Albany Symphony Orchestra
The Albany Symphony Orchestra, of the upstate New York city of Albany in the U.S., is notable for its strong commitment to contemporary music, rivaled in America perhaps only by the Louisville Orchestra. Yet the Albany Symphony also presents programming of broad mainstream appeal.
The orchestra was founded in 1930 as the People's Orchestra of Albany by conductor and Italian native John G. Carabella, a student of Pietro Mascagni who had come to New York state to take a job as an organist at a church in the Albany suburb of Cohoes. The Albany Symphony began with just 24 members, but it grew under subsequent conductors Rudolf Thomas, Ole Windingstad, Edgar Curtis, Julius Hegyi, and Geoffrey Simon. It was Hegyi, music director from 1965 to 1988, who steered the orchestra in the direction of performing and recording contemporary music. In 1992, David Alan Miller, former Associate Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, became music director and remained in that post as of the late 2010s.
In New York's Capital District (Albany and surrounding areas), the orchestra performs at Albany's Palace Theatre and the acoustically noteworthy Troy Savings Bank Music Hall in nearby Troy. It is nationally recognized for its recordings, mostly made for labels specializing in contemporary American music. These have included New World Records, CRI, and Albany Records (unconnected with the orchestra, but headquartered in the same city). The group has also recorded for the Argo, Naxos, and London labels. The Albany Symphony won a Grammy award in 2014 for Best Classical Instrumental Solo for its Naxos recording of John Corigliano's Conjurer, featuring percussionist Evelyn Glennie. In 2019, the orchestra was heard on two Grammy-nominated albums, Michael Torke: Sky on Albany Records, and Derek Bermel: Migrations on Naxos.
In 2011, the Albany Symphony participated in the inaugural season of Spring for Music, a festival celebrating innovative programming by American orchestras, at Carnegie Hall, in New York City; it was invited back in 2013. It has received 26 awards for adventurous programming from the American Society of Composers and Performers (ASCAP), more than any other American orchestra. ASCAP has also bestowed upon the Albany Symphony the John S. Edwards Award for Strongest Commitment to New American Music in 2013 and 2014.
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George Lloyd: The Symphonies Nos. 7-12
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, George Lloyd
Klassik - Erschienen bei Lyrita am 05.04.2024
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George Lloyd: The Symphonies Nos. 1-6
George Lloyd, Albany Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Lyrita am 01.03.2024
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Corigliano: Complete Piano Works
Philip Edward Fisher, Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 12.05.2023
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Michael Daugherty: Dreamachine, Trail of Tears & Reflections on the Mississippi
Amy Porter, Evelyn Glennie, Carol Jantsch, Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 01.03.2018
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The Great American Ninth
Albany Symphony Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller
Klassik - Erschienen bei Albany Records am 01.07.1999
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Peter Mennin: Symphony No. 5 ^ 6
Albany Symphony Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller
Klassik - Erschienen bei Albany Records am 01.01.1992
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Shawn/Lees
Albany Symphony Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller
Klassik - Erschienen bei Albany Records am 01.05.2001
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Joan Tower: Strike Zones, Small, Still/Rapids & Ivory and Ebony
Evelyn Glennie, Blair McMillen, Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 23.07.2021
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Sky
Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller
Instrumentalmusik - Erschienen bei Albany Records am 01.01.2019
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Kernis: 3 Flavors, 2 Movements (With Bells) & Superstar Etude No. 3
Andrew Russo, James Ehnes, Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 10.03.2015
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George Tsontakis: Anasa - True Colors - Unforgettable
David Krakauer, Eric Berlin, Eunice Kim, Albany Symphony Orchestra, Luosha Fang, David Alan Miller
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 11.08.2017
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Symphony No. 4
Albany Symphony Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller
Klassik - Erschienen bei Albany Records am 01.02.2005
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Helps, Thomson, Lopatnikoff, Kurka
Albany Symphony Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller
Klassik - Erschienen bei Albany Records am 01.07.2003
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Ince: Arches; Symphony No. 2; Remembering Lycia
David Alan Miller, Albany Symphony Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Decca Music Group Ltd. am 01.09.1997
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Symphony No. 2
Albany Symphony Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller
Klassik - Erschienen bei Albany Records am 01.09.2003
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Third, Fourth, Seventh Symphonies
Albany Symphony Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller
Klassik - Erschienen bei Albany Records am 01.07.2005
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Gillis: Symphony X
Albany Symphony Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller
Klassik - Erschienen bei Albany Records am 01.09.2000
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John Harbison: The Great Gatsby Suite
Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller
Klassik - Erschienen bei Albany Records am 01.03.2015
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Morton Gould: Orchestral Music
Albany Symphony Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller
Klassik - Erschienen bei Albany Records am 01.09.1998
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Harris & Gould
Albany Symphony Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra; David Alan Miller
Klassik - Erschienen bei Albany Records am 01.08.2002
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Parker: A Northern Ballad/Chadwick: Symphony No. 2
Klassik - Erschienen bei New World Records am 01.01.1986
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