Swedish Chamber Orchestra
The Swedish Chamber Orchestra has gained worldwide prominence since its founding under its current name in 1995, with conductor Thomas Dausgaard leading a merged ensemble of municipal orchestra players in the city of Örebro. The orchestra has often performed and recorded Romantic-era works at the ensemble size (about 40 players is typical) for which they were originally written.
Symphonic ensembles in Örebro date back to the early 19th century, and their emphasis has shifted between small-orchestra music-making and full symphonic scale. These ensembles received municipal funding and sometimes included military musicians as well as orchestral players, professional and amateur. The current Swedish Chamber Orchestra (Swedish: Svenska Kammarorchestern) was formed by the merger of the existing Örebro Symphony Orchestra and Örebro Chamber Orchestra.
Dausgaard assumed the conductorship in 1997 and launched a recording program that included a complete cycle of Beethoven's symphonies along with other orchestral music, an ambitious undertaking for a provincial Swedish ensemble. Those Beethoven albums have appeared on the Simax label. Further recordings have appeared on Naxos (often featuring neglected Swedish orchestral music), and, especially since 2010, Sweden's BIS label. Those recordings have included music not only of the early 19th century -- such as a cycle of Schubert symphonies, which easily fit the chamber orchestra format -- but also works by Bruckner, Wagner (the Siegfried Idyll and the Wesendonk-Lieder, with soprano Nina Stemme), and, in 2018, the Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73; Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56; and Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80.
The Swedish Chamber Orchestra tours and performs a full season at home at the Örebro Concert Hall. They have appeared at the BBC Proms, Lincoln Center in New York, and the Salzburg Festival. Dausgaard planned to step down as of 2019; Swedish clarinetist and conductor Martin Fröst was announced as his replacement. English conductor and keyboardist Andrew Manze has been one of the orchestra's few non-Swedish collaborators.
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Vasks: Violin Concerto / Musica Dolorosa / Viatore
Katarina Andreasson, Mats Levin, Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Klassiek - Released by BIS on 1 jan. 2004
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Mozart, Weber & Du Puy: Bassoon Concertos
Bram van Sambeek, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Alexei Ogrintchouk
Klassiek - Released by BIS on 3 apr. 2020
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The Brandenburg Project
Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard
Klassiek - Released by BIS on 9 apr. 2021
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Synergy
Sharon Bezaly, Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Klassiek - Released by BIS on 2 sep. 2022
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Schubert: The Symphonies
Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard
Klassiek - Released by BIS on 5 aug. 2022
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Schubert: Overture in Italian Style in C Major D. 591
Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Christian Lindberg
Klassiek - Released by EUROPEAN GRAMOPHONE on 26 jul. 2022
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Spohr: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 3 & 4
Michael Collins, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Robin O'Neill
Klassiek - Released by Hyperion on 1 mei 2008
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The Essential Schubert
Franz Schubert, Christian Lindberg, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Roland Pöntinen
Klassiek - Released by EUROPEAN GRAMOPHONE on 10 feb. 2023
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Katarina Andreasson
Klassiek - Released by Naxos Sweden on 1 mrt. 2006
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Lindberg: Trombone Concerto I, II & III
Christian Lindberg, ADDA Simfònica, MIN Ensemble, Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Klassiek - Released by EUROPEAN GRAMOPHONE on 16 mei 2023
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Spohr: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Michael Collins, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Robin O'Neill
Klassiek - Released by Hyperion on 1 apr. 2005
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Gruber, H.K.: Manhattan Broadcasts / Cello Concerto / Zeitfluren (Timescapes)
Robert Cohen, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, HK Gruber
Klassiek - Released by BIS on 1 jun. 2003
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Weill: Orchestral Works
Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Heinz Karl Gruber
Klassiek - Released by BIS on 3 feb. 2023
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Swedish Chamber Orchestra: In Focus
Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Christian Lindberg, Franz Schubert, Pacho Flores
Klassiek - Released by EUROPEAN GRAMOPHONE on 12 mrt. 2024
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David/Lindberg: Trombone Concerto (1837)
Christian Lindberg, Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Klassiek - Released by EUROPEAN GRAMOPHONE on 22 feb. 2024
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Best of Schubert Vol. 2
Franz Schubert, Christian Lindberg, Roland Pöntinen, Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Klassiek - Released by EUROPEAN GRAMOPHONE on 16 aug. 2022
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Beamish: Imagined Sound of Sun On Stone (The)
Sally Beamish, John Harle, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Ola Rudner
Klassiek - Released by BIS on 1 nov. 2000
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Classical Trombone Concertos
Christian Lindberg, Sharon Bezaly, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Klassiek - Released by BIS on 1 apr. 2004
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Antonio Vivaldi, Katarina Andreasson
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 1 mrt. 2006
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Dittersdorf & Vanhal: Double Bass Concertos
Chi-Chi Nwanoku, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Paul Goodwin
Klassiek - Released by Hyperion on 1 okt. 2000
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Nilsson / Hvoslef / Kaipainen: Concertos for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra
Rascher Saxophone Quartet, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Petter Sundkvist
Klassiek - Released by BIS on 31 okt. 2003
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