Below is a complete listing of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's recordings. The majority of these recordings may not be available commercially. To determine availability, check local retailers specializing in classical music. Recordings that have been re-released can be referenced by the record label (i.e. Mercury). Other options for finding rare recordings are used/antique record stores and Web sites for music collectors.
Recordings are listed in chronological order by conductor.
Key to Recording Locations:
CH = Constitution Hall,
Washington, D.C.
CT = Cass Technical High School, Detroit
FA = Ford Auditorium, Detroit
MT = Masonic Temple, Detroit
OH = Orchestra Hall, Detroit
SF = Michigan State Fair Grounds, Detroit
UA = United Artists Auditorium, Detroit
6. Paul Paray, 1951-63
Mercury Label
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Place/Date Recorded: OH 2/53 OH 2/53 |
Composer: |
Title: Bolero (1st recording) Capriccio espagnole Prelude to Die Meistersinger Lohengrin, Prelude to Act I Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III Overture to Tannhaüser Ride of the Valkyries |
Catalog No.: MG50020 MG50021 |
MT 2/53 |
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Symphony No. 7 |
MG50022 |
MT & OH 2/53 |
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Symphony in D Minor (1st recording) |
MG50023 |
N/A |
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Symphony No. 2 ("Antar") Russian Easter Overture |
MG50028 |
OH 12/53 |
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Pavine Psyche La Valse (1st recording) |
MG50029 |
OH 12/53 |
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice Pelléas et Mélisande, Incidental Music The Spider's Feast |
MG50036 |
OH 12/53 |
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Les Préludes Symphony No. 4 |
MG50036 |
OH 11/54 |
WAGNER |
The Flying Dutchmen Overture Good Friday Spell (Parsifal) Forest Murmurs (Siegfried) Prelude und Liebestod (Tristan) |
MG50044 |
OH 11/54 |
BEETHOVEN |
Symphony No. 6 ("Pastoral") |
MG50045 |
OH 3/55 |
CHABRIER IBERT RAVEL |
España (1st recording) Escales (1st recording) Rapsodie espagnole (1st recording) |
MG50056 |
OH 3/55 |
BRAHMS |
Symphony No. 4 |
MG50057 |
OH 12/55 |
DEBUSSY |
Iberia La Mer Prélude à l'après-mide d'un faune (1st recording) |
MG50101 |
OH 12/2/55 |
SCHUMANN |
Symphony No. 2 |
??50102 |
OH 3/56 |
WAGNER |
Dawn and Rhine Journey Siegfried Idyll Prelude to Parsifal Tristan, Act III Prelude |
??50107 |
OH 3/56 |
CHAUSSON |
Symphony in B-flat |
MG50108 SR90017 |
FA 11/20/56 |
PARAY |
Mass Commemorating the 500th Anniversary of the Death of Joan of Arc |
MG50128 |
FA 11/21/56 |
HAYDN MOZART |
Symphony No. 96 Symphony No. 35 |
??50129 |
OH 11/9/56 |
SCHUMANN |
Symphony No. 3 |
??50133 |
FA 11/8/56 |
BIZET |
L'Arlesianne Suite No. 1 L'Arlesianne Suite No. 2 Carmen Suite |
MG50135 SR90374 Re-released on the Mercury label, #434-321 |
OH 3/18-19/57 |
RACHMANINOFF |
Symphony No. 2 |
MG50142 |
OH 3/18-18/57 |
BARRAUD CHABRIER RAVEL ROUSSEL |
Offrande a une obmbre Bouree fantasque Mother Goose Suite Suite in F Major |
MG50145 |
FA 10/57 |
SAINT-SAËNS |
Symphony No. 3 ("Organ") |
MG50167 |
OH 3/21/58 |
MENDELSSOHN |
Incidental Music to A Midsummer Nights Dream Symphony No. 5 ("Reformation") |
MG50174 MG50175 |
OH 3/58 |
LALO SCHMITT STRAUSS |
