Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3; Symphonic Dances / Leonard Slatkin, Detroit SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-04-30

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 44; Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: ; Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Completed in 1936, two years after the hugely popular Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Rachmaninov's Third Symphony was considered by the composer to be...continue...
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The Melody of Rhythm - Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer / Slatkin, Detroit SO, et al

1 CD / Koch International / 2009-08-25

Works: Zakir Hussain: Babar; Out of the Blue; Cadence; In Conclusion; Bela Fleck: Bubbles; The Melody of Rhythm; Edgar Meyer: Then Again
Performers: Fleck, Bela; Hussain, Zakir
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: Detroit Symphony Orchestra

In this era of cookie-cutter, synthetic sounds that can be generated by virtually anyone and everyone, it's almost impossible to make music that can be...continue...

Ultimate Russian Classics - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2009-08-25

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Op. 49; Capriccio italien, Op. 45; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Marche slave, Op. 31; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Mo...
Performers: Fenyves, Lorand
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles; Ansermet, Ernest; Muti, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville; Dorati, Antal
Ensemble: Detroit Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra

Stokowski and Kubelik Conduct - Stereo Recordings from 1952

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2006-11-01

Works: Jacob Avshalomov: Taking of T'ung Kuan, for orchestra; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Bedrich Smetana: Má vlast
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: Detroit Symphony Orchestra

It was Fritz Reiner who once said that Leopold Stokowski was "the man who invented high fidelity" and it is certainly true that of all...continue...

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, etc / Paray, Detroit SO

1 Super Audio CD / Philips / 2005-10-11

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Rákóczy March, for orchestra (Le damnation de Faust), H. 109; Trojan March (Les Troyens), H. 133b; Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Le carnav...
Conductors: Paray, Paul
Ensemble: Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Bear Essentials - American Classcics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-05-24

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Concerto for Clarinet; Old American Songs, Set 1; John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine, fanfare for orchestra; Duke Ellington: Do nothin' till you hear ...
Performers: Boer, Harmen de; Graham, Susan; Hilton, Janet; McNaught, Graeme; Shelley, Howard; White, Willard [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Dufallo, Richard; Mosko, Stephen; Järvi, Neeme; Hickox, Richard; Turovsky, Yuli; Jeanes, Major E. W.; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Stephens, D.S.; ; Slatkin, Leonard; Dausgaard, Thomas; Bamert, Matthi...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; Blues & Royals Band; Center City Brass Quintet; Cranwell Royal Air Force College Band; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; I Musici de Montréal; N...

Bear Essentials - Classics for Funerals

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-02-22

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 "Funeral March"; Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Johann Sebastian Bach: Komm, süsser Tod, komm, sel'ge Ruh'!, BWV 478; Conc...
Performers: Austin, Michael [Organ]; Comberti, Micaela; Crabtree, Libby; Kenyon, Philip; Kirkby, Emma; Lortie, Louis; Rodgers, Joan; Scott, Jonathan; Standage, Simon; Torchinsky, Yuri [Violin]
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias; Hickox, Richard; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Standage, Simon; Järvi, Neeme; Parrott, Andrew; Guest, George; Christophers, Harry; Handley, Vernon; Hurst, Geor...
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Collegium Musicum 90; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Chorus; R...

Copland: Appalachian Spring, etc / Zinman, Dorati, et al

1 CD / Universal Classics / 2003-09-09

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Appalachian Spring; Rodeo; El salón México; Danzón Cubano
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Dorati, Antal; Zinman, David
Ensemble: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Cuban Overture, etc/ Dorati, etc

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2003-03-11

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Cuban Overture; An American in Paris; Porgy and Bess
Performers: Davis, Ivan
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin; Dorati, Antal
Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra; Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Classics - Ives: Symphonies no 1 & 2 / Järvi, Detroit SO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-11-26

Works: Charles Ives: Symphony no 1, for orchestra in D minor, S. 1 (K. 1A1); Symphony no 2, for orchestra, S. 2 (K. 1A2)
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme
Ensemble: Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Classics - Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches, etc / Järvi, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-11-26

Works: George Whitefield Chadwick: Melpomene, overture for orchestra, L. 2/8; Rip Van Winkle, overture for orchestra, L. 2/1; Symphonic Sketches, for orchestra in A major, L. 2/15; Tam O'Shanter
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme
Ensemble: Detroit Symphony Orchestra

For Your Life - For a Sunday Morning

1 CD / Decca / 2002-01-15

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Antonin Dvorák: Serenade for Strings; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D m...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Dart, Thurston; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; New Symphony Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra; Symphony, San Franci...
Conductors: Blomstedt, Herbert; Marriner, Sir Neville; Hogwood, Christopher; Paray, Paul; Agoult, Raymond; Ansermet, Ernest; Davis, Colin; Boskovsky, Willi
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; New Symphony Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra; St. Paul Chamber Ensemble; Suisse...

