Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
There may be more confusion over the identity of this orchestra than any other major ensemble in the West, not least because it has had three names over the years. Founded in 1946 in the American sector of Berlin, the orchestra was formed while Berlin (and most of Germany) was emerging from the destruction of the war. The ensemble was given the name of RIAS Symphony Orchestra, the initials standing for "Radio in the American Sector." In 1956, the ensemble adopted the name of Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, by which many concertgoers and record collectors still know it.
In 1993, the orchestra was renamed Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. In part, the change was necessary to avoid confusion with another Berlin ensemble, the Radio Symphony Orchestra of Berlin, often listed on recordings and in catalogs in German as Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. And here is where the confusion worsens: this latter group is often now mistakenly listed on Internet sites, in reference works, and in catalogs as the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. Actually, such a translation of their German name would normally be quite acceptable.
In any event, the new Deutsches Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin was led by music director Vladimir Ashkenazy and had as its principal guest conductor Günter Wand. The former became music director in 1989 when he succeeded Riccardo Chailly. The orchestra plays subscription series at both the Philharmonie in Berlin and the Konzerthaus, located in the former East Berlin. Eliahu Inbal, Gerd Albrecht, Lothar Zagrosek, and other distinguished conductors have frequently led the orchestra. Zagrosek made several important recordings with the Deutsches Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin for Decca. The group has also recorded for Denon, Orfeo, Capriccio, and CPO. Following the tenure of Ingo Metzmacher from 2007 to 2010, Tugan Sokhiev was named as the principal conductor and artistic director, with a contract beginning in 2012. Robin Ticciati followed Sokhiev, assuming the principal conductor post in 2017. The Deutsches Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin is the most significant orchestra in Berlin after the Berlin Philharmonic.
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Hans Rosbaud conducts Mahler
Hans Rosbaud, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 - Fidelio Overture - Egmont Overture
Igor Markevitch, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
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Emmerich Kálmán: Melodienfolge aus "Der Teufelsreiter" (1955)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kurt Gaebel, Annemarie Hennig
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Wagner: Overtures, Preludes and Orchestral Excerpts
Marek Janowski, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Vladimir Jurowski, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Dame Sarah Connolly, Robert Dean Smith
Symphonies - Paru chez Pentatone le 28 août 2020
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Le postillon de Lonjumeau: Freunde, vernehmet die Geschichte (Live)
Joseph Schmidt, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Paul Breisach, Julius Kuthan, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
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Richard Strauss: Tone Poems
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eugen Jochum
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Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hans Rosbaud
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Britten & Hindemith: Violin Concertos
Arabella Steinbacher, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski
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Airs d'opéras français et italiens (Mono Version)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rias Kammerchor, Ferenc Fricsay, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
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Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E Minor
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hans Rosbaud
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Weber: Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Major: Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Flat Major
Claudio Arrau, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
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TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I.: Sleeping Beauty (The) [Ballet] (Highlights) (Berlin Radio Symphony, Rogner) (Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
Marek Janowski, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Albert Dohmen, Ricarda Merbeth, Matti Salminen, Robert Dean Smith
Opéra - Paru chez Pentatone le 1 sept. 2011
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Prokofiev & Khachaturian: Piano Concertos
Nareh Arghamanyan, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alain Altinoglu
Musique concertante - Paru chez Pentatone le 1 nov. 2014
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Schubert: Lieder
Christian Elsner, Marek Janowski, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mélodies & Lieder - Paru chez Pentatone le 1 oct. 2015
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Lutoslawski & Dutilleux: Cello Concertos
Johannes Moser, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Sondergard
Musique concertante - Paru chez Pentatone le 1 nov. 2018
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La Gran Música: Liszt
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
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Schubert: Symphony No.9 / Rosamunde Ballet Music
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
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Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21
Claudio Arrau, Eugen Jochum, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
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Milestones of a Legend: Sergei Prokofiev, Vol. 5
Ruggiero Ricci, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ferenc Fricsay, Ernest Ansermet
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