Münchener Kammerorchester
The Münchener Kammerorchester, or Munich Chamber Orchestra, has distinguished itself among Europe's small orchestras by its longstanding and ongoing commitment to contemporary music. The group is among the most acclaimed chamber orchestras on the competitive German scene.
The Münchener Kammerorchester was founded in 1950 by Christoph Stepp, much later the conductor of the Munich Symphony Orchestra. He was succeeded in 1956 by Hans Stadlmair, who conducted more than 4,000 concerts and did the most to shape the group as it exists today. He programmed music by Schoenberg and Webern at a time when these composers were rarely heard on public concert programs, and he went even further, presenting music by arch-modernists Karlheinz Stockhausen and Iannis Xenakis, and also championing the works of Karl Amadeus Hartmann. Christoph Poppen became principal conductor in 1995, and his successor was Clemens Schuldt, who remained in the position as of 2020. Both Poppen and Schuldt have continued to program new music, including premieres by Erkki-Sven Tüür, Wolfgang Rihm, and Thomas Larcher. Since 1995, it has presented more than 80 new works. The orchestra has won several awards, including the Neues Hören (New Hearing) Prize of the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste, given to an ensemble that excels in the presentation of contemporary music to new audiences. The Münchener Kammerorchester performs at the Prinzregententheater and at other Munich venues.
The Münchener Kammerorchester has a catalog of more than 20 recordings, covering not only contemporary music but music from the Baroque era forward, and often including the works of less-often-heard composers such as Franz Danzi and François Devienne. The group has cultivated relationships with a large variety of labels, including Sony Classical, ECM, and Tudor Records. It moved to PentaTone Classics in 2020 for a recording of the Four Seasons sets by Vivaldi and Astor Piazzolla, led by violinist Arabella Steinbacher. The orchestra benefits from support from the City of Munich, the State of Bavaria, the Region of Upper Bavaria, and European Computer Telecoms AG.
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Haydn : Violin Concerto Nos. 1, 3 & 4
Isabelle Faust, Münchener Kammerorchester, Christoph Poppen
Violin Concertos - Released by Pan Classics on 1 Nov 1998
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Hartmann: Funèbre
Isabelle Faust, Paul Meyer, Christoph Poppen, Münchener Kammerorchester, Petersen Quartett
Classical - Released by ECM New Series on 1 Aug 2000
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Fauré: Requiem Op. 48/Poulenc: Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence
Sacred Vocal Music - Released by Sony Classical on 26 Aug 2011
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Haydn, Yun: Farewell - Symphonies Nos. 39 and 45 / Chamber Symphony I
Münchener Kammerorchester, Alexander Liebreich
Classical - Released by ECM New Series on 28 Jan 2008
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Devienne: 14 Concertos pour flûte
András Adorján, Münchener Kammerorchester, Marianne Henkel, Hans Stadlmair
Classical - Released by Tudor on 7 Oct 2014
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Bach - Violin and Voice
Hilary Hahn, Matthias Goerne, Christine Schäfer, Münchener Kammerorchester, Alexander Liebreich
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 2009
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Tigran Mansurian : Requiem
Rias Kammerchor, Münchener Kammerorchester, Alexander Liebreich
Masses, Passions, Requiems - Released by ECM New Series on 17 Mar 2017
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Mansurian: Monodia
Kim Kashkashian, Leonidas Kavakos, Jan Garbarek, The Hilliard Ensemble, Münchener Kammerorchester, Christoph Poppen
Classical - Released by ECM New Series on 5 Jan 2004
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Scelsi: Natura Renovatur
Frances-Marie Uitti, Christoph Poppen, Münchener Kammerorchester
Classical - Released by ECM New Series on 9 May 2006
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C. P. E. Bach: Cello Concertos
Antônio Meneses, Münchener Kammerorchester
Classical - Released by Pan Classics on 25 Nov 2013
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Toshio Hosokawa: Landscapes
Mayumi Miyata, Münchener Kammerorchester, Alexander Liebreich
Classical - Released by ECM New Series on 23 Sep 2011
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Ricercar
The Hilliard Ensemble, Münchener Kammerorchester, Christoph Poppen
Classical - Released by ECM New Series on 31 Mar 2003
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Le Charme du hautbois
François Leleux, Münchener Kammerorchester
Concertos - Released by Sony Classical on 4 Oct 2013
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Stamitz: Clarinet Concertos
Eduard Brunner, Ana Chumachenco, Münchener Kammerorchester, Klaus Thunemann, Hans Stadlmair
Classical - Released by Tudor on 7 Oct 2014
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Sofia Gubaidulina
Elsbeth Moser, Boris Pergamenschikow, Christoph Poppen, Münchener Kammerorchester
Classical - Released by ECM New Series on 1 Feb 2002
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Mozart, L.: Divertimento, "The Musical Sleigh-Ride" / Toy Symphony / Jagd Symphonie / Symphony in D Major
Münchener Kammerorchester, Hans Stadlmair
Classical - Released by Tudor on 30 Jun 2009
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Concerti Brillanti
Jan Vogler, Münchener Kammerorchester
Classical - Released by Sony Classical on 14 Sep 2007
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Danzi & Stamitz: Music for Clarinet, Bassoon & Orchestra
Eduard Brunner, Klaus Thunemann, Münchener Kammerorchester, Hans Stadlmair
Classical - Released by Tudor on 21 Apr 2017
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Lefevre, J.X.: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 3, 4 and 6
Eduard Brunner, Münchener Kammerorchester, Reinhard Goebel
Concertos - Released by Tudor on 1 Jan 2002
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Handel: Arias
Münchener Kammerorchester, Hans Stadlmair, Orchestre -Bach de Munich, Karl Richter
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1996
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Mozart: Requiem, K. 626 & Ave verum corpus, K. 618
Núria Rial, Münchener Kammerorchester
Classical - Released by Sony Classical on 9 May 2014
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