Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Founded in 1904 and therefore the oldest of the city's symphony orchestras, the London Symphony Orchestra became world-renowned for recordings that date back to early gramophone records in 1912. Amid decades of diverse classical programming that followed, including performances for radio and TV, the orchestra also became known for its appearances in numerous film scores, including the Star Wars series. The LSO also tours and first visited North America in 1912 (narrowly avoiding passage on the Titanic).
The ensemble's direct antecedent was the Queen's Hall Orchestra, formed in 1895 for conductor Henry Wood's series of Promenade Concerts. The summer series was so successful that a series of weekly Sunday afternoon concerts was established the same year. The orchestra, however, had never become a permanent group; its members could and often did send other musicians to substitute for them at concerts. In 1904, Wood attempted to end this practice, prompting 46 members to leave and form their own orchestra.
The London Symphony Orchestra was organized as a self-governing corporation administered by a board selected by the players. They arranged for the great Hans Richter to conduct the inaugural concert, and continued to engage a variety of conductors, practically introducing the concept of the guest conductor to the London musical scene. Soon, though, the title and post of principal conductor was established for Richter. The LSO's connection with the BBC goes back to 1924 when Ralph Vaughan Williams conducted the orchestra in the premiere broadcast performance of his Pastoral Symphony. It was the unofficial orchestra in residence for the BBC until the formation of the BBC Symphony in 1930 and continued to broadcast concerts and provide background music for many BBC productions. Other conductors most associated with the orchestra's first few decades include Edward Elgar and Thomas Beecham. During World War II, Wood was welcomed for a series of concerts.
The War took its toll on orchestra membership as it had the general populace, and a concurrent drop in private funding led to increased reliance on the state arts council. This eventually led to structural reorganization in the 1950s, resulting in increased professional standards and the abandonment of profit-sharing; players became salaried employees. The revamped orchestra made only its second tour of the United States in 1963 (the first had been in 1912), and in 1964 embarked on its first world tour. In the mid-1960s the city of London broke ground for the Barbican Arts Centre, intended as the LSO's permanent home. The building was an architectural and acoustic success, and since 1982 has provided the orchestra the solid base it lacked during the first 70-plus years of its existence. The venue opened under principal conductor Claudio Abbado, who took over for André Previn in 1979.
In the meantime, the orchestra made its Star Wars debut, performing John Williams' score for the original 1977 film. While the organization had recorded its first film score in 1935 (H.G. Wells' Things to Come) and appeared in such classics as The Bridge on the River Kwai, Doctor Zhivago, and The Sound of Music, Star Wars won three Grammys, an Academy Award, and a BAFTA, among many other accolades, sold over a million copies in the U.S. and over 100,000 in the U.K., and endures as a touchstone in modern film music. The LSO went on to record music for the franchise's entire first two trilogies as well as films like 1981's Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1993's Schindler's List, 1997's Titanic, and select installments of the Harry Potter series.
During the tenure of Colin Davis, who was named principal conductor in 1995, the LSO established its own record label, LSO Live. Dvorák's Symphony No. 9, recorded at Barbican Centre in 1999 and released in 2000, bears catalog number 0001. Their 2000 recording of Berlioz's Les Troyens won two Grammys in 2002, and Verdi's Falstaff took home the Best Opera Grammy in 2006. In 2007, Davis took the position of orchestra president, its first since Leonard Bernstein's passing in 1990, and Valery Gergiev became principal conductor.
Also known for crossing over into rock, jazz, and Broadway, among other categories, they followed hit recordings such as Symphonic Rolling Stones and Gershwin Fantasy (with Joshua Bell) with albums like 2017's Someone to Watch Over Me, which had them accompanying archival recordings of Ella Fitzgerald.
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La grande famille des Strauss (Stereo Version)
Antal Doráti, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
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Peter I . Tchaikovsky
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
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Nocturne
Jacques Offenbach, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
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Beethoven: Symphonie No. 3, Op. 55 "Héroïque" (Stereo Version)
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
Miscellaneous - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1960
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Ernest Chausson Symphony in B-Flat Major Op.20
Dimitri Mitropoulos, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
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Tchaikovsky Italian Capriccio, Op.45
Antal Doráti, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
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16 Slavonic Dances; Opus 46 (1878) · Opus 72 (1886)
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
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Sergei Rachmaninoff: The Isle of Dead, Op.29 - Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on A Theme by Tallis (10" Album of 1949)
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos
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Johann Strauss II: Valses et polkas (Mono Version)
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
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Dvořák: Concerto for Violin in A Minor, Op. 53 - Glazunov: Concerto for Violin in A Minor, Op. 82 (Mono Version)
Nathan Milstein, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
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Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphony No.2
Dimitri Mitropoulos, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
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Albéniz: Iberia - Falla: La vie brève (Mono Version)
Antal Doráti, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
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Music Of Johann Strauss
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
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Master of Classic Music, Saint-Saëns, Piano Concerto No. 2
Arthur Rubinstein, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
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Academic Festival Overture, Tragic Overture, Haydn Variations, Hungarian Dances
London Symphony Orchestra, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
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Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture (Mono Version)
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, University Of Minnesota Brass Band, Antal Doráti
Miscellaneous - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1957
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Strauss II: Valses (Mono Version)
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
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Tchaikovsky Symphony No.2 (Little Russian)
Dimitri Mitropoulos, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
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Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4
Arthur Rubinstein, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony NO. 5, OP. 64 - Iberia, T. 105 - La Vida Breve, G. 35
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
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