Münchner Philharmoniker
The Münchner Philharmoniker (Munich Philharmonic) is an orchestra with a troubled past but a bright future. Tainted by its association with Nazism during World War II, the orchestra was led in the early 1980s by the notoriously mercurial Sergiu Celibidache. Although it had roots stretching back to the beginning of the 19th century, the Munich Philharmonic really began in 1893 with establishment of the Kaim Orchestra, founded by a private donor of that name. During World War I, the orchestra foundered, and after the war it was taken over by Munich's city government and given the Münchner Philharmoniker name. Under conductor Hans Pfitzner in the 1920s the orchestra improved, but in the 1930s it began using a swastika logo and billed itself as the orchestra of fascism. Once again, the group had to rebuild after World War II, with Rudolf Kempe among the conductors who raised it to international stature. A key event in the orchestra's history was the elevation of Sergiu Celibidache to the music directorship in 1979; his leadership had both positive (his interpretations were novel and rigorously rehearsed) and negative impacts (he became embroiled in an expensive and ultimately successful sex discrimination lawsuit filed by American trombonist Abbie Conant, who had won her place in a blind audition). Celibidache also declined to make recordings, believing the concert experience could not be duplicated. That situation changed slowly in the 21st century with prominent new music directors after Celibidache's death. These have included James Levine, Christian Thielemann, Lorin Maazel, and, since 2014, Valery Gergiev, who has recorded several albums and used the orchestra as a showcase for his instrumental-music thinking in large late Romantic works, including the symphonies of Mahler. Gergiev and the orchestra have embarked on a cycle of Anton Bruckner's symphonies; their recording of the Symphony No. 1 in C minor appeared in 2018 on the orchestra's own label. Since 1985, the orchestra's home has been Munich's handsome Gasteig Culture Center.
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Tchaikovsky: Die Nussknacker-Suite & Capriccio Italien (Mono Version)
Münchner Philharmoniker, Fritz Lehmann
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1957
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Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations
Klassiek - Released by MUNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER GBR on 14 sep. 2018
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, "Romantic" (Live)
Münchner Philharmoniker, Valery Gergiev
Klassiek - Released by MUNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER GBR on 29 mei 2020
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Mozart : Requiem in D minor, K.626
Münchner Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 jan. 2006
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Symphonie 9 "Du Nouveau Monde"-Sérénades Pour Cordes
Rudolf Albert, Roland Douatte, Münchner Philharmoniker, Grand Orchestre de Radio-Télé Luxembourg
Klassiek - Released by Universal Music Division Decca Records France on 21 aug. 2006
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 26
Münchner Philharmoniker, Friedrich Gulda
Klassiek - Released by MUNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER GBR on 26 jun. 2019
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Strauss, Richard: Till Eulenspiegel
Münchner Philharmoniker, Valery Gergiev
Klassiek - Released by MUNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER GBR on 31 mei 2019
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3
Rudolf Kempe, Münchner Philharmoniker
Klassiek - Released by Warner Classics on 20 aug. 2012
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 (Live)
Münchner Philharmoniker, Valery Gergiev
Klassiek - Released by MUNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER GBR on 19 apr. 2019
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
Rudolf Kempe, Münchner Philharmoniker
Klassiek - Released by Warner Classics on 19 nov. 2012
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Beethoven: Symphony No.3
Klassiek - Released by Warner Classics on 10 aug. 1999
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Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Live)
Münchner Philharmoniker, Valery Gergiev
Klassiek - Released by MUNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER GBR on 29 nov. 2019
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Verdi: Hymne et Marche des trompettes de Aïda - Leoncavallo: Chœur des cloches de Paillasse - Mascagni: Intermède symphonique de Cavalleria rusticana (Mono Version)
Münchner Philharmoniker, Württembergisches Staatsorchester, Ferdinand Leitner
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1957
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Bruckner: Symphony No.8 / Wagner: Siegfried Idyll; Preludes
Münchner Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 jan. 1963
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The Firebird Suite: Berceuse (1919 Version) [Live]
Münchner Philharmoniker, Sergiù Celibidache
Klassiek - Released by MUNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER GBR on 20 mei 2022
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Janáček: Suite, JW VI/2, Idylla, JW VI/3 & Adagio, JW VI/5
Münchner Philharmoniker, Michael Helmrath
Klassiek - Released by Orfeo on 1 jan. 2016
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Verdi & Wagner: Overtures
London Symphony Orchestra, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Münchner Philharmoniker, Antal Doráti
Klassiek - Released by Urania Records on 25 mrt. 2013
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4
Rudolf Kempe, Münchner Philharmoniker
Klassiek - Released by Warner Classics on 28 jan. 2013
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Great Wagner Conductors
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 18 mrt. 2013
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Wagner: Ouvertures Et Préludes Vol.2
Georges Sebastian, Rudolf Albert, Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestre Du Sudwestfunk Baden Baden
Klassiek - Released by Universal Music Division Decca Records France on 1 jan. 2006
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Koch: Saxophone Concerto & Other Works
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Münchner Philharmoniker, Sigurd Rascher, Andreas Rohn, Stig Westerberg, Kerstin Hindart
Klassiek - Released by Phono Suecia on 1 mei 2011
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