The panel, which was formed by music critics [Gramophone Magazine, the New Yorker, Los Angeles Times, Die Presse(Austria), Le Monde (France), Die Welt (Germany), and other major news companies] have considered the question from all angles:
- judging concert performances as well as recording outputs, contributions to local and national communities and the ability to mantain iconic status in an increasingly competitive contemporary climate.
- The Gramophone Magazine
Gramophone: World's Best Symphony Orchestra
A click on the orchestra label will redirect to their websites.
20 Czech Philharmonic
19 Saito Kinen Orchestra
18 Metropolitan Opera
17 Leipzig Gewandhaus
16 St. Petersburg Philharmonic
15 Russian National Orchestra
14 Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
13 San Francisco Symphony
12 New York Philharmonic
11 Boston Symphony Orchestra
10 Dresden Staatskapelle
9 Budapest Festival Orchestra
8 Los Angeles Philharmonic
7 Cleveland Orchestra
6 Bavarian Radio Orchestra
5 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
4 London Symphony Orchestra
3 Vienna Philharmonic
2 Berlin Philharmonic
1 Royal Concertgebouw (Orchestra)
Luviu Prunaru
Concertmaster Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
(Cesar) The question it self is very controversial but I think this a very accurate list. I would move a few orchestras down and some up, but the top 2 orchestras should definitely be Royal Concertgebouw and Berlin Phil. I am surprised that Chicago Symphony got number 5 (the first American Orchestra)of the list, the Cleveland Orchestra was my first guess for the first American Orchestra.
Is your favorite orchestra in the top 20 ????
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