Royal Concertgebouw Tops Gramophone‘s List Of World’s Best Orchestras

A poll of critics from Europe and North America named Amsterdam’s favorite band no. 1 in its list of the globe’s 20 best symphony orchestras. The U.S. has seven orchestras on the list (with Chicago, Cleveland and L.A. at nos. 6, 7 and 8); Germany has four (including the second-place Berlin Phil), and Russia has three.