Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai
The RAI National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Italian: Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI) dates back to Italy's early experiments with national radio broadcasting. Under its current name, it has attracted some of the world's top conductors as guests.
National radio broadcasting in Italy began to grow along with that in other countries after World War I, and the voice of opera singer Maria Luisa Boncompagni was heard in a Unione Radiofonica Italiana broadcast from Rome in 1924. Branches were established in other cities, including Turin (1929), where the Fascist government radio administrator EIAR (Ente Italiano per le Audizioni Radiofoniche or "Italian Body for Radio Audio") acquired a disused theater, renovated it as a broadcast house, and established a symphony orchestra. After Italy's defeat in World War II, the EIAR was reorganized into the RAI (Radio Audizioni Italia). The RAI branches in other Italian cities, including Rome, Milan, and Naples, established orchestras of their own, but the RAI Orchestra Turin had a particularly high profile internationally, with such major figures as Herbert von Karajan, Igor Stravinsky, Leopold Stokowski, and Wolfgang Sawallisch making guest appearances there. At home in Italy, the RAI Orchestra Turin proved an important spawning ground for young conductors, with such future stars as Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muti, and Riccardo Chailly appearing there early in their careers.
In 1994, the four RAI orchestras were merged into a single entity called the RAI National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Italian: Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI). The group was headquartered in Turin, and it continued to hold a high profile beyond Italy, touring 14 French and German cities and traveling to Japan and to the Canary Islands in its first two years of existence. The orchestra's principal conductors have included Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (2001-2007), Juraj Valčuha (2009-2016), James Conlon (2016-2020), and, as of October 2023, Andrés Orozco-Estrada. The orchestra has recorded for the Stradivarius, Warner Music, and Deutsche Grammophon labels. In 2023, the RAI National Radio Symphony Orchestra released a recording of Respighi's Roman Trilogy on the Ondine label, with Robert Treviño conducting. Older recordings by the RAI Symphony Torino continued to appear in specialist reissues.
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Respighi: Roman Trilogy
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, Robert Trevino
Classique - Paru chez Ondine le 1 sept. 2023
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Made for Opera
Nadine Sierra, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, Riccardo Frizza
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 4 mars 2022
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Habanera
Elina Garanca, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, Karel Mark Chichon
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 2010
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3
Behzod Abduraimov, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, Juraj Valčuha
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 2014
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Lehár: Der Zarewitsch: Einer wird kommen (Musical Moments)
Nadine Sierra, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, Riccardo Frizza
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 26 août 2022
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Puccini: Le Villi, SC 60: Se come voi piccina io fossi (Musical Moments)
Nadine Sierra, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, Riccardo Frizza
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 14 mai 2021
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Puccini: La bohème, SC 67 / Act 1: Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì (Musical Moments)
Nadine Sierra, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, Riccardo Frizza
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 10 juin 2022
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Rachmaninoff: Trio élégiaque No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 9 - Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35, TH 59 (Live)
David Oïstrakh, Sviatoslav Knushevitsky, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, Lev Oborin, Rudolf Kempe
Classique - Paru chez Russian Compact Disc le 3 sept. 2021
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Ferdinand Frantz
Opéra - Paru chez The Art Of Singing le 5 nov. 2015
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Made for Opera
Nadine Sierra, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, Riccardo Frizza
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 4 mars 2022
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Salvatore Sciarrino: Orchestral Works
Classique - Paru chez KAIROS le 1 juil. 2008
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Franz Joseph Haydn : Concerto per tromba e orchestra, Béla Bartok : Concerto per viola e orchestra
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai
Classique - Paru chez Videoradio le 1 janv. 2000
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Petrassi: Piano Concerto, La follia di Orlando & Partita
Alfonso Alberti, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, Arturo Tamayo
Classique - Paru chez Stradivarius le 8 mars 2012
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Wagner: Die Walküre
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Wolfgang Windgassen
Opéra - Paru chez The Art Of Singing le 5 nov. 2015
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Puccini: Le Villi, SC 60: Se come voi piccina io fossi (Musical Moments)
Nadine Sierra, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, Riccardo Frizza
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 14 mai 2021
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Wagner: Siegfried
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Ludwig Suthaus
Opéra - Paru chez The Art Of Singing le 5 nov. 2015
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3
Behzod Abduraimov, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, Juraj Valčuha
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 2014
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Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai
Opéra - Paru chez Bongiovanni le 1 déc. 2014
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L'art du chant, vol. 5 (Mono Version)
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, Arturo Basile, Maria Callas
Divers - Paru chez BNF Collection le 1 janv. 1963
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Lehár: Der Zarewitsch: Einer wird kommen (Musical Moments)
Nadine Sierra, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, Riccardo Frizza
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 26 août 2022
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, Op. 92 & Triple Concerto, Op. 56 (Live)
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, Salvatore Accardo, Mario Rossi, Ludovico Lessona, Italo Lana
Classique - Paru chez Urania Records le 19 juin 2020
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