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HANSON
Concerto for Organ, Harp and Strings / Nymph and Satyr Holly Blake / Jonathan Blumenpheld / Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra / Daniel Spalding [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Aug/2006 ] "I was just pleasantly surprised by the Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. Two words remain: Encore! and More!" (MusicWeb Bargain of the Month Nov 2006) |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Eugene Ormandy... Conducts Tchaikovsky Isaac Stern (violin) Tedd Joselson (piano) Gary Graffman (piano) / Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy (cond) [ Sony RCA Original Masters / 12 CD Box Set - released 16/Dec/2018 ] Available for the first time, this set from the Sony Classical Masters series features Eugene Ormandy conducting The Philadelphia Orchestra in the works of Tchaikovsky, including Symphonies 1-7, Piano and Violin Concertos, and Ballet Suites. |
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TCHAIKOSVKY / BRAHMS / SHOSTAKOVICH / SIBELIUS / HANDEL / RIMSKY KORSAKOV / etc
Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra - The Columbia Stereo Collection Isaac Stern (violin) William Kincaid (flute) Anthony Gigliotti (clarinet) Gary Graffman (piano) / Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy [ Sony RCA Original Masters / 88 CD Box Set - released 17/Nov/2023 ] The Sony label now presents Eugene Ormandy's stereo recordings from Philadelphia containing all recordings released from 1958 to 1963 (plus some fillers from later years). |
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: Mass Kevin Vortmann (tenor) / Philadelphia Orchestra, Westminster Symphonic Choir, Temple University Concert Choir, The American Boychoir, Yannick Né [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2018 ] "Nézet-Séguin might seem like just a bystander amid all the activity, but the fact that this recorded account is as coherent as it is attests to his multitasking strengths." Philadelphia Inquirer |
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GREIG / WAGNER / BEETHOVEN
Great Singers Kirsten Flagstad / Edwin McArthur / The Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Sep/2012 ] |
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GRIEG / BEETHOVEN / WAGNER / WEBER
Flagstad: Songs and Arias (Rec 1937) Kirsten Flagstad / Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] "Kirsten Flagstad must be ranked as one of the greatest dramatic sopranos ever. No one in her wake – apart from Astrid Varnay and Birgit Nilsson – has come anywhere near her in majesty, power and general excellence. (This is) Arguably the most... |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Violin Concerto / Romance (with Bartok-Rhapsodies 1 & 2) Kyung-Wha Chung (violin) / Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccado Muti [ EMI Classics Red Line / CD - released 20/Jun/1997 ] In a career that has already spanned more than twenty-five years, Kyung-Wha Chung has been one of the most sought-after musicians on the international stage. |
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FRANCK / SZYMANOWSKI / CHAUSSON / DEBUSSY
Lisa Batiashvili - Secret Love Letters Lisa Batiashvili (violin) Giorgi Gigashvili (piano) / Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 19/Aug/2022 ] "Batiashvili favours an interpretative line that is easier to experience than to describe, not self-effacing so much as intimate, flexible, unhurried.." (Gramophone Editor's Choice Oct 2022) |
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GEORGE GERSHWIN
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (Highlights) Marin Alsop, Angel Blue, Lester Lynch , Chauncey Packer, Kevin Short, Alexandria Crichlow, Darrin Scott , The Philadelphia Orchestra , Morgan State Un [ Pentatone / CD - released 9/Jul/2021 ] The Philadelphia Orchestra and conductor Marin Alsop present a live recording with highlights of Gershwin's self-proclaimed American "Folk Opera" Porgy and Bess, together with a stellar cast and the Morgan State University Choir. Since its premiere... |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 'Organ Symphony' Michael Murray (organ) / Philadelphia Orchestra. Eugene Ormandy [ Telarc / CD - released 28/Sep/2011 ] "Michael Murray's organ playing bespeaks a mastery and authority that matches the orchestra's... The closing section, in which organ and full orchestra play together, will exhilarate you..." - Digital Audio |
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GUSTAV HOLST / WILLIAM WALTON
Holst: Planets / Walton: Facade New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein / Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, with Vera Zorina (reciter) [ Sony Essential Classics / CD - released 20/May/1996 ] Recorded December 7, 1971 and February 19, 1961. |
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GERSHWIN / KHACHATURIAN / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / BEETHOVEN / RACHMANINOV / etc
A Rhapsody In Blue - The Extraordinary Life of Oscar Levant Oscar Levant (piano), with Isaac Stern (violin) / New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Morton Gould & Orchestra, Columbia Concert Orchestra [ Sony Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 17/Oct/2018 ] Special eight CD edition celebrating the musical genius of multi-talented Hollywood star Oscar Levant (An American in Paris). His complete recordings meticulously restored from the original analogue masters using 24 bit / 192 kHz technology. |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Romeo & Juliet / String Serenade / Francesca da Rimini / etc The Philadelphia Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach, Philadelphia Brass Quintet [ Ondine / 2 CD - released 5/Mar/2015 ] "Christoph Eschenbach's approach to the Serenade is big and sumptuous...he [hits] the heights of the love theme [in Romeo & Juliet] with aristocractic aplomb and he always reminds you what a fabulously organised symphonic movement this is." (Five Sta |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4 / The Seasons (July-December) The Philadelphia Orchestra / Christoph Eschenbach (conductor and piano) [ Ondine SACD / SACD - released 20/Jul/2007 ] "Ravishingly played, it's a performance as much about desire and memory as about fate, with a particularly spectral account of the first movement and an unusually erotic version of the Andantino. (...) The Seasons, which Eschenbach plays with such... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5 / The Seasons (January-June) The Philadelphia Orchestra / Christoph Eschenbach (conductor and piano) [ Ondine SACD / SACD - released 23/Jun/2006 ] "The SACD sonics are so clear and wide-ranging and the ensemble balance is so natural that the orchestra occupies a space seemingly independent of any electronic equipment. (…) Eschenbach makes full use of his orchestra's legendary tonal richness and... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6 'Pathetique' / Dumka The Philadelphia Orchestra / Christoph Eschenbach (conductor and piano) [ Ondine SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] "This is the finest and most expressive playing on disc since Bernstein's enthralling (and sprawling) 1986 version with the New York Philharmonic." ClassicsToday.com, July 2008, Artistic Quality 10 / Sound Quality 10 |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No 6 / Piano Quartet The Philadelphia Orchestra / Christoph Eschenbach (conductor & piano) [ Ondine SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 28/Nov/2006 ] "This recording of Mahler's Sixth Symphony may well be the Sixth of first choice, sonically and interpretatively." - Jed Distler, The Gramophone, November 2006 |
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MARTINU / KLEIN / BARTOK
Memorial to Lidice / Partita for Strings / Concerto for Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra / Christoph Eschenbach [ Ondine SACD / SACD - released 22/Jan/2006 ] BBC Music Magazine's Disc of the Month -- The Gramophone Editor's Choice in January 2006 |
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SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No 5 / Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok The Philadelphia Orchestra / Christoph Eschenbach [ Ondine SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Apr/2008 ] This release in the successful recording series with The Philadelphia Orchestra and its Music Director Christoph Eschenbach features Dmitri Shostakovich's epic and monumental Fifth Symphony, which has become a signature piece of the orchestra. |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
Swan Lake / Sleeping Beauty / Nutcracker [ballet highlights] Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 20/May/2011 ] Eugene Ormandy (1899-1985) was music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra for 42 years - from 1938, when he took over from Leopold Stokowski, until 1980. Together Ormandy and the orchestra made numerous critically acclaimed recordings for Columbia... |