Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Type
Orchestra
Location
🇺🇸 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States
Formed
1914
Members
Albert Luconi, Alexander Hanna, Arno Mariotti, Charles Sirard, Corbin Wagner, David Ireland, David Krehbiel, David LeDoux, Dennis Smith, Edward Druzinsky, Fergus McWilliam, Frank Kaderabek, Georges Miquelle, Gilbert Beaume, Gordon Staples, James Pellerite, James VanValkenburg, Jan Eberle, Jerome Jelinek, John Minsker, Josef Gingold, Jung-Min Shin, Kenneth Thompkins, Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy, Marcy Chanteaux, Marguerite Deslippe, Paul Phillips, Ray Alonge, Robert S. Williams, Salvatore Rabbio, Warren Benson, Wei Yu, William Lucas
Albums78
- Blues SymphonyWynton Marsalis; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Jader Bignamini2025
- Paul Paray in Detroit, Vol. 3Jean Sibelius; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray2023
- Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3 - Dupre - ParayMarcel Dupré, Paul Paray & Detroit Symphony Orchestra2022
- John Williams: Trumpet ConcertoJohn Williams; Hunter Eberly, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin2020
- Billy the Kid / GrohgAaron Copland; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin2019
- Symphonie fantastiqueBerlioz; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray2018
- Symphony no. 3 / Three Latin American SketchesCopland; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin2017
- Appalachian Spring (Complete Ballet) / Hear Ye! Hear Ye!Aaron Copland; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin2016
- Symphony no. 3 in C minor, op. 78Camille Saint‐Saëns; Marcel Dupré, Paul Paray, Detroit Symphony Orchestra2015
- Williams: Cello ConcertoJohn Williams, Robert DeMaine, Detroit Symphony Orchestra & Leonard Slatkin2015
- The Five Sacred TreesJohn Williams; Robert Williams, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin2015
- Die Ägyptische HelenaRichard Strauss - Gwyneth Jones • Matti Kastu • Dinah Bryant • Barbara Hendricks • Willard White • Detroit Symphony Orchestra • Antal Doráti2014
- Symphony no. 1: Ballet for Orchestra / Circuits / Einstein’s Dream / Double PlayCindy McTee; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin2013
- Rodeo / Dance Panels / El salón México / Danzón cubanoAaron Copland; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin2013
- Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 44 / Symphonic Dances, op. 45Sergey Rachmaninov; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin2013
- Symphony no. 1 / The Isle of the DeadRachmaninov; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin2013
- Concerto for Violin and OrchestraJohn Williams; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Emmanuelle Boisvert, Leonard Slatkin2011
- Horn ConcertoJohn Williams; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Karl Pituch, Leonard Slatkin2010
- Symphony no. 2Rachmaninov; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin2010
- Fire & Blood / MotorCity Triptych / Raise the RoofMichael Daugherty; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi, Ida Kavafian2009
- Szymanowski: Symphony no. 2 / Symphony no. 3 "Chant de la nuit" / Enesco: Rhapsodie roumaine no. 1Karol Szymanowski, Enesco; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti2007
- Ellington: Suite from "The River" / Harlem / Solitude / Dawson: Negro Folk SymphonyDuke Ellington, William Levi Dawson; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi2001
- Suite from Schlagobers / München, ein GedächtniswalzerRichard Strauss; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1998
- Symphonies 1 & 2 / Overture: The School for Scandal / Adagio for StringsSamuel Barber; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1998
- Symphonies 2 & 3George Chadwick; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1998
- Suite no. 1 / The Storm / FatePyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1997
- Suite no. 4 “Mozartiana” / The SeasonsPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1997
- Chausson / Lalo / BarraudChausson, Lalo, Barraud; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray1997
- Joy!Neeme Järvi, Detroit Symphony Orchestra1997
- Schmidt: Symphony no. 4 / Strauss: Symphonic Fragment: “Josephs-Legende”Franz Schmidt, Richard Strauss; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1996
- Suite no. 2 / The TempestTchaikovsky; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1996
- Thompson: Symphony no. 2 / Chadwick: Rip Van Winkle / Melpomene / Tam O’ShanterRandall Thompson, George Chadwick; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1996
- French FavouritesDetroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1996
- Harris: Symphony no. 3 / Copland: Symphony no. 3Roy Harris, Aaron Copland; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1996
- Suite no. 3 / Francesca da RiminiPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1996
- Schmidt: Symphony no. 1 / Strauss: Four Interludes from IntermezzoSchmidt, Strauss; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1995
- Má vlastSmetana; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1995
- Symphony no. 2 / Symphonic SketchesGeorge Chadwick; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1995
- Ives: Symphony no. 2 / Creston: Symphony no. 2Charles Ives, Paul Creston; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1995
- Rachmaninoff: Symphony no. 2 / Franck: Symphony in D minorRachmaninoff, Franck; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray1995
- Debussy: La Mer / Ibéria / Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun / Ravel: Mother Goose SuiteDebussy, Ravel; Paul Paray, Detroit Symphony Orchestra1994
- Transcriptions for OrchestraRachmaninov; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi, Alan Kogosowski1994
- Chadwick: Symphony no. 3 / Barber: Two Orchestral Excerpts from "Vanessa" / Music for a Scene from Shelley / Medea's Meditation and Dance of VengeanceGeorge Chadwick, Samuel Barber; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1994
- Symphonies: No. 2 in E-flat major / No. 3 in E minorFibich; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1994
- The Snow MaidenTchaikovsky; Irina Mishura-Lekhtman, Vladimir Grishko, University Musical Society Choral Union, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1994
- Barber: Symphony no. 2 / Adagio for Strings / Bristow: Symphony in F-sharp minorSamuel Barber, George Frederick Bristow; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1993
- Encore!Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1993
- Fibich: Symphony no. 1 in F major / Smetana: Vyšehrad & Vltava from “Má vlast”Zdeněk Fibich, Bedřich Smetana; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1993
- Still Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2William Grant Still; Neeme Järvi & Detroit Symphony Orchestra1993
- Still: Symphony no. 1 "Afro-American" / Ellington: Suite from "The River"William Grant Still, Duke Ellington; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1993
- Still: Symphony no. 2 "Song of a New Race" / Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony / Ellington: HarlemWilliam Grant Still, William Levi Dawson, Duke Ellington; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1993
- Symphonie fantastique / Hungarian March / Trojan March / Corsair Overture / Roman Carnival OvertureBerlioz; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray1993
- Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite no. 2 / Boléro / Valses nobles et sentimentales / Debussy: Three Nocturnes / Petite SuiteRavel, Debussy; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray1992
- Bizet: Carmen Suite / La Patrie Ouverture / L'Arlésienne Suites 1 & 2 / Thomas: Mignon & Raymond OverturesBizet, Thomas; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray1992
- Debussy: La Mer / Roussel: Symphony no. 4 / Sinfonietta / Milhaud: Suite provençaleDebussy, Roussel, Milhaud; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1992
- Ives: Symphony no. 1 / Barber: Three Essays for OrchestraCharles Ives, Samuel Barber; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1992
- El salón México / Appalachian Spring / Rodeo / Dance Symphony / Fanfare for the Common ManCopland; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti1991
- French Opera HighlightsDetroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray1991
- Barber: Symphony no. 1 / The School for Scandal Overture / Beach: Symphony in E minor (Gaelic)Samuel Barber, Amy Beach; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1991
- Die ägyptische HelenaRichard Strauss; Jones, Hendricks, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti1991
- Roussel: Symphony no. 3 / Bacchus et Ariane Suite no. 2 / Ravel: La Valse / BoleroAlbert Roussel, Maurice Ravel; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1991
- Ibert: Escales / Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole / Alborada del gracioso / Pavane pour une infante défunte / La Valse / Le Tombeau de CouperinIbert, Ravel; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray1990
- Petrushka / Le Sacre du PrintempsStravinksy; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati1988
- 1812 Overture / Cappriccio Italien / Romeo & Juliet / Marche SlaveTchaikovsky; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti1987
- Copland: Appalachian Spring / Stravinsky: Apollon musagèteDetroit Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti1986
- Der Rosenkavalier Suite / Die Frau Ohne Schatten Symphonic FantasyStrauss; Antal Doráti, Detroit Symphony Orchestra1985
- The Miraculous Mandarin / Music For Strings, Percussion and CelestaBartók; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti1985
- The FirebirdStravinsky; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti1984
- Also sprach Zarathustra / MacbethRichard Strauss; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti1983
- Le Sacre du printempsStravinsky; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti1982
- Pages symphoniquesRichard Wagner; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray1982
- Rhapsody!Franz Liszt, Antonín Dvořák, George Enescu, Maurice Ravel; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti1979
- Suite no. 1 ∙ Two PicturesBartók Béla; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti1979
- España / Danse Slave / Fête Polonaise / Suite Pastorale / Gwendoline OvertureChabrier; Detroit Symphony, Paul Paray1961
- 1812 OvertureTchaikovsky; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
- El Salón México / Dance Symphony / Fanfare for the Common Man / Four Dance Episodes From "Rodeo"Copland; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
- Symphony no. 2 / Symphony no. 3 "Chant de la nuit"Karol Szymanowski; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
- Symphony no. 2 in E minor, op. 27Rachmaninoff; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray
Live Albums3
- 6 SymphoniesTchaikovsky; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin2015
- Celebrating 15 Years with the Detroit Symphony OrchestraDetroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi2005
- A Night in Tunisia, a Week in DetroitTurtle Island String Quartet, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1994
Compilations31
- 2025
- Complete SymphoniesRachmaninov; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin2023
- Doráti in Detroit: Complete Decca RecordingsDetroit Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti2023
- Slatkin Conducts SlatkinSlatkin; Leonard Slatkin, Alec Baldwin, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra2022
- Paul Paray and the Detroit Symphony OrchestraDetroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray2020
- Symphonies no. 3 / "Song Of The Night"Karol Szymanowski; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti, Chantal Juillet, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit2015
- Symphonie N° 3 "avec orgue" / Œuvres de Chabrier, Bizet, LaloCamille Saint‐Saëns, Chabrier, Bizet, Lalo; Marcel Dupré, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray2010
- Claudio ArrauBeethoven, Weber, Schumann, Liszt, R. Strauss; Claudio Arrau, Eugene Ormandy & The Philadelphia Orchestra, Désiré Defauw & Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Karl Krueger & Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Guido Cantelli & New York Philharmonic2005
- Paul Paray Conducts French Orchestral MusicDetroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray2004
- Melpomene / Rip Van Winkle / Tam O’Shanter / Symphonic SketchesGeorge Chadwick; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi2002
- Symphony no. 1 / Symphony no. 2Charles Ives; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi2002
- Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance / Music for a Scene from Shelley / Three Essays for Orchestra / Excerpts from "Vanessa"Samuel Barber; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi2001
- The Orchestral MasterpiecesDebussy, Ravel; Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Jean Fournet, Bernard Haitink, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray1999
- Rhapsody in Blue / An American in Paris / Cuban Overture / Porgy-and-Bess-SuiteGeorge Gershwin; Ian Davis, Cleveland Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati, Lorin Maazel1998
- Complete SymphoniesZdeněk Fibich; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1998
- Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Symphony no. 5 / Haydn: Symphony no. 96Mendelssohn, Haydn; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray1998
- Complete SymphoniesFranz Schmidt; Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1997
- Complete SuitesPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1997
- Paul Paray Conducts WagnerWagner; Paul Paray, Detroit Symphony Orchestra1996
- Symphonies nos. 3 & 4 / Bacchus et Ariane Suite no. 2 / SinfoniettaAlbert Roussel; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi1995
- Paul Paray Conducts Dances of DeathDetroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray1994
- Marches and Overtures à la FrançaiseDetroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray1993
- Dvořák: Symphony no. 9 "New World" / Sibelius: Symphony no. 2Dvořák, Sibelius; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray1992
- OverturesSuppé, Auber; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray1992
- Chabrier: España • Suite pastorale • Fête polonaise • Overture "Gwendoline" • Danse slave • Joyeuse marche • Bourrée fantasque / Roussel: Suite in FChabrier, Roussel; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray1991
- Saint-Saëns: Symphony no. 3 / Paray: Mass for the 500th Anniversary of the Death of Joan of ArcCamille Saint‐Saëns, Paul Paray; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray1991
- Szymanowski: Symphonies 2 & 3 / Bartok: Two PicturesSzymanowski, Bartók; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti1990
- Grofe: Grand Canyon / Copland: El Salón México / Fanfare for the Common Man / 4 Dance Episodes from "Rodeo"Grofé, Copland; Doráti, Detroit Symphony Orchestra1989
- The Lady Remembers (The Statue of Liberty Suite) / Wilderness SuiteRichard Adler; Detroit Symphony, Günther Herbig, Utah Symphony, Charles Ketcham1986
- Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite / Gershwin: Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic PictureGrofé, Gershwin; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti1983
- Don Juan / Till Eulenspiegel / Tod und VerklärungRichard Strauss; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati1982
