Berlin Deutsches 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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Stravinsky: Jeu de cartes/Orpheus/Agon
Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy
Klassik - Erschienen bei Decca Music Group Ltd. am 01.01.1994
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#3: Neuwirth, Fujikura & Mantovani
Pascal Gallois, Rohan de Saram, Dimitri Vassilakis, Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Brad Lubman
Klassik - Erschienen bei Stradivarius am 14.10.2008
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Yun, I.: Reak / Cello Concerto / Harmonia (10Th Century Portraits)
Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Jens Peter Maintz, Stefan Asbury
Klassik - Erschienen bei CapriccioNR am 01.01.2003
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Opera Arias (Counter-Tenor): Kowalski, Jochen -
Jochen Kowalski, Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Heinz Fricke
Oper - Erschienen bei CapriccioNR am 01.01.1992
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Pettersson: Symphony No. 6
Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Trojahn
Klassik - Erschienen bei CPO am 01.01.1993
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Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps; Les Noces
Ernst Senff Chamber Choir, Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Piano Circus
Klassik - Erschienen bei Decca Music Group Ltd. am 01.01.1995
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Martinů & Shostakovich: Cello Concertos
Christian Poltéra, Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Gilbert Varga
Klassik - Erschienen bei BIS am 02.06.2017
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Romantic Revolution - Bruckner Unlimited
Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra
Techno - Erschienen bei Sony Music Classical Local am 14.07.2017
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Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps
Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy
Klassik - Erschienen bei Decca Music Group Ltd. am 01.01.1954
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Stravinsky: Symphony in C/Symphony in 3 Movements/Symphonies of Winds
Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy
Klassik - Erschienen bei Decca Music Group Ltd. am 01.01.1993
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Schubert & Dvořák: Works for Violin (Remastered 2017)
Johanna Martzy, Jean Antonietti, Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay
Klassik - Erschienen bei Jube Classic am 28.07.2017
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Concerti III (Poulenc, McPhee, Adams)
GrauSchumacher Piano Duo, Trio Mediæval, Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Brad Lubman
Instrumentalmusik - Erschienen bei NEOS Music am 16.01.2017
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Rathaus: Symphony No. 1; Der letzte Pierrot
Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Israel Yinon
Klassik - Erschienen bei Decca Music Group Ltd. am 09.06.1998
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Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: II. Allegro appassionato
Anna Tsybuleva, Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Ruth Reinhardt
Instrumentalmusik - Erschienen bei Signum Records am 20.05.2021
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Concerti II
GrauSchumacher Piano Duo, Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Klassik - Erschienen bei NEOS Music am 07.01.2014
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Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Decca Music Group Ltd. am 01.05.1995
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J.S. Bach: The Art Of Fugue, BWV 1080 - Arr. For Full Orchestra By Fritz Stiedry
Klaus Hellwig, Thomas Weber, Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Hans Zender
Klassik - Erschienen bei Deutsche Grammophon (DG) am 01.01.1985
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Handel: Samson, HWV 57 (Sung in German)
Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Urania Records am 07.04.2017
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Schulhoff: Landschaften, Op. 26, Menschheit, Op. 28 & Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
Doris Soffel, Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Michael Rische, Gerd Albrecht
Klassik - Erschienen bei Orfeo am 01.03.2005
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Handel, G.F.: Oratorio Highlights
Rias Kammerchor, Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Marcus Creed
Chorwerk (für den Chor) - Erschienen bei CapriccioNR am 01.01.1988
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Shostakovich, D.: Zoya Suite / The Fall of Berlin Suite
Rias Kammerchor, Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Michail Jurowski
Klassik - Erschienen bei CapriccioNR am 01.01.1995
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