Munich Radio Orchestra
The Munich Radio Orchestra (German: Münchener Rundfunkorchester) is associated with Germany's Bavarian Radio public broadcaster, but should not be confused with the network's other orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks), which is devoted to mainstream symphonic repertory. The Munich Radio Orchestra has specialized in light music, adding forays into Italian opera, contemporary sacred music, and even -- in its frequent concerts in Munich -- jazz and video game music, the latter perhaps designed for the orchestra's extensive youth activities.
Orchestral music associated with Munich radio dates back to the 1920s, but the current Munich Radio Orchestra was founded in 1952. Its first music director was Werner Schmidt-Boelke, who built it into an ensemble devoted to the accompaniment of operetta productions over his 15-year tenure. The focus on operetta and opera has continued into the 21st century: the year 2015 saw the orchestra performing on a new recording of Lehár's Giuditta. But the group's repertory has broadened to include rarely heard symphonic works of the 19th and 20th centuries.
The Munich Radio Orchestra has recorded for Bavarian Radio's own label, BR Klassik, and for a variety of other high-prestige German and Austrian labels including Oehms, CPO, and the opera revival specialist label Preiser. The orchestra's current chief conductor, its ninth, is Croatia's Ivan Repusic, who took up the baton in 2017 after the retirement of Ulf Schirmer.
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Anna Bonitatibus, Corrado Rovaris, Munich Radio Orchestra
Oper - Erschienen bei BR-Klassik am 02.02.2018
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Varèse, Lutosławski, Ligeti & Baldini: Orchestral Works (Live)
Munich Radio Orchestra, Maximilian Haft, Miranda Cuckson, Christian Baldini, UC Davis Symphony Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Centaur Records, Inc. am 06.08.2021
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Kálmán: Gräfin Mariza
Oper - Erschienen bei CPO am 17.09.2021
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Albert Lortzing: Zum Groß-Admiral
Oper - Erschienen bei CPO am 01.04.2022
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Howard Arman: Happy Birthday
Bavarian Radio Chorus, Munich Radio Orchestra, Howard Arman, Fritz Schwinghammer
Klassik - Erschienen bei BR-Klassik am 26.04.2024
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Great Wagner Voices
Oper - Erschienen bei BR-Klassik am 15.04.2013
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Pfitzner: Das Christelflein, Op. 20
Oper - Erschienen bei Orfeo am 01.01.2016
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Tonfilmschlager
Munich Radio Orchestra, Ernst Theis
Klassik - Erschienen bei BR-Klassik am 03.06.2022
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Love's Embrace
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Klassik - Erschienen bei BR-Klassik am 27.10.2017
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Titelmelodie (From "Tatort") [Arr. R. Jannotta for Orchestra] [Live]
Munich Radio Orchestra, Ulf Schirmer
Klassik - Erschienen bei BR-Klassik am 01.10.2021
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Mendelssohn: String Symphonies
Munich Radio Orchestra, Henry Raudales
Klassik - Erschienen bei BR-Klassik am 06.12.2019
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Damijan Močnik: Pasijon Po Janezu (St. John Passion)
Ivan Repušić, Slowenischer philharmonischer Chor, Munich Radio Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei BR-Klassik am 03.03.2023
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Elisabeth Grümmer chante Mozart
Elisabeth Grümmer, Munich Radio Orchestra, Kurt Peter Eichhorn, Rudolf Schock, Theo Adam
Opernauszüge - Erschienen bei BR-Klassik am 01.01.2012
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Beethoven: Egmont Overture & Overture in C Major "Zur Namensfeier"
Munich Radio Orchestra, John Fiore
Klassik - Erschienen bei BR-Klassik am 19.08.2022
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Trouble in Tahiti - Danses Symphoniques de West Side Story
Ulf Schirmer, Munich Radio Orchestra
Symphonieorchester - Erschienen bei BR-Klassik am 17.11.2009
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Gemmingen: Violin Concertos - Sperger: Arrival Symphony
Kolja Lessing, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ulf Schirmer
Klassik - Erschienen bei CPO am 03.04.2012
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Wolf-Ferrari: Die vier Grobiane (Live)
Oper - Erschienen bei CPO am 07.08.2020
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Fall: Die Rose von Stambul (Live)
Oper - Erschienen bei CPO am 25.09.2020
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Himna slobodi (Hymne an die Freiheit)
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Munich Radio Orchestra, Ivan Repušić
Klassik - Erschienen bei BR-Klassik am 06.12.2019
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Alexander Zemlinsky: Overture "Eine Florentinische Tragödie" (concert version) (Live)
Patrick Hahn, Munich Radio Orchestra
Oper - Erschienen bei BR-Klassik am 15.09.2023
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