Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
The Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, often styled in Germany as the hr_Sinfonieorchester (Hessischer Rundfunk [i.e., Hessian Radio] Symphony Orchestra), has a long history on radio in southwestern Germany and has, since the 1960s, ascended to international prominence.
Orchestral music on Frankfurt Radio dates back to the 1920s, and a Frankfurter Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester was founded in 1929 by conductor Hans Rosbaud. The group's association with the regional Hessian Radio network began in 1950. Conductors after World War II shaped the orchestra into an ensemble that covered mainstream Classical-Romantic repertory and also performed contemporary music on occasion.
All the orchestra's conductors since 1961 have been non-German. Key figures in the group's ascent to international prominence were African-American conductor Dean Dixon, principal conductor from 1961 to 1974, and Israeli Eliahu Inbal, who held the baton from 1974 to 1990. During that period the orchestra was the first to record the original versions of several of Anton Bruckner's symphonies. Dmitri Kitayenko (1990-1996) steered the orchestra toward German and Russian mainstream repertory, while American Hugh Wolff (1997-2006) introduced influences from the historical performance movement. Paavo Järvi was chief conductor from 2006 to 2013, and since 2014 the post has been held by Colombia's Andrés Orozco-Estrada.
Many of the orchestra's recordings have been made for the audiophile labels Teldec, Denon, ECM, and Wergo. In the mid-2010s the group recorded for RCA, and Järvi rejoined the orchestra in 2018 for recordings on Naïve of music by Brahms and Bach arranged by Schoenberg and Webern, and by Hindemith. The hr_Sinfonieorchester performs concerts at the Alte Oper in Frankfurt as well as originating regular broadcasts from the hr Sendesaal studio.
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The Thief of Bagdad (Reconstructed Silent Film Score) [Live]
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mark Fitz-Gerald
Symphonic Music - Lançado por First Hand Records em 04/03/2022
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 3
Eliahu Inbal, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics International em 01/01/1990
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Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 2 - Konzertmusik
Siegfried Mauser, Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Werner Andreas Albert
Classical - Lançado por CPO em 01/07/2013
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Morton Feldman: Violin And Orchestra
Carolin Widmann, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Emilio Pomarico
Classical - Lançado por ECM New Series em 30/04/2013
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 23 & Piano Sonata No. 5 in G Major, K. 283
Philippe Entremont, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jean Entremont
Classical - Lançado por Jube Classic em 09/04/2021
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Mahler: Symphonies No. 4 & 7
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Lançado por Denon em 01/01/2009
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W.A. Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 21 in C Major, K. 467; Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-Flat Major, K. 595
Lars Vogt, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
Classical - Lançado por Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin em 02/09/2013
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Space Table Symphony (Le Shuuk Remix)
Breiter Bernd, David Garrett, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Le Shuuk
Classical - Lançado por BigCityBeats Recordings em 10/06/2022
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
Paavo Järvi, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Lançado por Sony Music Labels Inc. em 20/05/2013
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Lortzing: Zar und Zimmermann
Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Carl-Alexander Häfner, Sanders Schier
Opera - Lançado por The Art Of Singing em 04/03/2016
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Hommage à Horațiu Rădulescu: Complete Works for Piano
Ortwin Sturmer, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lothar Zagrosek
Classical - Lançado por NEOS Music em 02/11/2018
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Symphony No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 30
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Constantin Trinks
Classical - Lançado por Profil em 27/01/2023
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Schmitt: La Tragédie de Salomé & Chant élégiaque
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alain Altinoglu
Classical - Lançado por Alpha Classics em 10/05/2024
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Now Your Colors Sing
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Lançado por Innova em 22/05/2020
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Prokofiev: Cello Concerto, Op. 58 - Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 107
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Steven Isserlis, Paavo Järvi
Classical - Lançado por Hyperion em 02/03/2015
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Christian Ofenbauer: 2 Frankfurter Préludes (Live)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Tamayo
Classical - Lançado por NEOS Music em 23/08/2019
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Benjamin Symphonie 2
Lini Gong, Kinderchor der Oper Frankfurt, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Peter Ruzicka
Classical - Lançado por haenssler CLASSIC em 22/12/2023
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Prelude (From "The Thief of Bagdad" [1924]) [Live]
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mark Fitz-Gerald
Symphonic Music - Lançado por First Hand Records em 04/02/2022
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Schumann: Symphony No. 4 & Overture to Genoveva (Mono Version)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Otto Ackermann
Miscellaneous - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1959
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 2
Paavo Järvi, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Lançado por Sony Music Labels Inc. em 21/09/2016
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" (Live)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Lançado por Archipel em 14/05/2009
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