Namouna Suite No. 1 Tragedy of Salome Dance of the Seven Veils |
MG50177 |
OH 3/22-24/58 |
Ouvertures Francaise BERLIOZ BIZET LALO |
Le Corsaire Overture Roman Carnival Overture La Patrie Overture Le Roi d'Ys Overture |
MG50191 |
OH 3/58 |
SCHUMANN |
Manfred Overture Symphony No. 1 |
MG50198 |
OH 3/58 |
RAVEL CHABRIER |
Bolero (2nd recording) Mother Goose Suite (from 3-57) Bourree fantasque (from 3-57) |
SR90005 |
| FA 1/16/59 |
Bouquet de Paray LISZT ROSSINI SAINT-SAËNS WEBER |
Mephisto Waltz No. 1 William Tell Overture Danse macabre Invitation to the Waltz |
MG50203 |
FA 1/17/59 |
SIBELIUS |
Symphony No. 2 |
MG50204 |
FA 1/18/59 |
BEETHOVEN |
Symphony No. 1 Symphony No. 2 |
MG50205 |
| OH 4/3-5/59 |
Viva La Marche! BERLIOZ CHABRIER DeLISLE GOUNOD MEYERBEER SAINT-SAËNS PIERNE |
Rakoczy March Trojan March Joyeuse Marche La Marseillaise Funeral March of a Marionette Coronation March (Le Prophete) Marche Héroïque Marche Militaire Francaise March of the Lead Soldiers -- (recorded but not released) |
MG50211 |
OH 4/3-5/59 |
AUBER OFFENBACH |
Bronze Horse Overture Fra Diavolo Overture Masaniello Overture La belle Hélène Overture Orpheus in the Underworld Overture Tales of Hoffman Overture |
MG50212 SR90215 |
OH 4/3-5/59 |
DEBUSSY |
Prélude à l'après-mide d'un faune (2nd recording) Petite Suite Le Tombeau de Couperin Valses nobles et sentimentales |
MG50213 SR90213 |
CT 11/27/59 |
FRANCK |
Symphony in D Minor (2nd recording) |
MG50285 |
CT 11/28/59 |
BERLIOZ |
Symphonie Fantastique |
MG50254 SR90254 |
CT 11/29/59 |
SUPPE |
The Beautiful Galathea Overture Pique Dame Overture Light Cavalry Overture Poet and Peasant Overture Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna Overture Boccaccio Overture |
MG50269 SR90269 |
CT 2/60 |
WAGNER |
Flying Dutchmen Overture (from 11-54) Meistersinger, Act III excerpts Rienzi Overture Magic Fire Music (Die Valkure) |
MG50232 |
CT 11/18-19/60 |
CHABRIER |
Danse slave España (2nd recording) Fête polonaise Overture to Gwendoline Suite Pastorale |
MG50212 SR90212 |
CT 11/19-60 |
ADAM AUBER BOIELDIEU HEROLD THOMAS |
Si j'étais Roi Overture Crown Diamonds Overture La Dame blanche Overture Zampa Overture Mignon Overture Raymond Overture |
MG50247 |
CT 2/19/60 |
DVORÁK |
Symphony No. 9 |
MG50247 (Re-released on the Mercury label, #434-317) |
CT 3/11/61 |
DEBUSSY RAVEL |
Three Nocturnes Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No. 2 |
MG50281 SR90281 |
CT 3/18/62 |
IBERT RAVEL |
Escales (2nd recording) Alborada del gracioso Pavane pour une Infante défunte Rapsodie espagnole (2nd recording) La Valse (2nd recording) |
MG50313 SR90313 |
CT 3/17/62 |
BERLIOZ BIZET GOUNOD MASSANET SAINT-SAËNS THOMAS |
Royal Hunt and Storem (The Trojans) Danse bohèmienne (Carmen) Waltz and Ballet Music from Faust Overture to Phedre Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah Gavotte from Mignon |
MG50318 |
Mercury Curtain Up! Series
| OH 4/3-5/59 |
Orchestral March |
Marche
Joyeuse Rakoczy March Funeral March of a Marionette Coronation March from The Prophet |
MG50292 SR90292 (With performances by Minneapolis, London and Rochester symphonies) |
Mercury Golden Imports -- Re-Releases
| OH 12/55 | DEBUSSY | Iberia La Mer Prélude à l'après-mide d'un faune (1st recording) |
SRI75053 |
FA 11/8/56 |
BIZET |
L'Arlesianne Suite No. 1 L'Arlesianne Suite No. 2 Carmen Suite |
SRI75060 |
FA 10/57 |
SAINT-SAËNS |
Symphony No. 3 ("Organ") |
SRI75003 |
OH 3/58? |
RAVEL |
Bolero (2nd recording) Alborada del gracioso Pavane pour une Infante défunte Rapsodie espagnole (2nd recording) La Valse (2nd recording) |
SRI75091 |
CT 11/29/59 |
SUPPE |
The Beautiful Galathea Overture Pique Dame Overture Light Cavalry Overture Poet and Peasant Overture Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna Overture Boccaccio Overture |
SRI75091 |
OH 3/56 CT 11/18-19/60 |
CHAUSSON CHABRIER |
Symphony in B-flat Suite Pastorale |
SRI75029 |
OH 3/18-19/57 OH 4/3-5/59 CT 3/11/61 |
RAVEL |
Mother Goose Suite Valses nobles et sentimentales Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No. 2 |
SRI75006 |
OH 3/18-19/57 OH 4/3-5/59 CT 3/11/61 |
ROUSSEL RAVEL DEBUSSY |
Suite in F Major Le Tombeau de Couperin Three Nocturnes |
SRI75100 |
OH 3/18-19/57 OH 4/3-5/59 CT 11/18/19/60 CT 3/17/62 |
CHABRIER MASSENET |
Bourree fantasque Joyeuse Marche Danse slave España (2nd recording) Fête polonaise Overture to Gwendoline Overture to Phedre |
SRI75078 |
N/A |
French Overture OFFENBACH AUBER HEROLD THOMAS |
SRI75077 |
Mercury Living Presence Series
| OH 12/3/55 |
DEBUSSY RAVEL |
La Mer Prélude à l'après-mide d'un faune Iberia Ma Mere l'Oye |
434-343-2 |
FA 10/12/57 10/20/56 |
SAINT-SAËNS PARAY |
Symphony No. 3 The Mass |
432-719-2 |
| FA 1/16/59 OH 3/23/58 |
Paul Paray Conducts the Dances of Death METHISTA/LISZT SAINT-SAËNS STRAUSS SCHMITT |
Invitation to the Dance Danse Macabre Dance of the Seven Veils La Tragédie de Salomé |
434-336-2 |
CT 11/28/59 OH 4/3/59 OH 3/24/58 |
BERLIOZ |
Symphonie Fantastique The Hungarian March The Trojan March Le Corsaire Overture The Roman Carnival Overture |
434-328-2 |
CT 11/29/59 OH 4/4/59 |
SUPPE AUBER |
Overtures The Bronze Horse |
434-309-2 |
| FA 1/16/59 CT 11/19/60 |
Marches and Overtures Á La Francaise ROSSINI OTHERBY (Other works by Offenbach, Gounod, Saint-Saëns, Meyerbeer and DeLisle) |
William Tell Overture Adam and Boieldieu Overtures |
434-332-2 |
CT 11/18-19/60 OH 4/5/59 FA 3/19/57 |
CHABRIER ROUSSEL |
España (2nd recording) Suite Pastorale Fête polonaise Overture to Gwendoline Danse slave March Joyeux Bourree Fantasque Suite in F Major |
434-303-2 |
CT 3/11/61 OH 4/3/59 OH 3/24/58 |
DEBUSSY RAVEL DEBUSSY RAVEL |
Three Nocturnes Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No. 2 Petite Suite Valses Nobles et Sentimentales Bolero |
434-306-2 |
| CT 11/19/61 CT 3/17/62 |
French Opera Highlights AUBER HEROLD BERLIOZ BIZET GOUNOD MASSENET SAINT-SAËNS THOMAS |
Crown Diamonds Overture Zampa Overture Royal Hunt and Storm (The Trojan) Danse bohemienne (Carmen) Waltz and Ballet Music from Faust Overture to Phedre Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah Gavotte from Mignon |
434-014-2 |
N/A |
You Are There Featuring Paul Paray conducting the DSO and Antal Dorati conducting the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra DVORÁK SIBELIUS BIZET THOMAS |
"New World" Symphony Symphony No. 2 Carmen Suite L'Arlesienne Suites No. 1 & 2 La Patrie Overture Mignon Overture Raymond Overture |
442-541 434-317-2 434-321-2 |
N/A |
FRANCK RACHMANINOFF |
Symphony in D Minor Symphony No. 2 |
434-368-2 |
N/A |
IBERT RAVEL |
Escales Rapsodie espagnole Alborada del gracioso Pavane pour une Infante défunte La Valse Le Tombeau de Couperin |
434-003-2 |