Russia’s Greatest Orchestra?

The St. Petersburg Philharmonic. It has presented “the world premiere of Beethoven’s mighty ‘Missa Solemnis’ in 1824. The orchestra also premiered works by such iconic 19th century Russian composers as Borodin, Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazunov. And the tradition continued into the 20th century.”