Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
The SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (in German: Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR) emerged under American military rule after World War II and developed into a major force in contemporary music. The orchestra ceased to exist in 2016 when it was merged into the new SWR Symphony Orchestra.
The SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra was formed in 1945 as the Symphony Orchestra of Radio Stuttgart (Sinfonieorchester von Radio Stuttgart) as the American military government reopened Radio Stuttgart and established a live orchestra for its broadcasts. The radio station soon became South German Radio, or Süddeutsche Rundfunk, and the orchestra was renamed Sinfonieorchester des Süddeutschen Rundfunks. In 1959, the orchestra became the Südfunk-Sinfonieorchester, and in 1975, it took its current name, with SWR standing for Südwestrundfunk, or Southwest Radio. From the beginning, the orchestra attracted top German musicians eager to get back to music-making, and leading conductors and soloists signed on for guest slots, quickly raising the group's profile beyond the region. In 1948, Hans Müller-Kray became the group's first permanent conductor and its only German one; his successors were Sergiu Celibidache (1971 until 1977, who raised the orchestra's international profile), Neville Marriner (1983 until 1989), Gianluigi Gelmetti (1989 until 1998), Roger Norrington (1998 until 2011), and Stéphane Denève (2011 until 2016). In addition to radio broadcasts, the orchestra performed some 80 concerts a year in Stuttgart and around the radio network's coverage area. It performed traditional repertory but soon established itself as a promoter of contemporary music, with a long list of contemporary composers including Pierre Boulez, Hans-Werner Henze, and Krzysztof Penderecki conducting the group in their own works. In 2012, the SWR's governing council approved a proposal to merge the SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra and the SWR Baden-Baden Freiburg Symphony Orchestra into a new SWR Symphonieorchester (SWR Symphony Orchestra). Despite international protests, the merger was implemented, and Norrington conducted the orchestra's final performance at the BBC Proms in 2016.
The SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra had a distinguished recording career that included at least 75 releases covering a wide variety of repertory and winning several major industry awards. Many were recorded for the Hänssler Classic label. The orchestra's catalog of recordings continued to grow after its dissolution as the SWR Music house label reissued some of its classic performances. In 2020, that label issued the orchestra's complete recordings of Beethoven's symphonies, recorded in 2002.
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Carl Schuricht Collection II (Historical recordings / Enregistrements historiques 1951-1966)
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Lucretia West, Roman Schimmer, Carl Schuricht, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Stuttgart Lehrergesangverein
Classique - Paru chez SWR Classic le 2 oct. 2012
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Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B Minor — Conducted by Carlos Kleiber (Recordedd in 1972) and Erich Kleiber [Recorded 1947]
Carlos Kleiber, Erich Kleiber, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez SWR Classic le 1 janv. 2004
5 de Diapason16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Brahms: Symphonies Nos.1-4
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Sergiù Celibidache
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 1999
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Mozart: Essential Symphonies (Live)
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Roger Norrington
Classique - Paru chez SWR Classic le 14 mai 2021
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 5, 6, 11, 16, 17, 18 & 19
Christian Zacharias, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Sir Neville Marriner
Classique - Paru chez Warner Classics le 27 nov. 2020
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Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Strauss: Piano Concertos (Live)
Friedrich Gulda, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Joseph Keilberth, Hans Müller-Kray, Hans Rosbaud
Classique - Paru chez SWR Classic le 14 févr. 2020
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Mozart: Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola, K. 364 & Symphony No. 40, K. 550
Frank Peter Zimmermann, Tabea Zimmermann, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
Classique - Paru chez Warner Classics le 26 août 2022
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Ravel: Orchestral Works Vol. 1 (La Valse, le Tombeau de Couperin, Alborada del gracioso, Rapsodie espagnole et Boléro)
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Stéphane Denève
Classique - Paru chez SWR Classic le 1 oct. 2013
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The Art of Coloratura
Edita Gruberova, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Kurt Peter Eichhorn
Classique - Paru chez Orfeo le 1 janv. 2016
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Barcarole - Favourite Orchestral Pieces
Sir Neville Marriner, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
Classique - Paru chez Warner Classics le 22 mars 2013
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KOECHLIN: Vers la Voute etoilee, Op. 129 / Le Docteur Fabricius, Op. 202
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Heinz Holliger
Classique - Paru chez SWR Classic le 1 janv. 2000
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Schumann: Complete Symphonies (Live)
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Roger Norrington
Classique - Paru chez SWR Classic le 14 janv. 2022
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Koechlin: Vocal Works With Orchestra
Juliane Banse, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Heinz Holliger
Classique - Paru chez SWR Classic le 1 janv. 2004
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Holst: The Planets, Op. 32 - Elgar: Serenade for Strings in E Minor, Op. 20
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Roger Norrington, Staatsopernchor Stuttgart
Classique - Paru chez SWR Classic le 1 janv. 2000
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Saint-Saëns & Gershwin: Piano Concertos
Sviatoslav Richter, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Christoph Eschenbach
Classique - Paru chez SWR Classic le 25 mai 2010
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The Essentials: Haydn
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
Classique - Paru chez Unclassified le 7 avr. 2017
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Valentin Silvestrov: Symphony No. 6
Andrey Boreyko, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
Classique - Paru chez ECM New Series le 30 mars 2007
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Carl Reinecke : Flute Concertos & Sonatas
Tatjana Ruhland, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Eckart Heiligers, Alexander Liebreich
Concertos pour instruments à vent - Paru chez CPO le 6 oct. 2017
5 de Diapason16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mozart & Beethoven: Piano Concertos
Alicia de Larrocha, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, García Navarro, Ernest Bour
Classique - Paru chez SWR Classic le 5 févr. 2016
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Gulda: Works (Live)
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Südfunk Tanzorchester, Friedrich Gulda
Classique - Paru chez SWR Classic le 8 janv. 2021
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Saint-Saëns : Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, Suite in D minor, Allegro appassionato, Le Cygne
Johannes Moser, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Fabrice Bollon
Classique - Paru chez SWR Classic le 1 janv. 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo