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Philadelphia Orchestra
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The Philadelphia Orchestra is an American symphony orchestra from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and belongs to the Big Five of American orchestras. It was founded in 1900 by Fritz Scheel, who was also its first conductor. In 1904 Richard Strauss conducted the orchestra in a programme of his own works, and in 1906 the Polish pianist Arthur Rubinstein made his American debut with it. Until 2001 the orchestra played in the Academy of Music, afterwards in the Kimmel Center, where the hall is now called Marian Anderson Hall. In summer it plays at the Mann Center.
Music and breakthrough
The orchestra rose to national fame under Leopold Stokowski, who became music director in 1912. In 1936 Eugene Ormandy joined him, and from 1938 to 1980 Ormandy was the sole music director. Riccardo Muti, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Christoph Eschenbach and, since 2012, Yannick Nézet-Séguin followed. From the beginning the orchestra recorded a great deal, mainly for RCA Victor and Columbia. Sergei Rachmaninoff himself conducted it in his own works in 1929. In 2011 it became the first major American orchestra to file for bankruptcy; the proceedings were concluded in 2012.
Influence
The Philadelphia Orchestra is known for its long series of recordings and for its rich, full string sound. It is regarded as one of the defining American orchestras of the twentieth century.
Listening
Listening tip. Listen to a recording of the orchestra under Ormandy or Stokowski and notice the warm, full sound of the strings. Try to hear how that section plays as a single instrument.
Discography
Studio albums
- 1945Nutcracker Suite
- 1946Concerto no. 1 in F-sharp minor
- 1947La damoiselle élue / Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
- 1950Sibelius: Finlandia / The Swan of Tuonela / Rachmaninoff: Prelude in C-sharp minor / Prelude in G major / Prelude in G minor
- 1951Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor
- 1951Symphony no. 2 in E minor, op. 27
- 1956Bolero / La Valse
- 1956Mendelssohn & Mozart: Violin Concertos (remastered)
- 1956Waltzes and Songs by Waldteufel and Lehar
- 1957Dello Joio: Variations, Chaconne and Finale / Vincent: Symphony in D
- 1957Schubert: Klaviersonate B-Dur / Ländler / Franck: Sinfonische Variationen
- 1958Grand Canyon Suite
- 19591812 Overture
- 1959Cello Concerto no. 1 / Symphony no. 1
- 1959Concerto pour violon et orchestre en mi mineur op. 64
- 1959Messiah
- 1959Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major / Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor
- 1959The Lord’s Prayer
- 1960Carmina Burana
- 1960Symphony no. 2 in E minor, op. 27
- 1961Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 - Liszt: Totentanz (2023 Remastered Version)
- 1961Invitation to the Dance
- 1962Symphony no. 1 in E minor
- 1962The Glorious Sound of Christmas
- 1963Bartók: Concerto no. 1 / Prokofiev: Concerto no. 4 (for the Left Hand)
- 1963Bluebeard’s Castle, Sz. 48 (Remastered)
- 1963Symphony No. 6
- 1964A Christmas Festival
- 1964A Christmas Festival
- 1964Fireworks!
- 1964Requiem
- 1965Piano Concertos nos. 2 and 3
- 1965Violin Concertos
- 1966Requiem
- 1966Symphony no. 10
- 1967Catulli Carmina (Remastered)
- 1967Rhapsody in Blue / Concerto in F
- 1968Nocturne
- 1969Church Windows / The Birds
- 1969Concerto No. 2 In F Minor / Grand Fantasy on Polish Airs
- 1969Symphony no. 1
- 1970Symphony no. 13 (Babi Yar)
- 19711812 Overture / Wellington’s Victory
- 1972Utrenja, the Entombment of Christ
- 1973Symphony no. 1 in C minor, op. 68
- 1973The Respighi Album: Five Great Tone Poems
- 1975Holidays Symphony
- 1975Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra
- 1976Ives: Three Places in New England / Harris: Symphony no. 3
- 1978David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf
- 1978Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue/An American in Paris
- 1979Levine conducts Mahler: Symphony no. 5
- 1979Mussorgsky-Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition / Stravinsky: The Firebird (Suite, 1919)
- 1979Scheherazade
- 1979Symphony No. 9
- 1979The Rite of Spring
- 1980Symphony no. 3 "Organ"
- 1981Concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 11
- 1981Overture "1812" / Serenade For Strings
- 1981Tchiakovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
- 1982Les Preludes / Hungarian Rhapsodies 1 & 2 / Mephisto Waltz
- 1982Ravel: Boléro / Liszt: Les Préludes / Tchaikovsky: Ouverture Solonelle "1812"
- 1982Suite from the Ballet Romeo and Juliet
- 1982Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique"
- 1982Violin Concerto, op. 77
- 1983CBS Great Performances, Volume 70: Piano Concerto No. 1 / "Les Adieux" Sonata
- 1983Scheherazade
- 1983Symphony No. 6 in D minor “Pathétique”
- 1983The Gershwin Album
- 1984Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 2
- 1984Symphony no. 1 in D major
- 1984Symphony no. 5
- 1985Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition (Orchestrated by Ravel), Night on Bald Mountain & Others
- 1985Pini di Roma / Fontane di Roma / Feste romane
- 1985Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade, Op.35, Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34 & Others
- 1985Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra / Barber: Adagio for Strings / Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela / Lemminkäinen's Return
- 1985Symphonie fantastique
- 1985The Miraculous Mandarin / Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
- 1985Violin Concerto / Sérénade mélancolique
- 1986Concert Music for Strings & Brass, op. 50 / Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Weber
- 1986Death and Transfiguration / Metamorphosen
- 1986Four Legends from the "Kalevala"
- 1986Piano Concerto no. 3
- 1986Symphonies nos. 1 & 5
- 1986Symphony no. 1
- 1986Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien/Marche Slave; Rimky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol/Russian Easter Overture
- 1987Beethoven: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / Bruch: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
- 1987Joy to the World
- 1987Piano Concerto no. 20 / Piano Concerto no. 27
- 1987Piano Concerto no. 3
- 1987Rachmaninoff Plays Rachmaninoff: Concertos 2 & 3
- 1987Symphony no. 2 / Valse triste / The Swan of Tuonela / Pohjola’s Daughter
- 19881812 Overture
- 1988An American in Paris / Porgy & Bess: A Symphonic Picture
- 1988Beethoven Symphonie 3 Eroica
- 1988Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Night on Bald Mountain / Prokofiev: Symphony no. 1 / Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
- 1988Sibelius: Violin Concerto / Saint-Saëns: Rondo Capriccioso
- 1988Symphony No. 5
- 1988Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" / Scherzo Capriccioso
- 1988The Four Seasons
- 1988Violin Concertos
- 1989Also sprach Zarathustra
- 1989Ballet Favourites
- 1989Classical Symphony / Lt. Kije Suite / Love for Three Oranges Suite
- 1989Classical Symphony / Lt. Kijé Suite / The Love For Three Oranges Suite
- 1989Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring / Sleepers, Awake / Sheep May Safely Graze / Minuet in G major
