Munich Radio Orchestra
The Munich Radio Orchestra (German: Münchener Rundfunkorchester) is associated with Germany's Bavarian Radio public broadcaster, but should not be confused with the network's other orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks), which is devoted to mainstream symphonic repertory. The Munich Radio Orchestra has specialized in light music, adding forays into Italian opera, contemporary sacred music, and even -- in its frequent concerts in Munich -- jazz and video game music, the latter perhaps designed for the orchestra's extensive youth activities.
Orchestral music associated with Munich radio dates back to the 1920s, but the current Munich Radio Orchestra was founded in 1952. Its first music director was Werner Schmidt-Boelke, who built it into an ensemble devoted to the accompaniment of operetta productions over his 15-year tenure. The focus on operetta and opera has continued into the 21st century: the year 2015 saw the orchestra performing on a new recording of Lehár's Giuditta. But the group's repertory has broadened to include rarely heard symphonic works of the 19th and 20th centuries.
The Munich Radio Orchestra has recorded for Bavarian Radio's own label, BR Klassik, and for a variety of other high-prestige German and Austrian labels including Oehms, CPO, and the opera revival specialist label Preiser. The orchestra's current chief conductor, its ninth, is Croatia's Ivan Repusic, who took up the baton in 2017 after the retirement of Ulf Schirmer.
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Albert Lortzing: Zum Groß-Admiral
Opera - Released by CPO on 1 Apr 2022
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En travesti
Anna Bonitatibus, Corrado Rovaris, Munich Radio Orchestra
Opera - Released by BR-Klassik on 2 Feb 2018
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Varèse, Lutosławski, Ligeti & Baldini: Orchestral Works (Live)
Munich Radio Orchestra, Maximilian Haft, Miranda Cuckson, Christian Baldini, UC Davis Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by Centaur Records, Inc. on 6 Aug 2021
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Kálmán: Gräfin Mariza
Opera - Released by CPO on 17 Sep 2021
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Howard Arman: Happy Birthday
Bavarian Radio Chorus, Munich Radio Orchestra, Howard Arman, Fritz Schwinghammer
Classical - Released by BR-Klassik on 26 Apr 2024
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Great Wagner Voices
Opera - Released by BR-Klassik on 15 Apr 2013
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Pfitzner: Das Christelflein, Op. 20
Opera - Released by Orfeo on 1 Jan 2016
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Tonfilmschlager
Munich Radio Orchestra, Ernst Theis
Classical - Released by BR-Klassik on 3 Jun 2022
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Love's Embrace
Juliane Banse, Sebastian Weigle, Munich Radio Orchestra
Classical - Released by BR-Klassik on 27 Oct 2017
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Titelmelodie (From "Tatort") [Arr. R. Jannotta for Orchestra] [Live]
Munich Radio Orchestra, Ulf Schirmer
Classical - Released by BR-Klassik on 1 Oct 2021
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Mendelssohn: String Symphonies
Munich Radio Orchestra, Henry Raudales
Classical - Released by BR-Klassik on 6 Dec 2019
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Damijan Močnik: Pasijon Po Janezu (St. John Passion)
Ivan Repušić, Slowenischer philharmonischer Chor, Munich Radio Orchestra
Classical - Released by BR-Klassik on 3 Mar 2023
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Elisabeth Grümmer chante Mozart
Elisabeth Grümmer, Munich Radio Orchestra, Kurt Peter Eichhorn, Rudolf Schock, Theo Adam
Opera Extracts - Released by BR-Klassik on 1 Jan 2012
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Beethoven: Egmont Overture & Overture in C Major "Zur Namensfeier"
Munich Radio Orchestra, John Fiore
Classical - Released by BR-Klassik on 19 Aug 2022
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Trouble in Tahiti - Danses Symphoniques de West Side Story
Ulf Schirmer, Munich Radio Orchestra
Symphonic Music - Released by BR-Klassik on 17 Nov 2009
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Gemmingen: Violin Concertos - Sperger: Arrival Symphony
Kolja Lessing, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ulf Schirmer
Classical - Released by CPO on 3 Apr 2012
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Wolf-Ferrari: Die vier Grobiane (Live)
Opera - Released by CPO on 7 Aug 2020
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Fall: Die Rose von Stambul (Live)
Opera - Released by CPO on 25 Sep 2020
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Himna slobodi (Hymne an die Freiheit)
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Munich Radio Orchestra, Ivan Repušić
Classical - Released by BR-Klassik on 6 Dec 2019
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Alexander Zemlinsky: Overture "Eine Florentinische Tragödie" (concert version) (Live)
Patrick Hahn, Munich Radio Orchestra
Opera - Released by BR-Klassik on 15 Sep 2023
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