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Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Group · Toronto · formed 1906
performing arts presenting organization based in Toronto, Ontario
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Also known as Orchestra Sinfonica di Toronto · Orchestre symphonique de Toronto · Orquestra Sinfônica de Toronto · TSO · 多倫多交響樂團
Timeline
38 events+ Member joins 21▣ Album 9− Member leaves 6◆ Formed 1★ Debut release 1
1900s
1920s
· Member joins
Leo Smith joins the band
cello
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1930s
· Member leaves
Leo Smith leaves the band
cello
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· Member joins
Leo Smith joins the band
cello,principal
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1940s
· Member leaves
Leo Smith leaves the band
cello,principal
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1960s
· Member joins
Gerard Kantarjian joins the band
violin
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· Member joins
Ralph Sauer joins the band
trombone
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1970s
· Member leaves
Gerard Kantarjian leaves the band
violin
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· Member joins
David Hetherington joins the band
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· Member joins
Harry Sargous joins the band
oboe,principal
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· Member leaves
Ralph Sauer leaves the band
trombone
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· Member joins
Young-Dae Park joins the band
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1980s
· Member joins
Mark Skazinetsky joins the band
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· Member joins
David Kent joins the band
timpani
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· Member joins
Wendy Rose joins the band
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· Member leaves
Harry Sargous leaves the band
oboe,principal
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· Debut release
Debut release: Ballet Music
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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· Member joins
Michael Sweeney joins the band
bassoon,principal
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1990s
· Member joins
Fraser Jackson joins the band
bassoon
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· Member joins
Kathleen McLean joins the band
bassoon
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· Member joins
Angelique Toews joins the band
violin
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· Album
Album: Der Rosenkavalier Suite / Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite, op. 60 / Die Liebe der Danae, Symphonic Fragment
Album
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2000s
· Album
Album: Night on the Bare Mountain, Pictures at an Exhibition, Prelude to Khovanchina
Album
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· Member joins
Gabriel Radford joins the band
French horn
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· Member joins
Teng Li joins the band
viola
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· Member joins
Sarah Jeffrey joins the band
oboe
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· Member joins
Gordon Wolfe joins the band
principal,trombone
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· Member joins
Joseph Johnson joins the band
cello,principal
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2010s
· Member leaves
Kathleen McLean leaves the band
bassoon
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· Member joins
Nicholas Hartman joins the band
French horn
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· Member joins
שירה מני־סרור joins the band
cello
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· Album
Album: Symphonie fantastique / Fantaisie sur la Tempête de Shakespeare
Album
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2020s
· Album
Album: Pulcinella (Complete Ballet) / Le Baiser de la fée (Divertimento)
Album
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Biography
English biography806 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1375628314
Biography
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) is a Canadian orchestra based in Toronto, Ontario. Founded in 1906, the TSO gave regular concerts at Massey Hall until 1982, and since then has performed at Roy Thomson Hall. The TSO also manages the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra (TSYO). Peter Oundjian was the music director from 2004 to 2018. Sir Andrew Davis, conductor laureate of the TSO, was the orchestra's interim artistic director from 2018 to 2020. Gustavo Gimeno has been the music director of the TSO since the 2020–2021 season.
History
The TSO was founded in 1922 as the New Symphony Orchestra, and gave its first concert at Massey Hall in April 1923 with 58 musicians. The first conductor was Luigi von Kunits, and that season there were twenty concerts, as well as a performance at a spring festival.
In the summer of 1924, the symphony performed at the Canadian National Exhibition. Shortly thereafter, they began holding children's concerts. The orchestra changed its name to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in 1927. In 1929, the TSO made its radio debut with a one-hour broadcast on CBC Radio from the Arcadian Court.
After von Kunits' death in 1931, Ernest MacMillan served as music director for 25 years. In 1951, the orchestra made headlines when it declined to renew the contracts of musicians, thereafter known as the Symphony Six, who had been denied entry to the United States on suspicion of communist activities, during the McCarthy Era.
