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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Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms, 2 Poèmes de Paul Verlaine, Babel, Abraham and Isaac & Elegy for J.F.K.
Radio-Coro de Stuttgart des SWR, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Gary Bertini
Classical - Released by Orfeo on Jan 1, 2016
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Britten, B.: Sinfonietta, Op. 1 / Sinfonietta Da Requiem / Honegger, A.: Symphony No. 3, "Liturgique"
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Sir Neville Marriner
Classical - Released by CapriccioNR on Jan 1, 1993
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Mozart : Symphonies n°28, 31, 32 & 35 (Vol. 6)
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Roger Norrington
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on Jan 1, 2006
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Ravel : Orchestral Works, Vol.2
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Stéphane Denève
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on Oct 7, 2014
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Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 - Vocalise
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Sir Neville Marriner
Classical - Released by CapriccioNR on Aug 1, 2010
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Schumann - Classical Best
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Sir Neville Marriner
Symphonic Music - Released by Classical Masters on Jun 1, 2009
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BERLIOZ: Requiem, Op. 5
Toby Spence, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Roger Norrington
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on Jan 1, 2006
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Atterberg: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Ari Rasilainen
Classical - Released by CPO on Apr 17, 2001
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Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob. VIIb:2
Ludwig Hoelscher, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Hans Müller-Kray
Classical - Released by SWR Mediaservices GmbH on Mar 16, 2018
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Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Roger Norrington
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on Oct 14, 2022
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Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Florian Boesch, Christina Landshamer, NDR-Chor, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Roger Norrington
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on Mar 3, 2015
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Tchaikovsky: Suites Nos. 1-4
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Sir Neville Marriner
Classical - Released by CapriccioNR on Mar 11, 2010
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R. Strauss: Tone Poems
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Andreas Rohn, Georges Prêtre, Otto Armin, Diethelm Jonas
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on Jan 1, 1995
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Bartok, B.: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / The Miraculous Mandarin Suite
Zoltán Kocsis, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner, György Lehel
Concertos - Released by CapriccioNR on Jan 1, 2005
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French Oboe Concertos
Lajos Lencsés, Gaby Pas-Van Riet, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim, Uri Segal, Vladislav Czarnecki
Classical - Released by CPO on Jan 1, 1992
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Dittersdorf: Symphony No. 4 in F Major, Kr. 76 "Die Rettung der Andromeda durch Perseus"
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Günter Kehr
Classical - Released by SWR Mediaservices GmbH on Dec 1, 2014
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Magicien orchestrateur
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Sarah Wegener, Florian Hoelscher, Heinz Holliger
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on May 1, 2012
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Beethoven, L. Van: Overtures - Opp. 43, 62, 72
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Dirk Altmann, Sir Neville Marriner, Ansgar Schneider
Classical - Released by CapriccioNR on Jan 1, 1995
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Berlioz : Symphony Fantastique, Op. 14
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Roger Norrington
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on Jan 1, 2000
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STRAUSS, R. / KOECHLIN / BRITTEN / ZIMMERMANN: Oboe Masterpieces
Lajos Lencsés, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Uri Segal, Sir Neville Marriner, Bernhard Guller, Werner Andreas Albert
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on Jan 1, 2007
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Beethoven : Symphonies n°5 & 6
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Roger Norrington
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on Jan 1, 2000
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