Orchestra
New York Philharmonic
- From
- New York, United States
- Since
- 1842–present
- Releases
- 789
- classical
About
The New York Philharmonic is an American symphony orchestra based in New York City. Known officially as the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc., and globally known as the New York Philharmonic Orchestra (NYPO) or the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, it is one of the leading American orchestras popularly called the "Big Five". The philharmonic's home is David Geffen Hall, at New York's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
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Founded in 1842, the orchestra is one of the oldest musical institutions in the United States and the oldest of the "Big Five" orchestras. Its 14,000th concert was given in December 2004.
Members
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Frederick Vogelgesang violin
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Marc Ginsberg violin, principal
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Marilyn Dubow violin
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Donald Harwood bass trombone
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Myung Hi Kim violin
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Kerry McDermott violin
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Dan Reed violin
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Judith Ginsberg violin
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David Finlayson trombone
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Joseph Alessi principal, trombone
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Fiona Simon violin
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Hae-Young Ham violin
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Rebecca Young viola
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Sharon Yamada violin
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Daniel Druckman percussion
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Robert Botti oboe
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Lisa Kim violin, additional, principal
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Anna Rabinova violin
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Carter Brey cello
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Sheryl Staples additional, principal, violin
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Soo Hyun Kwon violin
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Michelle Kim additional, principal, violin
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Kim Laskowski bassoon
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Kuan Cheng Lu violin
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Duoming Ba violin
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Elizabeth Zeltser violin
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Alan Baer principal, tuba
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Matthew Muckey trumpet
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Na Sun violin
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Liang Wang oboe
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Quan Ge violin
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Hyunju Lee violin
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George Curran bass trombone
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Anthony McGill clarinet
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Frank Huang violin
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Su Hyun Park violin
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Kyung Ji Min violin
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Huang I-Jung violin
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Alina Kobialka violin
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Audrey Wright violin
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Enrico DiCecco violin
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Eileen Moon cello
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Lew Norton double bass
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Mark Schmoockler violin
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Sherry Sylar oboe
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Yulia Ziskel-Deninzon violin
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Kersten McCall flute
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Milton Prinz cello
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Raymond Sabinsky viola
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Peter Simenauer clarinet
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Ludwig Manoly double bass, principal
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Herman Reinshagen double bass, principal
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Marcel Tabuteau cor anglais
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Georges Barrère flute, principal
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Henri Leroy clarinet
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Maximilian Pilzer violin
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Simeon Bellison clarinet
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Saul Goodman principal, timpani
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Hans Lange violin
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Alfred Wallenstein cello
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Joseph Vieland viola
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Frederick Zimmermann double bass
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David Kates viola
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John Corigliano, Sr. violin
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Robert McGinnis clarinet, principal
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Stanley Drucker clarinet
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Albert Goltzer oboe
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Bob De Pasquale violin
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Martin Eshelman violin
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Kenneth Gordon violin
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Newton Mansfield violin
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Robert Menga violin
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Lorne Munroe cello
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Gerald Konrad Appleman cello
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L. William Kuyper horn
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Thomas Stacy cor anglais
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Hanna Lachert violin
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Leonard Raver organ
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Carol Webb violin
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Philip Smith trumpet
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Charles Rex violin
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Vladimir Tsypin violin
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Paul Neubauer viola
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Sarah Bullen harp, principal
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Sandra Church flute
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Nitzan Haroz trombone
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Keisuke Ikuma cor anglais, oboe
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Hai-Ye Ni cello
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Mark Nuccio clarinet, principal
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Anton Polezhayev violin
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Minyoung Chang additional, violin
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Stephanie Jeong violin
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Glenn Dicterow violin
Discography
Albums
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Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring)
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Piano Concerto no. 5 in E‐flat “Emperor”
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Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 (“Choral”) / Brahms: Song of Destiny, op. 54 (Schicksalslied)
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Symphony no. 3 in C Minor
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Stravinsky: Pétrouchka
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Saint-Saens: Danse macabre & Le Rouet d'Omphale & La Jeunesse d'Hercule & Phaeton
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La Mer / Ibéria
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Schönberg: Erwartung, Op. 17 - Krenek: Symphonic Elegy, Op. 105
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Wozzeck
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Gottschalk: Cakewalk - Gould: Fall River Legend
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D Minor
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Scriabin: Le Poème de l'exstase, Op. 54 & Prométhée, Op. 60
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique"
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Romeo and Juliet: Dramatic Symphony, op. 17
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Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88 (Mono Version)
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Rieger: Symphony No. 3, Op. 42 - Mennin: Symphony No. 3
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Symphony no. 5 in E minor
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Schoenberg & Berg: Violin Concertos
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Ippolitov-Ivanov: Caucasian Sketches, Op. 10 - Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
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Symphony No. 1 in D Major
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Borodin: Symphony No. 2 - Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 1 in D Major
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The Seasons, op. 8
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Requiem Mass in D minor, K. 626
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Violin Concerto, op. 99
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Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Suite - Kodály: Háry János Suite
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Schuman: Credendum - Kirchner: Piano Concerto No. 1
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Symphonie fantastique, op. 14
