Talk:Cleveland Orchestra

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"Of the "Big Five" orchestras of America, it is considered to be the most European." I've never heard this before -- can you point to a source? I should have thought that the Boston Symphony or Philadelphia Orchestra would be more "European" than the Cleveland Orchestra. Grover cleveland 17:08, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

The most recent authoratitive cite for that is the Feb. 7th 2005 New Yorker. Unfortunately, it doesn't have its archives available for free, but here's a brief excerpt from The Seattle Times:

While writer Charles Michener stopped just short of declaring the Cleveland the best orchestra in the country, he called it "the only one with a collective identity" and "the most 'European' of the American orchestras, the only one that is distinctive and refined enough to stand alongside the two pre-eminent European ensembles: the Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Philharmonic." --Arcadian 17:26, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Discography

The official SonyBMG Masterworks discography link for this artist is as follows

• Discography at SonyBMG Masterworks

It (in most cases) contains a full listing of in-print CDs released on the SonyBMG labels within the US (for the moment), along with track listings and in some cases audio clips (which will become more robust in the new year). Ecommerce links are provided inobtrusively.

I have been informed that it creates a conflict of interest to post these links directly from my account, so please consider adding the page to the link section. Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Softlord (talk • contribs) 22:56, 31 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] quality

This article is really bad considering the importance of its subject. Anyone with the time and expertise to write something more complete? Markhh (talk) 22:48, 6 January 2008 (UTC)