- 1989La Mer / Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun / Daphnis et Chloe, Suite no. 2
- 1989Leonoren-Overture Nr. 3 / Schwanensee / Bolero / Daphnis und Chloé / España
- 1989Scheherazade
- 1989Sibelius - Grieg
- 1989Symphony no. 2
- 1989Symphony No. 2 / Academic Festival Overture
- 1989Symphony no. 6 “Pathetique”
- 1989Violin Concerto / Romance
- 1989Violin Concertos Nos. 1, 2
- 1990A Midsummer Night’s Dream / Scherzo “Queen Mab”
- 1990A Roman Spectacular!: The Symphonic Poems of Ottorino Respighi
- 1990Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique / Dukas: The Sorceror's Apprentice / Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
- 1990Boléro / Alborada del gracioso / Pavane pour une infante défunte / La Valse / Daphnis et Chloé / Rapsodie espagnole
- 1990Symphonies No. 5 & No. 6 "Pastorale"
- 1990Symphonies nos. 7 & 8
- 1990Symphony for Strings / Piano Concerto
- 1990Symphony No. 3 / Alto Rhapsody
- 1990Symphony No. 9 "Choral"
- 1990Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 / Scriabin: Le Poème de l'extase
- 1990The Great Tone Poems
- 1990The Nutcracker, op. 71 (excerpts)
- 1990The Sleeping Beauty (excerpts) / The Magic Toy Shop
- 1991Cello Concerto / Symphonic Variations
- 1991Chopin: Les Sylphides / Delibes: Sylvia Suite / Coppelia Suite / Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite
- 1991L'Arlésienne Suites / Carmen Suites
- 1991Piano Concerto no. 2 / Paganini Rhapsody
- 1991Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 4 / Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini
- 1991Pictures at an Exhibition / Night on the Bare Mountain
- 1991Scheherazade / Russian Easter Overture / Capriccio Espagnol
- 1991Scriabin: Symphony no. 2 / Tchaikovsky: Hamlet
- 1991Swan Lake (Excerpts)
- 1991Symphony No. 1 / Variations on a Theme by Haydn / 5 Hungarian Dances
- 1991Symphony No. 5 / The Meeting of the Volga and the Don
- 1991Symphony no. 9 "From the New World" / Scherzo Capriccioso / Carnival Overture
- 1992Cello Concerto / Rococo Variations / Schelomo / Elegie
- 1992Concerto for Orchestra / The Miraculous Mandarin / Two Pictures
- 1992Messiah, HWV 56 (Highlights)
- 1992Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
- 1992Piano Concerto / Ballade / Lyric Pieces
- 1992Puccini: Tosca
- 1992Symphonies No. 1 "Classical" / No. 3 "The Fiery Angel"
- 1992Symphony no. 3 / Symphonic Dances
- 1992Symphony no. 4 "Romantic"
- 1992Symphony No. 5
- 1992The Grand Symphony no. 3 for Organ and Orchestra
- 1992Viennese Waltzes and Polkas
- 1992Violin Concerto / Piano Trio no. 2
- 199320th Century Russian Showpieces
- 1993Berlioz: Harold en Italie / La Damnation de Faust (Excerpts) / Les Troyens (Excerpts)
- 1993Cello Concerto / Symphony no. 7
- 1993La Mer / Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune / Danse / Nocturnes
- 1993Liadov: Eight Russian Folk Dances / Stravinsky: Petrushka / Firebird Suite / Pastorale / Fireworks
- 1993Schoenberg: Gurrelieder / Scriabin: Poem of Ecstasy / Poem of Fire
- 1993Symphonie en ré mineur / Variations symphoniques / Le Chasseur maudit
- 1993Symphony no. 1 "Classical" / Symphony no. 5
- 1993Symphony no. 5 / Festive Overture
- 1993Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique" / Marche Slave / Capriccio Italien
- 1993The Planets
- 1993Verdi: Messa da Requiem / Rossini: Stabat Mater
- 1994Missa Solemnis
- 1994Orchestral Music
- 1994Symphonie no. 4 "Romantische"
- 1994Symphonies no. 2 & no. 7
- 1994The Bells / Spring / 3 Russian Songs
- 1994Violin Concerto No. 1 / Havanaise / Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso
- 1995Mathis der Maler / Symphonic Metamorphosis / Nobilissima visione
- 1995Pictures at an Exhibition / Night on Bald Mountain
- 1995Symphonies no. 1 & 5
- 1995Symphony in D minor / Le Chasseur maudit
- 1995Symphony no. 10
- 1995Symphony no. 2 / The Rock
- 1995Symphony no. 4 / Fantasy Overture "Romeo and Juliet"
- 1996Ein Heldenleben / Oboenkonzert
- 1996Gershwin: An American in Paris / A Symphonic Picture of Porgy and Bess / Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite
