NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
Not to be confused with the NDR Radiophilharmonie, based in Hannover, the NDR Elbphilharmonie was for many years known as the NDR Symphony Orchestra or Sinfonieorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks. Its history stretches back to the 1920s, and it was one of the first orchestras to reconstitute itself after the end of World War II (with a concert by Yehudi Menuhin, in August of 1945, at that). The ancestors of that orchestra were the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester, which had dual operatic and symphonic functions, and the Großes Rundfunkorchester des Reichssenders Hamburg, which was chosen for its role in inaugurating postwar Germany's musical life partly because the tower of its radio station was the only one left standing in what was to become West Germany at the war's end. The conductor was Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, and it was he, along with British military officer Jack Bornoff (Hamburg's Controller of Music in the immediate postwar period), who assembled old and new players to create the orchestra in its modern form.
From early on, the new orchestra emphasized contemporary music in its programming. Under Schmidt-Isserstedt, who remained chief conductor until 1971, the group gave premieres of larger works by, among many others, Hans Werner Henze, Luigi Nono, Arnold Schoenberg, Igor Stravinsky, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, György Ligeti, and Krzysztof Penderecki. Its performances were often featured on the NDR's Das neue Werke (The New Works) broadcasts, which in addition to being heard on the radio, were free and open to the public in person. These concerts did much to establish a public for contemporary music in Germany.
Schmidt-Isserstedt was succeeded as conductor by mostly major figures: Moshe Atzmon, Klaus Tennstedt, Günter Wand, John Eliot Gardiner, Herbert Blomstedt, Christoph Eschenbach, Christoph von Dohnányi, Thomas Hengelbrock, Krzysztof Urbanski, and, as of 2018, Alan Gilbert. The orchestra has a large discography on the RCA, Sony, and Wergo labels, among others. When the new Elbphilharmonie (Elbe Philharmonic Hall) opened in 2017, the orchestra took its present name as it assumed residency in the acoustically splendid new hall. The orchestra also holds concert series in the cities of Lübeck and Kiel.
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Chopin: Works For Piano & Orchestra
Jan Lisiecki, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Krzysztof Urbański
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 10 Mar 2017
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 25 (Live)
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Cord Garben, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg on 1 Jan 1989
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
Alan Gilbert, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
Classical - Released by Sony Classical - Sony Music on 6 Sep 2019
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
Alan Gilbert, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
Classical - Released by Sony Classical - Sony Music on 6 Sep 2019
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Dvořák: Serenade for Strings (Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt Edition 2, Vol. 12)
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on 1 Jan 1965
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Verdi: La traviata (Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt Edition 2, Vol. 11)
Maria Stader, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on 1 Jan 1958
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Mozart: Piano Concertos No.13 KV 415 & No.15 KV 450 (Live)
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Cord Garben
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg on 1 Jan 1990
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Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances / Janácek: Taras Bulba
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, John Eliot Gardiner
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1995
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Dvorák: Symphonic Variations, Op. 78, Czech Suite, Op. 39; Brahms: Hungarian Dances
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, John Eliot Gardiner
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1993
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Britten: War Requiem; Spring Symphony...
Philharmonia Orchestra, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, John Eliot Gardiner
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 2002
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Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4, Violin Concerto No. 5 (Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt Edition 2, Vol. 9)
Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Berliner Philharmoniker, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on 1 Jan 1961
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Chopin: Works For Piano & Orchestra
Jan Lisiecki, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Krzysztof Urbański
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 10 Mar 2017
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Henze: The Raft of the Medusa
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Hans Werner Henze
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1996
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Maderna : Quadrivium; Aura; Biogramma
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Giuseppe Sinopoli
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1980
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Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Frank Peter Zimmermann, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Alan Gilbert
Classical - Released by BIS on 2 Dec 2016
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Fortner: The Creation, Mouvements für Klavier und Orchester; Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major (Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt Edition 2, Vol. 10)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Carl Seemann, Monique Haas, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on 22 Sep 2023
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Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
Classical - Released by Universal Music Division Decca Records France on 1 Jan 1963
Discothèque Insolite Qobuz16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Isang Yun: Works, Vol. 3 (Live)
Classical - Released by Internationale Isang Yun Gesellschaft e.V. on 15 Apr 2022
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Mozart: Symphony No. 38 'Prague'; Tchaikovsky: Serenade for String Orchestra; Stutermeister: Romeo und Julia (Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt Edition 2, Vol. 13)
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on 22 Sep 2023
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Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 (Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt Edition 2, Vol. 6)
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on 1 Jan 1963
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Maderna: Quadrivium
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Giuseppe Sinopoli
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1980
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo