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ยท A Dec. 1 Style article on Gramophone magazine's listing of the top 20 orchestras in the world repeated the magazine's incorrect name for the orchestra that placed 16th. It is the St. Petersburg Philharmonic; it is no longer called the Leningrad Philharmonic.
ยท A Dec. 1 Style article on Gramophone magazine's listing of the top 20 orchestras in the world repeated the magazine's incorrect name for the orchestra that placed 16th. It is the St. Petersburg Philharmonic; it is no longer called the Leningrad Philharmonic.
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The Critics Agree: Amsterdam's Orchestra Is Par Excellence
Bernard Haitink, left, leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, tops in the United States and No. 5 on the list. Mariss Jansons conducts the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, rated as the world's finest collective.
(Todd Rosenberg Photography)
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6. Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
7. Cleveland Orchestra
8. Los Angeles Philharmonic
9. Budapest Festival Orchestra
10. Dresden Staatskapelle
11. Boston Symphony Orchestra
12. New York Philharmonic
13. San Francisco Symphony
14. Mariinsky Theater Orchestra
15. Russian National Orchestra
16. Leningrad Philharmonic
17. Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
18. Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
19. Saito Kinen Orchestra (Japan)
20. Czech Philharmonic
