Cleveland Orchestra

The Cleveland Orchestra, based in Cleveland, Ohio, is one of the prominent American orchestras informally called the "Big Five". Founded in 1918 by the pianist and impresario Adella Prentiss Hughes, the orchestra plays most of its concerts at Severance Hall. As of 2021, the music director is Franz Welser-Möst.

In October 2020, The New York Times called it "America's finest [orchestra], still", and in 2012 Gramophone Magazine ranked it seventh among the world's orchestras.

Birth and Death Data: Born Founded 1918

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1924 - 1928

Roles Represented in DAHR: Musical group

Notes: Also listed as "Cleveland Symphony Orchestra."

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Brunswick X12353-X12355½ 12-in. 1/23/1924 1812 overture (Solennelle) Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick X12356-X12357 12-in. 1/23/1924 1812 overture (Solennelle) Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick 14422-14425 10-in. 12/8/1924 Traümerei Cleveland Orchestra Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick 14426-14427 10-in. 12/8/1924 Berceuse Cleveland Orchestra Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick E27482 10-in. 5/7/1928 Coppélia ballet : Entr’acte and valse Cleveland Orchestra Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick XE27483 12-in. 5/7/1928 Symphony no. 2, E minor Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick XE27484 12-in. 5/7/1928 Symphony no. 2, E minor Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick XE27485 12-in. 5/7/1928 Symphony no. 2, E minor Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick XE27486 12-in. 5/7/1928 Symphony no. 2, E minor Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick XE27487 12-in. 5/7/1928 Symphony no. 2, E minor Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick XE27488 12-in. 5/7/1928 Symphony no. 2, E minor Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick XE27489 12-in. 5/7/1928 Symphony no. 2, E minor Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick XE27499 12-in. 5/8/1928 Symphony no. 2, E minor Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick XE27500 12-in. 5/8/1928 Symphony no. 2, E minor Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick XE27501 12-in. 5/8/1928 Symphony no. 2, E minor Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick XE27502 12-in. 5/8/1928 Symphony no. 2, E minor Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick XE27503 12-in. 5/8/1928 Symphony no. 2, E minor Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick XE27504 12-in. 5/8/1928 Symphony no. 2, E minor Cleveland Orchestra Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick XE27505 12-in. 5/8/1928 Symphony no. 8, B minor ("Unfinished") Cleveland Orchestra Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick XE27506 12-in. 5/8/1928 Symphony no. 8, B minor ("Unfinished") Cleveland Orchestra Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick XE27507 12-in. 5/8/1928 Symphony no. 8, B minor ("Unfinished") Cleveland Orchestra Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick XE27508 12-in. 5/8/1928 Symphony no. 8, B minor ("Unfinished") Cleveland Orchestra Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick XE27509 12-in. 5/8/1928 Symphony no. 8, B minor ("Unfinished") Cleveland Orchestra Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick XE27520 12-in. 5/9/1928 Symphony no. 8, B minor ("Unfinished") Cleveland Orchestra Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick XE27521 12-in. 5/9/1928 Valse triste Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick E27522 10-in. 5/9/1928 Shepherd’s hey (Saludo pastor) Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick E27523 10-in. 5/9/1928 Polovtsian dances Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick E27524 10-in. 5/9/1928 Polovtsian dances Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick E27525 10-in. 5/9/1928 Polovtsian dance Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick E27526 10-in. 5/9/1928 Polovtsian dance Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick E27527 10-in. 5/9/1928 The school of the fauns Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick Ch223 12-in. 10/4/1924 Träumerei Artists vary Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick ChX177-ChX181 12-in. 10/2/1924 On the beautiful blue Danube Cleveland Orchestra Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick ChX182-ChX185 12-in. 10/2/1924 Finlandia Cleveland Orchestra Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick Ch193-Ch195 10-in. 10/3/1924 Wedding music Cleveland Orchestra Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick ChX196-ChX200 12-in. 10/3/1924 Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald Cleveland Orchestra Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick Ch201-Ch205 10-in. 10/3/1924 Hungarian dance No. 5 (G minor) Cleveland Orchestra Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick Ch212-Ch214 12-in. 10/4/1924 Lohengrin Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick Ch215-Ch217 10-in. 10/4/1924 Slavonic dance no. 3 Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick ChX218-ChX220 12-in. 10/4/1924 Symphony no. 2 : Allegretto Cleveland Orchestra Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick Ch221-Ch222 10-in. 10/4/1924 Valse triste Cleveland Orchestra Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick Ch224-Ch225 10-in. 10/4/1924 Träumerei Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick Ch226-Ch227 10-in. 10/4/1924 Valse triste Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick Ch228-Ch229 10-in. 10/4/1924 Hungarian dance no. 5 Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick Ch230-Ch231 10-in. 10/5/1924 Wedding music Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick Ch232-Ch234 10-in. 10/5/1924 Lohengrin Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick [C253]-[C254] 10-in. 5/1/1926 Prelude Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick [C255]-[C257] 10-in. 5/1/1926 Wedding music Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick [C258]-[C260] 10-in. 5/1/1926 Song of India Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick [XC261]-[XC263] 12-in. 5/1/1926 Overture of 1812 Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick XC264-XC266 12-in. 5/3/1926 Overture of 1812 Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick XC267-XC268 12-in. 5/3/1926 Sleeping beauty : Waltz Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick XC269-XC271 12-in. 5/3/1926 Danse macabre Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick XC272-XC274 12-in. 5/3/1926 Merry wives of Windsor overture Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick XC275-XC277 12-in. 5/3/1926 Pomp and circumstance march no. 1 Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick XC278-XC279 12-in. 5/3/1926 Entrance of the Boyards Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick C280-C282 12-in. 5/3/1926 Prelude in C sharp minor Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  
Brunswick XC283-XC284 12-in. 5/3/1926 Shepherd’s hey Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff Orchestra Musical group  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Cleveland Orchestra," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103148.

Cleveland Orchestra. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103148.

"Cleveland Orchestra." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.

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URI: https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103148

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