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Eugene Ormandy
Albums
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1899–1985
Origin
United States
Biography
Eugene Ormandy (November 18, 1899 – March 12, 1985) was a Hungarian-born conductor and violinist who became internationally famous as the music director and conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra. The maestro's 44-year-long association with the Philadelphia is one of the longest enjoyed by any conductor with a single orchestra. Under his baton, the Philadelphia had three gold records and won two Grammy Awards.
Discography
The Miraculous Mandarin / Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
THE SWAN LAKE - TCHAIKOVSKY: THE THREE GREATEST BALLET MUSICS
Violin Concerto / Sérénade mélancolique
Concert Music for Strings & Brass, op. 50 / Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Weber
Death and Transfiguration / Metamorphosen
Four Legends from the "Kalevala"
Piano Concerto no. 3
Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien/Marche Slave; Rimky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol/Russian Easter Overture
Beethoven: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / Bruch: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Concierto de Aranjuez / Fantasía para un gentilhombre
Joy to the World
Piano Concerto no. 20 / Piano Concerto no. 27
Rachmaninoff Plays Rachmaninoff: Concertos 2 & 3
Symphony no. 2 / Valse triste / The Swan of Tuonela / Pohjola’s Daughter
1812 Overture
An American in Paris / Porgy & Bess: A Symphonic Picture
Appalachian Spring / The Tender Land / Billy the Kid
Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 / Grieg: Piano Concerto
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Night on Bald Mountain / Prokofiev: Symphony no. 1 / Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
Piano Concertos no. 1 & 2 / Cello Concerto no. 1
Rachmaninoff Plays Rachmaninoff: Concertos no. 1 & 4 / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Sibelius: Violin Concerto / Saint-Saëns: Rondo Capriccioso
Symphony No. 5
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture / Beethoven: Wellington's Victory
The Four Seasons
Violin Concerto / Alto Rhapsody / Haydn Variations
Violin Concertos
1812 Overture / Romeo & Juliet Overture / Marche Slave / Waltz from "Eugen Onegin"
Also sprach Zarathustra
Bach Favorites
Ballet Favourites
Ballet Music
Classical Symphony / Lt. Kije Suite / Love for Three Oranges Suite
Classical Symphony / Lt. Kijé Suite / The Love For Three Oranges Suite
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring / Sleepers, Awake / Sheep May Safely Graze / Minuet in G major
La Mer / Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun / Daphnis et Chloe, Suite no. 2
Rhapsodies
Scheherazade
Symphony no. 2
Symphony no. 5 / Cello Concerto
Symphony no. 6 “Pathetique”
The Three Symphonies / Vocalise
Violin Concertos Nos. 1, 2
A Roman Spectacular!: The Symphonic Poems of Ottorino Respighi
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique / Dukas: The Sorceror's Apprentice / Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Boléro / Alborada del gracioso / Pavane pour une infante défunte / La Valse / Daphnis et Chloé / Rapsodie espagnole
Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F / Ravel: The 2 Piano Concertos
L’Essentiel
Piano Concerto no. 1 / Violin Concerto
Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 2
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 4 / Reger: Piano Concerto
Symphonies Nos. 1-6 / Flute Concerto / Clarinet Concerto / Orchestral Music
Symphony no. 9 “From the New World” / Serenade for Strings, op. 22
The Four Piano Concertos / Capriccio Brillante
The Great Tone Poems
The Nutcracker, op. 71 (excerpts)
The Sleeping Beauty (excerpts) / The Magic Toy Shop
Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto
Chopin: Les Sylphides / Delibes: Sylvia Suite / Coppelia Suite / Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / Concerto for Violin, Violoncello and Orchestra
Credits
Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony - Ormandy - Biggs
Piano Concerto No. 3 / Piano Sonata No. 2
Symphony no. 3 “Organ” / Encores à la française
Carls Bedste
Holst: The Planets, Op. 32 / Walton: Façade
Symphonies nos. 4 & 10
Das Lied von der Erde / Rückert Lieder
Boléro / Rapsodie espagnole / Alborada del gracioso / Le Tombeau de Couperin / Valses nobles et sentimentales
Piano Concertos no. 1 & no. 2 / Totentanz / Hungarian Fantasy
Pini di Roma / Fontane di Roma / Feste romane
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez / Fantasia para un gentilhombre / Giuliani, Vivaldi: Guitar Concertos
Piano Concerto no. 5 “Emperor” / Triple Concerto
Piano Concertos nos. 1, 2 / Violin Concerto, op. 64
Symphony no. 9 “From the New World” / Serenade for Strings, op. 22
The Great Tone Poems
Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto
Ballet Music
Symphony no. 5 / Cello Concerto
Symphony no. 6 “Pathetique”
The Three Symphonies / Vocalise
Rachmaninoff Plays Rachmaninoff: Concertos no. 1 & 4 / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture / Beethoven: Wellington's Victory
Concierto de Aranjuez / Fantasía para un gentilhombre
Greatest Hits
Rachmaninoff Plays Rachmaninoff: Concertos 2 & 3
Symphony no. 2 / Valse triste / The Swan of Tuonela / Pohjola’s Daughter
Violin Concerto / Sérénade mélancolique
Bach’s Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
Greatest Hits
Great Orchestral Music from Tannhauser / Lohengrin / Die Walkurie / Die Meistersinger / Tristan und Isolde
Rachmaninoff's Greatest Hits
The Most Famous Chinese Concertos: The Butterfly Lovers / The Yellow River
David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf
Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra
Requiem
Symphony no. 10
Violin Concertos
Swan Lake / The Sleeping Beauty: Suites From the Ballets
The Glorious Sound of Christmas
Carmina Burana
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major / Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor
Bolero / La Valse
La damoiselle élue / Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
100th Anniversary: Frederick Delius
1812 Overture
1812 Overture
1812 Overture * Capriccio Italien * Marche Slave * Francesca Da Rimini
1812 Overture / Romeo And Juliet
1812 Overture / Serenade For Strings
1812 Overture, Tchaikovsky
3й Концерт
4 Concertos For Diverse Solo Instruments
7 Guitar Concertos
A Bach Program
A Christmas Festival
A Concert Of Russian Music
Adventures In A Perambulator (Suite For Orchestra)
A Festival Of Marches
Afternoon Of A Faun
Afternoon Of A Faun / Daphnis And Chloe, No. 2 / La Mer