Credits:
Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia
Description:
The complete recordings of "Philadelphia's Second Orchestra" founded by renowned concertmaster Anchel Brusilow are back here! The Philadelphia Chamber Symphony Orchestra (Cheney Symphony of Philadelphia, formerly known as the "Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra" in Japan) was founded in 1965 by Ancel Brusilow (1928-2018), the concertmaster and assistant conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra. The chamber orchestra was founded. The orchestra was called "Philadelphia's second orchestra," and was active in a spectacular way, but disbanded after only two seasons and is now a phantom chamber orchestra. This box features the world's first reissue of six LPs recorded for RCA during that short period. The founder, Brusilow, was born in Philadelphia and studied with Zimbalist at Curtis. After working with the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra, the renowned violinist became concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1956. He played solo violin in the Columbia recordings of Vivaldi's "Four Seasons," R. Korsakov's "Scheherazade," and R. Strauss' "Life of a Hero" under Ormandy's direction.On the other hand, he also studied conducting in earnest at the Philadelphia Academy of Music, where he was trained by Montoux, Sell, and Ormandy, and his desire to conduct was so insatiable that he left the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1966 to organize the Philadelphia Chamber Symphony (in 2015, he published his autobiography, "Shoot the Conductor," a collection of interesting stories from his musical life. He published his autobiography, "Shoot the Conductor," a collection of interesting episodes from his life as a musician). Brusilow organized the orchestra with outstanding players, selecting 36 permanent members by audition from a pool of more than 1,000 musicians. The orchestra lasted about two and a half seasons, from 1966 to 1968, and gave more than 200 concerts, but disbanded in 1968 due to lack of operating funds. (1/2) Sony Music
