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"The term Columbia Symphony Orchestra was also used when, for contractual reasons, another orchestra could not appear under its own name. Many Los Angeles Philharmonic musicians also played with the Columbia Symphony, and some reports mention that the entire (New York) Philharmonic frequently played as the Columbia Symphony."
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Symphony_Orchestra

"Leonard Bernstein (pianist & conductor) and the "Columbia Symphony Orchestra" (which is actually New York Philharmonic Orchestra as CBS had to use the alias due to contractual requirements) in 1959...."
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhapsody_in_Blue#Notable_recordings

Annotation last modified on 2012-04-10 14:40 UTC.

Discography

Album

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1957Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major Op. 19 / Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052Beethoven, Bach; Glenn Gould, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein12
1958Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 1 in C major, op. 15 / Bach: Keyboard Concerto no. 5 in F minorBeethoven, Bach; Glenn Gould, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Golschmann13
1959Rhapsody in Blue / An American in ParisGeorge Gershwin; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein8
1959Symphonies 1 & 2Beethoven; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter2
1960Berg & Webern & Schoenberg: Orchestral Works (2023 Remastered Version)Robert Craft, Columbia Symphony Orchestra & Bethany Beardslee1
1960Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minorBeethoven; Glenn Gould, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein11
1960Symphony no. 9 in D minorBruckner; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter4
1961Symphony No. 2 In D Major / Tragic OvertureBrahms, Bruno Walter Conducting The Columbia Symphony Orchestra1
1962Symphony no. 9Gustav Mahler; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter5
1963Bartók: Concerto no. 1 / Prokofiev: Concerto no. 4 (for the Left Hand)Bartók, Prokofiev; Rudolf Serkin, George Szell, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra1
1967Three Keyboard ConcertosBach; Glenn Gould, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Golschmann2
1969Bach: Keyboard Concertos,Vol.IIGlenn Gould, Vladimir Golschmann, Columbia Symphony Orchestra1
1973Symphony no. 9 / Lieder eines fahrenden GesellenMahler; Mildred Miller, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter1
1975Symphony no. 1 in D majorMahler; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter3
1982Eine Kleine NachtmusicMozart; Bruno Walter, Columbia Symphony Orchestra3
1983Density 21,5 / Hyperprism / Intégrales / Ionisation / Octandre / Poème ÉlectroniqueVarèse; Members of the Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Robert Craft2
1983Leonore Overture no. 2, op. 72a / Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 "Pastorale"Ludwig van Beethoven; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter41
1983Symphony no. 4 in E-flat major “Romantic”Anton Bruckner; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter3
1983Symphonies Nos. 36 & 38Mozart; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter1
1985Brahms: Alto Rhapsody / Song of Destiny / Mahler: Songs of the WayfarerBrahms, Mahler; Bruno Walter, Columbia Symphony Orchestra1
1985Bruno Walter: Mahler Symphony No. 9Gustav Mahler; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter1
1985Symphony no. 9 "From the New World"Dvořák; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter1
1985Symphony No. 3 / Variations on a Theme of HaydnBrahms; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter1
1985Symphony no. 9, op. 125 “Choral”Beethoven; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter2
1985Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" / "Coriolan" OvertureBeethoven; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter32
1985Symphony no. 6 in F major “Pastorale” / “Leonore” OvertureLudwig van Beethoven; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter1
1985Symphonies nos. 40, K. 550 / Symphony no. 41, K. 551 “Jupiter”Mozart; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter1
1985Symphonies 7 and 8Beethoven; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter1
1985Symphony no. 35, K. 385 “Haffner” / Symphony no. 39, K. 543Mozart; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter1
1985Symphony no. 9 “The Great”Schubert; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter1
1985Violin Concerto no. 3 / Violin Concerto no. 4Mozart; Zino Francescatti, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter1
1985Violin ConcertoBeethoven; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Zino Francescatti, Bruno Walter1
1987Piano Concerto no. 20 / Piano Concerto no. 27Mozart; Rudolf Serkin, Columbia Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, George Szell, Eugene Ormandy2
1988Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms / Symphony in 3 MovementsStravinsky; CBC Symphony Orchestra, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Igor Stravinsky1
1988Symphony no. 4 / Tragic OvertureBrahms; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter3
1988Symphony no. 1 in C minor, op. 68Johannes Brahms; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter1
