Philharmonie Festiva
Formed by conductor Gerd Schaller, the Philharmonie Festiva made its debut in 2008 at Franconia, Germany's Ebrach Summer Music Festival, an annual event that Schaller initiated in 1990. The orchestra grew from a core ensemble consisting of members of the Munich Bach Soloists, and Schaller increased the orchestra's size by recruiting musicians for large-scale performances. The orchestra found a niche in the market with its recordings of the complete symphonies of Anton Bruckner, notably including Schaller's own completion of the Symphony No. 9 in 2016. The Philharmonie Festiva has performed concerts and made recordings in the Kaisersaal of the Cistercian Abbey in Ebrach, and it has also performed in the Max Littmann Hall of the Regentenbau Concert Hall in the town of Bad Kissingen, Bavaria, as well as at the Joseph Keilberth Hall in the Bamberg Concert Hall. In addition to Bruckner's symphonic cycle, Schaller and the Philharmonie Festiva perform neglected repertoire, having revived Karl Goldmark's opera Merlin and Johann Ritter von Herbeck's Great Mass in E minor. The Philharmonie Festiva has appeared on the television channel Bayerisches Fernsehen and recorded at the Bayerische Rundfunk's Studio Franken, issuing recordings on the Profil label.
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Discography
14 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Bruckner: Complete Symphonies & Other Works
Classical - Released by Profil on 4 Feb 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Anton Bruckner: The Collection
Classical - Released by Profil on 28 May 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bruckner: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, WAB 102 (1877 Version) (Live)
Gerd Schaller, Philharmonie Festiva
Classical - Released by Profil Edition Guenter Haenssler on 19 Jan 2024
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 "Romantic" (1874 Version)
Philharmonie Festiva, Gerd Schaller
Classical - Released by Profil on 4 Mar 2022
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Franz von Suppé: Requiem (Live Recording)
Gerd Schaller, Philharmonie Festiva, Munich Philharmonic Chorus
Choral Music (Choirs) - Released by Profil on 4 Feb 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 (Completed Version)
Philharmonie Festiva, Gerd Schaller
Classical - Released by Profil on 2 Dec 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, WAB 101 (1891 Vienna Version) [Live]
Philharmonie Festiva, Gerd Schaller
Classical - Released by Profil on 17 Jan 2020
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 4, 7 & 9
Philharmonie Festiva, Gerd Schaller
Classical - Released by Profil on 2 Aug 2011
Stereophile: Recording of the Month16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 (1890 Version, Ed. T. Raettig)
Philharmonie Festiva, Gerd Schaller
Classical - Released by Profil on 13 Apr 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 (Live)
Philharmonie Festiva, Gerd Schaller
Classical - Released by Profil on 2 Jul 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (1878 version, ed. W. Carragan)
Philharmonie Festiva, Gerd Schaller
Classical - Released by Profil on 25 Feb 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
FINALE - Symphony No. 2 in C Minor (Version 1877) (Live)
Gerd Schaller, Philharmonie Festiva
Classical - Released by Profil Edition Guenter Haenssler on 12 Jan 2024
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Bruckner: Symphony in F Minor 1863 "Study Symphony"
Philharmonie Festiva, Gerd Schaller
Classical - Released by Profil on 6 Oct 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9, WAB 109 (With Completed Finale) [Live]
Philharmonie Festiva, Gerd Schaller
Classical - Released by Profil on 12 Apr 2019
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo