Albany Symphony Orchestra
The Albany Symphony Orchestra, of the upstate New York city of Albany in the U.S., is notable for its strong commitment to contemporary music, rivaled in America perhaps only by the Louisville Orchestra. Yet the Albany Symphony also presents programming of broad mainstream appeal.
The orchestra was founded in 1930 as the People's Orchestra of Albany by conductor and Italian native John G. Carabella, a student of Pietro Mascagni who had come to New York state to take a job as an organist at a church in the Albany suburb of Cohoes. The Albany Symphony began with just 24 members, but it grew under subsequent conductors Rudolf Thomas, Ole Windingstad, Edgar Curtis, Julius Hegyi, and Geoffrey Simon. It was Hegyi, music director from 1965 to 1988, who steered the orchestra in the direction of performing and recording contemporary music. In 1992, David Alan Miller, former Associate Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, became music director and remained in that post as of the late 2010s.
In New York's Capital District (Albany and surrounding areas), the orchestra performs at Albany's Palace Theatre and the acoustically noteworthy Troy Savings Bank Music Hall in nearby Troy. It is nationally recognized for its recordings, mostly made for labels specializing in contemporary American music. These have included New World Records, CRI, and Albany Records (unconnected with the orchestra, but headquartered in the same city). The group has also recorded for the Argo, Naxos, and London labels. The Albany Symphony won a Grammy award in 2014 for Best Classical Instrumental Solo for its Naxos recording of John Corigliano's Conjurer, featuring percussionist Evelyn Glennie. In 2019, the orchestra was heard on two Grammy-nominated albums, Michael Torke: Sky on Albany Records, and Derek Bermel: Migrations on Naxos.
In 2011, the Albany Symphony participated in the inaugural season of Spring for Music, a festival celebrating innovative programming by American orchestras, at Carnegie Hall, in New York City; it was invited back in 2013. It has received 26 awards for adventurous programming from the American Society of Composers and Performers (ASCAP), more than any other American orchestra. ASCAP has also bestowed upon the Albany Symphony the John S. Edwards Award for Strongest Commitment to New American Music in 2013 and 2014.
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Morton Gould: Concerto for Orchestra
Classical - Released by Albany Records on 1 Feb 2010
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Symphony No. 4
Albany Symphony Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller
Classical - Released by Albany Records on 1 Mar 2003
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Rouse: Seeing & Kabir Padavali
Orion Weiss, Talise Trevigne, Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller
Classical - Released by Naxos on 4 Sep 2015
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Symphony No. 3
Albany Symphony Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller
Classical - Released by Albany Records on 1 May 2000
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Carpenter/Hadley/Mason/Porter
Classical - Released by New World Records on 1 Jan 1984
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George Lloyd Symphony No. 11: II. Leggiero e brillante (Single)
Albany Symphony Orchestra, George Lloyd
Classical - Released by Lyrita on 15 Mar 2024
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Starer & Thorne
Albany Symphony Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller
Classical - Released by Albany Records on 1 May 1997
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Brutal Reality
Albany Symphony Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller
Classical - Released by Albany Records on 1 Nov 1999
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George Lloyd Symphony in A Major (No. 1): II. - Andante con fervore (Single)
Albany Symphony Orchestra, George Lloyd
Classical - Released by Lyrita on 5 Jan 2024
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George Lloyd Orchestral Suite No. 1 from 'The Serf': V. Sicily (Single)
Albany Symphony Orchestra, George Lloyd
Classical - Released by Lyrita on 29 Mar 2024
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Laderman & Trimble: Orchestral Works
Classical - Released by NWCRI on 1 Jan 1988
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Persichetti: Symphonies Nos. 3, 4 and 7
Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller
Classical - Released by Albany on 1 Jul 2005
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Gould, M.: Stringmusic / Showpiece / Piano Concerto
Albany Symphony Orchestra, Randall Hodgkinson, David Alan Miller
Classical - Released by Albany on 1 Sep 1998
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Schuman: Credendum, Article of Faith / Piano Concerto / Symphony No. 4
Albany Symphony Orchestra, John McCabe, David Alan Miller
Classical - Released by Albany on 1 Mar 2003
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Gillis, D.: Symphony X / Shindig / Piano Concerto No. 1 / Symphony No. 5 1/2
Albany Symphony Orchestra, Alan Feinberg, David Alan Miller
Classical - Released by Albany on 1 Sep 2000
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Harbison: Most Often Used Chords (The) / Flute Concerto / Symphony No. 3
Albany Symphony Orchestra, Randolph Bowman, David Alan Miller
Classical - Released by Albany on 1 May 2000
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Adams, R.: Brutal Reality / Bloom: Life Is Like A Box of Chocolates / Chambers: Concerto for Fiddle and Violin / Rogers: Verge / Ince: Fest
Albany Symphony Orchestra, Jill Levy, Present Music Ensemble, David Alan Miller, Nollaig Casey
Classical - Released by Albany on 1 Nov 1999
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