Andrew Davis was the TSO's music director from 1975 to 1988. The TSO subsequently granted Davis the title of conductor laureate.
The orchestra had financial and audience size problems during the 1990s, and in 1992, TSO musicians accepted a 16% pay cut because of a threat of bankruptcy to the orchestra, with a promise from management to make up the loss in subsequent contract negotiations. By 1999, this pay restoration had not happened, which led to an 11-week musicians' strike that autumn. Relations between the musicians and management deteriorated, and the music director at the time, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, offered to serve as mediator in the situation. In addition, there was a lack of public sympathy to the orchestra musicians' situation. By 2001, the TSO had debt of $7 million CAD, and both executive director Ed Smith and music director Saraste had left the ensemble.
Peter Oundjian was appointed as music director in January 2003 and became music director in the 2004–2005 season. The 2005 documentary film Five Days in September: The Rebirth of an Orchestra recorded the first days of the TSO's inaugural season with Oundjian as its new music director. His contract was extended through to the 2017–2018 season. He concluded his TSO tenure at the close of the 2017–2018 season and was given the title of conductor emeritus. With Oundjian, the TSO made commercial recordings for its own TSO Live label and for other labels such as Chandos Records.
By the 2006–2007 season, the subscriber base had increased to about 25,000, and the audience average capacity also increased to 84%. In November 2008, the orchestra reported its third consecutive year of budget surpluses, with average audience attendance of 88% (excluding concerts for schoolchildren), although the orchestra still retained overall debt of $8.9 million CAD in 2008. In 2022, the TSO ended the season with its first net surplus since 1979.
In April 2015, controversy ensued after the TSO cancelled the appearance of Valentina Lisitsa, citing Twitter postings by her in relation to the war in Donbas which were seen as conducive to "public incitement of hatred" under the Criminal Code of Canada.
In January 2017, the TSO announced its participation in the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of Canada, with a cross-country celebration of Canadian music funded by the Canadian government.
In May 2017, the TSO announced the return of Davis to the orchestra as its interim artistic director, beginning with the 2018–2019 season, for a period of two seasons. In April 2018, the TSO announced the appointment of Matthew Loden as its chief executive officer (CEO), effective July 2018.
In February 2018, Gustavo Gimeno guest-conducted the TSO for the first time. On the basis of this appearance, the TSO announced the appointment of Gimeno as its next music director, effective in the 2020–2021 season, with an initial contract of 5 years. In July 2020, the TSO announced the cancellation of its originally scheduled 2020–2021 concert season, with plans for replacement concerts on a smaller scale in various Toronto venues, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In July 2021, the TSO announced that Matthew Loden was to stand down as its CEO, effective 22 September 2021. In January 2022, the TSO announced the appointment of Mark Williams as its next chief executive officer, effective April 2022. In November 2022, the TSO announced the extension of Gimeno's contract as its music director through 2030.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 16 | 74.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 16 | 85.4th |
| Studio albums | 9 | 90th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 38 | 97.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 37 | 76.5th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (16 release groups · 9 studio albums)
Albums · 9
"Chaconne": Music For Viola & Orchestra
1989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:01:06
1Chaconne26:122Suite Hébraïque: I. Rapsodie6:313Suite Hébraïque: II. Processional2:514Suite Hébraïque: III. Affirmation3:455Trauermusik (Music of Mourning): I. Dialogue3:256Trauermusik (Music of Mourning): II. Valse0:377Trauermusik (Music of Mourning): III. Marche solenelle1:158Trauermusik (Music of Mourning): IV. Minuet XVIIIème siècle2:259Lachrymae (Reflections on a Song of Dowland)14:051997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:07:54
1Der Rosenkavalier Suite22:502Der Bürger als Edelmann Suite, op. 60: I. Vorspiel zum 1. Aufzug4:043Der Bürger als Edelmann Suite, op. 60: II. Menuett1:294Der Bürger als Edelmann Suite, op. 60: III. Der Fechtmeister1:455Der Bürger als Edelmann Suite, op. 60: IV. Auftritt und Tanz der Schneider5:086Der Bürger als Edelmann Suite, op. 60: V. Das Menuett des Lully2:137Der Bürger als Edelmann Suite, op. 60: VI. Courante2:308Der Bürger als Edelmann Suite, op. 60: VII. Auftritt des Cleonte (nach Lully)4:019Der Bürger als Edelmann Suite, op. 60: VIII. Vorspiel Zum 2. Aufzug3:0410Der Bürger als Edelmann Suite, op. 60: IX. Das Diner9:3011Symphonisches Fragment aus Die Liebe der Danae: Molto vivace4:0812Symphonisches Fragment aus Die Liebe der Danae: Più tranquillo7:122000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:16:16
1No. 1 Sinfonia3:322No. 2 Comfort ye my people (tenor)2:483No. 3 Ev'ry valley shall be exalted (tenor)3:214No. 4 And the glory of the Lord (chorus)2:525No. 8 O thou that tellest (mezzo-soprano & chorus)5:286No.11 For unto us a Child is born (chorus)3:577No.12 Pifa3:078No.16 Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion (soprano)4:369No.17 He shall feed his flock (soprano & mezzo-soprano)5:2310No.19 Behold the Lamb (chorus)3:1211No.20 He was despised (mezzo-soprano)12:2312No.23 All we like sheep (chorus)3:5313No.36 Why do the nations? (bass)2:4414No.37 Let us break their bonds asunder (chorus)1:4315No.39 Hallelujah (chorus)3:5416No.40 I know that my Redeemer liveth (soprano)6:1117No.47 Worthy is the Lamb3:2118Amen (chorus)3:51Night on the Bare Mountain, Pictures at an Exhibition, Prelude to Khovanchina
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 57:25
1Night on the Bare Mountain10:432Promenade I1:353Gnomus2:354Promenade II0:575The Old Castle4:426Promenade III0:307Tulleries (Dispute between Children at play)1:048The Oxen (Bydio)2:389Promenade IV0:4210Ballet of the Unhatched Chickens1:1411Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle2:1612Promemade V1:3913Limoges. The Market1:2014Catacombs. A Roman Sepulchre1:3915With the Dead, Speaking in the Tongue of the Dead1:4416The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba Yaga)3:1717The Great Gate of Kiev5:0718Khovanchina - Prelude5:3119The Capture of Kars (Solemn March)5:0920Scherzo in B flat major3:032008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 1:17:58
1Symphony no. 7 in C major, op. 60 "Leningrad": I. Allegretto27:582Symphony no. 7 in C major, op. 60 "Leningrad": II. Moderato - Poco allegretto11:433Symphony no. 7 in C major, op. 60 "Leningrad": III. Adagio19:064Symphony no. 7 in C major, op. 60 "Leningrad": IV. Allegro non troppo19:11Symphony no. 11 “The Year 1905”
2011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 1:04:16
