Orchestra
The Philadelphia Orchestra
- From
- Philadelphia, United States
- Since
- 1900–present
- Rating
- ★ 5
- Releases
- 531
- classical
- orchestral
About
The Philadelphia Orchestra is an American symphony orchestra based in the Center City district of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of the "Big Five" American orchestras, the orchestra is based at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, where it performs its subscription concerts, numbering over 130 annually, at Marian Anderson Hall (formerly Verizon Hall).
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From its founding until 2001, the Philadelphia Orchestra gave its concerts at the Academy of Music. The orchestra continues to own the academy, and returns there one week per year for the Academy of Music's annual gala concert and concerts for school children. The Philadelphia Orchestra's summer home is the Mann Center for the Performing Arts. It also has summer residencies at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, and since July 2007 at the Bravo! Vail Valley Festival in Vail, Colorado. The orchestra also performs an annual series of concerts at Carnegie Hall. From its earliest days the orchestra has been active in the recording studio, primarily for RCA Victor and Columbia Records.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin has been serving as the orchestra's music director since 2012. Matías Tarnopolsky was appointed president and CEO in August 2018.
Members
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Anthony Orlando percussion
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Jonathan Beiler violin
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Mark Gigliotti bassoon
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Jeffrey Khaner flute, principal
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Nitzan Haroz principal, trombone
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Harold Robinson double bass
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Burchard Tang viola
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Ricardo Morales clarinet, principal
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Juliette Kang violin
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Carol Jantsch tuba
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Jennifer Montone French horn
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Hai-Ye Ni cello
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Philippe Tondre oboe, principal
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Gabriel Polinsky double bass
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Holly Blake contrabassoon
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Choong-Jin Chang viola
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David Kim violin
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Hans Kindler cello, principal
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Elizabeth Starr Masoudnia cor anglais
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Veda Reynolds violin
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John Solum flute
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Frederick Vogelgesang piano, violin
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Daniel Willams horn
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Efe Baltacıgil cello
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Joseph Lanza violin
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James Pellerite principal
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Milton Prinz cello
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Christopher Rex cello
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Yoko Takebe violin
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Ling Tung violin
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Marcel Tabuteau oboe
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Daniel Bonade clarinet, principal
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Sheppard Lehnhoff viola
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Max Pollikoff violin
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Fabien Sevitzky double bass
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Gardell Simons principal, trombone
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Robert McGinnis clarinet, principal
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John Minsker cor anglais
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Ralph McLane clarinet, principal
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Francis De Pasquale cello
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Fred Hinger percussion, principal, timpani
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Robert Cole flute
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Anthony Gigliotti clarinet
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Lorne Munroe cello, principal
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Marcella DeCray harp, principal
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Michael Bookspan percussion, principal
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Carlton Cooley viola
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John de Lancie oboe, principal
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Marcel Farago cello
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Bernard Garfield bassoon, principal
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Keith Brown principal, trombone, task
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Alan Abel percussion
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William Kincaid flute, principal
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William De Pasquale violin
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Bob De Pasquale violin
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Joseph De Pasquale principal, viola
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Louis Lanza violin
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Norman Carol principal, violin
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Lloyd Smith cello
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Charles Rex violin
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Deborah Reeder cello
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Frank Kaderabek principal, trumpet
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Richard Woodhams oboe, principal
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Charles Vernon trombone
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Nancy Bean violin
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Michael Stairs organ
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Roberto Díaz principal, viola
Discography
Albums
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Nutcracker Suite
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Concerto no. 1 in F-sharp minor
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La damoiselle élue / Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
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Sibelius: Finlandia / The Swan of Tuonela / Rachmaninoff: Prelude in C-sharp minor / Prelude in G major / Prelude in G minor
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Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor
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Symphony no. 2 in E minor, op. 27
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La Mer / Ibéria
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Gottschalk: Cakewalk - Gould: Fall River Legend
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Bolero / La Valse
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Waltzes and Songs by Waldteufel and Lehar
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Mendelssohn & Mozart: Violin Concertos (remastered)
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Schuman: Credendum - Kirchner: Piano Concerto No. 1
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Schubert: Klaviersonate B-Dur / Ländler / Franck: Sinfonische Variationen
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Dello Joio: Variations, Chaconne and Finale / Vincent: Symphony in D
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Grand Canyon Suite
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Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major / Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor
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Cello Concerto no. 1 / Symphony no. 1
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The Lord’s Prayer
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Concerto pour violon et orchestre en mi mineur op. 64
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1812 Overture
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Messiah
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Symphony no. 2 in E minor, op. 27
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Walton: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / Lalo: Symphonie espagnole
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Carmina Burana
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Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 - Liszt: Totentanz (2023 Remastered Version)
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Invitation to the Dance
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The Glorious Sound of Christmas
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Symphony no. 1 in E minor
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Bartók: Concerto no. 1 / Prokofiev: Concerto no. 4 (for the Left Hand)
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Symphony No. 6
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Bluebeard’s Castle, Sz. 48 (Remastered)
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Requiem
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A Christmas Festival
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A Christmas Festival
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Fireworks!
