Your Local/Nearest Orchestra

[MN Dave]

 

[Opus106]

They have not made commercial recordings to the best of my knowledge.

[Szykneij]

I have many recordings by the Boston Symphony, but its proximity to me wasn't a factor in my buying them.

[bhodges]

New York City is lucky to have two great groups: the Philharmonic and the MET Orchestra.  The Philharmonic has tons of good recordings, so no need to go on and on about them here.  But for the less-recorded MET ensemble (at least, in orchestral repertoire), the all-Berg recording below is one of my faves.

--Bruce

[Bulldog]

The New Mexico Symphony Orchestra - just a few miles away.  I don't know if they have any recordings; my interest would be minimal.

[Brian]

No recordings of the Houston or San Antonio Symphonies. I have the Houston Grand Opera's Porgy and Bess, but I bought it when I lived in Detroit.

[Bunny]

Like Bruce, I'm in NYC, and we have a lot of music here.  We also have a very fine chamber orchestra in the city, The Orchestra of St. Luke's which also has some very fine recordings. 

[snyprrr]

Baltimore



Pettersson No.8/DG

Britten/Barber Cello Concertos- Ma/CBS



oy... they have so much stuff I could care less about. Zinman used to come into the Rotunda store I worked at,... I sooo wanted to say something to him (I actually might have...don't remember) about their repertoire.

Really frustrating.

But, to think the plagent tones of Pettersson's 8th once wafted out of the Hall onto the streets of the artsy district, ahhh,.... if I would've been walking by at that moment, wow, that would have been a life changer!

[Sergeant Rock]

Yes, I collect the recordings of the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, an orchestra based in Mannheim/Ludwigshafen. Two reasons: to support my local band and because they have a very interesting and unique recorded repertoire (e.g., Wetz, Bischoff, Sallinen, Klemperer, Natanael Berg, Deutsch, Boehe, Koechlin, Florent Schmitt, Saygun).

Sarge