Cleveland Orchestra

The Cleveland Orchestra, based in Cleveland, Ohio, is one of the prominent American orchestras informally called the "Big Five". Founded in 1918 by the pianist and impresario Adella Prentiss Hughes, the orchestra plays most of its concerts at Severance Hall. As of 2021, the music director is Franz Welser-Möst.

In October 2020, The New York Times called it "America's finest [orchestra], still", and in 2012 Gramophone Magazine ranked it seventh among the world's orchestras.

Birth and Death Data: Born Founded 1918

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1924 - 1928

Roles Represented in DAHR: Musical group

Notes: Also listed as "Cleveland Symphony Orchestra."

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Recordings (Results 51-58 of 58 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Brunswick XC264-XC266 12-in. 5/3/1926 Overture of 1812 Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick XC267-XC268 12-in. 5/3/1926 Sleeping beauty : Waltz Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick XC269-XC271 12-in. 5/3/1926 Danse macabre Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick XC272-XC274 12-in. 5/3/1926 Merry wives of Windsor overture Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick XC275-XC277 12-in. 5/3/1926 Pomp and circumstance march no. 1 Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick XC278-XC279 12-in. 5/3/1926 Entrance of the Boyards Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick C280-C282 12-in. 5/3/1926 Prelude in C sharp minor Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick XC283-XC284 12-in. 5/3/1926 Shepherd’s hey Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
(Results 51-58 of 58 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Cleveland Orchestra," accessed May 4, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103148.

Cleveland Orchestra. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 4, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103148.

"Cleveland Orchestra." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 4 May 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103148

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