This selection contains both DDD and ADD recordings.

Personnel: Thurston Dart (harpsichord).

Another volume in Decca's lifestyle classical music series, For a Sunday Morning collects liv...continue...

Adagios for After Hours - The Relaxing Way to End your day

1 CD / Philips / 2000-10-10

Works: Claude Debussy: Petite suite for Piano 4 hands; Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque); Poèmes (7) de Banville; Erik Satie: Gymnopedie for piano no 1; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio; Holliger, Heinz; Kocsis, Zoltan; Leister, Karl; Romero, Celin; Uchida, Mitsuko
Conductors: Paray, Paul; Marriner, Sir Neville; Ansermet, Ernest; Serafin, Tullio; Haitink, Bernard; Brown, Iona; Tate, Jeffrey; Garatti, Maria Teresa; Leppard, Raymond
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; I Musici; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra

The Ultimate Copland Album

1 CD / Decca / 1999-11-09

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Rodeo; Old American Songs, Set 1; Appalachian Spring; Our Town; Billy the Kid; El salón México
Performers: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Davis, Carl [Conductor]; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Dorati, Antal; English Chamber Orchestra; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Howarth, Elgar; Sinfonietta, London;...
Conductors: Dorati, Antal; Davis, Carl; Howarth, Elgar; Zinman, David
Ensemble: ; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; London Sinfonietta

This selection contains both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Marilyn Horne (mezzo soprano).

Born in the year 1900, Aaron Copland defined a century of American music as no other compo...continue...

Debussy at Dawn

1 CD / Philips / 1997-10-14

Works: Claude Debussy: Suite bergamasque; La mer; Danse sacrée et danse profane; La plus que lente; La fille aux cheveux de lin; Préludes, Book 2; Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; Pour le piano, suite...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio; Badings, Vera; Kocsis, Zoltan; Pieterson, George; Reiner, Charles; Szeryng, Henryk; Uchida, Mitsuko; Yoshino, Naoko
Conductors: Paray, Paul; Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Women's Chorus

Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man, etc / Mehta, et al

2 CD / Decca / 1996-04-09

Performers: Horne, Marilyn; Peck, Gregory
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Marriner, Sir Neville; Howarth, Elgar; ; Davis, Carl; Dorati, Antal
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Sinfonietta; Los Angeles Philharmonic members; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Philip Jones Bras...

Debussy for Daydreaming

1 CD / Philips / 1995-04-11

Works: Claude Debussy: Syrinx; La fille aux cheveux de lin; Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque); Petite suite for Piano 4 hands; Poèmes (7) de Banville; La plus que lente; Prélude à l'apr...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio; Borciani, Paolo; Bourdin, Roger [Flute]; Challan, Annie; Farulli, Piero; Ferguson, Janet; Kocsis, Zoltan; Lequien, Colette; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Pegreffi, Elisa; Rossi,...
Conductors: Williams, John; Paray, Paul; Previn, Andre; ; Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Quartetto Italiano

A Night in Tunisia-A Week in Detroit / Järvi, Turtle Island

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1994-10-01

Works: David Balakrishnan: Spider Dreams, suite for string quartet & orchestra; Jeff Beal: Interchange, for string quartet & orchestra; Dizzy Gillespie: A Night in Tunisia; Danny Seidenberg: Bach's Lunch, v...
Performers: Anger, Darol; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Jarvi, Neeme; Seidenberg, Daniel; Silverman, Tracy; Summer, Mark; Turtle Island String Quartet
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme
Ensemble: Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Turtle Island String Quartet

The members of the Turtle Island String Quartet improvise their solos on all works on this recording.

Personnel: Darol Anger (violin, baritone violin); Danny Seidenberg (violin, viola); Tracy S...continue...

Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite; Gershwin: Porgy & Bess / Dorati

1 CD / Decca / 1991-06-18

Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Ferde Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite, for orchestra
Conductors: Dorati, Antal
Ensemble: Detroit Symphony Orchestra