Bamberger Symphoniker
Although it is comparatively young among European symphonic ensembles, the Bamberger Symphoniker, or Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, has deep roots in that Bavarian city, with an estimated 10 percent of Bamberg residents subscribing to one or more of the group's subscription series.
The Bamberger Symphoniker was formed in 1946 as the Prague Deutsche Philharmonie, which had been the German orchestra of Prague under Nazi occupation. After the war, Germans were expelled from Czechoslovakia and they reformed themselves in Bamberg as the Bamberg Musicians' Orchestra, soon afterward taking the Bamberger Symphoniker name. The orchestra was fundamentally built by Joseph Keilberth, its first permanent principal conductor, who assumed his post in 1949 and remained there until his death in 1968 (while conducting Wagner's Tristan und Isolde). The next permanent conductor, James Loughran, did not ascend the podium until 1979, and since then there have been only four more permanent conductors: Horst Stein, Witold Rowicki, Jonathan Nott, and Jakub Hrusa, whose tenure began in 2016. As a result, the orchestra has developed a characteristic sound. The orchestra is partially financed by the Bavarian state government and carries the official title of Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie, or Bavarian State Philharmonic, and it plays a key role in Bamberg's musical life. However, the more than 7,000 concerts the orchestra has played include those in 500 cities and 63 foreign countries. More than Bavaria's other major orchestras, the Bamberger Symphoniker has served as a musical ambassador of Bavaria. Since 1993, the orchestra has performed in Bamberg's Konzert- und Kongresshalle. The group recorded for the Orfeo, Vox, and Koch Schwann labels, among others, in the 1980s and 1990s, moving mostly to Tudor and CPO in the 2000s. It has also hosted prestigious guest conductors including Herbert Blomstedt and Neeme Järvi, issuing a cycle of Glazunov's symphonies with the latter in 2019.
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Glazunov: The Symphonies
Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bamberger Symphoniker, Neeme Järvi
Classical - Released by Orfeo on 18 Jan 2019
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Hans Rott: Symphony No. 1 / Mahler: Blumine / Bruckner: Symphonisches Präludium
Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 14 Oct 2022
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Stravinsky, Bartók & Martinů: Violin Works
Frank Peter Zimmermann, Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša
Classical - Released by BIS on 12 Jan 2024
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Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Major (Live)
Bamberger Symphoniker, Herbert Blomstedt
Classical - Released by Accentus Music on 7 Jun 2019
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Liebestod - Wagner | Mahler | Strauss
Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša
Classical - Released by Accentus Music on 31 Mar 2023
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Longing for Paradise (Elgar, R. Strauss, Ravel, Goossens)
Albrecht Mayer, Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša
Concertos for wind instruments - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 17 May 2019
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 "Romantic" (The 3 Versions)
Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša
Classical - Released by Accentus Music on 17 Sep 2021
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, WAB 109 (1894 Version, Ed. L. Nowak)
Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša
Classical - Released by Accentus Music on 3 May 2024
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Dvořák: Slavonic Dances, Opp. 46 & 72
Bamberger Symphoniker, Antal Doráti
Classical - Released by Vox on 1 Jan 1991
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Bruch: Symphonies Nos. 1-3 & Overtures
Bamberger Symphoniker, Robert Trevino
Classical - Released by CPO on 3 Jul 2020
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Mozart : Piano Concertos Nos.8, 23 & 24
Wilhelm Kempff, Bamberger Symphoniker, Berliner Philharmoniker, Ferdinand Leitner
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1999
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Tubin: Complete Symphonies
Bamberger Symphoniker, Göteborgs Symfoniker, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Classical - Released by BIS on 28 Oct 2002
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Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 2 / Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 2
Henryk Szeryng, Bamberger Symphoniker, Jan Krenz
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 27 Sep 1972
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Wagner: Kantaten & Ouvertüren
Bamberger Symphoniker, Chor Der Bamberger Symphoniker, Friederike Wagner, Karl Anton Rickenbacher
Classical - Released by Orfeo on 1 Jan 2016
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Franz Schubert: The Symphonies
Bamberger Symphoniker, Jonathan Nott
Classical - Released by Tudor on 6 Jan 2015
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Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major
Bamberger Symphoniker, Anna Lucia Richter, Jakub Hrůša
Classical - Released by Accentus Music on 22 Jan 2021
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Mozart: Concertos pour piano Nos. 23 & 24 (Mono Version)
Wilhelm Kempff, Bamberger Symphoniker, Ferdinand Leitner
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1960
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Cimarosa / Donizetti / Bellini / Dittersdorf & Salieri: Great Oboe Concertos
Thomas Füri, Heinz Holliger, Thomas Demenga, Camerata Bern, Bamberger Symphoniker, Peter Maag
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1966
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Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, "From the New World" & American Suite
Bamberger Symphoniker, Robin Ticciati
Classical - Released by Tudor on 3 Mar 2015
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Martinů: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin
Frank Peter Zimmermann, Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša
Classical - Released by BIS on 6 Nov 2020
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Tcherepnin: Prelude to "La princesse lointaine", Op. 4 & Narcisse et Echo, Op. 40
Classical - Released by CPO on 5 Jun 2020
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