Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (US orchestra)

~ Orchestra

Annotation

A self-governing organization since its inception in 1972, Orpheus is committed to illuminating musical works of art, both old and new, for discriminating international audiences in a profoundly unique manner.

Rehearsing, performing and recording without a central authority figure, Orpheus musicians share leadership roles and a deep personal artistic commitment to forge strong emotional connections between the audience and the composer while eliminating any barrier between the listener and the music.

Annotation last modified on 2007-12-15 10:38 UTC.

Discography

Album

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1985Symphonies nos. 44 & 77Haydn; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
1985Serenades, opp. 22 & 44Antonín Dvořák; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra2
1985Bartók: Divertimento / Romanian Folk Dances / Janáček: MládíBartók, Janáček; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra2
1985Rossini OverturesRossini; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
1985Rossini: OuverturenOrpheus Chamber Orchestra1
1986Elgar: Introduction & Allegro, Serende, Elegy–Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia, Greensleeves FantasiaOrpheus Chamber Orchestra1
1986String Orchestra PiecesElgar, Vaughan Williams; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
1986Serenata Notturna K. 239 / Divertimenti K. 251 & K. 270Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
1987Die Geschöpfe des PrometheusLudwig van Beethoven; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra3
1987Serenade "Gran Partita"W.A. Mozart; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
1987Symphony in C major, Hob. I:48 "Maria Theresia" / Symphony in F minor, Hob. I:49 "La Passione"Haydn; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
1988Horn Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 / Oboe Concerto / Bassoon ConcertoWolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, William Purvis, Randall Wolfgang, Frank Morelli1
1988Prokofiev: Classical Symphony / Bizet: Symphony in C / Britten: Simple SymphonyProkofiev, Bizet, Britten; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra12
19884 Hornkonzerte · Horn Concertos · Concertos pour corWolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, David Jolley, William Purvis1
1988Clarinet Concerto / Horn Concertos Nos. 1 and 4Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Charles Neidich, David Jolley1
1988Konzert fur Flote & Harfe / KlarinettenkonzertMozart; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
1989Appalachian Spring / Short Symphony / 3 Latin American Sketches / Quiet CityAaron Copland; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
1989Concerto for Violin and Piano / Violinconcerto in D minorFelix Mendelssohn; Gidon Kremer, Martha Argerich, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra51
1989Flute Concerto no. 1 / Flute and Harp Concerto / AndanteWolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Susan Palma, Nancy Allen2
1989Haydn: Symphonies 22: The Philosopher; 63: La Roxelane; 80Joseph Haydn; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
1989Serenades for StringsDvořák, Elgar, Tchaikovski; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
1989Symphonies: No. 22 "Der Philosoph" / No. 63 "La Roxelane" / No. 80Haydn; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
1990Symphony No.78 / Symphony No.102Joseph Haydn; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
1990A Little Light MusicWolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra2
1990Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez / Fantasía para un gentilhombre / Villa‐Lobos: Guitar ConcertoRodrigo, Villa‐Lobos; Göran Söllscher, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra52
1990Verklärte Nacht / KammersymphonienArnold Schönberg; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
1991Sinfonie ConcertantiWolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
1991Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll / Sibelius: Valse tristeRichard Wagner, Jean Sibelius; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
1992Wind Serenades K 375 & K 388Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra2
1992Water Music / Music for the Royal FireworksGeorge Frideric Handel; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra4
1992Points of DepartureOrpheus Chamber Orchestra2
1992Wind Serenades K. 375 & 388 (Blaserserenaden / Sérénades pour instruments a vent)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
1992Weber: Clarinet Concertos / Concertino / Rossini: Introduction, Theme & VariationsWeber, Rossini; Charles Neidich, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra2
1993Eine kleine Nachtmusik (K. 525) / Serenata notturna (K. 239) / Wind Serenade (K. 388)Mozart; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra2
1993Ancient Airs and Dances I & III / Three Botticelli Pictures / The BirdsRespighi; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra2
19936 Flute Concertos, Op. 10Antonio Vivaldi; Patrick Gallois, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra2
1993Symphonie Classique / Romeo Und Julia (Auszüge)Prokofiev; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa3
1994Symphonies nos. 53 "L'Imperiale" / 73 "La Chasse" / 79Haydn; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra3
1994A Set of Pieces: Music by Charles IvesCharles Ives; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra2
1995Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Kreisler: Concerto in the Style of VivaldiVivaldi, Kreisler; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Gil Shaham5
1995Cello ConcertosVivaldi, Boccherini; Mischa Maisky, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra2
1995Bartók: Divertimento / Romanian Folk Dances / Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite / Dumbarton OaksBartók, Stravinksy; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
1996Summer EveningZoltán Kodály, Josef Suk; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
1996Music of the baroqueOrpheus Chamber Orchestra, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock1
1996Concerti Grossi op. 6George Frideric Handel; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
1996PavaneRavel, Satie, Fauré; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
1996Piano Concertos No. 18 in B-flat major, K. 456 and No. 20 in D minor, K. 466Mozart; Richard Goode, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
1997Symphonies Nos. 29, 33 & 40Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
1997Rococo Variations / Andante CantabileTchaikovsky; Mischa Maisky, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra2
1998Tango RomancePablo Ziegler, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
1998Cello Concerto no. 1 / Cello Sonata no. 1 / Allegro appassionato / Suite op. 16 / The SwanSaint‐Saëns; Mischa Maisky, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Daria Hovora1
1998Piano Concertos nos. 9 & 25Mozart; Richard Goode, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
1999Piano Concertos No. 23 & 24Mozart; Richard Goode, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
2000Cello Concerto / Chamber MusicRobert Schumann; Mischa Maisky, Martha Argerich, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
2000Shadow Dances / MiniaturesIgor Stravinsky; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra2
2001CreationBranford Marsalis, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
2001Wayfaring Stranger: FolksongsAndreas Scholl with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra42
2006Serenade in B flat “Gran Partita”, K. 361 / Serenade in E flat, K. 375Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
2007The Four SeasonsVivaldi; Sarah Chang, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
2008Piano Concertos 21 & 22Mozart; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Jonathan Biss51
2009Symphonies No. 45 »Abschied • Farewell • Les Adieux« / No. 81Joseph Haydn, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
2010Orpheus / Danses concertantesИгорь Фёдорович Стравинский & Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
2014Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 5 & 7Beethoven; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
2017Gute FahrtBerliner Philharmoniker, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Seiji Ozawa, Mstislav Rostropovich1
2019MendelssohnMendelssohn; Jan Lisiecki, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra3
2019MENDELSSOHNJan Lisiecki & Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
2021Variations On A Melancholy ThemeBrad Mehldau, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
2021Pulcinella Suite / Dumbarton Oaks / Eight Instrumental MiniaturesStravinsky; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra2
2021Symphony No. 60 / Symphony No. 91Joseph Haydn; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
4 Hornkonzerte / FagottkonzertW. A. Mozart; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, David Jolley, William Purvis, Frank Morelli1
Eine kleine Nachtmusik / Two DivertimentiWolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
Piano Concertos: no. 17 in G, K. 453 / no. 23 in A, K. 488Mozart; Richard Goode, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1

Album + Compilation

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1987Grieg: Holberg Suite / Grieg: 2 Elegiac Melodies / Tchaikovsky: SerenadeGrieg, Tchaikovsky; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra3
1988Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik / Haydn: Symphonie no. 45 "Abschied" / Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves / Prokofiev: Symphonie classique / Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia (Ouvertüre)Mozart, Haydn, Vaughan Williams, Prokofiev, Rossini; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
1990Albinoni: Adagio / Pachelbel: CanonAlbinoni, Pachelbel; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra52
1991Serenaden & DivertimentiWolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra2
1993Classical HitsOrpheus Chamber Orchestra2
1993Ouvertüre “1812” / Romeo und Julia / StreicherserenadeTchaikovsky; Giuseppe Sinopoli, Neeme Järvi, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra2
1993Symphonies for Strings nos. 8 · 9 · 10Felix Mendelssohn; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra2
1998J. S. Bach: 3 Cello Sonatas / Vivaldi: 2 Cello ConcertosBach, Vivaldi; Mischa Maisky, Martha Argerich, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
2001The Wind Concertos, Serenades & DivertimentiMozart; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
2002Complete Wind ConcertosMozart; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
2002Concerti Grossi, op. 6 / Water Music / Music for the Royal FireworksHandel; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
2003Baroque FavoritesPachelbel, Albinoni, Handel; Heinz Holliger, Trevor Pinnock, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
2004Klassik zum Fest: Ein weihnachtliches InstrumentalkonzertMaurice André, Heinz Holliger, Aurèle Nicolet, I Musici, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Musica Antiqua Köln, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Trevor Pinnock u.a.1
2005Música para los reales fuegos artificiales / Música acuática / El MesíasHaendel; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, The English Concert & Choir, Trevor Pinnock52
2006パッヘルベルのカノン~バロック名曲集オルフェウス室内管弦楽団1
2007Pachelbel: Canon and GigueGöran Söllscher, Patrick Gallois, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, & Rudolf Baumgartner1
2010Virtuose CellokonzerteMischa Maisky, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Zubin Mehta1
2011Orchestral WorksRespighi; New York Philharmonic, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra1
Tea Time ClassicsOrpheus Chamber Orchestra1

Other + Compilation

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2021Complete Recordings on Deutsche GrammophonOrpheus Chamber Orchestra4

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