NDR Radiophilharmonie
The impressive, international prominence of orchestras associated with Germany's regional radio broadcasters is indicated by the existence of the similarly named NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (German: NDR Radiophilharmonie) and NDR Symphony Orchestra (Sinfonieorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks), with both groups achieving international prominence. The NDR Radio Philharmonic is based in the city of Hannover (the NDR Symphony in Hamburg). It dates back to the 1920s in the form of the Niedersächsicher Sinfonie-Orchester and assumed its present form as the Rundfunkorchester Hannover (Hannover Radio Orchestra) in 1950. The group later used the name Radiophilharmonie Hannover; it assumed its current name in 2003. The orchestra's concert home base is the Großer Sendesaal (Great Broadcast Room) of the Lower Saxony Radio Building. The first conductor of the Rundfunkorchester Hannover was Willy Steiner, who held the post until 1975; subsequent chief conductors have been Bernhard Klee, Eiji Öue, and Eivind Gullberg Jensen. British Baroque violinist-turned-conductor Andrew Manze became chief conductor in 2014. Part of the reputation of the NDR Philharmonic rests on its large and growing recording catalog. Mostly recording for Germany's CPO label, the group has specialized in symphonies by neglected composers of the 19th and 20th centuries. These have included Ernst Krenek, Louise Farrenc, Georges Onslow, Felix Draeseke, Friedrich Ernst Fesca, Josef Tal, Paul Wranitzky, Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Josef Suder, August Enna, Julius Röntgen, Paul Ben-Haim, Paul Graener, Gustav Kerker, Herbert Baumann, and Louis Spohr, whose complete cycle of ten symphonies was recorded by the Philharmonic under the baton of Howard Griffiths. These have not been accomplished to the exclusion of better-known repertoire; the orchestra has recorded a cycle of Mendelssohn symphonies for the Dutch audiophile label PentaTone. Most of these composers have been represented by more than one album; a second recording of German-Israeli composer Paul Ben-Haim appeared in 2017, followed the next year by the final installment in the orchestra's Manze Mendelssohn set.© James Manheim /TiVo Read more
The impressive, international prominence of orchestras associated with Germany's regional radio broadcasters is indicated by the existence of the similarly named NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (German: NDR Radiophilharmonie) and NDR Symphony Orchestra (Sinfonieorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks), with both groups achieving international prominence.
The NDR Radio Philharmonic is based in the city of Hannover (the NDR Symphony in Hamburg). It dates back to the 1920s in the form of the Niedersächsicher Sinfonie-Orchester and assumed its present form as the Rundfunkorchester Hannover (Hannover Radio Orchestra) in 1950. The group later used the name Radiophilharmonie Hannover; it assumed its current name in 2003. The orchestra's concert home base is the Großer Sendesaal (Great Broadcast Room) of the Lower Saxony Radio Building. The first conductor of the Rundfunkorchester Hannover was Willy Steiner, who held the post until 1975; subsequent chief conductors have been Bernhard Klee, Eiji Öue, and Eivind Gullberg Jensen. British Baroque violinist-turned-conductor Andrew Manze became chief conductor in 2014.
Part of the reputation of the NDR Philharmonic rests on its large and growing recording catalog. Mostly recording for Germany's CPO label, the group has specialized in symphonies by neglected composers of the 19th and 20th centuries. These have included Ernst Krenek, Louise Farrenc, Georges Onslow, Felix Draeseke, Friedrich Ernst Fesca, Josef Tal, Paul Wranitzky, Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Josef Suder, August Enna, Julius Röntgen, Paul Ben-Haim, Paul Graener, Gustav Kerker, Herbert Baumann, and Louis Spohr, whose complete cycle of ten symphonies was recorded by the Philharmonic under the baton of Howard Griffiths. These have not been accomplished to the exclusion of better-known repertoire; the orchestra has recorded a cycle of Mendelssohn symphonies for the Dutch audiophile label PentaTone. Most of these composers have been represented by more than one album; a second recording of German-Israeli composer Paul Ben-Haim appeared in 2017, followed the next year by the final installment in the orchestra's Manze Mendelssohn set.