1Symphony no. 11 in G minor, op. 103 "The Year 1905": I. The Palace Square: Adagio16:342Symphony no. 11 in G minor, op. 103 "The Year 1905": II. The Ninth of January: Allegro20:193Symphony no. 11 in G minor, op. 103 "The Year 1905": III. In Memoriam: Adagio12:144Symphony no. 11 in G minor, op. 103 "The Year 1905": IV. The Tocsin: Allegro non trope - Allegro15:092016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 46 tracks · 1:54:25
Disc 11Messiah: Overture (Sinfony). Grave - Allegro moderato3:292Messiah: Accompagnato. Tenor: 'Comfort ye, comfort ye my people'. Larghetto2:333Messiah: Air. Tenor: 'Ev'ry valley shall be exalted'. Andante3:224Messiah: Chorus: 'And the Flory of the Lord shall be revealed'. Allegro giocoso - Adagio2:355Messiah: Accompagnato. Bass: 'Thus saith the Lord'. Solenne1:316Messiah: Air. Mezzo-soprano: 'But who may abide the day of his coming!'. Larghetto - Prestissimo - Larghetto - Prestissimo - Adagio4:017Messiah: Chorus: 'And He shall purify the sons of Levi'2:318Messiah: Recitative. Mezzo-soprano: 'Behold! A virgin shall conceive'0:309Messiah: Air. Mezzo-soprano and Chorus: 'O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion'. Andante5:0810Messiah: Accompagnato. Bass: 'For behold, darkness shall cover the earth'. Andante larghetto2:2011Messiah: Air. Bass: 'The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light'. Larghetto3:0912Messiah: Chorus: 'For unto us a Child is born'. Andante allegro4:0413Messiah: Pastoral Symphony (Pifa). Larghetto0:5314Messiah: Recitative. Soprano: ;There were shepherds abiding in the field'.0:1415Messiah: Accompagnato. Soprano: 'And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them'. Andante0:2116Messiah: Recitative. Soprano: 'And the angel said unto them'0:3917Messiah: Accompagnato. Soprano: 'And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude...'. Allegro0:1818Messiah: Chorus: 'Glory to God in the highest'. L'istesso tempo2:0419Messiah: Air. Soprano: 'Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion'. Allegro - Meno mosso - Tempo I - [ ] - Tempo I4:4520Messiah: Recitative. Mezzo-soprano: 'Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd'0:2821Messiah: Duet. Mezzo-soprano and Soprano: 'He shall feed His flock like a shepherd'. Larghetto5:2122Messiah: Chorus: 'His yoke is easy'. Not too fast and with lots of bounce!2:27Disc 21Messiah: Chorus: 'Behold the Lamb of God'. Largo2:582Messiah: Air. Mezzo-soprano: 'He was despised and rejected of men'. Largo5:123Messiah: Chorus: 'Surely, He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows'. Largo e staccato1:554Messiah: Chorus: 'And with His stripes we are healed'. Alle breve moderato1:495Messiah: Chorus: 'All we like sheep have gone astray'. Allegro moderato - Adagio3:576Messiah: Accompagnato. Tenor: 'All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn'. Larghetto0:447Messiah: Chorus: 'He trusted in God that He would deliver Him'. Allegro2:218Messiah: Accompagnato. 'Tenor: 'Thy rebuke hath broken His Heart'. Largo1:439Messiah: Arioso. Tenor: 'Behold, and see if there by any sorrow like unto His sorrow'. Largo e piano1:1610Messiah: Accompagnato. Tenor: 'He was cut off out of the land of the living'0:1611Messiah: Air. Tenor: 'But thou didst not leave His soul in Hell'. Andante larghetto2:0812Messiah: Chorus: 'Lift up your heads, O ye gates'. A tempo ordinario3:1413Messiah: Chorus: 'The Lord gave the word'. Andante allegro1:0114Messiah: Air. Soprano: 'How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace'. Larghetto2:0815Messiah: Air. Bass: 'Who do the nations so furiously rage together'. Allegro2:5216Messiah: Chorus: 'Let us break their bonds asunder'. Allegro e staccato1:4817Messiah: Recitative. Tenor: 'He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn' -0:1518Messiah: Air. Tenor: 'Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron'. Andante1:5619Messiah: Chorus: 'Hallelujah!'