Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (in Swedish, Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester) is based in Stockholm and associated with Sveriges Radio or the Swedish Radio network. The group took its present shape and name in 1948 under the leadership of conductor Sten Frykberg, who introduced matinee radio programs in which he introduced the music to listeners himself. Romanian conductor Sergiu Celibidache took up the baton in 1965, and since then the orchestra has been a reliable incubator of international star talent, including Herbert Blomstedt (1977-1982), Esa-Pekka Salonen (1984-1995), Evgeny Svetlanov (1997-1999), Manfred Honeck (2000-2006), and Daniel Harding (since 2007). In addition to its regular radio broadcasts, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra has performed at international festivals and concert halls, presenting its own Baltic Sea Festival but also appearing at the BBC Proms, the Turku Music Festival, and the Easter Festival in Aix-en-Provence, France. The orchestra's recordings, some of them appearing on Sony Classical, Harmonia Mundi, and BIS, have won major awards from Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine, and other publications. In 2017 the orchestra, under Harding, backed baritone Matthias Goerne on his anthology release The Wagner Project. That year, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra toured with violinist Joshua Bell, making stops at La Scala in Milan as well as in Vienna, Salzburg, and Frankfurt.
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Walter Braunfels : Jeanne d'Arc (Live)
Juliane Banse, Terje Stenswold, Günter Missenhardt, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
Classical - Released by Decca on 1 Jan 2001
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SIBELIUS FAVOURITES
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by Ondine on 1 Aug 2001
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Eliasson: Double Concerto & Sinfonia per archi
Ulf Wallin, Roland Pöntinen, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Gustavsson
Classical - Released by CPO on 18 Nov 2008
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Pettersson: Violin Concerto No. 2 / 6 Songs From Barefoot Songs
Ida Haendel, Margareta Dahlstrom, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stockholms Studensångare, Herbert Blomstedt, Eskil Hemberg
Classical - Released by Caprice on 1 Jan 1980
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Hugo Alfvén: Symphony No. 2
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Symphonic Music - Released by Naxos Sweden - Musica Sveciae on 1 Jan 1989
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Atterberg: Suite Barocco, Suite Pastorale & String Quartet
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by NaxosSweden - Swedish Society on 1 Jan 1988
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Peterson-Berger: Same-Ätnam - Gullebarns vaggsånger - Romans för violin och orkester
Anne Sofie von Otter, Mats Zetterqvist, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Siegfried Köhler
Classical - Released by Musica Sveciae on 1 Jan 1992
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Greatest Hits: Sibelius
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by Sony Classical on 14 Nov 1995
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Alfvén Edition, Vol. 1: Symphony No. 1 & Gustav II Adolf
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stig Westerberg
Classical - Released by Swedish Society on 1 Jan 2000
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Rangstrom: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by Sterling Records on 25 Apr 2006
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Koch: Orchestral Works
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Johanna Persson, B.Tommy Andersson
Classical - Released by Phono Suecia on 1 May 2011
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Rosenberg / Söderlundh: Violin Concertos
Leon Spierer, Leo Berlin, Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Arvīds Jansons, Stig Westerberg
Classical - Released by Caprice on 1 Jan 1988
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Lutoslawski: Cello Concerto / Penderecki: Cello Concerto No. 2
Torleif Thedéen, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
Classical - Released by BIS on 1 Jan 1998
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Segerstam: Symphony No. 17, Streamings in the Soul
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
Classical - Released by BIS on 30 Nov 1994
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Rosenberg: Louisville Concerto & Symphony No. 2
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by NaxosSweden - Swedish Society on 1 Jan 1988
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Tubin: Symphony No. 2 / Symphony No. 6
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Classical - Released by BIS on 1 Jan 1985
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Stenhammar: Pianokonsert Nr. 2 - Aulin: Violinkonsert Nr. 3
Greta Erikson, Christian Bergqvist, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Yevgeny Svetlanov, Okko Kamu
Classical - Released by Musica Sveciae on 1 Jan 1992
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Glazunov: Violin Concerto, Op. 82 - Aulin: Violin Concerto No. 3
Georg Kulenkampff, Charles Barkel, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Natanael Broman, Tor Mann
Classical - Released by Bluebell on 1 Apr 2012
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Pettersson: Mesto & Symphony No. 2
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Allan Pettersson, Stig Westerberg
Classical - Released by Swedish Society on 1 Jan 1991
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Berwald: Symphonies Nos. 1-4, Overtures
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Roy Goodman
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 1 Mar 1996
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Concerto for Soprano Saxophone & Orchestra
Anders Paulsson, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Petter Sundkvist
Classical - Released by Navona on 11 Mar 2016
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