ALBUMHistorical Beethoven: Charles MunchCharles Munch & Boston Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMStraussAndris Nelsons, Gewandhausorchester & Boston Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMShostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1, 14 & 15; Chamber Symphony in C MinorBoston Symphony Orchestra & Andris Nelsons
ALBUMBoston Symphony CommissionsBoston Symphony Orchestra & Andris Nelsons
ALBUMBrahms: Symphony No. 2 In D Major, Op. 73 / Rossini: Overture From "Semiramide" / Paganini: Moto perpetuo, Op.11Boston Symphony Orchestra & Seiji Ozawa
ALBUMRimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35 / Bartók: Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta, Sz. 106Boston Symphony Orchestra & Seiji Ozawa
ALBUMBrahms: The Symphonies - Symphony No. 4Boston Symphony Orchestra & Andris Nelsons
ALBUMThe Great Conductors: Charles MunchCharles Munch, Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer & Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston Symphony Orchestra's Popular Music Videos
Williams: Marion's Theme (From "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark")
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Boston Symphony Orchestra & John Williams
Williams: Han Solo and the Princess (From "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back")
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Boston Symphony Orchestra & John Williams
Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2: II. Rounds (Live)
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Boston Symphony Orchestra & John Williams
Strauss: Festliches Präludium, Op. 61, TrV 229
Olivier Latry, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester & Andris Nelsons
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Artist Biography
One of America’s most respected symphonies, the Boston Symphony Orchestra has a massive legacy that goes back to 1881, when it was first bankrolled by business magnate and philanthropist Henry Lee Higginson, with George Henschel as its first conductor. The longest-serving and most influential director/conductor of the orchestra’s first half century was Serge Koussevitzky, from 1924 to 1949. He initiated the practices of performing for live radio broadcast and maintaining an outdoor summer residency at Tanglewood in the Berkshires (both of which continue to this day) and oversaw commissions and premieres by important modern composers including Stravinsky, Prokofiev, and Gershwin. His successor, Charles Münch, installed the first female principal in a top-tier American symphony, flautist Doriot Anthony Dwyer, in 1952. The BSO’s long, rich history of recordings began in 1917 and includes classic performances of works by Brahms, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Sibelius, and many more, as well as film soundtracks including Saving Private Ryan and Schindler’s List.