Staatskapelle Berlin
The Staatskapelle Berlin, or Berlin State Orchestra, has an extraordinarily long history the reflects much of the central European history of music in its relationship to the state. Since the ascension of international superstar conductor Daniel Barenboim to the podium in 1992, the group has emerged as a major force on the international concert and recording scene. Several dates may be given for the founding of what became the Staatskapelle Berlin, but it took shape in the middle and late 16th century as the court of the Elector of Brandenburg developed new musical ensembles and began to forge close ties with the Prussian monarchy. In 1701 it became the Royal Prussian Court Orchestra, and as such attracted top musicians including Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and Johann Joachim Quantz. In 1783 the orchestra gave one of the first modern symphonic concerts, independently of the court, at the Hotel Paris, and through the 19th century it was a giant of European musical life, with conductors including Spontini, Meyerbeer, and, from 1899 to 1913, Richard Strauss. For all of this period, and down to the present day, the orchestra also served as the house orchestra of the Royal Court Opera, established in 1742 by Frederick the Great and in modern times renamed the Berlin State Opera. The same conductor serves as Staatskapellmeister or state music director of both ensembles. During World War II, Herbert von Karajan served as music director. After the war, due to its location in East Berlin, the orchestra came under the control of what would become East Germany. It maintained some connections with the non-Communist West; its conductor from 1964 to 1990 was the Austrian Otmar Suitner, who was able to travel fairly freely between East and West. After German reunification, Daniel Barenboim became the orchestra's first non-German conductor in modern times and has been successful in bringing the orchestra's international profile to a new level. The orchestra made its first appearance at the BBC Proms in 2013 (in a cycle of Wagner's Ring operas), and in 2017 performed a complete cycle of Bruckner's symphonies at Carnegie Hall in New York (the first-ever such cycle mounted in the U.S.). The orchestra has recorded prolifically for Deutsche Grammophon, Decca, Teldec, Denon, Berlin Classics, and Warner Classics, among other labels, releasing a set of Brahms' four symphonies with Barenboim conducting in 2018.
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Pfitzner & Strauss: Preludes to "Palestrina" & The Woman without a Shadow
Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Heinz Rogner, Staatskapelle Berlin, Otmar Suitner
Klassik - Erschienen bei Eterna am 25.10.1980
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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (Mono Version)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Franz Konwitschny, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Marianne Schech
Klassik - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.2013
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Beethoven: Egmont: Overture
Staatskapelle Berlin, Otto Klemperer
Klassik - Erschienen bei Deutsche Grammophon (DG) am 01.01.1927
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Beethoven & Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos
Josef Wolfsthal, Staatskapelle Berlin, Waldemar Liachowsky, Helmuth Thierfelder
Klassik - Erschienen bei Biddulph Recordings am 01.08.1994
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Elgar: Sea Pictures. Falstaff
Elina Garanca, Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim
Klassik - Erschienen bei Decca Music Group Ltd. am 24.07.2020
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Theo Adam singt aus russischen und italienischen Opern (Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Konstantin Shilovsky - Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky)
Theo Adam, Staatskapelle Berlin, Kurt Masur
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei Eterna am 01.01.1968
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Symphony No. 9 / SMETANA
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Staatskapelle Berlin, Erich Kleiber
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 29.02.2000
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Musik aus Opern von Christoph Willibald Gluck
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Horst Forster, Staatskapelle Berlin, Arthur Apelt
Oper - Erschienen bei Eterna am 01.01.1969
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Martha
Klassik - Erschienen bei Brilliant Classics am 04.04.2013
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Leoncavallo: Der Bajazzo (Pagliacci - Sung in German)
Chor der Staatsoper Berlin, Staatskapelle Berlin, Horst Stein
Gesamtaufnahmen von Opern - Erschienen bei Eterna am 01.01.1960
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Elgar: Symphony No.2
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim
Klassik - Erschienen bei Decca Music Group Ltd. am 01.01.2014
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Mozart: Symphonies Nos.40 & 41
Staatskapelle Berlin, Richard Strauss
Klassik - Erschienen bei Deutsche Grammophon (DG) am 01.01.1991
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Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Brahms, De Sarasate, Zarzycki, Lalo
Staatskapelle Berlin, Bronislaw Huberman, Siegfried Schultze, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra
Instrumentalmusik - Erschienen bei Altair am 14.03.2023
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Wagner: Opera Works
Oper - Erschienen bei Archipel am 30.05.2006
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Grieg: Orchestral Pieces
Staatskapelle Berlin, Otmar Suitner
Symphonieorchester - Erschienen bei Eterna am 06.08.2021
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Orchestral Music (German) - GRAUN, J.G. / BACH, W.F. / BACH, C.P.E. / BACH, J.S. / HAYDN, J. (Berlin Staatskapelle, Mai)
Klassik - Erschienen bei Berlin Classics am 01.01.2006
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Ludwig Van Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 And 7
Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Staatskapelle Berlin
Klassik - Erschienen bei Synergie OMP am 11.05.2009
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Beethoven: Unknown Masterworks, Vol. 2 (Volume 2)
Hannelore Kuhse, Siegfried Vogel, Arthur Apelt, Eberhard Buchner, Staatskapelle Berlin
Klassik - Erschienen bei Berlin Classics am 08.11.2019
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Strauss: Die Fledermaus: Part 7
Adele Kern, Margret Pfahl, Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender, Hermann Weigert, Staatskapelle Berlin
Klassik - Erschienen bei Deutsche Grammophon (DG) am 01.01.1929
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Reger: Mariä Wiegenlied, Op. 76 (Arr. for Orchestra)
Erna Berger, Staatskapelle Berlin, Wolfgang Martin
Klassik - Erschienen bei Deutsche Grammophon (DG) am 16.10.1935
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Leoncavallo: Der Bajazzo (Highlights - Sung in German)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Chor der Staatsoper Berlin, Horst Stein
Oper - Erschienen bei Eterna am 01.01.1967
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo