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The Philadelphia Chamber Symphony (not to be confused with the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra) was founded in 1962 by Anshel Brusilow, who from 19?? to 1966, was concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra.

The PCS, initially performed as part of the Philadelphia Orchestra. But December 1964, Brusilow resigned as concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra, effective June 1966, over a dispute with the Orchestra Association forbidding players from forming independent musical groups. In 1965, the PCS was formalized as a stand-alone organization with Brusilow as its director and conductor. Its opening season began October 1965. Norman Carol replaced Brusilow as concertmaster, effective August 1, 1966, and served as concertmaster for 28 years (until 1994). Carol, like Brusilow, was a native of Philadelphia, and like Brusilow, had studied violin with Efrem Zimbalist, and like Brusilow, began playing a 1743 Guarneri del Gesu violin, the "Spalding," when he became concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra.

The PCS, after two and one-half 34-week seasons and several records on RCA Victor, folded under financial duress, attributed partly to the lack of philanthropic support for a second orchestra in Philadelphia. Brusilow said that he had to sell his 1743 Guarneri del Gesu violin to feed his family.

Brusilow's violin
Brusilow's violin, a 1743 Guarneri del Gesù was once owned by the French violinist, Jacques Pierre Rode (1774–1830), who was court violinist to the Napoleon.

Seasons

 * Concert, March 18, 1962
 * Brusilow, conductor
 * Program included
 * Renata Tarrago, guitarist, soloist, U.S. debut, performing Concerto de Aranjuez by Joaquin Rodrigo (U.S. Premiere)
 * Stravinsky's Suite No. 2 for Chamber Orchestra (local premiere)

As violinist
Philadelphia Orchestra  The Romantic Philadelphia Strings (1970)

Recorded February 14, 1966, Town Hall, Philadelphia

Eugene Ormandy, conductor

Anshel Brusilow, violin soloist (1st work)

1 of 10 tracks  Massenet: "Meditation" from the opera Thaïs (RAK No. 1136) Thomas Frost, producer

Columbia MS 7103 (LP)

Columbia M 30066 (LP)

The Massenet was also release on the LP:

Greensleeves

CBS SBR 235276



Collection: First Chair Encores, Vol. 1 (1961) Eugene Ormandy, conductor

Anshel Brusilow, violin soloist (1st work)

The original LP was sold to benefit the Philadelphia Orchestra pension fund

1 of 7 tracks Sarasate: Introduction and Tarantelle for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 43 (RAK No. 930) Columbia ML 6191 / MS 6791 (LPs)

Haydn House HH 2008-309 (CD)
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 Philadelphia Orchestra – Ormandy (1961)

Recorded December 15, 1960, Manhattan Center, New York

Eugene Ormandy, conductor

Anshel Brusilow, violin soloist

Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 (RAK No. 896)

 "Der Held (The Hero)  "Des Helden Widersacher" ("The Hero's Adversaries")  "Des Helden Gefährtin" ("The Hero's Helpmate")</li> <li> "Des Helden Walstatt" ("The Hero's Battlefield") (Beginning)</li> <li> "Des Helden Walstatt" ("The Hero's Battlefield") (Conclusion)</li> <li> "Des Helden Friedenswerke" ("The Hero's Works of Peace")</li> <li> "Des Helden Weltflucht Und Vollendung" ("The Hero's Escape From The World And His Fulfillment")</li></ol> Columbia Masterworks MS 6249 (US; 1961)

Columbia Masterworks ML 5649 (US; 1961)

CBS SBRG 72030 (UK; 1961)

Odyssey Y 31922

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<li> Philadelphia Orchestra – Ormandy (1961)

Recorded February 11, 1962, Town Hall, Philadelphia

Eugene Ormandy, conductor

Anshel Bursilow, violin soloist

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35 (RAK No. 965) <li> "The Sea And Sinbad's Ship" <li> "The Story of the Kalandar Prince" <li> "The Young Prince and the Young Princess" <li> "The Festival at Bagdad;" "The Sea;" "The Ship Goes To Pieces On A Rock Surmounted By A Bronze Warrior;" Conclusion</li></ol> Robert Frost, producer

Catalog No.: Columbia MS 6365 (LP)

Side A: Matrix No. (label) – XSM 56842

Side B: Matrix No. (label) – XSM 56843

Side A: Matrix No. (stamped in runout) – XXSM-56842-1DG T

Side B: Matrix No. (stamped in runout) – XXSM-56843-1CG T

Columbia Masterworks ML 5765 (LP)

Franklin Mint 6011/15 (LP)

Odyssey MBK 39786 (CD)

Sony SBK 46537 (CD) (see "Compilations" below)

Sony SBK 89956 (CD)

Sony 88697-27987-2 (10)

Sony (Japan) SICC 1681

CBS CBS 72075

CBS CBS 61044

Embassy Classics S CBS 30095

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<li> Richard Yardumian, Philadelphia Orchestra (1963)

Recorded April 15, 1954, Academy of Music, Philadelphia

Philadelphia Orchestra

Eugene Ormandy, conductor

Anshel Brusilow, violin (2nd work)

Howell Zulick, tenor solo (4th work)

Cover art: Doris Lee

Yardumian, composer <li> Armenian Suite (RAK No. 632)</li> <li> Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (RAK No. 634)</li> <li> "Desolate City" (RAK No. 633)</li> <li> Psalm No. 130 (RAK No. 635)</li></ol>