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Violin Concertos
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Piano Concertos nos. 2 and 3
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Requiem
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Symphony no. 10
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Rhapsody in Blue / Concerto in F
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Catulli Carmina (Remastered)
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Nocturne
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Greatest Christmas Hits
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Concerto No. 2 In F Minor / Grand Fantasy on Polish Airs
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Symphony no. 1
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Church Windows / The Birds
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Symphony no. 13 (Babi Yar)
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1812 Overture / Wellington’s Victory
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Utrenja, the Entombment of Christ
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Symphony no. 1 in C minor, op. 68
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The Respighi Album: Five Great Tone Poems
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Holidays Symphony
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Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra
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Ives: Three Places in New England / Harris: Symphony no. 3
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David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf
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Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue/An American in Paris
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Levine conducts Mahler: Symphony no. 5
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Scheherazade
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Symphony No. 9
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The Rite of Spring
Singles
Live
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Orchestral Works (live) [Remastered 2023]
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Porgy and Bess (Highlights)
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Symphony no. 1 / Symphonic Dances
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Philadelphia Orchestra Concert (7/11/2012)
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Symphony no. 5
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A Grand Celebration
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Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony no. 3 "Organ" / Francis Poulenc: Organ Concerto / Samuel Barber: Toccata Festiva
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Symphony no. 6 / Piano Quartet
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Cello Concerto / “Enigma” Variations
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Sinfonia Domestica
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Pagliacci
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Le Tambourin Suites 1 & 2 / Canti dell'Eclisse / Ceremonial 3
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Pines & Fountains of Rome
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Symphony no. 9
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2008-05-08 through 13: Verizon Hall, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Compilations
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The Columbia Stereo Collection 1964–1983
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The RCA Victor Recordings 1935-1942
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 3 / Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1
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Destination Rachmaninov
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Holidays Symphony / Symphony No. 2
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The Art of David Oistrakh
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Concerto pour Violon, Souvenir de Florence
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Also Sprach Zarathustra / Symphony No. 3
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Eugene Ormandy Conducts Richard Strauss
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Eugene Ormandy conducts Shostakovich
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Shostakovich: Symphony 5 & 15, & Hamlet / Kodaly: Hary Janos
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The Complete Columbia Christmas Albums
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Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No 2 / Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No 2 / Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
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Elgar: Enigma Variations / Cockaigne Overture / Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
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The Strings of the Philadelphia Orchestra play Eine kleine Nachtmusik
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The Complete RCA Album Collection
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Eugene Ormandy Conducts Sibelius
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Concerto pour violon; Symphonie N° 3
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Eugene Ormandy Conducts Tchaikovsky
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Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony; Bacchanale; Danse Macabre; Carnaval des Animaux
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Symphonies nos. 4, 6 and 7
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Complete Symphonies - Beethoven Muti
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The Seasons / 4 Double Concertos
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Complete Symphonies
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Piano Concertos nos. 3 & 4
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The 4 Symphonies
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Rachmaninoff plays Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos and Solo Pieces
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Transcriptions, Vol. 2: Overture (Suite) no. 2 / Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring / Sheep may safely graze / Jesus Christus Gottes Sohn (Historical Recordings 1929-1950)
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Concertos nos 3 et 5 «L'Empereur»
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Symphonies 4–6 / Romeo & Juliet / Francesca da Rimini / 1812 Overture
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The Complete Philadelphia Orchestra Recordings 1941-42
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The Great Philadelphia Wagnerian Records
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The Three Piano Concertos
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Claudio Arrau
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Symphonies (complete)
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Piano Concertos 1 & 2 / Jazz Suite No 1 / Tahiti Trot (Tea for Two)
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Dvorak: Violin Concerto / Romance, Op. 11 / Bartók: Violin Rhapsodies 1 and 2
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Symphony no. 3 “Organ” / Encores à la française
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Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Franck: Symphonic Variations
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 2 & 3 / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
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Symphonies Nos 2 & 4
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Holidays Symphony / Three Places in New England
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Schumann Works
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Symphony No. 1 / Three Places in New England
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Arabesque / Images / Clair de Lune / Prélude / Danse / Rhapsodie / Sonata / La Mer / Estampes / Nocturnes / Quartet / Suite / Golliwogg
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Bartok Premieres
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Complete Symphonies
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Symphonies (complete) / Le Poème de l’extase / Prométhée
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The Complete Concerto Recordings, Volume 3
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Symphony no. 4 / Symphony no. 2
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The Centennial Collection, Volume 1: The Music Directors Volume 1: The Music Directors - Leopold Stokowski, Eugene Ormandy
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Barber: Adagio for Strings / Copland: El Salón México, Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo, Appalachian Spring
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The Centennial Collection, Volume 6: Singers
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The Centennial Collection, Volume 3: Wolfgang Sawallisch
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The Centennial Collection, Volume 5: Composers as Conductors
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The Centennial Collection, Volume 4: Guest Conductors
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The Fantastic Philadelphians
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The Centennial Collection, Volume 7: Instrumentalists
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The Centennial Collection, Volume 2: Riccardo Muti
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Magnificat / Easter Oratorio
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Also known as
Members of the Philadelphia Orchestra · Orquesta de Filadelfia · Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra · フィラデルフィア管弦楽団
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- symphony orchestra
Identifiers
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- ISNI
- 0000000110164752
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