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Beethoven: Symphony Nos 7 & 8
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Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice / Weinberger: Schwanda / Liszt: Les Préludes / Strauss: Salome
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8e Symphonie en Fa Majeur Opus 93
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Transfigured Night / Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
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Symphony no. 2 in C minor “Resurrection”
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Prokoviev: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
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Concerto for Violin
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Le Sacre du printemps
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Symphony no. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
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Symphony No. 7
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Symphony no. 5, op. 47
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Scheherazade
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Emperor: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 5 in E-flat major
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Rhapsody in Blue / An American in Paris
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A Faust Symphony
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Walton: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / Lalo: Symphonie espagnole
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Symphonie Nr. 5 / Te Deum
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Four Concertos
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Bernstein Plays Brubeck Plays Bernstein
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Concerto in E minor for Violin and Orchestra / Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra
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Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf / Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite
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Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major
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Missa Solemnis
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Bernstein: Jeremiah Symphony / Roy Harris: Third Symphony
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New World Symphony
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Alexander Nevsky
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Bartók: Two Rhapsodies for Violin and Orchestra / Berg: Violin Concerto
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Harold in Italy
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Carnival of the Animals/The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
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Bernstein Conducts Tchaikovsky
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Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98
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Symphony No. 3 ‘Kaddish’
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Symphony no. 5 op. 50
EPs
Singles
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Requiem for String Orchestra, Dedicated to the People of Japan
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Couperin & Milhaud: Overture and Allegro from "La Sultane" - Travis: Symphonic Allegro
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The Sacred Harp
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Escales / Liebestod
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Escales
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Three Cornered Hat (Two Dances)
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Till Eulenspiegel
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Symphony no. 5 (4th Movt.)
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Overture to Prometheus / Fêtes
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Rapsodie espagnole
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Old California
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Serenade for Orchestra
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1812 Overture
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Rapsodie espagnole / Temptation
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First Rhapsody for Clarinet
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Marche slave
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Overture To Prometheus / Fêtes
Live
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Bruckner and Mozart Complete Live Concerto Conducted by George Szell
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Sing Happy
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Symphonies nos. 5 & 7
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Beyond Borders
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Vladimir Horowitz in Recital at Avery Fischer Hall New York City September 24 1978
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Violin Concerto / Flute Concerto / Clarinet Concerto
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Symphonies nos. 4 & 1
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Koyaanisqatsi with Orchestra
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Symphony no. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand"
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Il prigioniero
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Symphonies nos. 2 & 3
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Mozart
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Thomas Adès / Mahler
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Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun / Lindberg: Kraft
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Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev
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Highlights from Messiah (2004)
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Symphony 8
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Bruno Walter Conducts: Bruckner Symphony No. 9 / Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
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Bruckner's Seventh
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Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé: Suite No. 2 / Rapsodie espagnole / Stravinsky: Chant du rossignol / L'Oiseau de feu: Suite
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Dvorák: Violin Concerto in A minor, op. 53 / Elgar: Sonata for Violin and Piano in E minor, op. 82
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Sweeney Todd: Live at the New York Philharmonic
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Symphonies nos. 3 & 8 “Unfinished” / Wanderer-Fantasie
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The Mahler Broadcasts 1948-1982
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Symphonies nos. 1 & 9 / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
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Piano Concerto no. 1
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War Requiem
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Pictures at an Exhibition / Night on the Bare Mountain / Songs and Dances of Death
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Brahms: Violinkonzert / Schumann: Fantasie op. 131
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Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune / Rapsodie pour saxophone / La Mer / Ravel: La Valse / Bolero
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Ein Deutsches Requiem
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Symphony no. 9
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Mahler: Symphony N. 3 in D minor / Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette (excerpts)
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Concert of the Century
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Symphony no. 4 / Francesca da Rimini
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Symphony no. 5 / Romeo & Juliet
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Symphony no. 2 / Central Park in the Dark / The Unanswered Question / Tone Roads no. 1 / Hymn for Strings / Hallowe’en / The Gong on the Hook and Ladder
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Symphonie No. 2 »Resurrection · Auferstehung«
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Also sprach Zarathustra / Tod und Verklärung
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Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Bach: Prelude no. 10
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2008-09-17: Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, NY, USA
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Symphony no. 2
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2008-04-09: Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, NY, USA
Compilations
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Le Sacre du Printemps / Petruscka / L'Oiseau de feu / Firebird Feurvogel
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 4 & Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
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Remembering Sinopoli with New York Philharmonic
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Boulez Conducts Wagner
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Mitropoulos Conducts Milhaud, Ravel and Rabaud
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Bernstein Conducts Stravinsky
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The Complete RCA and Columbia Album Collection
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Pierre Boulez Conducts Berlioz
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Symphonies nos. 4 et 1 " Le Printemps"
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Symphonies no. 93, 94 & 95
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Symphony no. 4 / Symphony no. 8
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Orff: Carmina Burana / Beethoven: Late Choral Works
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Zubin Mehta: The Complete Columbia Album Collection
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Elgar from America, Volume I
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The Symphonies of Gustav Mahler
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The Rite of Spring (rec. 1958) / The Firebird Suite etc.