Columbia Masterworks ‎ML 4991

Side A: Matrix No. (label) – XLP 31728

Side B: Matrix No. (label) – XLP 31729

Side A: Matrix No. (stamped in runout) – XLP 31728-1D

Side B: Matrix No. (stamped in runout) – XLP 31729-1A

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<li> Richard Yardumian, Philadelphia Orchestra

Recorded November 21, 1960, Academy of Music, Philadelphia

Eugene Ormandy, conductor

Anshel Brusilow, violin

John McClure, producer

1 of 2 works <li> Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (RAK No. 892)</li></ol> Columbia ML 5862 (LP)

Side A: Matrix No. (label) – XLP 59375

Side B: Matrix No. (label) – XLP 59376

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<li> Philadelphia Orchestra (1966) (RAK No. 961)

Recorded January 28, 1962, Town Hall, Philadelphia

Eugene Ormandy, conductor

Anshel Brusilow, violin

<li> Bartok: Suite From "The Miraculous Mandarin", Op. 19</li> <li> Bartok: "Deux Images" ("Two Pictures"), Op. 10</li> <li> Bartok: "Two Portraits," Op. 5</li></ol> Thomas Frost, producer

Columbia Masterworks MS 6789

CBS SBRG 72445

Columbia Masterworks ML 6189

CBS BRG 72445

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<li> Philadelphia Orchestra – Vivaldi (1961) (RAK No. 879)

Eugene Ormandy, conductor

Anshel Brusilow, violin

Program notes by David W. B. Johnson <li> Vivaldi: The Seasons (arr. by Gian Francesco Malipiero)</li></ol> (LP, RE) Columbia Masterworks MS 6195 Unknown

(LP) Columbia Masterworks ML 5595

(CD, RM CBS Odyssey MBK 44813

Columbia Masterworks OS-138

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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra <li> Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (1976)

Anshel Brusilow, conductor

<li> Yardumian: Armenian Suite</li> <li> Yardumian: Cantus Animae et Cordis for Strings</li> <li> Yardumian: Symphony No. 1</li></ol> EMI EMD 5527

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<li> Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (1976)

Recorded May 4-5, 1975, Guildhall, Southampton

Anshel Brusilow, conductor

<li> <li> Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor (ed. Rimsky-Korsakov & by arr. by Glazunov)</li> <li> Balakirev: Russia – Symphonic Poem</li> <li> Rimsky-Korsakov: Skazka – Fairy Tale for Orchestra</li></ol> His Master's Voice ASD 3193

HNH Records HNH 4039 (US)

HNH = Harvey Neil Hunt

World Record Club R 03479 (Australia)

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Selected compilations; as violinist <li> The Philadelphia Orchestra: Rimsky-Korsakov (1991; 2002)

Eugene Ormandy, conductor

<li> Scheherazade, Op. 35 (RAK No. 965)

Recorded February 11, 1962, Town Hall, Philadelphia

Brusilow, violin soloist</li>

<li> Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36

Recorded April 1, 1959, Broadwood Hotel, Philadelphia </li>

<li> Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34

Recorded February 17, 1966, Town Hall, Philadelphia </li></ol> Catalog No.: Sony Essential Classics SBK 46537

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As conductor
Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia <li>Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia (1968)

Anshel Brusilow, conductor

<li> Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Suite No. 4 "Mozartiana" / Andante Cantabile (from Op. 11) - <li> Arensky: Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky, Op. 35a</li></ol> RCA Victor RCA Red Seal LSC 3020

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<li> Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia (1967)

<li> Brahms: Serenade in D, Op. 11</li></ol> (LP) RCA Victor Red Seal LSC 2976

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<li> Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia (1969)

Anshel Brusilow, conductor

Cover artist: Mozelle Willmont Thompson, Jr. (1926–1969)

<li> Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin <li> Françaix: Serenade for Small Orchestra <li> Ibert: Suite Symphonique <li> Ibert: Capriccio</li></ol> RCA Red Seal LSC 3089

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<li> Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia (1969)

Anshel Brusilow, conductor

<ol type="A" start="1"> <li> Side A: Strauss: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Suite</li> <li> Overture ("Jourdain the Bourgeois") <li> "Minuet" <li> "The Fencing Master" <li> "Entrance and Dance of the Tailors" <li> "The Minuet of Lully" <li> "Courante" <li> "Cléonte's Entry" <li> Prelude to Act II (Intermezzo)</li></ol></ol> Side B: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (continued) <ol type="A" start="2"> <li> "The Dinner"</li></ol> Wolf: Italian Serenade</li></ol> (LP) RCA Red Seal LSC-3087 (1969)

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<li> Dallasound (1971)

Paul Guerrero (1931–1989), drums

Jack Petersen, guitar

Al Wesar (1926–2014), Fender bass

Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Anshel Brusilow, conductor

Wilfred Holcombe (1924–2010), arranger

Side A: <li> Overture to Rock, by Wilfred Holcombe (1924–2010) </li> <li> "Something"</li> <li> "We've Only Just Begun"</li> <li> "My Sweet Lord"</li></ol> Side B: <li> "MacArthur Park"</li> <li> "Light My Fire"</li> <li> "It's Not Unusual"</li> <li> "Delilah"</li></ol>

Dallasound (record label) DSD 10001

Matrix No. (label) A4RS-0032

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