Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz
The Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz (the German State Philharmonic Orchestra of Rheinland-Palatinate), also known as the Rheinland-Pfalz Staatsphilharmonie, is a regional orchestra, based in the city of Ludwigshafen and serving several states along Germany's Rhine River. Funded by the Rhineland-Palatinate state, the orchestra has a long history and has served as a training ground for several conductors who have gone on to international careers.
The Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz was founded in 1919. From the beginning it attracted attention beyond its home region; Richard Strauss conducted on occasion, as did the international traveler and liberal-turned-Nazi Hermann Abendroth. The orchestra's first music director, for a short time, was Ludwig Rüth, followed by Ernest Boehe, who remained at the helm for 18 years. A succession of music directors followed during and after World War II, and the orchestra's climb back to international prominence began in 1978 with the ascent to the podium of the young Christoph Eschenbach, later conductor of the Houston Symphony and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Another notable tenure was that of Leif Segerstam, from 1983 to 1990. In 2009 Karl-Heinz Steffens assumed the music directorship; he has brought the orchestra honors including an ECHO Award as Orchestra of the Year in 2015, and he gained wide attention for a multi-year "Beethoven and the 20th Century" concert cycle.
Steffens has also been a champion of contemporary music. The orchestra has a long history on recordings, but he has also brought its most sustained effort in recent years: a multi-disc recording contract with the Capriccio label that has surveyed a wide range of 20th century music. That series began in 2014 with the award-winning Modern Times, an album of music by Bernd Alois Zimmermann, and continued with recordings devoted to figures as diverse as Henri Dutilleux and Nino Rota. The year 2017 brought three distinctive and varied recordings: a collection of lesser-known orchestral works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, a rare European recording of works by George Antheil (including A Jazz Symphony), and, for the Naxos label, a recording of the complete Dmitry Shostakovich score to the 1955 film The Gadfly.
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MIKLÓS RÓZSA: Orchestral Works (HD / ADM)
Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Gregor Bühl
Classical - Released by Capriccio on 5 Jan 2024
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Pejacevic: Symphony in F sharp minor, Op. 41 - Phantasie concertante
Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Volker Banfield, Ari Rasilainen
Symphonic Music - Released by CPO on 3 May 2011
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Braunfels: Works for Piano & Orchestra
Tatjana Blome, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Gregor Bühl
Classical - Released by CapriccioNR on 7 Sep 2018
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ZYGMUNT NOSKOWSKI: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 (HD)
Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz
Classical - Released by CapriccioNR on 4 Aug 2023
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Modern Times Edition
Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz
Classical - Released by CapriccioNR on 7 Feb 2020
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Dohnányi: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Sofja Gülbadamova, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Ariane Matiakh
Classical - Released by CapriccioNR on 3 Apr 2020
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Wolfgang Rihm: Music for Violin & Orchestra, Vol. 2
Tianwa Yang, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Darrell Ang
Classical - Released by Naxos on 8 Mar 2019
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Braunfels: Carnival Overture, Scottish Fantasy, Hölderlin Songs & Prelude and Fugue
Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Paul Armin Edelmann, Barbara Buntrock, Gregor Bühl
Classical - Released by CapriccioNR on 3 Nov 2017
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Stojowski: Symphony in D Minor, Op. 21 & Suite for Large Orchestra in E-Flat Major, Op. 9
Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Antoni Wit
Classical - Released by CapriccioNR on 1 Apr 2022
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Dohnányi: Concertos
Sofja Gülbadamova, Silke Aichhorn, Andrei Ionita, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Modestas Pitrenas
Classical - Released by CapriccioNR on 4 Feb 2022
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Schreker : Vom ewigen Leben - Phantastische Ouvertüre...
Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Valda Wilson, Christopher Ward
Symphonic Music - Released by CapriccioNR on 2 Nov 2018
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Wetz: Symphony No. 3 / Gesang Des Lebens
Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Rhineland Palatinate Youth Choir, Werner Andreas Albert
Classical - Released by CPO on 1 Jan 2001
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Wolfgang Rihm: Music for Violin & Orchestra, Vol. 1
Tianwa Yang, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Christoph-Mathias Mueller
Classical - Released by Naxos on 9 Nov 2018
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Labor: Piano Concertos for the Left Hand Nos. 1-3
Oliver Triendl, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Eugene Tzigane
Concertos - Released by Capriccio on 2 Feb 2024
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Weigl: Symphony No. 1 in E Major, Op. 5 & Pictures and Tales Suite
Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Jurgen Bruns
Classical - Released by CapriccioNR on 3 May 2019
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Holmès: Orchestral Works
Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Samuel Friedmann, Patrick Davin
Classical - Released by SWR Mediaservices GmbH on 1 Jun 2015
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Dohnányi: Symphony No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 9 & Symphonic Minutes, Op. 36
Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Roberto Paternostro
Classical - Released by CapriccioNR on 4 Oct 2019
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Krenek: Orchestral Works
Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Karl-Heinz Steffens
Classical - Released by Capriccio on 1 Nov 2019
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Antheil: A Jazz Symphony
Frank Dupree, Adrian Brendle, Uram Kim, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Karl-Heinz Steffens
Classical - Released by Capriccio on 2 Jun 2017
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Sallinen, A.: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 5
Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Ari Rasilainen
Classical - Released by CPO on 1 Jan 2008
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Sallinen: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 7 / Chorali / A Solemn Overture
Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Ari Rasilainen
Classical - Released by CPO on 1 Jan 2002
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