Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
The SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (in German: Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR) emerged under American military rule after World War II and developed into a major force in contemporary music. The orchestra ceased to exist in 2016 when it was merged into the new SWR Symphony Orchestra.
The SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra was formed in 1945 as the Symphony Orchestra of Radio Stuttgart (Sinfonieorchester von Radio Stuttgart) as the American military government reopened Radio Stuttgart and established a live orchestra for its broadcasts. The radio station soon became South German Radio, or Süddeutsche Rundfunk, and the orchestra was renamed Sinfonieorchester des Süddeutschen Rundfunks. In 1959, the orchestra became the Südfunk-Sinfonieorchester, and in 1975, it took its current name, with SWR standing for Südwestrundfunk, or Southwest Radio. From the beginning, the orchestra attracted top German musicians eager to get back to music-making, and leading conductors and soloists signed on for guest slots, quickly raising the group's profile beyond the region. In 1948, Hans Müller-Kray became the group's first permanent conductor and its only German one; his successors were Sergiu Celibidache (1971 until 1977, who raised the orchestra's international profile), Neville Marriner (1983 until 1989), Gianluigi Gelmetti (1989 until 1998), Roger Norrington (1998 until 2011), and Stéphane Denève (2011 until 2016). In addition to radio broadcasts, the orchestra performed some 80 concerts a year in Stuttgart and around the radio network's coverage area. It performed traditional repertory but soon established itself as a promoter of contemporary music, with a long list of contemporary composers including Pierre Boulez, Hans-Werner Henze, and Krzysztof Penderecki conducting the group in their own works. In 2012, the SWR's governing council approved a proposal to merge the SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra and the SWR Baden-Baden Freiburg Symphony Orchestra into a new SWR Symphonieorchester (SWR Symphony Orchestra). Despite international protests, the merger was implemented, and Norrington conducted the orchestra's final performance at the BBC Proms in 2016.
The SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra had a distinguished recording career that included at least 75 releases covering a wide variety of repertory and winning several major industry awards. Many were recorded for the Hänssler Classic label. The orchestra's catalog of recordings continued to grow after its dissolution as the SWR Music house label reissued some of its classic performances. In 2020, that label issued the orchestra's complete recordings of Beethoven's symphonies, recorded in 2002.
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Brahms: Double Concerto, Op. 102
Edith Peinemann, Enrico Mainardi, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Hans Müller-Kray
Classique - Paru chez SWR Mediaservices GmbH le 1 déc. 2014
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Cherubini: Der Wasserträger (Sung in German)
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
Opéra - Paru chez Archipel le 1 janv. 2012
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Spohr: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 2 & 3
Karl Leister, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Classique - Paru chez Orfeo le 1 janv. 2016
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Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Andrey Boreyko
Classique - Paru chez SWR Classic le 6 août 2013
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Rudolf Kempe conducts Bartók & Strauss
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Rudolf Kempe
Classique - Paru chez SWR Classic le 26 mars 2013
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Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique - Concert Overtures
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Sylvain Cambreling, Roger Norrington
Classique - Paru chez SWR Classic le 4 sept. 2012
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Die Jahreszeiten (1959)
Agnes Giebel, Fritz Wunderlich, Kieth Engen, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Hans Müller-Kray
Musique chorale (pour chœur) - Paru chez SWR Classic le 3 avr. 2012
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R. Strauss: Orchestral Works
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Sir Neville Marriner
Classique - Paru chez CapriccioNR le 6 janv. 2017
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Farkas, F.: Aria E Rondo All'Ungherese / Ranki, G.: Don Quijote and Dulcinea / Hidas, F.: Oboe Concerto
Budapest Strings, Lajos Lencsés, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Alan Gilbert
Classique - Paru chez CapriccioNR le 1 janv. 1993
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Symphonies n°1 & 2
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Roger Norrington
Classique - Paru chez SWR Classic le 1 janv. 2000
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Smetana: Zwei Witwen
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Alfons Rischner, Hetty Plümacher, Trude Eipperle
Opéra - Paru chez The Art Of Singing le 5 sept. 2014
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Smetana: Vltava (Die Moldau)
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Hans Müller-Kray
Classique - Paru chez SWR Mediaservices GmbH le 1 déc. 2014
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Elgar: Orchestral Works (Live)
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Roger Norrington
Classique - Paru chez SWR Classic le 5 juil. 2011
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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466
Branka Musulin, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Hans Müller-Kray
Classique - Paru chez SWR Mediaservices GmbH le 2 mars 2018
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Mahnkopf Edition, Vol. 5: Void
Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, SWR Experimentalstudio, Roland Kluttig, Rupert Huber
Classique - Paru chez NEOS Music le 7 janv. 2016
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Mendelssohn & Spohr: Violin Concertos Arranged for Flute
András Adorján, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, David Shallon
Classique - Paru chez Orfeo le 1 janv. 2016
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Strauss, R.: Oboe Concerto / Metamorphosen
Lajos Lencsés, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Sir Neville Marriner
Classique - Paru chez CapriccioNR le 1 janv. 1988
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REGER: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart (1950 / 1956 / 1966)
Barry McDaniel, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Carl Schuricht
Classique - Paru chez SWR Classic le 1 janv. 2000
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9, Op. 70
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Dmitri Kitayenko
Classique - Paru chez SWR Mediaservices GmbH le 16 févr. 2018
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Tchaikovsky: Jolanthe, Op. 69
Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Stuttgart, Hans Müller-Kray, Trude Eipperle, Otto von Rohr
Opéra - Paru chez The Art Of Singing le 5 déc. 2014
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Berlioz: Die Trojaner
Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Stuttgart, Hans Müller-Kray, Josef Traxel, Hilde Rössl-Majdan
Opéra - Paru chez The Art Of Singing le 29 sept. 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo