Artur Rodzinksi

Mack Harrell, Eduard Steuermann, Artur Rodzinksi, New York Philharmonic – Bloch and Schoenberg conducted by Artur Rodzsinki live (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 54:56 minutes | 543 MB | Genre: Classical
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The orchestra was created under the name Philharmonic Society of Independence and Freedom (English Philharmonic Society of Independence and Freedom). Its first president was Yureli Corelli Hill, who also opened the orchestra’s first concert on December 7, 1842 as a conductor with a performance of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony; during the three-hour program, other numbers were conducted by Henry Timm and Denis Etienne. During the first years of the orchestra’s existence, it was constantly conducted by seven different conductors, and the orchestra itself was organized as a kind of cooperative: the main issues, including the choice of repertoire and conductor for this concert, were decided by voting, and the proceeds were divided among the orchestra members at the end of the season. Among the most significant events of this period in the history of the orchestra is the American premiere of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in 1846; this work was firmly included in the repertoire of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra — curiously, in 1865 The Ninth Symphony was performed in a concert in memory of the recently murdered Abraham Lincoln without the last movement, since the final “Ode to Joy” was considered inappropriate in the circumstances of mourning.

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