The Philadelphia Orchestra

United States, 1900 to present

Albums

Year Title Average Ratings
1945 Nutcracker Suite
1946 Concerto no. 1 in F-sharp minor
1947 La damoiselle élue / Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
1950 Sibelius: Finlandia / The Swan of Tuonela / Rachmaninoff: Prelude in C-sharp minor / Prelude in G major / Prelude in G minor
1951 Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor
1951 La Mer / Ibéria
1951 Symphony no. 2 in E minor, op. 27
1952 Gottschalk: Cakewalk - Gould: Fall River Legend
1956 Waltzes and Songs by Waldteufel and Lehar
1956 Mendelssohn & Mozart: Violin Concertos (remastered)
1956 Bolero / La Valse
1957 Schubert: Klaviersonate B-Dur / Ländler / Franck: Sinfonische Variationen
313 more releases
1957 Dello Joio: Variations, Chaconne and Finale / Vincent: Symphony in D
1957 Schuman: Credendum - Kirchner: Piano Concerto No. 1
1958 Grand Canyon Suite
1959 Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major / Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor
1959 1812 Overture
1959 The Lord’s Prayer
1959 Messiah
1959 Concerto pour violon et orchestre en mi mineur op. 64
1959 Cello Concerto no. 1 / Symphony no. 1
1960 Carmina Burana
1960 Symphony no. 2 in E minor, op. 27
1960 Walton: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / Lalo: Symphonie espagnole
1961 Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 - Liszt: Totentanz (2023 Remastered Version)
1961 Invitation to the Dance
1962 The Glorious Sound of Christmas
1962 Symphony no. 1 in E minor
1963 Bartók: Concerto no. 1 / Prokofiev: Concerto no. 4 (for the Left Hand)
1963 Symphony No. 6
1963 Bluebeard’s Castle, Sz. 48 (Remastered)
1964 Requiem
1964 A Christmas Festival
1964 A Christmas Festival
1964 Fireworks!
1965 Violin Concertos
1965 Piano Concertos nos. 2 and 3
1966 Requiem
1966 Symphony no. 10
1967 Catulli Carmina (Remastered)
1967 Rhapsody in Blue / Concerto in F
1968 Nocturne
1968 Greatest Christmas Hits
1969 Concerto No. 2 In F Minor / Grand Fantasy on Polish Airs
1969 Symphony no. 1
1969 Church Windows / The Birds
1970 Symphony no. 13 (Babi Yar)
1971 1812 Overture / Wellington’s Victory
1972 Utrenja, the Entombment of Christ
1973 Symphony no. 1 in C minor, op. 68
1973 The Respighi Album: Five Great Tone Poems
1975 Holidays Symphony
1975 Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra
1976 Ives: Three Places in New England / Harris: Symphony no. 3
1978 David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf
1978 Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue/An American in Paris
1979 The Rite of Spring
1979 Levine conducts Mahler: Symphony no. 5
1979 Scheherazade
1979 Symphony No. 9
1979 Mussorgsky-Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition / Stravinsky: The Firebird (Suite, 1919)
1980 Symphony no. 3 "Organ"
1981 Tchiakovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
1981 Concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 11
1981 Overture "1812" / Serenade For Strings
1982 Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique"
1982 Ravel: Boléro / Liszt: Les Préludes / Tchaikovsky: Ouverture Solonelle "1812"
1982 Suite from the Ballet Romeo and Juliet
1982 Les Preludes / Hungarian Rhapsodies 1 & 2 / Mephisto Waltz
1982 Violin Concerto, op. 77
1983 Symphony No. 6 in D minor “Pathétique”
1983 Scheherazade
1983 The Gershwin Album
1983 CBS Great Performances, Volume 70: Piano Concerto No. 1 / "Les Adieux" Sonata
1984 Symphony no. 5
1984 Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 2
1984 Symphony no. 1 in D major
1985 Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade, Op.35, Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34 & Others
1985 Symphonie fantastique
1985 Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra / Barber: Adagio for Strings / Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela / Lemminkäinen's Return
1985 Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition (Orchestrated by Ravel), Night on Bald Mountain & Others
1985 The Miraculous Mandarin / Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
1985 Pini di Roma / Fontane di Roma / Feste romane
1985 Violin Concerto / Sérénade mélancolique
1986 Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien/Marche Slave; Rimky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol/Russian Easter Overture
1986 Symphony no. 1
1986 Piano Concerto no. 3
1986 Four Legends from the "Kalevala"
1986 Symphonies nos. 1 & 5
1986 Concert Music for Strings & Brass, op. 50 / Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Weber
1986 Death and Transfiguration / Metamorphosen
1987 Beethoven: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / Bruch: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
1987 Rachmaninoff Plays Rachmaninoff: Concertos 2 & 3
1987 Piano Concerto no. 3
1987 Piano Concerto no. 20 / Piano Concerto no. 27
1987 Joy to the World
1987 Symphony no. 2 / Valse triste / The Swan of Tuonela / Pohjola’s Daughter
1988 Violin Concertos
1988 Symphony No. 5
1988 1812 Overture
1988 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Night on Bald Mountain / Prokofiev: Symphony no. 1 / Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
1988 An American in Paris / Porgy & Bess: A Symphonic Picture
1988 Beethoven Symphonie 3 Eroica
1988 Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" / Scherzo Capriccioso
1988 The Four Seasons
1988 Sibelius: Violin Concerto / Saint-Saëns: Rondo Capriccioso
1989 Leonoren-Overture Nr. 3 / Schwanensee / Bolero / Daphnis und Chloé / España
1989 Symphony no. 6 “Pathetique”
1989 Scheherazade
1989 Classical Symphony / Lt. Kijé Suite / The Love For Three Oranges Suite
1989 Violin Concerto / Romance
1989 Ballet Favourites
1989 Also sprach Zarathustra
1989 Sibelius - Grieg
1989 Symphony No. 2 / Academic Festival Overture
1989 La Mer / Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun / Daphnis et Chloe, Suite no. 2
1989 Violin Concertos Nos. 1, 2
1989 Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring / Sleepers, Awake / Sheep May Safely Graze / Minuet in G major
1989 Classical Symphony / Lt. Kije Suite / Love for Three Oranges Suite
1989 Symphony no. 2
1990 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 / Scriabin: Le Poème de l'extase
1990 The Nutcracker, op. 71 (excerpts)
1990 Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique / Dukas: The Sorceror's Apprentice / Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
1990 Symphonies nos. 7 & 8
1990 The Great Tone Poems
1990 Boléro / Alborada del gracioso / Pavane pour une infante défunte / La Valse / Daphnis et Chloé / Rapsodie espagnole
1990 Symphony for Strings / Piano Concerto
1990 Symphony No. 3 / Alto Rhapsody
1990 A Roman Spectacular!: The Symphonic Poems of Ottorino Respighi
1990 A Midsummer Night’s Dream / Scherzo “Queen Mab”
1990 Symphonies No. 5 & No. 6 "Pastorale"
1990 Symphony No. 9 "Choral"
1990 The Sleeping Beauty (excerpts) / The Magic Toy Shop
1991 Scriabin: Symphony no. 2 / Tchaikovsky: Hamlet
1991 Chopin: Les Sylphides / Delibes: Sylvia Suite / Coppelia Suite / Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite
1991 Pictures at an Exhibition / Night on the Bare Mountain
1991 Piano Concerto no. 2 / Paganini Rhapsody
1991 Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 4 / Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini
1991 Symphony No. 5 / The Meeting of the Volga and the Don
1991 Cello Concerto / Symphonic Variations
1991 L'Arlésienne Suites / Carmen Suites
1991 Symphony no. 9 "From the New World" / Scherzo Capriccioso / Carnival Overture
1991 Swan Lake (Excerpts)
1991 Scheherazade / Russian Easter Overture / Capriccio Espagnol
1991 Symphony No. 1 / Variations on a Theme by Haydn / 5 Hungarian Dances
1992 Cello Concerto / Rococo Variations / Schelomo / Elegie
1992 Symphony no. 3 / Symphonic Dances
1992 Symphonies No. 1 "Classical" / No. 3 "The Fiery Angel"
1992 Puccini: Tosca
1992 The Grand Symphony no. 3 for Organ and Orchestra
1992 Violin Concerto / Piano Trio no. 2
1992 Messiah, HWV 56 (Highlights)
1992 Concerto for Orchestra / The Miraculous Mandarin / Two Pictures
1992 Piano Concerto / Ballade / Lyric Pieces
1992 Symphony no. 4 "Romantic"
1992 Viennese Waltzes and Polkas
1992 Symphony No. 5
1992 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
1993 Symphony no. 5 / Festive Overture
1993 Liadov: Eight Russian Folk Dances / Stravinsky: Petrushka / Firebird Suite / Pastorale / Fireworks
1993 Schoenberg: Gurrelieder / Scriabin: Poem of Ecstasy / Poem of Fire
1993 Symphony no. 1 "Classical" / Symphony no. 5
1993 Cello Concerto / Symphony no. 7
1993 Symphonie en ré mineur / Variations symphoniques / Le Chasseur maudit
1993 Berlioz: Harold en Italie / La Damnation de Faust (Excerpts) / Les Troyens (Excerpts)
1993 La Mer / Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune / Danse / Nocturnes
1993 Verdi: Messa da Requiem / Rossini: Stabat Mater
1993 20th Century Russian Showpieces
1993 The Planets
1993 Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique" / Marche Slave / Capriccio Italien
1994 Orchestral Music
1994 Symphonie no. 4 "Romantische"
1994 Symphonies no. 2 & no. 7
1994 Missa Solemnis
1994 The Bells / Spring / 3 Russian Songs
1994 Violin Concerto No. 1 / Havanaise / Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso
1995 Symphony no. 4 / Fantasy Overture "Romeo and Juliet"
1995 Symphony no. 10
1995 Symphony in D minor / Le Chasseur maudit
1995 Symphonies no. 1 & 5
1995 Mathis der Maler / Symphonic Metamorphosis / Nobilissima visione
1995 Symphony no. 2 / The Rock
1995 Pictures at an Exhibition / Night on Bald Mountain
1996 Symphonie N°6 "PATHÉTIQUE" / Sérénade pour cordes
1996 Russian Orchestral Works
1996 Peter and The Wolf / Carnival of the Animals / Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
1996 Yo-Yo Ma Premieres Cello Concertos
1996 Symphony in F-sharp / Einfache Lieder / Mariettas Lied
1996 Gershwin: An American in Paris / A Symphonic Picture of Porgy and Bess / Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite
1996 Ein Heldenleben / Oboenkonzert
1996 Ibert: Divertissement / Escales / Fauré: Pavane / Pelléas et Mélisande
1997 Symphony no. 11 / Jazz Suite no. 1 / Waltz (Jazz Suite no. 2) / Tahiti Trot
1997 Romeo and Juliet
1997 Symphony no. 8 / Symphony no. 9 “From the New World”
1997 Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" "Fidelio" Overture
1997 Wesendonck-Lieder / Overature: Das Liebesverbot / Symphony in E major
1997 Der Rosenkavalier Suite / Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite, op. 60 / Die Liebe der Danae, Symphonic Fragment
1997 Symphonies nos. 29, 30 & 31
1997 Also Sprach Zarathustra / Don Juan / Burleske
1997 Symphony No. 5 / Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral" / Symphony No. 7 / Symphony No. 8
1999 Appalachian Spring / Billy the Kid / Rodeo / El Salón México
1999 Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 4 / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
1999 The Four Seasons / Four Concerti
1999 Symphonies nos. 2 & 4
1999 Piano Concerto nos. 2 & 3
1999 Nature’s Realm
2000 Symphony No. 4 / Prometheus
2000 Symphony no. 6 “Pastoral” / Leonore Overture no. 3
2000 Symphony no. 15 / Sonata no. 2
2000 Concerto for Orchestra / Two Portraits / The Miraculous Mandarin
2000 Dvořák: Cello Concerto / Saint‐Saëns: Cello Concerto no. 1, op. 33
2001 Le Sacre du Printemps / Pétrouchka / Pulcinella
2001 Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Tchaikovsky: '1812' Overture
2001 Brangle / Counterpoise / Viola Concerto
2001 Ormandy Conducts Sibelius: Symphonies no. 4 & no. 7
2002 Symphony no. 4
2002 Symphony No. 4 / 1812 Overture / Marche Slave
2003 The Nutcracker: Ballet Suite
2003 Symphony no. 2 / Le Poeme de l'Extase
2003 Stokowski Transcriptions
2003 Rachmaninov Plays Rachmaninov
2003 Swan Lake
2003 Symphony no. 2 / Symphony no. 3
2004 Symphony no. 5
2004 Symphony no. 1 / Symphony no. 4
2004 Carmina Burana
2005 Fontane di Roma / Pini di Roma / Feste di Roma / Antiche arie e danze
2005 Martinu, Gideon Klein, Bartók - Symphonic Works
2005 Concerto For Orchestra / Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion
2005 Adagio for Strings: Orchestral and Chamber Works
2005 Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" / "Fidelio" Overture
2006 Lalo: Symphonie espagnole / Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
2006 Concerto for Cello in E Flat, Op. 107 / Symphony No. 1 in F Major, Op. 10
2006 Symphony no. 5 / The Seasons (January - June)
2006 Symphony No. 1 in C minor
2008 Transcriptions: Toccata and Fugue in D minor / Passacaglia and Fugue / Chaconne from Violin Partita no. 2 / Ein feste Burg (Historical Recordings 1927-1939)
2008 Symphony no. 5 / 7 Verses
2008 Ormandy Conducts Dvorak Symphonies No. 7 and 8
2008 Symphony no. 6 "Pathétique" / Dumka
2008 Overtures · Marches · Symphony in E · Siegfried Idyll
2009 Symphony no. 2 "Resurrection"
2010 Double Concerto in A minor for Violin, Cello and Orchestra
2010 Symphony No. 5
2010 Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet / String Serenade / Francesca da Rimini / Ewald: Brass Quintets nos. 1 & 3
2010 9th Symphony "Choral"
2010 Symphony no. 9 in D Minor, op. 125 “Choral”
2011 Violin Concertos
2011 Sibelius: Finlandia / Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 / Alfven: Swedish Rhapsody No. 1
2012 Piano Concerto no. 5, op. 73, in E-flat "Emperor"
2012 Piano Concerto no. 4 in G major, Op. 58 / Piano Concerto no. 2 in B-flat, Op 19
2013 Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade - Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
2013 Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring / Stokowski: Bach Transcriptions
2015 Variations
2015 Holiday for Orchestra!
2015 A Festival of Marches
2016 Mendelssohn Concerto No. 1 In G Minor For Piano And Orchestra, Op. 25
2016 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 7 In E-Flat Major
2016 The Fantastic Philadelphians 20 Stereo Spectaclars
2017 Tchaikovsky, Sibelius: Violin Concertos / Tchaikovsky: Meditation
2017 Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, op. 54
2017 Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra, op. 83
2017 Grieg: Concerto In A Minor For Piano And Orchestra, Op. 16 / Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini, Op. 43
2017 Concerto No. 22 In E-flat Major, K. 482 / Sonata In E-flat Major, K.282 (Solo)
2017 Ravel: Concerto in G Major / Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
2017 Piano Concerto no. 20 in D minor, K. 466 / Piano Concerto no. 22 in E-flat major, K. 482
2018 Mass
2018 Destination Rachmaninov: Departure
2019 Bach: Concerto for Three Pianos in D minor / Mozart: Concerto for Three Pianos in F major, K. 242