. Allegro3:5920Messiah: Air. Soprano: 'I know that my Redeemer liveth'. Larghetto6:1621Messiah: Chorus: 'Since by man came death'. Grave - Allegro - Grave - Allegro2:0722Messiah: Accompagnato. Bass: 'Behold, I tell you a mystery'0:3623Messiah: Air. Bass: 'The trumpet shall sound'. Pomposo, ma non allegro4:1124Messiah: Chorus: 'Worthy is the Lamb that was slain'. Largo - Larghetto - Allegro moderato7:00Symphonie fantastique / Fantaisie sur la Tempête de Shakespeare
2019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:09:33
1Fantaisie sur la Tempête de Shakespeare: Prologue3:072Fantaisie sur la Tempête de Shakespeare: La Tempête2:293Fantaisie sur la Tempête de Shakespeare: L’Action6:514Fantaisie sur la Tempête de Shakespeare: Le Dénoument1:575Symphonie fantastique, op. 14: I. Rêveries15:306Symphonie fantastique, op. 14: II. Un bal6:277Symphonie fantastique, op. 14: III. Scène aux champs16:008Symphonie fantastique, op. 14: IV. Marche au supplice6:449Symphonie fantastique, op. 14: V. Songe d’une nuit du Sabbat10:28Pulcinella (Complete Ballet) / Le Baiser de la fée (Divertimento)
2025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 25 tracks · 1:14:44
1Divertimento, symphonic suite for orchestra from "Le Baiser de la fée", K049: I. Sinfonia6:242Divertimento, symphonic suite for orchestra from "Le Baiser de la fée", K049: II. Danses suisses7:023Divertimento, symphonic suite for orchestra from "Le Baiser de la fée", K049: III. Scherzo (Au moulin)3:564Divertimento, symphonic suite for orchestra from "Le Baiser de la fée", K049: IV. Pas de deux. Adagio - Variation - Coda7:095Curiosity, Genius, and the Search For Petula Clark10:176Pulcinella, ballet with song in one act, K034: I. Ouverture. Allegro moderato2:057Pulcinella, ballet with song in one act, K034: II. Serenata. Larghetto. Mentre l'erbetta pasce l'agnella2:548Pulcinella, ballet with song in one act, K034: III. Scherzino. Allegro - Poco più vivo1:579Pulcinella, ballet with song in one act, K034: IV. Allegro1:0710Pulcinella, ballet with song in one act, K034: V. Andantino1:2011Pulcinella, ballet with song in one act, K034: VI. Allegro1:5012Pulcinella, ballet with song in one act, K034: VII. Ancora poco meno. Contento forse vivere1:5713Pulcinella, ballet with song in one act, K034: VIII. Allegro assai1:5114Pulcinella, ballet with song in one act, K034: IX. Allegro - Alla breve. Con queste paroline2:1615Pulcinella, ballet with song in one act, K034: X. Trio. Andante. Sento dire no' ncè pace - Allegro. Chi dise ca la femmena4:1016Pulcinella, ballet with song in one act, K034: XI. Allegro. Ncè sta quaccuna pò - Una te fa la nzemprece0:3017Pulcinella, ballet with song in one act, K034: XII. Presto. Una te fa la nzemprece1:3018Pulcinella, ballet with song in one act, K034: XIII. Allegro - Alla breve1:1419Pulcinella, ballet with song in one act, K034: XIV. Tarantella1:1720Pulcinella, ballet with song in one act, K034: XV. Andantino. Se tu m'ami2:2321Pulcinella, ballet with song in one act, K034: XVI. Allegro0:5722Pulcinella, ballet with song in one act, K034: XVII. Gavotta con due variazioni4:2323Pulcinella, ballet with song in one act, K034: XVIII. Vivo1:3124Pulcinella, ballet with song in one act, K034: XIX. Trio. Tempo di minuetto. Pupillette, fiammette d'amore2:3425Pulcinella, ballet with song in one act, K034: XX. Finale. Allegro assai2:10
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| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
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| 1989 | Ballet MusicSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 37 tracks · 2:19:04Disc 1 1The Nutcracker – Ouverture3:19 2The Nutcracker – Act I: 1. – The Christmas Tree4:10 3The Nutcracker – Act I: 2. – March2:23 4The Nutcracker – Act I: 3. – Children’s Dance and Entrance of the Parents2:29 5The Nutcracker – Act I: 4. Dance Scene – Drosselmeyer’s Gifts5:50 6The Nutcracker – Act I: 5. Scene and Grandfather’s Dance7:08 7The Nutcracker – Act I: 6. Scene – Clara and the Nutcracker6:31 8The Nutcracker – Act I: 7. Scene – The Nutcracker and the Mouse King3:15 9The Nutcracker – Act I: 8. Scene – In the Pine Forest3:48 10The Nutcracker – Act I: 9. – Waltz of the Snowflakes6:14 11The Nutcracker – Act II: 10. Scene – In the Magic Castle on the Sugar Mountain4:06 12The Nutcracker – Act II: 11. Scene – Clara and the Prince4:41 13The Nutcracker – Act II: 12. – Divertissement: a) Chocolate – Spanish Dance1:10 14The Nutcracker – Act II: 12. – Divertissement: b) Coffee – Arabian Dance3:08 15The Nutcracker – Act II: 12. – Divertissement: c) Tea – Chinese Dance1:05 16The Nutcracker – Act II: 12. – Divertissement: d)Trepak – Russian Dance1:03 17The Nutcracker – Act II: 12. – Divertissement: e) Dance of the Reed Pipes2:16 18The Nutcracker – Act II: 12. – Divertissement: f) Mother Gigogne and the Clowns2:46 Disc 21The Nutcracker – Act II: 13. – Waltz of the Flowers6:22 2The Nutcracker – Act II: 14. – Pas de Deux: a) – Intrada4:42 3The Nutcracker – Act II: 14. – Pas de Deux: b) – Variation I – Tarantella0:36 4The Nutcracker – Act II: 14. – Pas de Deux: c) – Variation II – Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy1:59 5The Nutcracker – Act II: 14. – Pas de Deux: d) – Coda1:17 6The Nutcracker – Act II: 15. – Waltz Finale and Apotheosis4:58 7The Swan Lake – 1. – Valse (Act I)5:16 8The Swan Lake – 2. – Scene (Act II)5:08 9The Swan Lake – 3. Danses des Petits Cygnes (Act II)1:25 10The Swan Lake – 4. Danse Espagnole – Mazurka (Act III)5:31 11The Swan Lake – 5. Danses des Petits Cygnes (Act IV)4:48 12The Swan Lake – Scene Finale (Act IV)4:57 13The Sleeping Beauty – 1. – Introduction4:11 14The Sleeping Beauty – 2. – Waltz (Act I)4:34 15The Sleeping Beauty – 3. Pas d’Action: Adagio (Act I)5:40 16The Sleeping Beauty – 4. March (Act III)3:31 17The Sleeping Beauty – 5. Pas de Caractére (Act III)1:41 18The Sleeping Beauty – Pas de Quatre (Act III)2:00 19The Sleeping Beauty – Apostheosis (Act III)5:06 | Compilation | 1989 | |
| 1991 | Praise the LordSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 1:11:531Praise the Lord With Harp and Tongue (Solomon)4:22 2Eia, Mater (Stabat Mater)5:41 3The Heavens Are Telling (The Creation)4:03 4Sanctus (Requiem)3:00 5Nation Shall Not Lift Up a Sword (Dona Nobis Pacem)5:31 6He, Watching Over Israel (Elijah)3:37 7Fantasia for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra, op.8018:38 8Laudate Dominum (A Christmas Cantata)2:25 9Hostias (Requiem)3:41 10How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings (A German Requiem)6:25 11Hallelujah (Christ of the Mount of Olives)3:50 12For He Shall Give His Angels Charge Over Thee (Elijah)2:28 13The Hour Has Come (A Choral Symphony)8:12 | Compilation | 1991 | |
| 1994 | Toronto Symphony Orchestra 1994/95 Season: Musically SpeakingSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 1:04:231The Barber of Seville: Overture7:05 2Piano Concerto no. 23 in A major, K. 488: 3rd movement7:24 3St. Paul’s Suite: Jig3:07 4Violin Concerto in G minor, BWV 1056 (transcription): 3rd movement3:19 5L’Arlésienne Suite no. 1: Prélude6:41 6Suite from the Sleeping Beauty, op. 66a: Rose adagio6:18 7Printemps: 2nd movement (orch. Büsser)6:36 8Introduction and Allegro for Strings, op. 4713:02 9Peer Gynt: Wedding March3:51 10Piano Concerto no. 1 in B‐flat minor, op. 23: 3rd movement7:00 | Compilation | 1994 | |
| 2003 | Musically Speaking 2003/2004 Season HighlightsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 1:08:171Overture to Don Giovanni, K. 527 - Mozart6:39 2Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op.54 Mvt 3 - Schumann11:19 3Allegro in B-flat, Major for Violin, Cello,Piano Wo0 39 - Beethoven3:34 4Piano Concerto N. 3 in d Minor, Op. 30 Mvt 2 - Rachmaninoff11:48 5Water Music Suite No. 2 in D Major - Handel9:46 6"Le Spectre de la rose" from Les Nuits d'ete, Op. 7 - Berlioz6:06 7Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A Major Op. 11 - Enescu13:04 8Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 Mvt. 4 - Beethoven6:01 | Compilation | 2003 | |
| 2004 | Musically Speaking: 2004/2005 Season HighlightsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 1:18:211Symphonic Dances, op. 45 (Mvt. 1)12:18 2Caprice Viennois4:25 3Symphony no. 25 in G minor, K. 183 (Mvt. 1)10:44 4Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2 in D minor10:56 5Overture to a Fairy Tale10:51 6Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43 (Var. XIX-XXIV)5:38 7Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85 (Mvt. II)4:36 8Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, K. 4924:27 9Violin Concerto no. 1 in D major, op. 19 (Mvt. II)4:08 10Piano Concerto no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73 "Emperor" (Mvt. III)10:18 | Compilation | 2004 | |
| 2008 | PortraitsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 30 tracks · 1:05:251Enigma Variations: Enigma: Andante1:22 2Enigma Variations: Var. I: ?C.A.E.? L'istesso tempo1:43 3Enigma Variations: Var. II: ?H.D.S.-P.? Allegro0:46 4Enigma Variations: Var. III: ?R.B.T.? Allegretto1:34 5Enigma Variations: Var. IV: ?W.M.B.? Allegro di molto0:29 6Enigma Variations: Var. V: ?R.P.A.? Moderato2:11 7Enigma Variations: Var. VI: ?Ysobel? Andantino1:19 8Enigma Variations: Var. VII: ?Troyte? Presto0:58 9Enigma Variations: Var. VIII: ?W.N.? Allegretto1:47 10Enigma Variations: Var. IX: ?Nimrod? Adagio4:18 11Enigma Variations: Var. X: ?Dorabella? Intermezzo: Allegretto2:40 12Enigma Variations: Var. XI: ?G.R.S.? Allegro di molto1:00 13Enigma Variations: Var. XII: ?B.G.N.? Andante3:08 14Enigma Variations: Var. XIII: ?***? Romanza: Moderato2:53 15Enigma Variations: Var. XIV: ?E.D.U.? Finale: Allegro5:24 16Pictures at an Exhibition: Introduction: Promenade1:27 17Pictures at an Exhibition: Gnomus "The Gnome"2:42 18Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade II0:52 19Pictures at an Exhibition: Il vecchio castello "The Old Castle"4:21 20Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade III0:32 21Pictures at an Exhibition: Tuileries1:10 22Pictures at an Exhibition: Bydlo3:09 23Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade IV0:44 24Pictures at an Exhibition: Ballet of the Chicks in Their Shells1:14 25Pictures at an Exhibition: "Samuel" Goldenberg and Schmuÿle2:32 26Pictures at an Exhibition: Limoges "The Market Place"1:29 27Pictures at an Exhibition: Catacombs2:13 28Pictures at an Exhibition: Cum mortuis in lingua mortua2:10 29Pictures at an Exhibition: The Hut on Fowl's Legs "Baba Yaga"3:15 30Pictures at an Exhibition: The Great Gate of Kiev6:03 | Compilation | 25 January 2008 | |
| 2026 | The Miraculous Mandarin / Concerto for orchestraSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 1:20:181Beginning - Curtain rises3:04 2First seduction game3:37 3Second seduction game3:08 4Third seduction game - The Mandarin enters4:12 5Dance of the girl4:52 6The chase - The tramps leap out4:27 7Suddenly the Mandarin's head appears7:18 8The Mandarin falls to the floor2:15 9the sediments9:28 10Introduzione10:19 11Giuoco delle coppie6:22 12Elegia7:09 13Intermezzo interrotto4:21 14Finale9:46 | Live | 13 February 2026 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Toronto Symphony Orchestra head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 16 | 74.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 16 | 85.4th |
| Studio albums | 9 | 90th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 38 | 97.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 37 | 76.5th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Smith | 1922 | 1932 | cello |
| Leo Smith | 1932 | 1940 | cello,principal |
| Gerard Kantarjian | 1967 | 1970 | violin |
| Ralph Sauer | 1968 | 1974 | trombone |
| David Hetherington | 1970 | present | |
| Harry Sargous | September 1971 | August 1982 | oboe,principal |
| Young-Dae Park | 1979 | present | |
| Mark Skazinetsky | 1980 | present | |
| David Kent | 1981 | present | timpani |
| Wendy Rose | 1981 | present | |
| Michael Sweeney | 1989 | present | bassoon,principal |
| Fraser Jackson | 1990 | present | bassoon |
| Kathleen McLean | 1992 | 2013 | bassoon |
| Angelique Toews | 1996 | present | violin |
| Gabriel Radford | 2002 | present | French horn |
| Teng Li | 2004 | present | viola |
| Sarah Jeffrey | 2005 | present | oboe |
| Gordon Wolfe | 2006 | present | principal,trombone |
| Joseph Johnson | 2009 | present | cello,principal |
| Nicholas Hartman | 2017 | present | French horn |
| שירה מני־סרור | 2019 | present | cello |
| Alastair Eng | — | present | |
| Charles Elliott | — | present | |
| Daniel Blackman | — | present | |
| Diane Leung | — | present | |
| Hyung-Sun Paik | — | present | violin |
| Jeffrey Beecher | — | present | double bass,principal |
| Joaquín Valdepeñas | — | present | clarinet |
| John Fetherston | — | present | |
| Johnny Cowell | — | present | |
| Judy Loman | — | present | |
| Kirk Worthington | — | present | |
| Larry Toman | — | present | |
| Marc-André Savoie | — | present | violin |
| Marie Bérard | — | present | violin |
| Marie Gélinas | — | present | cello |
| Richard Cohen | — | present | |
| Richard Dorsey | — | present | |
| Ronald Laurie | — | present | |
| Scott Wilson | — | present | |
| Shalom Bard | — | present | clarinet |
| Stephen Mosher | — | present | |
| Steven Dann | — | present | principal,viola |
| Suzanne Shulman | — | present | |
| Terry Holowach | — | present | |
| Timothy Maloney | — | present | |
| Winona Zelenka | — | present | cello |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Toronto_Symphony_Orchestra_%2828669869797%29.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/36869aa7-528f-491d-b1a0-5fc9fe141cb6discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/36869aa7-528f-491d-b1a0-5fc9fe141cb6core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q684435genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q684435seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Symphony_Orchestrabiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Symphony_Orchestra
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Wikidata: Q684435 · MusicBrainz: 36869aa7-528f-491d-b1a0-5fc9fe141cb6
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