St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Recordings

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra offers a number of recordings, both in CD and digital download format. Purchase select items in person at the Powell Hall Boutique (open one hour before performances and at intermission).


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Mozart: Piano Concerto Nos. 17 & 24

Released August 2019

David Robertson, conductor
Orli Shaham, piano

Repertoire:

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17, K. 453
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 24, K. 491

The album’s selected works stand as emblems of the extraordinary theatricality of Mozart’s piano concertos as performed by Orli Shaham, conducted by David Robertson. Each highlights the spirit of dialogue between soloist and orchestra, the ever-shifting exchange of musical ideas, colors, and textures used by Mozart to create a world of limitless dramatic possibilities. 

 

   

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Marsalis: Swing Symphony

Released July 2019

David Robertson, conductor
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

Repertoire:

Wynton MARSALIS Swing Symphony

Wynton Marsalis' Swing Symphony — a musical manifesto on American ideals and the melding of jazz and classical — captures the 15-piece Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis joining forces with the SLSO, conducted by former Music Director David Robertson, in performances of Swing Symphony in front of the sold-out crowds at Powell Hall in St. Louis on May 4-6, 2018.

   

 

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Adams: Violin Concerto

Released April 2018

David Robertson, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin

Repertoire:

John ADAMS Violin Concerto

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra with former Music Director David Robertson are featured on a new recording of John Adams’ Violin Concerto with violinist Leila Josefowicz, released by Nonesuch Records.  It was described by the Boston Globe as having “the qualities of intelligence, craftsmanship, and quirkiness that have always marked the composer and his work; this time Adams also mingles virtuoso show with soul, popular appeal with the staying power that comes from intellectual interest.”

   

 

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The Gershwin Moment

Released February 2018

David Robertson, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, piano

Repertoire:

GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue (original Jazz Band version)
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F

Pianist Kirill Gerstein releases The Gershwin Moment: Rhapsody in Blue & Concerto in F recorded live with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and former Music Director David Robertson. Gerstein is particularly enthusiastic about the partnership with SLSO and Robertson, with whom he has a long and varied history of collaboration. 

   

 

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Adams: Scheherazade.2

Released September 2016

David Robertson, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin

Repertoire:

John ADAMS Scheherazade.2

Leila Josefowicz began her recording collaboration with the SLSO with John Aadms' Scheherazade.2, an homage to the orchestral masterpiece by Rimsky-Korsakov with nearly the same name. Josefowicz received a Grammy nomination for Best Classical Instrumental Solo for her performance on the album.

   

 

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Adams: City Noir / Saxophone Concerto

Released May 2014 

David Robertson, conductor
Timothy McAllister, saxophone

Repertoire:

John ADAMS City Noir
John ADMAS Saxophone Concerto

This recording garnered the SLSO’s seventh Grammy® for the Best Orchestral Performance of 2014. Recorded live at Powell Hall by the SLSO under the direction of former Music Director David Robertson with saxophonist Timothy McAllister, this recording features two works by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Adams. 

   

 

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Adams: Doctor Atomic Symphony

Released July 2009 

David Robertson, conductor

Repertoire:

John ADAMS Doctor Atomic Symphony
John ADAMS Guide to Strange Places

The premiere recordings of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Adams’ Doctor Atomic Symphony and Guide to Strange Places, are performed live at Powell Hall by the SLSO under the direction of former Music Director David Robertson. Doctor Atomic is a suite of music from the composer's acclaimed opera of the same name. 

   

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Adams: Harmonielehre

Released MArch 2008

David Robertson, conductor
St. Louis Symphony Chorus | Amy Kaiser, director

Repertoire:

John ADAMS Harmonielehre

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra's performance of John Adams' Harmonielehre, the weekend of March 16-18, 2007, remains one of the extraordinary collaborations between former Music Director David Robertson and the SLSO. They owned it. And you can own it too, with this digital-only release of SLSO's Harmonielehre available for download.

 

 

 

 

Past Recordings

The SLSO has a long recording history including releases on RCA Victor, Telarc and VoxBox.  You can search Apple MusicAmazon or other web retailers to find these recordings.  Ebay is a good resource to locate older and out-of-print recordings. 

The SLSO has curated a long list of past recordings on Spotify.