 | Hindemith ~ Mathis der Maler - Symphonie · Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber · Nobilissima visone - Suite / The Philadelphia Orchestra · Sawallisch by Paul Hindemith
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $2.97 Sawallisch just eats this German repretoire up! Philadelphia has the most German sound of any major American Orchestra.
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 | Jacob Druckman: Brangle; Counterpoise; Viola Concerto
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $7.94 You might have a new favorite composer... This old orchestra can learn new tricks. Nearly perfect playing.
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 | Dvorak: Cello Concerto & Symphony No.7
Buy new: $6.98 / Used from: $3.09 A very fine 7th symphony. Again, warm Germanic sound.
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 | Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica/Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche/Festliches Praludium
Buy used from: $4.21 Live from Japan, more Germans and a really spectacular Festival Prelude!
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 | Symphonies 1-4 by Schumann
Buy used from: $23.00 This is Sawallisch with the Dresden Staatskapelle, but you can get the Schumann cycle with Philadelphia on their website. First recording in their new music hall.
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 | Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 "1905"; Jazz Suite No. 1; Waltz; Tahiti Trot
Buy used from: $8.85 Two exellent Shostakovich performances from Jansons.
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 | Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10, Op. 93 / Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death (orch. Schotakovich)
Buy used from: $3.49 What a great performance. Right up there with Haitink and Jarvi.
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 | Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4
Buy used from: $25.00 Why is there so much Shostakovich on this list? Myung-Whun Chung isn't as convincing as Jansons but this work give the orchestra a chance to really "dig in!"
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 | Shostakovich: Cheryomushki, The Bolt, The Gadfly (The Dance Album)
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $2.79 Riccardo Chailly comes for a visit. A second helping?
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 | Thielemann - Wagner ~ Meistersinger, Lohengrin, Parsifal, Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $3.70 Speechless... This is easily Thielemann's finest work to date. Philly plays like they are at the Bayreuth Festival!
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 | Korngold: Symphony in F Sharp, Opus 40
Buy used from: $2.39 Welser-Most performs a lesser known gem... in F#!
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 | Quartet For The End Of Time
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $3.99 Not the PO, but Eschenbach takes over this season. Really looking forward to some discs from this pair!
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 | Mahler: Symphony No. 1
Buy used from: $7.74 Eschenbach again. He embarks on Messiaen and Mahler Festivals in Philadelphia.
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