1988Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky: Firebird / Scherzo a la Russe / Scherzo Fantastique / FireworksStravinsky; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, CBC Symphony Orchestra1
1990When You Wish Upon a StarMormon Tabernacle Choir, Columbia Symphony & Jerold Ottley1
1990Symphony no. 6 "Pastorale"Beethoven; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter1
1991GLENN GOULD BACH COLLECTIONJohann Sebastian Bach; Glenn Gould, Jaime Laredo, Leonard Rose, Leonard Bernstein& Vladimir Golschmann, Columbia Symphony Orchestra1
1994Orchestral MusicWagner; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter1
1995Rehearses Beethoven Symphonies nos. 4, 5, 7 & 9Beethoven; Bruno Walter, Columbia Symphony Orchestra1
1995Symphonies Nos. 3 "Eroica", 8Beethoven; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter1
1995Symphonies no. 4 & no. 6 "Pastorale"Beethoven; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter1
1995Symphonies nos. 2 & 3Brahms; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter2
1995Piano Concertos No. 21 "Elvira Madigan" and No. 26 "Coronation"Mozart; The Cleveland Orchestra, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, George Szell, Robert Casadesus2
1995Symphony no. 1 / Variations on a Theme by Haydn / Academic Festival OvertureBrahms; Bruno Walter, Columbia Symphony Orchestra2
1995Symphonies 5 & 7Beethoven; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter1
1996Richard Tucker Sings VerdiVerdi; Richard Tucker, Eileen Farrell, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Nello Santi, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Fausto Cleva, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Franz Allers1
1999Symphony no. 6 in F major op. 68 ("Pastorale")Beethoven; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter1
1999Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring); L'Oiseau de Feu (The Firebird Suite) - Stravinsky Conducts Columbia Symphony OrchestraIgor Stravinsky & Columbia Symphony Orchestra1
1999Symphony no. 38 in D major, "Prague" / Symphony no. 40 in G minorMozart; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter1
1999Symphony No.4 in E Minor, Op.98Johannes Brahms; Bruno Walter & Columbia Symphony Orchestra1
2002Keyboard Concertos, Volume 2Bach; Glenn Gould, Vladimir Golschmann, Columbia Symphony Orchestra1
2002The Firebird / The Rite of SpringИгорь Фёдорович Стравинский; Columbia Symphony Orchestra1
2003Symphony No. 5Beethoven; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter1
2006Puccini AriasGiacomo Puccini; Eileen Farrell, The Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Max Rudolf2
2007Stravinsky Conducts Histoire du Soldat Suite / Pulcinella SuiteИгорь Фёдорович Стравинский; Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский, Columbia Symphony Orchestra & Columbia Chamber Ensemble1
2007Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky / The Firebird (Complete ballet in the Original 1910 Orchestration)Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский; Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский & Columbia Symphony Orchestra1
2010Symphonic Dances / Rhapsody in Blue / An American in ParisLeonard Bernstein, George Gershwin; New York Philharmonic, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein1
201650 Masterworks - Glenn GouldJohann Sebastian Bach;Glenn Gould, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Golschmann, Leonard Bernstein, Leopold Stokowski1
2016Piano Concerto No. 1 / Hungarian FantasyLiszt; Earl Wild, André Kostelanetz, Columbia Symphony Orchestra1
2016Firebird Suite / Petrushka SuiteIgor Stravinsky; Igor Stravinsky & Columbia Symphony Orchestra1
2017Piano ConcertosStravinsky; Philippe Entremont, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Robert Craft1
2017Bruno Walter's WagnerWagner; Bruno Walter, Columbia Symphony Orchestra1
2019Symphony No. 5 In B-Flat Major / Rosamunde, Op. 26Bruno Walter Conducting The Columbia Symphony Orchestra1
2019Bruno Walter Conducts Wagner. The Columbia Symphony OrchestraBruno Walter Conducts The Columbia Symphony Orchestra1
2023Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring & The FirebirdIgor Stravinsky; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Igor Stravinsky1
"Double" Concerto / Tragic OvertureBrahms; Francescatti, Fournier, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 / Mozart: Symphony No. 35Beethoven, Mozart; The Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter1
Concertos pour piano et orchestre No. 4, 5 et 7J.S. Bach; Glenn Gould, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Golschmann1
Eine kleine Nachtmusik / Overtures / Masonic Funeral MusicMozart; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Walter1
Orchestral Works by Bizet and TchaikovskyGeorges Bizet, Пётр Ильич Чайковский; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham1
Symphony No. 38 / No. 39 / No. 40Mozart; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter1
Symphony No. 7Bruckner; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter1
Symphonies nos. 2 & 6Beethoven; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter1
Symphonie Nr. 5Beethoven; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter1
Song Cycles by Ravel and MussorgskyMaurice Ravel, Модест Петрович Мусоргский; Jennie Tourel, Leonard Bernstein, Columbia Symphony Orchestra1
Violin Concerto no. 3 in G major, K. 216Mozart; Zino Francescatti, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter1

