The Philadelphia Orchestra
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, making extensive numbers of recordings, primarily for RCA Victor and Columbia Records.
The orchestra's music director is Yannick Nézet-Séguin, since 2012. The current president and chief executive officer of the Philadelphia Orchestra Association is Allison Vulgamore, since 2010. Charles Dutoit, chief conductor of the orchestra from 2008 to 2012, has the title of conductor laureate.
The Philadelphia Orchestra
From its founding until 2001, the Philadelphia Orchestra gave its concerts at the Academy of Music. The orchestra continues to own the Aca...
STRAVINSKY The Firebird
STRAVINSKY Petrushka
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
STRAVINSKY Piano Music
MOZART Fugue in C minor
Studio recordings, 1916-1938
Total duration: 77:57
Beecham Symphony Orchestra ∙ Sir Thomas Beecham
Royal Albert Hall Orchestra ∙ Sir Eugene Goossens
Berlin State Opera Orchestra ∙ Oskar Fried
The Philadelphia Orchestra ∙ Leopold Stokowski
Igor Stravinsky, piano
Soulima Stravinsky, piano
THE MAGIC KEY OF RCA
Marian Anderson - contralto
José Iturbi - conductor, solo piano
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Charles O'Connell - conductor, arranger
Eugene Ormandy - conductor
Leopold Stokowski - conductor, arranger
Recorded 1937
Total duration: 59:36
McDONALD Symphony No. 1 etc.
McDONALD Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra etc.
McDONALD Violin Concerto
McDONALD Elegy and Battle Hymn
McDONALD Symphony No. 3, “A Tragic Cycle”
McDONALD Builders of America
Recorded 1935-56
Jeanne Behrend, Alexander Kelberine - piano
Eugene Ormandy · Leopold Stokowski · Harl McDonald ∙ Arthur Fiedler • Fabien Sevitzky
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Studio Recordings · 1935-1941
Total duration: 72:06
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Studio recordings, 1937-50
Total duration: 78:06
Leopold Stokowski • Eugene Ormandy
Arthur Fiedler • Harl McDonald
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler’s Sinfonietta
University of Pennsylvania Choral Society
McDONALD Violin Concerto
McDONALD Elegy and Battle Hymn
McDONALD Symphony No. 3, “A Tragic Cycle”
McDONALD Builders of America
Studio recordings, 1943-56
Total duration: 79:13
The Philadelphia Orchestra ∙ Eugene Ormandy
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra ∙ Fabien Sevitzky
Columbia Chamber Orchestra ∙ Harl McDonald