- 1996Ibert: Divertissement / Escales / Fauré: Pavane / Pelléas et Mélisande
- 1996Peter and The Wolf / Carnival of the Animals / Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
- 1996Russian Orchestral Works
- 1996Symphonie N°6 "PATHÉTIQUE" / Sérénade pour cordes
- 1996Symphony in F-sharp / Einfache Lieder / Mariettas Lied
- 1996Yo-Yo Ma Premieres Cello Concertos
- 1997Also Sprach Zarathustra / Don Juan / Burleske
- 1997Der Rosenkavalier Suite / Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite, op. 60 / Die Liebe der Danae, Symphonic Fragment
- 1997Romeo and Juliet
- 1997Symphonies nos. 29, 30 & 31
- 1997Symphony no. 11 / Jazz Suite no. 1 / Waltz (Jazz Suite no. 2) / Tahiti Trot
- 1997Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" "Fidelio" Overture
- 1997Symphony No. 5 / Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral" / Symphony No. 7 / Symphony No. 8
- 1997Symphony no. 8 / Symphony no. 9 “From the New World”
- 1997Wesendonck-Lieder / Overature: Das Liebesverbot / Symphony in E major
- 1999Appalachian Spring / Billy the Kid / Rodeo / El Salón México
- 1999Nature’s Realm
- 1999Piano Concerto nos. 2 & 3
- 1999Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 4 / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
- 1999Symphonies nos. 2 & 4
- 1999The Four Seasons / Four Concerti
- 2000Concerto for Orchestra / Two Portraits / The Miraculous Mandarin
- 2000Dvořák: Cello Concerto / Saint‐Saëns: Cello Concerto no. 1, op. 33
- 2000Symphony no. 15 / Sonata no. 2
- 2000Symphony No. 4 / Prometheus
- 2000Symphony no. 6 “Pastoral” / Leonore Overture no. 3
- 2001Brangle / Counterpoise / Viola Concerto
- 2001Le Sacre du Printemps / Pétrouchka / Pulcinella
- 2001Ormandy Conducts Sibelius: Symphonies no. 4 & no. 7
- 2001Pictures At An Exhibition / The Rite Of Spring
- 2001Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Tchaikovsky: '1812' Overture
- 2002Symphony no. 4
- 2002Symphony No. 4 / 1812 Overture / Marche Slave
- 2003Rachmaninov Plays Rachmaninov
- 2003Stokowski Transcriptions
- 2003Swan Lake
- 2003Symphony no. 2 / Le Poeme de l'Extase
- 2003Symphony no. 2 / Symphony no. 3
- 2003The Nutcracker: Ballet Suite
- 2004Carmina Burana
- 2004Symphony no. 1 / Symphony no. 4
- 2004Symphony no. 5
- 2005Adagio for Strings: Orchestral and Chamber Works
- 2005Concerto For Orchestra / Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion
- 2005Fontane di Roma / Pini di Roma / Feste di Roma / Antiche arie e danze
- 2005Martinu, Gideon Klein, Bartók - Symphonic Works
- 2005Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" / "Fidelio" Overture
- 2006Concerto for Cello in E Flat, Op. 107 / Symphony No. 1 in F Major, Op. 10
- 2006Lalo: Symphonie espagnole / Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
- 2006Symphony No. 1 in C minor
- 2006Symphony no. 5 / The Seasons (January - June)
- 2008Ormandy Conducts Dvorak Symphonies No. 7 and 8
- 2008Overtures · Marches · Symphony in E · Siegfried Idyll
- 2008Symphony no. 5 / 7 Verses
- 2008Symphony no. 6 "Pathétique" / Dumka
- 2008Transcriptions: Toccata and Fugue in D minor / Passacaglia and Fugue / Chaconne from Violin Partita no. 2 / Ein feste Burg (Historical Recordings 1927-1939)
- 2009Symphony no. 2 "Resurrection"
- 20109th Symphony "Choral"
- 2010Double Concerto in A minor for Violin, Cello and Orchestra
- 2010Symphony No. 5
- 2010Symphony no. 9 in D Minor, op. 125 “Choral”
- 2010Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet / String Serenade / Francesca da Rimini / Ewald: Brass Quintets nos. 1 & 3
- 2011Sibelius: Finlandia / Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 / Alfven: Swedish Rhapsody No. 1
- 2011Violin Concertos
- 2012Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major, Op. 58 / Piano Concerto no. 2 in B-flat, Op 19
- 2012Piano Concerto no. 5, op. 73, in E-flat "Emperor"
- 2013Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade - Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
- 2013Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring / Stokowski: Bach Transcriptions
- 2015A Festival of Marches
- 2015Holiday for Orchestra!
