Boston Symphony Orchestra
The Boston Symphony Orchestra is an American symphony orchestra founded in 1881.
It is based in Boston, Massachusetts, and is one of the major orchestras of the United States.
The orchestra is also closely associated with Tanglewood, its summer home in the Berkshire Hills.
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
Recorded 1944, 1949 and 1959
Total duration: 73:01
Jascha Heifetz, violin
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor Arturo Toscanini
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor Sir Thomas Beecham
Boston Symphony Orchestra
conductor Charles Munch
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 4
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
Live recordings, 1947/49
Total duration: 68:30
Jascha Heifetz, violin
Boston Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Serge Koussevitzky
Bell Telephone Orchestra
conducted by Donald Voorhees
PISTON Symphony No. 3
Live recordings, 1944 & 1948
Total duration: 67:34
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Studio recording, 1947
Total duration: 68:40
Eunice Alberts contralto
David Lloyd tenor
James Pease bass
Berkshire Music Festival Chorus
Serge Koussevitzky, conductor
Boston Symphony Orchestra
BARBER Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
BARBER Commando March
BARBER Symphony No. 2
Recorded in 1944 and 1949
Total duration: 56:32
Ruth Posselt, violin
Boston Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Serge Koussevitzky
BARBER Violin Concerto
HONEGGER Symphony No. 4 'Deliciæ Basiliensis"
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7
Live recordings, 1948/49
Total duration: 71:37
Ruth Posselt, violin
Boston Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Serge Koussevitzky
