Wiener Symphoniker
The Wiener Symphoniker (Vienna Symphony Orchestra) is a mainstay in European orchestral music, having premiered works that have become standard repertoire in the orchestral world. While its older neighbor, the Wiener Philharmoniker, may get more attention, the Wiener Symphoniker has cemented its role as a world-class orchestra.
The Wiener Symphoniker was founded in 1900 as the Wiener Concertverein. The founder and first conductor of the orchestra was Ferdinand Löwe, who established the new orchestra to present more concerts to the citizenry and for the performance of new compositions. The orchestra's premiere concert took place at the Wiener Musikverein on October 30, 1900. Löwe, a student of Anton Bruckner's, led the Wiener Symphoniker in the premiere of Bruckner's ninth symphony in 1903. In 1913, the orchestra moved its performing venue to the newly opened Wiener Konzerthaus. Due to financial concerns following World War I, the orchestra merged with the Wiener Tonkünstlerorchester in 1919. Löwe served as chief conductor until 1925. He was followed by Otto Gottesmann and Wilhelm Furtwängler. In 1933, the orchestra was renamed the Wiener Symphoniker. Oswald Kabasta led the orchestra from 1934-1938. Under Kabasta, the orchestra embarked on its first international tour to England and Italy. In 1938, following the invasion of Austria, the orchestra was brought under municipal control and was used for propaganda during World War II. The orchestra was disbanded in September of 1944.
Following the war, the Wiener Symphoniker was re-established in 1945 and gave its first post-war concert in September under the leadership of Hans Swarowsky and Josef Krips. Since 1946, the orchestra has taken part in and been a major sponsor of the Bregenzer Festspiele. Herbert von Karajan (1950-1960) and Wolfgang Sawallisch (1960-1970) are credited most with the revival of the Viennese sound for which the Wiener Symphoniker is known. In 1962, the Theater an der Wien reopened, and the Wiener Symphoniker has since performed there for staged productions. Since Sawallisch, the chief conductors for the orchestra have included Carlo Maria Giulini (1973-1976), Gennady Rozhdestvensky (1981-1983), and Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (1991-1996). Philippe Jordan became the chief conductor in 2014, with a contract running through 2021. In 2018, the Wiener Symphoniker announced Andrés Orozco-Estrada as its next chief conductor. Orozco-Estrada is set to take the baton in 2021. Among the illustrious names who have guest conducted the orchestra are Leonard Bernstein, Zubin Mehta, and Claudio Abbado.
The Wiener Symphoniker can be heard on hundreds of albums on major labels such as Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, EMI Classics, and Orfeo, among many others. Since 2012, the orchestra has also recorded for its own Wiener Symphoniker label, on which it has recorded works by composers such as Mahler, Bruckner, and Berlioz. Under Jordan, the orchestra has recorded a full cycle of Beethoven's symphonies. The first, Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3, was released in 2017. The final two individual albums of this cycle, Symphonies Nos. 6 & 8 and Symphony No. 9, as well as the complete cycle set, were released in 2019.
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 "Choral"
Chorus Viennensis, Eliahu Inbal, Wiener Symphoniker, Wiener Singakademie
Clásica - Editado por Denon el 1 ene. 2009
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Beethoven: Diabelli Variations - Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 & 4 Impromptus
Mieczysław Horszowski, Wiener Symphoniker, Hans Swarowsky
Clásica - Editado por Vox Legends el 1 ene. 1993
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Weinberg Edition, Vol. 1
Wiener Sängerknaben, Vorarlberg Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Symphoniker, Gérard Korsten, Vladimir Fedoseyev
Clásica - Editado por NEOS Music el 1 ago. 2013
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Brahms, Schumann & R. Strauss
Wiener Symphoniker, Joseph Keilberth, Friedrich Gulda
Clásica - Editado por Orfeo el 1 ene. 2007
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Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor
Wiener Symphoniker, Hermann Scherchen
Clásica - Editado por Orfeo el 1 ene. 2016
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Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite
Clásica - Editado por Orfeo el 1 ene. 2016
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The Very Best of Johann Strauss II
Wiener Symphoniker, The Vienna Bohemian Orchestra
Clásica - Editado por Past Classics el 1 oct. 2009
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Klemperer Live: Vienna, Vol. 1 – Concert 21 June 1955 (Historical Recording)
Audience, June 21st, 1955 - Wiener Musikverein, Wiener Symphoniker, Teresa Stich-Randall, Otto Klemperer
Clásica - Editado por Archiphon el 20 oct. 2017
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Debussy: La mer, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, Arabesque No. 2 & Clair de lune
Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Wiener Symphoniker, Peter Frankl, Rolf Reinhardt, Edouard van Remoortel
Clásica - Editado por Allegretto el 1 ene. 1994
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Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4
Wiener Symphoniker, Friedrich Gulda
Clásica - Editado por Orfeo el 4 oct. 2007
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LP Pure, Vol. 25: Klemperer Conducts Bruckner - Symphony n°4
Wiener Symphoniker, Otto Klemperer
Sinfonías - Editado por Archiphon el 1 abr. 2016
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, "Babiy Yar"
Eliahu Inbal, Wiener Symphoniker
Clásica - Editado por Denon el 28 jun. 1994
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4
Eliahu Inbal, Wiener Symphoniker
Clásica - Editado por Denon el 31 ago. 1993
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Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 - R. Schumann: Piano Concerto (2023 Remastered Version)
Guiomar Novaes, Wiener Symphoniker, Otto Klemperer
Música concertante - Editado por Vox el 1 ene. 1951
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Johann Strauss Festkonzert
Wiener Symphoniker, Wolfgang Sawallisch
Clásica - Editado por Orfeo el 1 ene. 2016
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LP Pure, Vol. 31: Klemperer Conducts Schubert & Beethoven (Historical Recordings)
Orchestre Lamoureux, Guiomar Novaes, Otto Klemperer, Wiener Symphoniker
Clásica - Editado por Archiphon el 6 ene. 2017
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Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture - Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival - Borodin: Prince Igor - Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Wiener Symphoniker, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Heinrich Hollreiser
Clásica - Editado por Allegretto el 1 ene. 1990
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Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 - Smetana: Vltava
Wiener Symphoniker, Karel Ancerl
Clásica - Editado por Wiener Symphoniker el 25 nov. 2016
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 (Live)
Clásica - Editado por Orfeo el 12 mar. 2008
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W.A. Mozart: Requiem Mass in D Minor
Clásica - Editado por Countdown Media GmbH el 8 jul. 2008
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Montemezzi: L'amore di tre re (Live 1998)
Vladimir Fedoseyev, Wiener Symphoniker
Clásica - Editado por Edition Bregenzer Festspiele el 30 ago. 1999
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