- 2015Variations
- 2016Mendelssohn Concerto No. 1 In G Minor For Piano And Orchestra, Op. 25
- 2016Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 7 In E-Flat Major
- 2016The Fantastic Philadelphians 20 Stereo Spectaclars
- 2017Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, op. 54
- 2017Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra, op. 83
- 2017Concerto No. 22 In E-flat Major, K. 482 / Sonata In E-flat Major, K.282 (Solo)
- 2017Grieg: Concerto In A Minor For Piano And Orchestra, Op. 16 / Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini, Op. 43
- 2017Piano Concerto no. 20 in D minor, K. 466 / Piano Concerto no. 22 in E-flat major, K. 482
- 2017Ravel: Concerto in G Major / Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
- 2017Tchaikovsky, Sibelius: Violin Concertos / Tchaikovsky: Meditation
- 2018Destination Rachmaninov: Departure
- 2018Mass
- 2019Bach: Concerto for Three Pianos in D minor / Mozart: Concerto for Three Pianos in F major, K. 242
- 2019Destination Rachmaninov: Arrival
- 2019Ravel: Concerto for the Left Hand / Mozart: Concerto for two Pianos, K. 365
- 2019Violin Concerto / Fiddle Dance Suite
- 2020Orchestral Transcriptions
- 2020Symphony no. 8
- 2020Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Violins in A Minor, RV 522 / Bach: Violin Concertos 1 & 2
- 2021A Faust Symphony / Les préludes
- 2021Blues Symphony
- 2021Symphonies nos. 1 & 3
- 2021Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto In E Minor, Op. 64
- 2021Violin Concerto, op. 77 / Violin Sonata No. 3, op. 108
- 2021Walton: 4 Dances from "Facade" - Bernstein: 3 Dances from "Fancy Free"
- 2022Letters for the Future
- 2022Secret Love Letters
- 2022Symphonies nos. 1, 2, and 7 & Orchestral Works
- 2022The 5 Piano Concertos
- 2023Concerto no. 1 in E minor / Todtentanz
- 2023Price: Symphony no. 4 / Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony
- 2023Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony - Ormandy - Biggs
- 2023Symphonies nos. 2 & 3 / Isle of the Dead
- 2023Violin Concertos
- 2024My American Story: North
- 2024Ormandy Conducts Sibelius (remastered 2024)
- 2024Sibelius - Violin Concerto & Music Oistrakh - Ormandy
- 2024Vivaldi Four Concerti For Two Violins - Stern, Oistrakh, Ormandy
- 2025Still: Symphonies no. 2 & no. 4 / Bonds: The Montgomery Variations
- 2026The Musical World of Riccardo Muti
- ?A Wagner Program
- ?Best Loved American Folk Songs: This Land is your Land (2024 Remastered)
- ?Concerti per pianofort e orchestra n.1 e 2, rapsodia su un tema di Paganini
- ?En saga / Pohjola’s Daughter / The Oceanides / Tapiola
- ?James Levine Conducts Mahler Symphony No. 10 Deryck Cooke Final Version
- ?L’Oiseau de feu (1919 Version)
- ?Mahler: Symphony no. 10 / Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Love music from Acts II & III)
- ?Peer Gynt Suites no. 1 & no. 2 / Norwegian Dance no. 2 / Homage March
- ?Petrushka (1947 Version)
- ?Roméo et Juliette
- ?Scheherazade
- ?Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 / Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto No. 1
- ?Sibelius Masterpieces
- ?Symphonies by Haydn
- ?Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
- ?Symphony no. 2 in C minor “Resurrection”
- ?Symphony no. 6, op. 68 "Pastoral"
- ?Symphony no. 7, op. 92
- ?Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6 “Pathétique” / Strauss: Tod und Verklärung
- ?Violin Concerto
- ?World's Favorite Waltzes
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