Biography
Eugene Ormandy (born Jenő Blau; November 18, 1899 – March 12, 1985) was a Hungarian-born American conductor and violinist, best known for his association with the Philadelphia Orchestra, as its music director. His 44-year association with the orchestra is one of the longest enjoyed by any conductor with any American orchestra. Ormandy made numerous recordings with the orchestra, and as guest conductor with European orchestras, and achieved three gold records and two Grammy Awards. His reputation was as a skilled technician and expert orchestral builder.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
HIStory - Past, Present And Future - Book I
1995
Peter And The Wolf / Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra
1978
Music From The Motion Picture Ocean's Eleven
2001
Reverie
1964
2000 Years: The Millennium Concert
2000
That Christmas Feeling
1973
The Greatest Hits Album
1972
Gershwin's Greatest Hits
1971
Stars For A Summer Night
1961
Carmina Burana / Cantiones Profanae
1960
Messiah
1959
Piano Concerto No. 1
1959
Rhapsodies
1958
Violin Concerto / Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso
1981
Alto Rhapsody / Tragic Overture / Haydn Variations
1978
Ormandy Conducts Bach
1977
The Planets
1976
Tchaikovsky's Greatest Hits Vol. 3
1974
Suite From The Nutcracker
1974
Richard Strauss's Greatest Hits
1973
Greatest Hits
1972
Ride Of The Valkyries (Favorite Orchestral Music From Wagner's "The Ring")
1972
Rachmaninoff's Greatest Hits
1972
A Clockwork Orange
1972
Credited work
8,198 releases · 1,142 albums · active 1950–2026
- Performance · 12,538
- Other credits · 393
Studios: Town Hall, Philadelphia · Academy Of Music, Philadelphia · Broadwood Hotel, Philadelphia · Scottish Rite Cathedral
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- The Philadelphia Orchestra
- Tchaikovsky
- Beethoven
- Brahms
- Rachmaninoff
- Richard Strauss
- Grieg