Eugene Ormandy

Mr. Mehta's first contact with the orchestra came in May 1961, when he substituted for an indisposed Eugene Ormandy.

The Maestro's Israel Bonds David Mermelstein 2011

I did, however, know about the great conductor Eugene Ormandy, just like everyone else in the Philadelphia area.

Susanne Mentzer: Childhood's Musical Kernels Susanne Mentzer 2011

I did, however, know about the great conductor Eugene Ormandy, just like everyone else in the Philadelphia area.

Susanne Mentzer: Childhood's Musical Kernels Susanne Mentzer 2011

Casadesus 'dashing live 1946 performance with the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra and Eduard van Beinum has been issued on CD from Music & Arts; Casadesus' vigorous 1947 studio version with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Eugene Ormandy has long been admired on Sony Masterworks, and a stormy 1957 outing with the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos has recently been issued by Orfeo (distributed in the U.S. by Qualiton. com).

Sound of One Hand Playing 2009

Conducted by Eugene Ormandy with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1989, the Rach 3 is so easily tamed by its master that Rachmaninoff's bravura almost borders on flippancy.

Four Who Dared The Rach 3 2008

It's a typical collection of classical pieces associated with horror movies or TV shows and boasts all the usual suspects: Bach's Toccata & Fugue in D Minor, Gounod's Funeral March of a Marionette, Liszt's Mephisto Waltz and a good rendition of Saint-Saëns' Danse macabre by the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy.

Now playing Arbogast 2008

For decades, Bartoks students, as well as other products of Budapests Franz Liszt Academy, among them Fritz Reiner, George Szell, Eugene Ormandy, Georg Solti, and Antal Dorati, created the sound of the worlds great orchestras.

The Great Escape Kati Marton 2006

For decades, Bartoks students, as well as other products of Budapests Franz Liszt Academy, among them Fritz Reiner, George Szell, Eugene Ormandy, Georg Solti, and Antal Dorati, created the sound of the worlds great orchestras.

The Great Escape Kati Marton 2006

JOEL ROSE reporting: The Philadelphia Orchestra built a reputation around the world through its recordings, especially during the four-decade career of conductor Eugene Ormandy.

Philly Orchestra Composes Innovative Contract 2005

The Philadelphia Orchestra, which rose to national prominence under conductors Leopold Stokowski and Eugene Ormandy, has traditionally been considered one of the "Big Five" American orchestras along with those in New York, Chicago, Boston and Cleveland.

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