Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra
The Norrköping Symphony Orchestra (in Swedish: Norrköpings Symfonieorchester) is one of the leaders among Sweden's crop of regional orchestras. It has spawned the careers of several conductors who went on to international renown. Located in the old industrial city of Norrköping in southwestern Sweden, the orchestra was founded in 1912 and offered well-advertised concerts from the start. As of 2018, with 86 musicians, the orchestra plays a major role in the city's musical life with its 50 indoor concerts a year at the Louis de Geer Concert Hall in Norrköping, plus a schedule of summer concerts outdoors (including one performance on a barge). They collaborate regularly with musicians in the jazz, folk, and rock fields, and their tours take them not only to nearby Linköping and to Stockholm, but to Austria, Eastern Europe, Japan, and China. The Norrköping Symphony's roster of former music directors includes Herbert Blomstedt (1954-1962, later conductor of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra), Finland's Okko Kamu (1972-1979, later conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and other groups), and future Cleveland Orchestra music director Franz Welser-Möst (1986-1991). Michael Francis' tenure concluded in 2016, and in the late 2010s the orchestra invited top international figures as guest conductors. Christian Lindberg, a frequent conductor during this period, has led the orchestra in the latest installments of an ongoing cycle of the symphonies of Swedish composer Allan Pettersson; the cycle began in 1992 and has appeared on the BIS label. The orchestra's large catalog of other recordings, mostly on BIS, has focused on Swedish music but has also encompassed works by Beethoven, Max Reger, and (on the CPO label in 2017) the Austrian composer Siegmund von Hausegger. Another innovative Norrköping Symphony Orchestra project during this period was Chelsea Hotel, featuring orchestral arrangements of compositions by the folk and folk-rock songwriters who stayed in New York's Chelsea Hotel in the '60s including Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Leonard Cohen.
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Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor / Larviks-Polka / 23 Small Piano Pieces
Love Derwinger, Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, Jun'ichi Hirokami
Klassik - Erschienen bei BIS am 30.06.1993
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Once in My Life
Peter Mattei, Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra
Internationaler Pop - Erschienen bei Ladybird Production am 01.12.2013
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Norrköping Symphony Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei NaxosSweden - Swedish Society am 01.01.1991
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Linde: Sinfonia, Op. 23 / Pensieri Sopra Un Cantico Vecchio, Op. 35 / Violin Concerto, Op. 18
Ulf Wallin, Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, Jun'ichi Hirokami
Klassik - Erschienen bei BIS am 01.05.1993
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Brahms: Transcriptions for Orchestra
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, Jia Lu
Klassik - Erschienen bei BIS am 30.04.2001
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Lidholm: Poesis / Greetings From an Old World / Kontakion
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, Jia Lu
Klassik - Erschienen bei BIS am 01.09.2002
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Kletzki: Symphony No. 3 / Concertino for Flute
Sharon Bezaly, Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Sanderling
Klassik - Erschienen bei BIS am 01.04.2004
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Reger: Piano Concerto, Op. 114 / Suite Im Alten Stil
Love Derwinger, Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
Klassik - Erschienen bei BIS am 30.09.1995
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Rota: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, Ole Kristian Ruud
Klassik - Erschienen bei BIS am 31.08.1998
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Rott: Symphony in E Major
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
Klassik - Erschienen bei BIS am 01.01.1992
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Lyrical Ballade for 2 Pianos and Orchestra (Remastered)
Bengt Hallberg, Jan Johansson, Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Vax Records am 18.09.2020
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Nordic Masterpieces
Klassik - Erschienen bei Simax Classics am 01.01.1996
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Rota: Symphony No. 3 / Concerto Festivo / Le Moliere Imaginaire - Ballet Suite
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, Ole Kristian Ruud, Hannu Koivula
Klassik - Erschienen bei BIS am 31.08.2001
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Lidholm: Orchestral Works 1944-1958
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, Jia Lu
Klassik - Erschienen bei BIS am 01.01.2003
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Reger: Variations & Fugue On A Theme of Ludwig Van Beethoven / 4 Bocklin Tone Pictures
Kjell Lysell, Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
Klassik - Erschienen bei BIS am 30.11.1993
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Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
Peter Johansson, Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra
Pop - Erschienen bei PNM Music am 09.02.2024
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Four Vignettes for Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, Op. 18: I. Siciliana (Single)
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, Sten Frykberg
Klassik - Erschienen bei Sterling am 11.06.2021
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Sacrifice
Peter Johansson, Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra
Pop - Erschienen bei PNM Music am 02.02.2024
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5, Op. 47 & Symphonic Poem "October", Op. 131
Jun'ichi Hirokami, Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, Dimitri Chostakovitch
Klassik - Erschienen bei Music 4me am 14.11.2015
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Norrköping Symphony Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Swedish Society am 01.01.1991
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