Utah Symphony

The Utah Symphony is one of the major orchestral ensembles of the American West, having established a high standard of performance and a distinctive sound under longtime conductor Maurice Abravanel. The group has had a distinguished recording career, issuing almost 120 albums under Abravanel and later conductors, many on the Vanguard and Vox labels. Several of those appeared in audiophile reissues in the early 2020s; 2024 saw the re-release of Abravanel's recording of Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16, with pianist Grant Johannesen. After the failure of several other ...