music director in 1918. Gabrilowitsch encouraged the construction of Orchestra Hall, which was immediately hailed for its fine acoustics. He also raised the DSO's profile nationally and internationally through concertizing and (especially) radio broadcasts. With Gabrilowitsch conducting and famed pianist Artur Schnabel playing, the DSO took part in the world's first radio broadcast of a symphonic concert in 1922; later, the DSO was featured on the nationally broadcast Ford Symphony Hour. Unfortunately, two years after Gabrilowitsch died in 1937, Orchestra Hall was closed due to a lack of funds to maintain it. The orchestra went through a difficult stretch, during which it was disbanded twice, until the 1951 hiring of conductor Paul Paray. Paray's mastery of French repertoire brought international attention to the DSO; during his tenure, some claimed the world's best French orchestral music was actually performed in Detroit. Paray led the DSO on 70 recordings for the Mercury label, winning several awards. He was succeeded by distinguished musician Sixten Ehrling, but then the orchestra went through another down period in the 1970s. Antal Dorati was brought in to lead in 1977, but financial problems crippled the orchestra. These problems continued through 1987 when the orchestra's cumulative deficits reached $8 million; its endowment was only $14 million. The musicians stopped work for 12 weeks, claiming that both management and current music director Gunther Herbig were inept. Finally, both sides made concessions; Herbig was dismissed and replaced with esteemed conductor Neeme Järvi, while the orchestra's musicians accepted a substantial pay cut.
Meanwhile, a "Committee to Save Orchestra Hall" had staved off numerous attempts by the city to demolish the now-decrepit structure and managed to raise enough funds to restore it to its former glory. In 1989, the DSO moved back in. With Järvi's creative, stimulating direction drawing in the ticket buyers, and the glorious old-new hall proving an eminently suitable recording venue, the DSO took steps toward financial rejuvenation. The DSO recorded for Chandos with Järvi and was heard on General Motors' nationally broadcast "Mark of Excellence" radio series. In 2003, the DSO successfully opened the Max M. Fischer Music Center, which includes the modernized Orchestra Hall, a second performance hall, and an education center, even as Järvi announced his departure at the end of the 2004-2005 season.
Leonard Slatkin was named music director in 2008. Under his leadership, the orchestra has continued to showcase its excellence through its concert series at Orchestra Hall, free community concerts, radio broadcasts, streaming concert videos through its website, and its still-prolific recording output. Slatkin stepped down as music director in 2018 but has remained active as music director laureate. The DSO, under Slatkin, recorded mainly for the Naxos label, on which it released the album Copland: Billy the Kid; Grohg in 2019. This recording was nominated for a Grammy award. In January 2020, the DSO announced Jader Bignamini as its next music director, beginning with the 2020-2021 season.
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Artistas semelhantes
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Rachmaninoff: Symphonie No. 2 (Mono Version)
Paul Paray, Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Miscellaneous - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1961
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Paray: Messe pour le 5e Centenaire de la Mort de Jeanne d'Arc (Mono Version)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray
Miscellaneous - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1959
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Schumann: Symphonie No. 3, Op. 97 "Rhénane" (Mono Version)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray
Miscellaneous - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1959
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Ouvertures françaises (Stereo Version)
Paul Paray, Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Miscellaneous - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1960
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Beethoven: Symphonie No. 7, Op. 92 (Mono Version)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray
Miscellaneous - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1959
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Songs For Lada - To The New World
Valentina Fleer, Valentina Kozak, Michigan State University Children's Choir, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
Choral Music (Choirs) - Lançado por Naxos em 01/05/2012
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Symphonie n° 4 en ut majeur
Marcy Chanteaux, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Symphonic Music - Lançado por Chandos em 01/11/1996
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Ballet Highlights from French Opera
Opera - Lançado por Blue Pie Records USA em 01/01/1960
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Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov, Brahms, Gluck, Tchaikovsky & Chabrier
San Francisco Symphony, Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Lançado por Altair em 05/07/2023
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Heroic Overtures
Classical - Lançado por Blue Pie Records USA em 01/01/1963
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Schumann: Symphony No. 1 - Symphony No. 4
Classical - Lançado por Editions Audiovisuel Beulah em 12/07/2013
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Top classical music, Vol. 1
Joseph Keilberth, Paul Paray, Léopold Stokowski, Bamberger Symphoniker, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, The All-American Orchestra
Classical - Lançado por Infinity em 26/12/2022
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Beethoven & Mozart: Symphony No. 1 and No. 2 - Symphony No. 35 "Haffner"
Paul Paray, Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Symphonic Music - Lançado por Infinity em 16/04/2021
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Rimsky-Korsakov, Kreisler, Moszkowski & Glazunov: Capriccio Espagnole, Op. 34 - Caprice Viennois, Op. 2 - Liebesleid - Serenata, Op. 15, No. 1 - Aubade - Valse de Concert, Op. 47 (Short works and excerpts)
conductor Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Lançado por Infinity em 12/04/2022
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Ravel: Bolero / Bizet: L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2
Paul Paray, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Maurice Ravel
Classical - Lançado por Music Manager em 23/11/2012
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Live à Détroit
Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Paul Paray
Classical - Lançado por Tahra em 08/11/2011
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Franck, C.: Symphony in D Minor (Paray) (1953)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray
Classical - Lançado por Naxos Classical Archives em 01/01/2000
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Franck, Ibert, Ravel & Chabrier: Symphony, Cff 130 - Escales - Rapsodie Espagnole, M. 54 - España
Symphonic Music - Lançado por Altair em 30/09/2022
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