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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Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61
Daniel Lozakovich, Münchner Philharmoniker, Valery Gergiev
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 25 sep. 2020
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Schumann: The Complete Symphonies
Münchner Philharmoniker, Pablo Heras-Casado
Symfonieën - Released by harmonia mundi on 3 jun. 2022
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The Lost Tapes - Hugo Wolf: Orchestral Songs
Thomas Quasthoff, Münchner Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 24 nov. 2023
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Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, H. 48, Op. 14
Münchner Philharmoniker, Sergiù Celibidache
Klassiek - Released by MUNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER GBR on 29 mei 2020
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Günter Wand - Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Münchner Philharmoniker, Günter Wand
Klassiek - Released by Profil on 7 okt. 2016
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37
Rudolf Buchbinder, Münchner Philharmoniker, Valery Gergiev
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 3 sep. 2021
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Bruckner: Symphonies 3-9 (Live)
Günter Wand, NDR Sinfonieorchester, Münchner Philharmoniker
Klassiek - Released by Profil Edition Guenter Haenssler on 7 apr. 2023
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Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, Romeo and Juliet (Excerpts) [Live]
Münchner Philharmoniker, Sergiù Celibidache
Klassiek - Released by MUNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER GBR on 30 nov. 2018
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Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Reger: An die Hoffnung, Reger: Hiller Variations and Fugue (Live)
Münchner Philharmoniker, Eugen Jochum
Klassiek - Released by MUNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER GBR on 30 nov. 2018
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Schubert: Symphony No. 9, "Great" (Live)
Münchner Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
Klassiek - Released by MUNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER GBR on 30 nov. 2018
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Strauss: Sinfonia Domestica
Münchner Philharmoniker, Zubin Mehta
Klassiek - Released by MUNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER GBR on 20 jan. 2023
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Tchaikovsky & Liszt : Premiers Concertos pour piano
Alice Sara Ott, Münchner Philharmoniker, Thomas Hengelbrock
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 25 okt. 2010
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Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-Flat Major Op. 82 & Stravinsky: The Firebird (Suite) [Live]
Münchner Philharmoniker, Sergiù Celibidache
Klassiek - Released by MUNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER GBR on 3 jun. 2022
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Richard Strauss : Lieder avec orchestre
Diana Damrau, Münchner Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
Klassiek - Released by Warner Classics on 17 jan. 2011
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Strauss, R.: Four Last Songs, etc.
Renée Fleming, Münchner Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
Klassiek - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 jan. 2008
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Celibidache Conducts Ravel
Klassiek - Released by MUNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER GBR on 14 sep. 2018
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 5
Münchner Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 jan. 2005
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Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments - Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (Live)
Münchner Philharmoniker, Valery Gergiev
Klassiek - Released by MUNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER GBR on 30 nov. 2018
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 2 (Live)
Münchner Philharmoniker, Valery Gergiev
Klassiek - Released by MUNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER GBR on 19 apr. 2019
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 (Live)
Münchner Philharmoniker, Valery Gergiev
Klassiek - Released by MUNCHNER PHILHARMONIKER GBR on 30 nov. 2018
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 (Hans Knappertsbusch - The Orchestral Edition: Volume 8)
Münchner Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch
Klassiek - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on 1 jan. 1963
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