Boston Symphony Orchestra

The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is an American orchestra based in Boston. It is the second-oldest of the five major American symphony orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five". Founded by Henry Lee Higginson in 1881, the BSO performs most of its concerts at Boston's Symphony Hall and in the summer performs at Tanglewood. Since its founding, the orchestra has had 17 music directors, including George Henschel, Serge Koussevitzky, Henri Rabaud, Pierre Monteux, Charles Munch, Erich Leinsdorf, William Steinberg and James Levine. Andris Nelsons is the current music director of the BSO. Seiji Ozawa had held the title of BSO music director laureate. Bernard Haitink had held the title of principal guest conductor of the BSO from 1995 to 2004, then conductor emeritus until his death in 2021. The orchestra has made gramophone recordings since 1917 and has occasionally played on soundtrack recordings for films, including Schindler's List.

Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor - Wagner: Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D - 2023-12-08T00:00:00.000000Z

Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 12 & 13 - 2023-10-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Historical Beethoven: Charles Munch - 2023-09-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14, H. 48 (Live) [Remastered 2022] - 2023-01-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Leopold Stokowski Conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra (Live) [Remastered 2022] - 2023-01-06T00:00:00.000000Z

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