Oregon Symphony Discography
Recordings produced since 2011 can be purchased in person through our Ticket Office. You can also find Oregon Symphony CDs and related reviews on PentaTone.
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Aspects of America: Pulitzer Edition (2020)
Grammy® Nomination, Best Orchestral Performance
Grammy® Nomination, Best Engineered Album, Classical
“This imaginatively programmed trio of Pulitzer Prize-winning works makes for a nicely varied listen, performed with plenty of oomph, too.” – BBC Music Magazine
“Kalmar’s interpretation [of the Piston] is revelatory...The Oregon Symphony really show their mettle here, and the delicacy of their playing is as impressive as their collective vigour.” – Gramophone
Piston: Symphony No. 7
Gould: Stringmusic
Hanson: Symphony No. 4, Op. 34, “Requiem”
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emergency shelter intake form (2020)
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Alicia Hall Moran, mezzo-soprano
Holland Andrews, Gabriel Kahane, and Holcombe Waller, chorus of inconvenient statistics
Maybelle Community Singers
Gabriel Kahane: emergency shelter intake form
Available at Bandcamp
Gospel Christmas (2018)
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Aspects of America (2018)
Sean Shepherd: Magiya
Sebastian Currier: Microsymph
Christopher Rouse: Supplica
Kenji Bunch: Aspects of an Elephant
Barber: Souvenirs
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Haydn Symphonies (2017)
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Haydn: Symphony No. 53 in D Major (“The Imperial”)
Haydn: Symphony No. 64 in A Major (“Tempora Mutantur”)
Haydn: Symphony No. 96 in D Major (“The Miracle”)
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Spirit of the American Range (2015)
Grammy® Nomination, Best Orchestral Performance
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Copland: Symphony No. 3
Piston: Suite from The Incredible Flutist
Antheil: A Jazz Symphony
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This England (2012)
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Edward Elgar: Cockaigne, Op. 40, “In London Town”
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 in D Major
Benjamin Britten: Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes, Op. 33
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Music for a Time of War (2011)
Grammy® Nomination, Best Orchestral Performance
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Ives: The Unanswered Question
Adams: The Wound-Dresser
Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 4 in F Minor
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Tragic Lovers (2008)
James DePreist, conductor
Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
Berlioz: Love Scene from Romeo & Juliet, Op. 17
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture
Available on iTunes
Walton (2005)
James DePreist, conductor
Walton: Suite from Henry V
Walton: Cello Concerto
Rands: Tre Canzoni senza Parole
Walton: Sonata for Violin and Piano
Available on iTunes
Sibelius (2004)
James DePreist, conductor
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C Major
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major
Available on iTunes
Symphony No. 11 “The Year 1905” (2003)
James DePreist, conductor
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 (“The Year 1905”)
Available on iTunes
Orchestral Works by Tomas Svoboda (2003)
Grammy® Nomination, Best Instrumental Soloist with Orchestra
James DePreist, conductor
Niel DePonte, marimba
Svoboda: Overture of the Season
Svoboda: Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra
Svoboda: Symphony No. 1 (“of Nature”)
American Contrasts (2003)
James DePreist, conductor
Lees: Passacaglia for Orchestra
Persichetti: Symphony No. 4
Daugherty: Sundown on South Street
Daugherty: Hells Angels
Available on iTunes
Respighi's Rome (2001)
James DePreist, conductor
Respighi: Pines of Rome
Respighi: Fountains of Rome
Available on iTunes
The Rite of Spring(2000)
James DePreist, conductor
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite
Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947 version)
Available on iTunes
The Sea Hawk (1998)
James DePreist, conductor
Korngold: Symphony in F-sharp Major
Korngold: Suite from The Sea Hawk
Available on iTunes
New Morning for the World (1995)
James DePreist, conductor
Raymond Bazemore, narrator & bass
Portland Symphonic Choir
Bruce Browne, director
Schwantner: New Morning for the World
Flagello: The Passion of Martin Luther King
Centennial Collection
James DePreist, conductor
R. Strauss: Don Juan
Lutosławski: Concerto for Orchestra
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Menotti: Apocalypse
Special Edition recording, not available in stores
Roman Festivals
James DePreist, conductor
Respighi: Roman Festivals
Special Edition recording, not available in stores
Romeo and Juliet
James DePreist, conductor
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Special Edition recording, not available in stores
Menotti: Apocalypse (1992)
James DePreist, conductor
Menotti: Apocalypse (World premiere recording)
Dello Joio: Meditations on Ecclesiastes
LoPresti: The Masks
Available on iTunes
1812 Overture (1989)
James DePreist, conductor
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
Tchaikovsky: The Tempest
Tchaikovsky: Hamlet
Available on iTunes
The Sea and the Gulls (1988)
James DePreist, conductor
Rachmaninoff: La Mer et les Mouettes
Rachmaninoff: Vocalise
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2
Available on iTunes
Bravura (1987)
James DePreist, conductor
R. Strauss: Don Juan
Lutosławski: Concerto for Orchestra
Respighi: Roman Festivals
Available on iTunes