Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
From its beginnings as an amateur group, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra evolved into an orchestra of international stature in the 1970s and '80s under conductors Edo de Waart and David Zinman. The orchestra has a large recording catalog, with albums made for various labels including, most recently, Warner Classics.
The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (in Dutch: Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest) was founded in 1918 by a group of musicians aiming at personal enjoyment of musical performance rather than renown or financial gain. Originally, musicians had to pay to become members. The first two music directors were Willem Felzer and Alexander Schmuller, but the one who built the orchestra into a modern ensemble was Edward Flipse, who held the position from 1930 to 1962; he also emphasized new music in the orchestra's repertory. Despite German bombing of its new concert hall, De Doelen, in 1940, and increasingly severe cultural restrictions, the orchestra survived World War II and continued to perform. A new 2,300-seat De Doelen Hall was built in 1966, and it remains the orchestra's home.
Franz Paul Decker and then Jean Fournet succeeded Flipse, but another milestone in the orchestra's development was the hiring of the young Edo de Waart as music director in 1973. De Waart and his successor, David Zinman, initiated a recording program and took the orchestra on international tours. James Conlon held the baton from 1983 to 1991, and he was succeeded by Jeffrey Tate. New renown came to the orchestra after the hiring of Valery Gergiev in 1995; he had already led the orchestra in a 1990 recording of Borodin's Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 for the Philips label. The orchestra under Gergiev continued to record for Philips. Gergiev stepped down in 2008 in favor of the dynamic young conductor Yannick Nézet-Seguin but continued as honorary conductor, as did Nézet-Seguin after his replacement in 2018 by Lahav Shani. In the 2010s and 2020s, the orchestra recorded for various labels, most often Warner Classics. In 2022, under Shani, the orchestra released an album featuring Kurt Weill's Symphony No. 2 and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5, Op. 47, on that label.
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
Lahav Shani, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 9 Jun 2023
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Weill: Symphony No. 2 - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
Lahav Shani, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 13 May 2022
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Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky : Symphony No.6 "Pathétique"
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Lisa Batiashvili
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 20 Sep 2013
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Prokofiev: Sinfonia concertante - Tcherepnin: Suite for Cello Solo - Crumb: Sonata for Solo Cello
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Vassily Sinaisky, Pieter Wispelwey
Classical - Released by Channel Classics on 15 Jun 2009
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Shostakovich : Symphony No.4 in C Minor, Op.43
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Symphonies - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 8 Jun 2018
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Symphony No. 1
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, André de Ridder
Classical - Released by Donemus Composers' Voice on 27 Jun 2023
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Salonen: Cello Concerto & Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello
Nicolas Altstaedt, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Dima Slobodeniouk, Pekka Kuusisto
Classical - Released by Alpha Classics on 18 Feb 2022
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 / Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Op.32, TH 46 / Turnage: Piano Concerto
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Marc-André Hamelin
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 8 Jun 2018
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini
Orozco Rafael, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Edo de Waart
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 2011
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Shostakovich: Symphonies 7 "Leningrad" & 8
Mariinsky Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 2012
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Schubert on Stage (Elly Ameling – The Philips Recitals, Vol. 8)
Elly Ameling, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Edo de Waart
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on 1 Jan 1976
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Portraits - The Clarinet Album (Édition Studio Masters)
Andreas Ottensamer, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Classical - Released by Mercury Classics on 1 Jan 2013
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Rachmaninov, Mussorgsky, Prokofiev: Orchestral Works
Edo de Waart, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on 6 Jul 2018
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Ravel: La Valse, Ma Mère l'Oye, Daphnis et Chloé Suite No 2, etc
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 2 Nov 2009
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Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra, BB 123, Sz.116 / Dvorák: Symphony No.8 in G Major, Op.88, B.163 / Debussy: Nocturnes, L. 91 / Haydn: Symphony No.44 in E Minor, Hob.I:44 -"Mourning"
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Collegium Vocale Gent
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 8 Jun 2018
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Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale Of Tsar Saltan Suite; The Golden Cockerel Suite
David Zinman, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1982
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The Best of Rachmaninoff
Orozco Rafael, Zoltán Kocsis, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Edo de Waart
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1993
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Portraits - The Clarinet Album
Andreas Ottensamer, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Classical - Released by Mercury Classics on 1 Jan 2013
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Bruckner: Symphony No.8 In C Minor, WAB 108 - Version Robert Haas 1939
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 8 Jun 2018
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Delibes: Coppélia / Chopin: Les Sylphides / Gounod: Faust Ballet Music
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, David Zinman
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 18 Oct 1993
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Fantasy - A Night at the Opera
Emmanuel Pahud, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 8 Mar 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo