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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Der wilde Sound der 20er: 1929
Munich Radio Orchestra, Ernst Theis, Tomasz Tomaszewski
Classical - Released by BR-Klassik on 20 Oct 2023
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"Amor fatale". Rossini Arias
Marina Rebeka, Marco Armiliato, Munich Radio Orchestra
Opera Extracts - Released by BR-Klassik on 6 Oct 2017
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Mendelssohn: Psalmen — Verleih uns Frieden Gnädiglich
Howard Arman, Munich Radio Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Chorus
Choral Music (Choirs) - Released by BR-Klassik on 6 Oct 2017
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Suppé: Overtures
Ivan Repušić, Munich Radio Orchestra
Classical - Released by BR-Klassik on 28 Sep 2018
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Great Singers Live: Nicolai Ghiaurov
Nicolaï Ghiaurov, Munich Radio Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Chorus
Opera - Released by BR-Klassik on 3 May 2011
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Portrait
Michael Volle, Munich Radio Orchestra
Opera Extracts - Released by BR-Klassik on 2 Jul 2013
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Verdi: Luisa Miller (Live)
Marina Rebeka, Ivan Magri, George Petean, Marko Mimica, Ivan Repušić, Munich Radio Orchestra
Opera - Released by BR-Klassik on 6 Apr 2018
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Der wilde Sound der 20er: 1929 (Live)
Munich Radio Orchestra, Ernst Theiss
Classical - Released by BR-Klassik on 3 Nov 2023
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Great Verdi Voices
Opera - Released by BR-Klassik on 4 Mar 2016
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Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
Patrick Hahn, Munich Radio Orchestra
Classical - Released by BR-Klassik on 15 Mar 2024
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Deutsche Tänze, Series 1 (After Schubert's German Dances)
Munich Radio Orchestra, Oscar Jockel
Classical - Released by BR-Klassik on 22 Sep 2023
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Continuum
Nils Wülker, Munich Radio Orchestra, Patrick Hahn
Jazz - Released by WM Germany on 29 Apr 2022
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Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A 25 (Excerpts)
Classical - Released by BR-Klassik on 10 Feb 2023
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Beethoven: Egmont, Op. 84
Munich Radio Orchestra, August Zirner, John Fiore, Christina Landshamer
Classical - Released by BR-Klassik on 14 Oct 2022
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Edita Gruberová (Live)
Edita Gruberova, Munich Radio Orchestra
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by BR-Klassik on 22 Jun 2018
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Great Singers Live: Hermann Prey (Remastered 2012) (Live)
Hermann Prey, Munich Radio Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Argeo Quadri
Opera - Released by BR-Klassik on 26 Mar 2012
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Fritz Wunderlich
Fritz Wunderlich, Munich Radio Orchestra, Kurt Peter Eichhorn
Opera - Released by BR-Klassik on 1 Jan 2006
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Des Simplicius Simplicissimus Jugend (Intégrale)
Christian Gerhaher, Ulf Schirmer, Munich Radio Orchestra, Camilla Nylund, Will Hartmann, Michael Volle
Opera - Released by BR-Klassik on 17 Nov 2009
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BR Klassik: Greatest Moments
Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Munich Radio Orchestra, Mariss Jansons, Andris Nelsons, Bernard Haitink
Classical - Released by BR-Klassik on 4 Nov 2016
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Mozart: Die verstellte Gärtnerin, K. 196 (Sung in German) [Live]
Opera - Released by CPO on 3 Feb 2023
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Great Singers Live: Lucia Popp
Lucia Popp, Munich Radio Orchestra
Classical - Released by BR-Klassik on 29 Sep 2011
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