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Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 38 & 39
NDR Radiophilharmonie
Classical - Released by PentaTone on 22 Oct 2021
Expansive symphonies played with energy and urgency : the NDR Philharmonie and Andrew Manze continue their exploration of Mozart’s late orchestral wor ...
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Mayer: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
NDR Radiophilharmonie
Classical - Released by CPO on 10 Jul 2020
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Epic Orchestra - New Sound of Classical
NDR Radiophilharmonie
Classical - Released by Sony Classical - Sony Music on 14 Feb 2020
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Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 40 & 41 (Live)
NDR Radiophilharmonie
Classical - Released by PentaTone on 8 Feb 2019
Considered to be the highest triumph of instrumental composition in his own day, Mozart’s final symphonies continue to sweep audiences away. From the ...
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Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5
NDR Radiophilharmonie
Classical - Released by PentaTone on 2 Feb 2018
Preis der deutschen SchallplattenkritikAndrew Manze started his music career as a baroque violinist with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, and then the Academy of Ancient Music and t ...
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7
NDR Radiophilharmonie
Classical - Released by PentaTone on 10 Jan 2020
After their prize-winning Mendelssohn symphonies cycle and acclaimed Mozart symphonies album, the NDR Radiophilharmonie and its chief conductor Andrew ...
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Epic Orchestra - New Sound of Classical
NDR Radiophilharmonie
Classical - Released by Sony Classical - Sony Music on 14 Feb 2020
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Mendelssohn: The 5 Symphonies
NDR Radiophilharmonie
Classical - Released by PentaTone on 8 Jan 2021
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Rontgen, J.: Symphony No. 18 / 6 Old Netherlandish Dances / Ballade On A Norwegian Folk Song
NDR Radiophilharmonie
Classical - Released by CPO on 1 Jan 2008
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Fesca: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 - Cantemire Overture
NDR Radiophilharmonie
Classical - Released by CPO on 1 Jan 2000
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Kabalevsky: Symphonies Nos. 1-4
NDR Radiophilharmonie
Classical - Released by CPO on 1 Jan 2000
To the extent that Dmitry Kabalevsky has been viewed as the Soviet composer par excellence, his reputation has suffered in the west, especially since ...
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Adiemus - Palladio
NDR Radiophilharmonie
Classical - Released by Sony Classical - Sony Music on 29 May 2020
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Krenek: Symphony No. 4 - Concerto grosso No. 2 (Alun Francis)
NDR Radiophilharmonie
Classical - Released by CPO on 7 Jun 2011
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Ben-Haim: Symphony No. 2 & Concerto grosso
NDR Radiophilharmonie
Classical - Released by CPO on 2 Jun 2017
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Woyrsch: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5
NDR Radiophilharmonie
Classical - Released by CPO on 4 Jan 2019
Felix Woyrsch was born in 1860, around the same time as Richard Strauss and Debussy, and died in 1944, one year before Bartók. Until the start of the ...
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Bernstein: Broadway to Hollywood (Live)
NDR Radiophilharmonie
Classical - Released by SOMM Recordings on 1 Jan 1993
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Krenek: Symphony No. 3, Op. 16 - Potpourri, Op. 54
NDR Radiophilharmonie
Classical - Released by CPO on 18 Jul 1995
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 52, MWV A18 "Lobgesang"
NDR Radiophilharmonie
Classical - Released by PentaTone on 1 Jun 2018
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Atterberg: Symphonies 3 & 6
NDR Radiophilharmonie
Classical - Released by CPO on 1 Jul 2013
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Strauss II: Die Fledermaus (Live)
NDR Radiophilharmonie
Opera - Released by PentaTone on 16 Nov 2018
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Onslow: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4
NDR Radiophilharmonie
Classical - Released by CPO on 1 Jan 2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo