Los Angeles Philharmonic
By the mid-2010s, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra had established itself as a model for the image and role of the symphony orchestra in contemporary society, and as one of the top orchestras in the U.S. and the world. Under the vibrant leadership of music and artistic director Gustavo Dudamel, a product of Venezuela's innovative El Sistema program of classical music education, the orchestra has shown a commitment to foundational works and adventurous explorations. The Los Angeles Philharmonic was founded in 1919 by Los Angeles multi-millionaire and avid amateur musician William Andrews Clark, Jr. The orchestra's first music director was Walter Henry Rothwell. The next year, the Philharmonic moved into The Temple, a church built in 1907 and renamed Philharmonic Auditorium. Despite the name change, the hall remained a place of worship, and the orchestra had to plan its activities around those of the church. The Philharmonic benefited from the attraction that California held for European expatriates; following Rothwell, its music directors were Georg Schnéevoigt (1927-1929), Artur Rodzinski (1929-1933), Otto Klemperer (1933-1939), Alfred Wallenstein (1943-1956), and Eduard van Beinum (1956-1959). In 1945, Leopold Stokowski had founded the Hollywood Bowl Symphony for the summer concerts at the Hollywood Bowl, a striking art deco outdoor concert shell in a lovely natural amphitheater. The Los Angeles Philharmonic soon replaced it as the regular orchestra for this series, becoming a beloved part of the city's public cultural life. In 1962, Zubin Mehta began his long and productive tenure as music director, which lasted until 1978. He was succeeded by Carlo Maria Giulini (1978-1984), and in turn, by André Previn (1985-1989). The L.A. Philharmonic's music director from 1992 to 2009 was Esa-Pekka Salonen, the exciting young conductor and composer whose programming was built around the great established classics of the 20th century, new music, and a solid representation of established repertoire. Gustavo Dudamel assumed leadership of the orchestra in 2009. In 1964, the L.A. Philharmonic moved into a new home, the Dorothy Chandler Music Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles. The hall was shared with the Civic Light Opera Association and other concert and theater companies, a situation that grew uncomfortable and limiting for the Philharmonic. A new permanent home for the orchestra, Walt Disney Hall, featuring a striking design by Frank Gehry and titanium and brushed stainless steel exterior, was inaugurated in October 2003. In 2007, inspired by the success of El Sistema, the L.A. Philharmonic and Dudamel established the Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles, which offers free music education and instruments to students in the Los Angeles area. The L.A. Philharmonic gives an annual 30-week winter season. More than 250 concerts are either performed or presented at its two iconic venues: Walt Disney Hall and the Hollywood Bowl. These presentations represent a breadth and depth unrivaled by other orchestras or cultural institutions. With a strong commitment to contemporary music from its earliest days, the Philharmonic remains noted for the extraordinary number and variety of new works it has commissioned.© Joseph Stevenson & James Manheim /TiVo Read more
By the mid-2010s, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra had established itself as a model for the image and role of the symphony orchestra in contemporary society, and as one of the top orchestras in the U.S. and the world. Under the vibrant leadership of music and artistic director Gustavo Dudamel, a product of Venezuela's innovative El Sistema program of classical music education, the orchestra has shown a commitment to foundational works and adventurous explorations.
The Los Angeles Philharmonic was founded in 1919 by Los Angeles multi-millionaire and avid amateur musician William Andrews Clark, Jr. The orchestra's first music director was Walter Henry Rothwell. The next year, the Philharmonic moved into The Temple, a church built in 1907 and renamed Philharmonic Auditorium. Despite the name change, the hall remained a place of worship, and the orchestra had to plan its activities around those of the church. The Philharmonic benefited from the attraction that California held for European expatriates; following Rothwell, its music directors were Georg Schnéevoigt (1927-1929), Artur Rodzinski (1929-1933), Otto Klemperer (1933-1939), Alfred Wallenstein (1943-1956), and Eduard van Beinum (1956-1959).
In 1945, Leopold Stokowski had founded the Hollywood Bowl Symphony for the summer concerts at the Hollywood Bowl, a striking art deco outdoor concert shell in a lovely natural amphitheater. The Los Angeles Philharmonic soon replaced it as the regular orchestra for this series, becoming a beloved part of the city's public cultural life. In 1962, Zubin Mehta began his long and productive tenure as music director, which lasted until 1978. He was succeeded by Carlo Maria Giulini (1978-1984), and in turn, by André Previn (1985-1989). The L.A. Philharmonic's music director from 1992 to 2009 was Esa-Pekka Salonen, the exciting young conductor and composer whose programming was built around the great established classics of the 20th century, new music, and a solid representation of established repertoire. Gustavo Dudamel assumed leadership of the orchestra in 2009.
