ALBUMShostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 93 & Tormis: Overture No. 2Paavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMMussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on Bald Mountain & Prelude to KhovanshchinaPaavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMProkofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60 & Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100Paavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMTchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, TH 30 "Pathétique" & Romeo and Juliet (Overture-Fantasy), TH 42Paavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMRachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Dances from Aleko & Scherzo in D MinorPaavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMBritten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra & Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes - Elgar: Enigma VariationsPaavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMBartók & Lutosławski: Concertos for OrchestraPaavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMHolst: The Planets, Op. 32 - Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34Paavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMDvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World" - Martinů: Symphony No. 2, H. 295Paavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMDebussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, Nocturnes, La mer & Berceuse héroïquePaavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMStravinsky: The Rite of Spring - Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50Paavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMRavel: Orchestral WorksPaavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMLiszt: St. Stanislaus, S. 688James Conlon, May Festival Chorus & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMProkofiev: Romeo and Juliet – Complete Suites from the BalletPaavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMStravinsky: Petrouchka, The Firebird Suite & Scherzo à la RusseCincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi & Michael Chertock
ALBUMSibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43 - Tubin: Symphony No. 5 in B MinorPaavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMMusic of Turina & DebussyCincinnati Symphony Orchestra & Jesús López-Cobos
ALBUMBerlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14, H 48 & Love Scene from Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17, H 79Paavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMGershwin, G.: Piano Concerto in F Major (Templeton, Cincinnati Symphony, T. Johnson) (1953)Alec Templeton, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra & Thor Martin Johnson
ALBUMProkofiev, S.: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Bolet, T. Johnson) (1953)Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Thor Martin Johnson & Jorge Bolet
ALBUMTchaikovsky, P.I.: Symphony No. 2, "Little Russian" (Thor Johnson) (1952)Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra & Thor Martin Johnson
ALBUMWard, R.: Symphony No. 3 - Stein, L.: 3 Hassidic Dances (T. Johnson) (1954)Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra & Thor Martin Johnson
ALBUMDukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Symphony in C Major & La PériJesús López-Cobos & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMShura Cherkassky Plays Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn & LisztShura Cherkassky, Walter Susskind & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMStrauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier, Festival Prelude, Burleske & Salome's DanceJesús López-Cobos, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane, Eugene Espino & Michael Chertock
ALBUMTchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center, Sidney Beer & Sir Eugene Goossens
ALBUMBeethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" - Busoni: Turandot Suite & 2 Studien zu Doktor FaustMichael Gielen, May Festival Chorus & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMMahler: Das Lied von der Erde - Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 - Schubert: Symphony No. 8, D. 759 "Unfinished"Thomas Schippers & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMSchubert: Symphony No. 9 "Great" - Strauss: Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche & ExcerptsThomas Schippers & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMShostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 9 - Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2 - Mendelssohn & Liszt: Solo Piano PiecesShura Cherkassky, Walter Susskind & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMWagner for OrchestraJesús López-Cobos & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMRespighi: Church Windows, P. 150; Brazilian Impressions, P. 153 & Roman Festivals, P. 157Jesús López-Cobos & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMBruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, WAB 108 (1890 Version)Jesús López-Cobos & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMFalla: La vida breveJesús López-Cobos, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Alicia Nafé, Antonio Ordonez, Karen Notare, Catherine Keen, Michael Wadsworth, Manuel Cid, William McGraw & Gabriel Moreno
ALBUMBruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, WAB 109Jesús López-Cobos & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMMahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Rückert-Lieder & KindertotenliederJesús López-Cobos, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra & Andreas Schmidt
ALBUMBruckner: Symphony No. 6 in A Major, WAB 106Jesús López-Cobos & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMFranck: Symphony in D Minor, FWV 48 & Le chasseur maudit, FWV 44Jesús López-Cobos & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMBizet: Carmen Suite, Symphony No. 1 in C Major & L’arlésienne Suite No. 1Jesús López-Cobos & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMBruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major, WAB 107Jesús López-Cobos & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMRavel: Boléro, La valse & Other WorksJesús López-Cobos & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMFalla: The Three-Cornered Hat, Homenajes & Interlude and Spanish Dance from La vida breveJesús López-Cobos, Florence Quivar & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMElliott Carter: Piano Concerto/Variations for OrchestraCincinnati Symphony Orchestra & Ursula Oppens
ALBUMWellington's Victory, Op. 91 - Liszt: Battle of the Huns, S. 105 & Hungarian March to the Assault, S. 119Erich Kunzel & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMGershwin: Rhapsody in Blue & An American in ParisErich Kunzel, Eugene List & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMSchubert & J. C. Bach: Symphonies (Mono Version)Thor Johnson & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
About Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Artist Biography
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is the fifth oldest orchestra in the United States and for most of its history has been one of the finest orchestras in the country.
Founded in 1788, Cincinnati is a riverport city along the Ohio River, in the U.S. Midwest. The city and the areas around it became a major center of immigration from Germany and Switzerland in the 1840s. In 1849 the German communities of Cincinnati, Madison (Indiana), and Louisville (Kentucky) held the first Cincinnati Sängerfest, with a small orchestra and a combined choir of 118 voices.
The Cincinnati Orchestra was formed in 1872 under Michael Brand and augmented Thomas' own orchestra for the biennial May Festivals. The Cincinnati Orchestra Association was founded in 1895 and took the existing Cincinnati Orchestra as the nucleus for its new Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, a 48-piece ensemble. The first music director was Frank van der Stucken, who served from the orchestra's founding until it was disbanded in 1907 when the Association refused to meet the demands of the new musicians' union.
The Association worked to raise money to re-establish the orchestra. Its president, Mrs. Charles P. Taft, successfully lobbied to hire the young British conductor Leopold Stokowski as conductor, permitting him to handpick the new 77-member orchestra in 1909. Stokowski stayed for only three years, but built a superb orchestra and established the orchestra's permanent tradition. Ernst Kunwald (1912-1918) presided over the orchestra's first recording, for Columbia in 1917. Legendary Belgian violinist Eugène Ÿsaye was music director from 1918 to 1922 and made the Stokowski-derived string sound even richer and more secure. His successor Fritz Reiner (1922-1931) instilled sharp discipline and gave Cincinnati some of the first American performances of works of Béla Bartók. Eugene Goosens, a charismatic English conductor, served from 1931 to 1946. He commissioned a series of wartime fanfares that included Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man.
His successor was American Thor Johnson (1947-1958) who was known for his support of American music, and after him, the highly respected conductor and conducting teacher Max Rudolf (1958-1970) continued the orchestra's fine disciplinary standards. During his tenure, the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra was formed under assistant conductor Erich Kunzel, still a highly popular combination. Also under Rudolf, the orchestra, under State Department auspices, became the first U.S. orchestra to undertake a world tour, and the May Festival was made an annual event.
Thomas Schippers, a brilliant American, took the podium in 1970, serving until his untimely death in 1977. The prominent German conductor Michael Gielen served from 1980 to 1986, increasing the orchestra's modern music repertory, and from 1986 to 2001, Jesús Lopez-Cobos was music director, with a flair for brilliant and colorful performances. Paavo Järvi served as music director from 2001 to 2011.
The orchestra makes its home in Music Hall, giving 52 subscription performances a year and twenty pops concerts, as well as the popular Concerts in the Park and other outreach performances.
Hometown
Cincinnati, OH, United States
Genre
Classical
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