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Saint‐Saëns: Symphony no. 3 & Concerto no. 4, op. 44 / Fauré: Ballade, op. 19
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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / A Night on Bare Mountain / Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
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Boulez Conducts Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
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Bernstein dirige...
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Symphony no. 2, op. 61 / Symphony no. 3, op. 97
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Bernstein conducts Copland: Appalachian Spring / El Salón México / Music for the Theatre
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Pierre Boulez Conducts Stravinsky: Petrouchka, Pulcinella Suite
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175th Anniversary Edition
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Leonard Bernstein's Concert for Peace - Haydn: Mass in Time of War / Symphony No. 96 in D Major "Miracle"
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Carmen Suites 1 and 2 / Peer Gynt Suites 1 and 2
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Pierre Boulez Conducts Stravinsky
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Saint-Saëns: Concerto no. 4 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, op. 44 / Satie: Trois Morceaux en forme de Poire
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The Symphonies / Piano Concertos / Violin Concerto / Double Concerto
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Liszt: Concerto No. 1 in E-flat / Chopin: Concerto No. 2 in F minor
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The Complete RCA Album Collection
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The Symphonies & Concertos
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Pierre Boulez Conducts Ravel
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Bruno Walter Conducts Brahms
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Pierre Boulez conducts Bartók
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Bruno Walter The Edition
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Bruno Walter - New York Philharmonic, NBC Symphony Orchestra
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The Complete Mahler Symphonies
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Bruno Walter conducts Mahler
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Boulez Conducts Ravel, Vol. 3: La Valse / Menuet Antique / Ma Mere l'Oye etc.
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Orchestral Works
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Bernstein Conducts Bernstein
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Concerto pour piano no. 1- Rhapsodies hongroises nos. 2, 6 et 15. Funérailles. Danse macabre
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Orchestral Showcase
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5th & 7th Symphonies
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Leonard Bernstein: The Symphony Edition
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Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony / Hindemith: Symphony In E-flat Major
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Boulez Conducts Ravel, Roussel
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Boulez Conducts Webern, Carter, Varèse, Berio
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12 London Symphonies / 6 Paris Symphonies / Die Schöpfung / 4 Masses
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Boulez Conducts Berg
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Wanda Landowska joue Mozart
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Don Quixote / Festival Prelude / Dance of the Seven Veils from "Salome"
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Romeo and Juliet Ballet op. 64 (excerpts)
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Violinkonzert
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Claudio Arrau
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Symphony no. 5 / Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit
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Symphony no. 2 / The Unanswered Question
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The Rite of Spring / The Firebird Suite / Scythian Suite
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 4 / Schuman: Piano Concerto
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Artistic director
Composer-in-residence
Conductor position
- Anton Seidl
- Emil Paur
- Walter Damrosch
- Василий Сафонов
- Gustav Mahler
- Josef Stránský
- Willem Mengelberg
- Arturo Toscanini
- Sir John Barbirolli
- Sir John Barbirolli
- Artur Rodziński
- Leopold Stokowski
- Leopold Stokowski
- Bruno Walter
- Leopold Stokowski
- Dimitri Mitropoulos
- Leonard Bernstein
- Edo de Waart
- James DePreist
- Jacques Houtmann
- George Szell
- Pierre Boulez
- Zubin Mehta
- Kurt Masur
- Delta David Gier
- Lorin Maazel
- Alan Gilbert
- Jaap van Zweden
- Edward Gardner
- Zoltán Rozsnyai
- Claudio Abbado
- Philippe Bender
Subgroup
Also known as
NY Phil · NY Philharmonic · NYP · NYPO · New York Phil · New York Philharmonic Orchestra · New York Philharmonic Society · New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra · Philharmonic Society of New York · Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc. · The Flux Fiddlers · The Philharmanic Orchestrange · Симфнический Оркестр Нью-Йоркской Филармонии
Tags
- orchestra
- symphony orchestra
- american orchestra
Identifiers
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- ISNI
- 0000000403968412
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