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The term "Big Five" was coined around the time when long-playing recordings became available, regular orchestral radio broadcasts were expanding, and the five orchestras that make up the group had annual concert series in New York City.
The Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance has been awarded since 1959. There have been several minor changes to the name of the award over this time: From 1959 to 1964 it was awarded as Best Classical Performance - Orchestra; In 1965 it was Best Performance - Orchestra; From 1966 to 1975 it returned to 'Best Classical Performance - Orchestra
[This list includes 0 (no) Symphony Orchestras in Germany, Austria, and the other countries that have the most symphony orchestras, and has therefore been prepared by people who are ignorant of the great tradition of Western classical Music and so ought to be totally revised or else removed altogether, since it currently insults that entire tradition.]
Vienna Philharmonic (VPO; German: Wiener Philharmoniker) is an orchestra that was founded in 1842 and is considered to be one of the finest in the world. [1] [2] [3] The Vienna Philharmonic is based at the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria. Its members are selected from the orchestra of the Vienna State Opera. Selection involves a lengthy process ...
The New York Philharmonic is an American symphony orchestra based in New York City. Known officially as the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc., [1] and globally known as the New York Philharmonic Orchestra (NYPO) [2] [3] or the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, [4] it is one of the leading American orchestras popularly called the "Big Five". [5]
Since the legendary George Szell molded Cleveland into a world-class orchestra in the late 1940s, it has maintained its illustrious standards under subsequent music directors, like Loren Maazel ...
The Tony Award for Best Orchestrations is awarded to acknowledge the contributions of musical orchestrators in both musicals and plays. The award has been given since 1997. The award has been given since 1997.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra was voted the best orchestra in the United States and the fifth best orchestra in the world by editors of the British classical music magazine Gramophone in November 2008. [24] The same was said by a panel of critics polled by the classical music website bachtrack in September 2015. [25]