New York Philharmonic reviews
David Lang: Prisoner of the State
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 5 & 7
Carl Nielsen: The New York Philharmonic Conducted by Alan Gilbert
New York Philharmonic
One of the oldest musical organisations in the United States - the New York Philharmonic - became the country's first major orchestra to be carried live on radio, starting in 1922.
The Complete 1922-25 New York Philharmonic Recordings
Some years earlier, Willem Mengelberg had encouraged a collaboration between the New York Symphony and Philharmonic Orchestras. Selected fruits of that auspicious merger are thrillingly audible on Biddulph’s generous album; they are central to Mengelberg’s much-underrated RCA legacy, whereas Serge Koussevitzky’s (with the Boston Symphony) has earned greater acclaim.
Collection: New York Philharmonic, an American Celebration
Having already achieved conspicuous success with its previous two compendia of archival performances, the granddaddy of American orchestras now greets the advent of the 21st century with a masterful retrospective of American music of the 20th century.
Taken from live performances, the recordings were made between 1936 and 1999, and feature 21 of the century’s pre-eminent conductors, from Stokowski, Munch and Toscanini to Slatkin, Mehta and the orchestra’s present music director, Kurt Masur.