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
ALBUMVictoria de Los Angeles: Fauré, Debussy & RavelVictoria De Los Angeles, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris, André Cluytens, Georges Prêtre, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Charles Munch
ALBUMRavel: Boléro, M. 81; Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19 & La valse, M. 72Charles Munch & Boston Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMRavel: Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57 (1961 Recording)Charles Munch & Boston Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMSchubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944 "The Great"Charles Munch & Boston Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMErnest Chausson: Symphonie, Poème de l'amour et de la mer - Claude Debussy: PrintempsBoston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch, Kathleen Ferrier, Hallé & Sir John Barbirolli
ALBUMWuorinen: Symphony No. 8 & Piano Concerto No. 4Boston Symphony Orchestra, James Levine & Peter Serkin
ALBUMStrauss, R.: Also sprach Zarathustra / Holst: The PlanetsJoseph Silverstein, Boston Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg & New England Conservatory Chorus
ALBUMBoston Symphony Orchestra - Wagner and SibeliusBoston Symphony Orchestra & Andris Nelsons
ALBUMHarbison Symphonies 1 & 2Boston Symphony Orchestra & James Levine
ALBUMBrahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem)Boston Symphony Orchestra & James Levine
ALBUMMahler: Symphony No. 6Boston Symphony Orchestra & James Levine
ALBUMRavel: Daphnis et ChloéBoston Symphony Orchestra & James Levine
ALBUMHindemith: Symphony "Mathis Der Maler"Daniel Benyamini, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire & William Steinberg
ALBUMPeter Lieberson: Neruda SongsLorraine Hunt Lieberson, Boston Symphony Orchestra & James Levine
ALBUMBerlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Love Scene from Romeo & JulietCharles Munch & Boston Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Rudolf Serkin
ALBUMOrff: Carmina BuranaSeiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Children's Chorus of the New England Conservatory, Evelyn Mandac, Katherine Edmonds Pusztai, Lorna Cooke de Varon, New England Conservatory Chorus, Sherrill Milnes & Stanley Kolk
ALBUMBeethoven: Symphony No. 9 - Schoenberg: A Survivor from WarsawErich Leinsdorf & Boston Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMBrahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 - Grieg: Piano Concerto in A MinorArthur Rubinstein, Boston Symphony Orchestra, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra & Charles Munch
ALBUMTCHAIKOVSKY: SYMPHONY No.4, No.5, No.6 "PATHÉTIQUE", ROMEO AND JULIET "FANTASY-OVERTURE"Serge Koussevitzky & Boston Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMRavel: Boléro; Valses nobles et sentimentales; Le tombeau de Couperin; Alborada del graciosoBernard Haitink & Boston Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMRavel: Ma Mère l'Oye; Rapsodie espagnole; La Valse; Menuet antiqueBernard Haitink & Boston Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMBartók: Concerto for Orchestra; The Miraculous MandarinSeiji Ozawa & Boston Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMThe American AlbumItzhak Perlman, Seiji Ozawa & Boston Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMSibelius: The Complete Symphonies, Vol. 1Boston Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis
ALBUMR. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 - Holst: The Planets, Op. 32Boston Symphony Orchestra & William Steinberg
ALBUMBeethoven: Symphony No.5 In C Minor, Op.67; Piano Concerto No.5 In E Flat Major Op.73 -"Emperor"Christoph Eschenbach, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik & Seiji Ozawa
ALBUMBerlioz: RequiemSeiji Ozawa, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra, John Oliver & Vinson Cole
ALBUMProkofiev: Peter and the Wolf - Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals - Britten: Young Person's Guide to the OrchestraBoston Symphony Orchestra, Melissa Joan Hart & Seiji Ozawa
ALBUMIrving Fine: Symphony 1962, Serious Song & Toccata concertanteBoston Symphony Orchestra, Irving Fine & Erich Leinsdorf
ALBUMMendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's DreamBoston Symphony Orchestra, Kathleen Battle, Frederica von Stade, Judi Dench & Seiji Ozawa
ALBUMBerlioz: Symphonie FantastiqueCharles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Richard Mohr
ALBUMComposers Conduct Appalachian Spring; The Tender Land: Suite; Fall River LegendAaron Copland, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Morton Gould and His Orchestra
ALBUMSaint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 - Debussy: La Mer - Ibert: EscalesCharles Munch & Boston Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMMahler: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6Jessye Norman, American Boy Choir, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Seiji Ozawa
ALBUMBach, J.S.: Transcriptions by Stokowski/Schoenberg/Stravinsky/WebernTanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Seiji Ozawa
ALBUMBartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, Concerto for OrchestraBoston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa & Rafael Kubelik
ALBUMTchaikovsky: Pique DameSeiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Julian Rodescu, Janis Taylor, Vladimir Atlantov, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Richard Clement, Dennis Peterson, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Ernesto Gavazzi, Mirella Freni, Dominique Labelle, Maureen Forrester, Katherine Ciesinski, Tanya Roudenko, Jorge Chaminé, Sergei Leiferkus, John Oliver, The American Boychoir & James Litton
ALBUMMahler: Symphony No. 5Seiji Ozawa & Boston Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMBeethoven: The Five Piano ConcertosBoston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa & Rudolf Serkin
ALBUMPeter Lieberson: Piano ConcertoPeter Serkin, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Seiji Ozawa
ALBUMStravinsky: The FirebirdSeiji Ozawa & Boston Symphony Orchestra
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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.
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