Why do you always insist on playing while I'm trying to conduct?

He particularly favored Bruckner Debussy Dvořák Ravel Richard Strauss Tchaikovsky Sibelius and transcriptions of Bach. 2 and On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring)
Holst: The Planets (1975 RCA)
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. His Philadelphia Orchestra was the only real rival to Karajan’s Berlin for sonic beauty in the 50s-70s but was also a tighter and more versatile band.

Eugene Ormandy (November 18 1899 – March 12 1985) was a Hungarian-born conductor and violinist.