Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia - Complete RCA Album Collection - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia was founded in 1965 by Anshel Brusilow, then concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Brusilow, who studied conducting and played under Pierre Monteux, George S zell and Eugene Ormandy, auditioned more than 1,000 musicians for the 36 full-time positions and conducted the ensemble from 1966 until 1968, when it was disbanded for want of adequate philanthropic support in the city for a second orchestra. But over the course of two-and-a-half 34-week seasons it had already performed more than 200 concerts and made six albums for RCA Victor. Sony Classical is now issuing all these LP recordings by the Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia on CD for the first time. The original LP releases were praised by High Fidelity, which called the Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia Inchan orchestra of rare qualityInch. Reviewing it's début , Brahms's D major Serenade, the US classical music magazine opined InchBrusilow could hardly have chosen a better work to show off the capabilities of his new orchestra - every first-chair woodwind and brass player has his chance to shine (and each does shine, brilliantly).Inch The Brahms was followed by a series of choice couplings Tchaikovsky's InchMozartianaInch Suite with Arensky's Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky (InchBrusilow is thoroughly at home in this literature, and his players respond beautifully to his directionInch - High Fidelity); symphonies by Haydn and Cherubini; a French programme of Ravel, Ibert and Françaix (InchPerhaps a reflection of the Monteux influence... this record... carries true stylistic conviction in matters of phrasing, texture, and timbreInch - High Fidelity); and Richard Strauss's Le Bourgeois gentilhomme as well as Hugo Wolf's Italian Serenade. The orchestra also premièred and recorded a new sacred choral work by Richard Yardumian, the Philadelphia-based composer championed