In 1964, the L.A. Philharmonic moved into a new home, the Dorothy Chandler Music Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles. The hall was shared with the Civic Light Opera Association and other concert and theater companies, a situation that grew uncomfortable and limiting for the Philharmonic. A new permanent home for the orchestra, Walt Disney Hall, featuring a striking design by Frank Gehry and titanium and brushed stainless steel exterior, was inaugurated in October 2003. In 2007, inspired by the success of El Sistema, the L.A. Philharmonic and Dudamel established the Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles, which offers free music education and instruments to students in the Los Angeles area.
The L.A. Philharmonic gives an annual 30-week winter season. More than 250 concerts are either performed or presented at its two iconic venues: Walt Disney Hall and the Hollywood Bowl. These presentations represent a breadth and depth unrivaled by other orchestras or cultural institutions. With a strong commitment to contemporary music from its earliest days, the Philharmonic remains noted for the extraordinary number and variety of new works it has commissioned.
© Joseph Stevenson & James Manheim /TiVo
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Steve Reich: Runner / Music for Ensemble and Orchestra
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Susanna Mälkki
Classical - Released by Nonesuch on Sep 30, 2022
The presence of this album on classical best-seller charts in the fall of 2022 perhaps suggests a pent-up demand for the music of Steve Reich, whose n ...
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Holst: The Planets
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Nov 11, 1971
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Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.8 "Symphony of a Thousand"
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jun 7, 2021
Conductor Gustavo Dudamel has recorded Mahler's Symphony No. 8 in E flat major ("Symphony of a Thousand") once before. In 2012, he took the work's sub ...
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Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps / Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin Suite / Mussorgsky: A Night On The Bare Mountain
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Oct 3, 2006
This Deutsche Grammophon disc, Le Sacre du Printemps -- Los Angeles Philharmonic, is issued to celebrate the opening of L.A.'s new concert venue, the ...
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Debussy : La mer - Stravinsky : The Firebird (Live) (Live At Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles / 2013)
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Mar 14, 2013
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Schumann: Symphony No.3 In E Flat Major "Rhenish", Op. 97;"Manfred" Overture, Op. 115
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Carlo Maria Giulini
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 1982
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Brahms: Symphony No.4 (Live At Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles / 2011)
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jun 21, 2011
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Hector Berlioz : Symphonie fantastique (Live) (Live From Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles / 2008)
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on May 20, 2008
An international sensation and instant star in Deutsche Grammophon's stable while only in his twenties, Gustavo Dudamel won kudos worldwide for his ex ...
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Tchaikovsky: The Symphonies (5 CDs)
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
Symphonic Music - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Jan 1, 1977
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John Adams: The Gospel According To The Other Mary
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Master Chorale
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Mar 10, 2014
Hi-Res AudioDiapason d'orJohn Adams' The Gospel According to the Other Mary, first performed in 2012 in Los Angeles, is something of an expansion on the composer's El Niño, a ...
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Norman: Sustain
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Aug 30, 2019
The vast orchestral work Sustain, by the young composer Andrew Norman, unfolds in great waves, in large sections punctuated by duo piano glissandi. It ...
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Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand"
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jun 7, 2021
Conductor Gustavo Dudamel has recorded Mahler's Symphony No. 8 in E flat major ("Symphony of a Thousand") once before. In 2012, he took the work's sub ...
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Frank Zappa: 200 Motels - The Suites (Live)
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale
Rock - Released by Frank Zappa 200 Motels on Jan 1, 2015
This Grammy-nominated release, issued in 2016, reproduces a 2013 performance from the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles by the Los Angeles Philh ...
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Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7-9
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jul 29, 2022
Strangely, the symphonies of Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) are a less popular recording choice today than they were in the 1970s or 1980s ( ...
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Holst: The Planets / John Williams: Star Wars Suite
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Jan 1, 2011
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Beethoven: Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op. 67
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Carlo Maria Giulini
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 1982
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E Flat, Op. 55
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Carlo Maria Giulini
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Mar 8, 2019
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Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / Copland: Appalachian Spring / Barber: Adagio for Strings
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 2007
Opinion divides sharply on Leonard Bernstein's abilities as a conductor of European art music, but much less so on his qualities as a conductor of Ame ...
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Norman: Sustain
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Aug 30, 2019
The vast orchestral work Sustain, by the young composer Andrew Norman, unfolds in great waves, in large sections punctuated by duo piano glissandi. It ...
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Los Angeles Philharmonic - Great Recordings
Classical - Released by UME - Global Clearing House on May 21, 2022
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Steve Reich: Variations for Winds; Three Movements; Tehillim
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Stefan Asbury
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo