Real name: *fictitious name*

Effective period / Period of releases: 1989

This is for mislabelled "Great Festival Orchestra" use ONLY (i.e., where the orchestra name is used fictitiously). It is best to state explicitly in the notes that this is the case.

The practice of bogus orchestras using established names is more likely to occur on fly-by-night labels, where the conductor is otherwise unknown or a fictional character like Alberto Lizzio. Some releases have been known to use older recordings, misidentifying orchestras to avoid copyright/royalty obligations. Established labels employing musicians on a session-by-session basis, rather than giving a false credit, would generally invent an orchestra name which sounds respectable and established, but does not really exist outside the recording studio, e.g. Vienna Festival Orchestra.