ALBUMHistorical Beethoven: Charles MunchCharles Munch & Boston Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMStraussAndris Nelsons, Gewandhausorchester & Boston Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMBeethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral"Boston Symphony Orchestra & Serge Koussevitzky
ALBUMShostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1, 14 & 15; Chamber Symphony in C MinorBoston Symphony Orchestra & Andris Nelsons
ALBUMMilestones of a Legendary Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf, Vol. 10Erich Leinsdorf & Boston Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMBoston Symphony CommissionsBoston Symphony Orchestra & Andris Nelsons
ALBUMMilestones of a Piano Legend: Lili Kraus, Vol. 1Lili Kraus, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Pierre Monteux
ALBUMMilestones of a Viola Legend: William Primrose, Vol. 5William Primrose, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch & Serge Koussevitzky
ALBUMMilestones of a Legend: Jascha Heifetz, Vol. 1Jascha Heifetz, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Charles Munch
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
ALBUMSaint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78 "Organ"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
ALBUMBeethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat, Op. 55 "Eroica"Boston Symphony Orchestra & Charles Munch
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
ALBUMBach: Brandenburg Concertos No. 1, BWV 1046 & No. 3, BWV 1048Boston Symphony Orchestra, Richard Burgin & Charles Munch
ALBUMBach: Brandenburg Concertos No. 4, BWV 1049 & No. 6, BWV 1051Boston Symphony Orchestra, Richard Burgin & Charles Munch
ALBUMDvořák: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch & Gregor Piatigorsky
ALBUMSaint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78 "Organ" (Orgelsymphonie)Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch & Berj Zamkochian
ALBUMMasterpieces Presents Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5Boston Symphony Orchestra, New England Conservatory Chorus, Charles Munch & Léopold Simoneau
ALBUML'Art de Charles MunchCharles Munch & Boston Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMBerlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14Boston Symphony Orchestra & Georges Prêtre
ALBUMRachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Byron Janis
ALBUMCopland: Appalachian Spring & The Tender Land SuiteAaron Copland & Boston Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMHector Berlioz: Les nuits d'été, "Summer Nights" (1955)Victoria de los Ángeles, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Charles Munch
ALBUMTchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique'Boston Symphony Orchestra & Pierre Monteux
ALBUMRavel: Daphnis et Chloë (Original Living Stereo Album 1955)Boston Symphony Orchestra & Charles Munch
ALBUMBrahms: The Complete SymphoniesSergey Koussevitzky & Boston Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMBeethoven: OverturesBoston Symphony Orchestra & Charles Munch
ALBUMRavel: Bolero - Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Ibert: Escales (Remastered)Boston Symphony Orchestra & Charles Munch
ALBUMSerge Koussevitzky & Boston Symphony OrchestraSerge Koussevitzky & Boston Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMMusic of Richard Strauss, Vol. 2 (1923-1954)Wilhelm Furtwängler, Vienna Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Sergey Koussevitzky, Sir Thomas Beecham, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Staatskapelle Berlin, Richard Strauss, Fritz Busch & Dresden Cathedral Orchestra
ALBUMBerlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14Boston Symphony Orchestra & Charles Munch
ALBUMDebussy: Nocturnes, Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2, Pavane, Scriabin: Le Poème de l'exstaseBoston Symphony Orchestra & Claudio Abbado
ALBUMMussorgsky: Pictures At an Exhibition & Night on the Bare MountainBoston Symphony Orchestra & Sergey Koussevitzky
ALBUMMunch Conducts BeethovenCharles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Clara Haskil, Claudio Arrau, Jascha Heifetz & Zino Francescatti
ALBUMPierre Monteux in Boston - Previously Unissued Performances, 1953-1957Pierre Monteux, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Leon Fleisher
ALBUMPierre Monteux With the Boston Symphony Orchestra (1958, 1959)Pierre Monteux, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Leonid Kogan, Leon Fleisher, Margaret Harshaw, Berl Senofsky, Joseph de Pasquale, Samuel Mayes, Nicole Henriot, Isaac Stern & Rudolf Serkin
ALBUMRuth Posselt - American ViolinistRichard Burgin, Ruth Posselt, Florida State Chamber Orchestra, Sergey Koussevitzky, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Allan Sly, Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, Russell Stanger & Springfield Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMMenotti: Maria GolovinStudio Chorus, Patricia Neway, Studio Orchestra, Franca Duval, Richard Cross, Genia Las, William Chapman, Herbert Handt, Lorenzo Muti, Peter Herman Adler, Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Tossy Spivakovsky
ALBUMThe Very Best Organ MusicMichael Schneider, Maurice Duruflé, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Charles Munch
ALBUMHaskil in PerformanceClara Haskil, Otto Ackermann, Northwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch & Boston Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMSchubert: Symphony No.9 in C Major "Great" (Remastered)Boston Symphony Orchestra & Charles Munch
ALBUMCopland: Appalachian Spring & The Tender Land Suite (Stereo Remaster)Aaron Copland & Boston Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMRimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 - Tchaikovsky: 1812 Festival Overture (Koussevitzky) (1945, 1946)Sergey Koussevitzky & Boston Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMBerlioz: Les nuits d'été, Op. 7 - Le carnaval romain, Op. 9Boston Symphony Orchestra & Charles Munch
ALBUMCopland: Appalachian Spring / The Tender Land Suite: Conducted by Aaron Copland (Remastered)Aaron Copland & Boston Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMRécital Monique HaasMonique Haas, Robert Casadesus, Charles Munch & Boston Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMProkofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D Major "Classical", Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2Boston Symphony Orchestra & Serge Koussevitzky
ALBUMProkofiev: Symphony No. 1 - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9L'Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Ernest Ansermet
ALBUMCoplandNew York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein & Serge Koussevitzky
ALBUMRachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 in F MinorBoston Symphony Orchestra & Serge Koussevitzky
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
ALBUMCopland & BerliozSergey Koussevitzky & Boston Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMRavel: Daphnis et Chloe (Boston Symphony, Munch) [1955]Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra & New England Conservatory Chorus
ALBUMProkofiev: Peter and the Wolf - Sibelius: Symphony No. 2Serge Koussevitzky, Eleanor Roosevelt & Boston Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMWagner: Opera Overtures - Brahms: Academic Festival OvertureSerge Koussevitzky & Boston Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMTchaikovsky & Rimsky-Korsakov: Orchestral WorksPierre Monteux, Boston Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony & Orchestre National de France
ALBUMMassenet: ManonCharles Munch, Pierre Monteux, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Paris Opera-Comique Chorus & Victoria de los Ángeles
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
ALBUMBrahms: Concerto in D Major for Violin, Op. 77Jascha Heiftz, Serge Koussevitzky & Boston Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Rudolf Serkin
ALBUMStrauss, R.: Salome (Goltz, Patzak, Krauss) (1954)Julius Patzak, Anton Dermota, Ludwig Weber, Else Schurhoff, Murray Dickie, Walter Berry, Harald Proglhof, Franz Bierbach, Christel Goltz, Margareta Kenney, Hans Braun, Rudolf Christ, Hugo Meyer-Welfung, Kurt Preger, Herbert Alsen, Ljubomir Pantscheff, Hermann Gallos, Clemens Krauss, Vienna Philharmonic, Emmy Destinn, Bruno Seidler-Winkler, Studio Orchestra, Gota Ljungberg, Leo Blech, Staatskapelle Berlin, Marjorie Lawrence, Piero Coppola, Pasdeloup Orchestra, Fritz Reiner, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Ljuba Welitsch & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
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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