Album + Compilation

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1917FrühlingsliedFelix Mendelssohn, Johannes Brahms; Columbia Symphony Orchestra1
1959The Nine SymphoniesBeethoven; The Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter2
1963Schubert:Unfinished Symphony / Beethoven: Fifth SymphonySchubert, Beethoven; Bruno Walter, New York Philharmonic, Columbia Symphony Orchestra2
1972The Varèse AlbumVarèse, Robert Craft Conducting The Columbia Symphony Orchestra1
1980The 100 Greatest Recordings Of All Time 47/48 : Orchestral Showpieces IIIGeorge Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra, Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский & Columbia Symphony Orchestra1
1980The 100 Greatest Recordings Of All Time 71/72 : Beethoven SymphoniesGeorge Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter, New York Philharmonic & Arturo Toscanini1
1980The 100 Greatest Recordings Of All Time 95/96 : Brahms / Walter / KlempererColumbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter, Otto Klemperer & Philharmonia Orchestra1
1983Keyboard Concertos Nos. 1, 4, and 5Bach; Glenn Gould, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Golschmann, Leonard Bernstein6
1984Greatest Hits (CBS Masterworks Composers’ Greatest Hits)Georges Bizet; Mormon Tabernacle Choir, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, Columbia Symphony, André Kostelanetz, Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy1
1986Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / An American in Paris / Grofé: Grand Canyon SuiteGershwin, Grofé; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein5
1987Keyboard Concertos nos․ 1-5, 7 ⁄ Italian Concerto ⁄ Art of the FugueJohann Sebastian Bach;Glenn Gould, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bach, Академический симфонический оркестр Санкт-Петербургской филармонии, Vladislav Slovak2
1988Copland Conducts Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man / Appalachian Spring / Rodeo / Old American SongsCopland; London Symphony Orchestra, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Aaron Copland, William Warfield3
1988Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 / Wagner: ParsifalDvořák, Wagner; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter1
1988Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky: Petrushka / The Rite of SpringStravinsky; Stravinsky, Columbia Symphony Orchestra1
1989Symphonies nos. 1 & 2Mahler; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter1
1989The Last 6 SymphoniesMozart; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter1
1992The Royal Edition, no. 43 of 100: Liszt: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini / Ravel: Piano Concerto in G majorLiszt, Rachmaninov, Ravel; André Watts, Gary Graffman, Leonard Bernstein, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic2
1995Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 / Lieder eines fahrenden GesellenMahler; New York Philharmonic, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter1
1996Symphonies Nos. 88 & 100 "Military" & No. 102Haydn, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter1
1996Eleanor SteberColumbia Symphony Orchestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Jean Morel, Max Rudolf1
1996Schumann: Symphony no. 3 "Rhenish" / Beethoven: Leonore Overture no. 2 / Egmont OvertureSchumann, Beethoven; Bruno Walter, NY Philharmonic, Columbia Symphony Orchestra1

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