2019 Ravel: Concerto for the Left Hand / Mozart: Concerto for two Pianos, K. 365
2019 Violin Concerto / Fiddle Dance Suite
2019 Destination Rachmaninov: Arrival
2020 Symphony no. 8
2020 Orchestral Transcriptions
2020 Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Violins in A Minor, RV 522 / Bach: Violin Concertos 1 & 2
2021 A Faust Symphony / Les préludes
2021 Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto In E Minor, Op. 64
2021 Violin Concerto, op. 77 / Violin Sonata No. 3, op. 108
2021 Parsifal (Orchestral Music)
2021 Walton: 4 Dances from "Facade" - Bernstein: 3 Dances from "Fancy Free"
2021 Blues Symphony
2021 Symphonies nos. 1 & 3
2022 Philadelphia Orchestra - Richard Strauss
2022 Letters for the Future
2022 Secret Love Letters
2022 The 5 Piano Concertos
2022 Symphonies nos. 1, 2, and 7 & Orchestral Works
2023 Violin Concertos
2023 Symphonies nos. 2 & 3 / Isle of the Dead
2023 Price: Symphony no. 4 / Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony
2023 The Columbia Stereo Collection 1958-1963
2023 Concerto no. 1 in E minor / Todtentanz
2023 Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony - Ormandy - Biggs
2024 Sibelius - Violin Concerto & Music Oistrakh - Ormandy
2024 Vivaldi Four Concerti For Two Violins - Stern, Oistrakh, Ormandy
2024 Ormandy Conducts Sibelius (remastered 2024)
2024 My American Story: North
2025 Still: Symphonies no. 2 & no. 4 / Bonds: The Montgomery Variations
2026 The Musical World of Riccardo Muti
Classic Collection, Volume 10: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6 “Pathetique” & Romeo and Juliet / Sibelius: Symphony no. 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6 “Pathétique” / Strauss: Tod und Verklärung
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 / Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto No. 1
L’Oiseau de feu (1919 Version)
Petrushka (1947 Version)
Roméo et Juliette
Scheherazade
Concerti per pianofort e orchestra n.1 e 2, rapsodia su un tema di Paganini
Best Loved American Folk Songs: This Land is your Land (2024 Remastered)
Symphonies by Haydn
A Wagner Program
Symphony no. 2 in C minor “Resurrection”
World's Favorite Waltzes
Symphony no. 6, op. 68 "Pastoral"
En saga / Pohjola’s Daughter / The Oceanides / Tapiola
Peer Gynt Suites no. 1 & no. 2 / Norwegian Dance no. 2 / Homage March
Violin Concerto
Symphony no. 7, op. 92
James Levine Conducts Mahler Symphony No. 10 Deryck Cooke Final Version
Sibelius Masterpieces
Mahler: Symphony no. 10 / Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Love music from Acts II & III)
Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
Symphony no. 4 in A minor, op. 63 / Symphony no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 82
Symphony in D minor
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites no. 1 and no. 2 / Bizet: L'Arlésienne Suites no. 1 and no. 2
Symphony no. 1 in E minor
Symphony no. 4 'Tragic' / Symphony no. 6 'Little'

EPs

Year Title Average Ratings
1948 Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 “Unfinished” (Remastered)

Live

Year Title Average Ratings
1972 Symphony no. 9
1983 Pines & Fountains of Rome
1993 Le Tambourin Suites 1 & 2 / Canti dell'Eclisse / Ceremonial 3
1993 Pagliacci
1994 Sinfonia Domestica
2006 Symphony no. 6 / Piano Quartet
2007 Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony no. 3 "Organ" / Francis Poulenc: Organ Concerto / Samuel Barber: Toccata Festiva
2009 A Grand Celebration
2010 Symphony no. 5
2021 Symphony no. 1 / Symphonic Dances
2021 Porgy and Bess (Highlights)
2023 Orchestral Works (live) [Remastered 2023]

Soundtracks

Year Title Average Ratings
1957 Walt Disney’s Fantasia