Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia: Complete RCA Album Collection - COMPACT DISCS

Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia: Complete RCA Album Collection - COMPACT DISCS

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Complete RCA Album Collection

Artist:

Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia

Label:

Sony SRM Exclusive

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

196587920722

Genre:

Classical

Sub Genre:

Classical

Release Date:

2023-11-03

Number of Discs:

6

The Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia was founded in 1965 by Anshel Brusilow, then concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Brusilow, who studied conducting and played under Pierre Monteux, George S zell and Eugene Ormandy, auditioned more than 1,000 musicians for the 36 full-time positions and conducted the ensemble from 1966 until 1968, when it was disbanded for want of adequate philanthropic support in the city for a second orchestra. But over the course of two-and-a-half 34-week seasons it had already performed more than 200 concerts and made six albums for RCA Victor. Sony Classical is now issuing all these LP recordings by the Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia on CD for the first time. The original LP releases were praised by High Fidelity, which called the Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia "an orchestra of rare quality". Reviewing it's début release, Brahms's D major Serenade, the US classical music magazine opined: "Brusilow could hardly have chosen a better work to show off the capabilities of his new orchestra - every first-chair woodwind and brass player has his chance to shine (and each does shine, brilliantly)." The Brahms was followed by a series of choice couplings: Tchaikovsky's "Mozartiana" Suite with Arensky's Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky ("Brusilow is thoroughly at home in this literature, and his players respond beautifully to his direction" - High Fidelity); symphonies by Haydn and Cherubini; a French programme of Ravel, Ibert and Françaix ("Perhaps a reflection of the Monteux influence... this record... carries true stylistic conviction in matters of phrasing, texture, and timbre" - High Fidelity); and Richard Strauss's Le Bourgeois gentilhomme as well as Hugo Wolf's Italian Serenade. The orchestra also premièred and recorded a new sacred choral work by Richard Yardumian, the Philadelphia-based composer championed by Eugene Ormandy. Come, Creator Spirit for mezzo-soprano, chorus (or congregation) and orchestra was the first mass setting by an established American composer in the English vernacular following the Vatican Council's 1963 decision. The work was lauded for it's integrity, spiritual fervor, and power to communicate the essence of devotion i n all it's nuances from praise to supplication.

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