Staatskapelle Berlin
The Staatskapelle Berlin, or Berlin State Orchestra, has an extraordinarily long history the reflects much of the central European history of music in its relationship to the state. Since the ascension of international superstar conductor Daniel Barenboim to the podium in 1992, the group has emerged as a major force on the international concert and recording scene. Several dates may be given for the founding of what became the Staatskapelle Berlin, but it took shape in the middle and late 16th century as the court of the Elector of Brandenburg developed new musical ensembles and began to forge close ties with the Prussian monarchy. In 1701 it became the Royal Prussian Court Orchestra, and as such attracted top musicians including Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and Johann Joachim Quantz. In 1783 the orchestra gave one of the first modern symphonic concerts, independently of the court, at the Hotel Paris, and through the 19th century it was a giant of European musical life, with conductors including Spontini, Meyerbeer, and, from 1899 to 1913, Richard Strauss. For all of this period, and down to the present day, the orchestra also served as the house orchestra of the Royal Court Opera, established in 1742 by Frederick the Great and in modern times renamed the Berlin State Opera. The same conductor serves as Staatskapellmeister or state music director of both ensembles. During World War II, Herbert von Karajan served as music director. After the war, due to its location in East Berlin, the orchestra came under the control of what would become East Germany. It maintained some connections with the non-Communist West; its conductor from 1964 to 1990 was the Austrian Otmar Suitner, who was able to travel fairly freely between East and West. After German reunification, Daniel Barenboim became the orchestra's first non-German conductor in modern times and has been successful in bringing the orchestra's international profile to a new level. The orchestra made its first appearance at the BBC Proms in 2013 (in a cycle of Wagner's Ring operas), and in 2017 performed a complete cycle of Bruckner's symphonies at Carnegie Hall in New York (the first-ever such cycle mounted in the U.S.). The orchestra has recorded prolifically for Deutsche Grammophon, Decca, Teldec, Denon, Berlin Classics, and Warner Classics, among other labels, releasing a set of Brahms' four symphonies with Barenboim conducting in 2018.
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Dvořák: Slavonic Dance in C Major, Op. 46 No. 1
Staatskapelle Berlin, Erich Kleiber
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1929
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J. Strauss II: Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333
Staatskapelle Berlin, Robert Heger
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1928
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Beethoven: Symphonies No. 2, 5 & 9
Staatskapelle Berlin, Ludwig van Beethoven, Hans Vonk
Classical - Released by Denon on 1 Jan 2010
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Verdi: Don Carlo: Per me giunto è il di supremo
Heinrich Schlusnus, Staatskapelle Berlin, Clemens Krauss
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 11 Jun 1936
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Smetana: The Moldau (Excerpt)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Erich Kleiber
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1928
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Ziehrer: Sei gepriesen, du lauschige Nacht
Julius Patzak, Staatskapelle Berlin
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1931
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Strauss: Die Fledermaus: Part 4
Else Ruziczka, Adele Kern, Staatskapelle Berlin, Hermann Weigert
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1929
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Beethoven: Orchestral Works
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Staatskapelle Berlin, Carl Schuricht
Classical - Released by Archipel on 1 Jan 2002
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Künneke: Das Leben des Schrenk
Helge Rosvaenge, Staatskapelle Berlin, Eduard Künneke
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1935
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Wagner: Parsifal: Closing Scene (Arr. for Orchestra)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Max von Schillings
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1927
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Puccini: La Boheme
Staatskapelle Berlin, Alberto Erede, Chor der Berliner Staatsoper
Opera - Released by Cantus Classics on 1 Jan 1960
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Millöcker: Nimm mein Herz in deine Hände
Johannes Heesters, Staatskapelle Berlin, Alois Melichar
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 22 Jun 1936
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Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72: Gott, welch' Dunkel hier
Franz Völker, Staatskapelle Berlin, Alois Melichar
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1933
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Leoncavallo: Pagliacci: Prologue
Umberto Urbano, Staatskapelle Berlin, Manfred Gurlitt
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1928
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Nova: Dessau: Einstein
Staatskapelle Berlin, Peter Schreier, Theo Adam, Otmar Suitner, Chor der Staatsoper Berlin
Full Operas - Released by Eterna on 1 Jan 1978
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Beethoven: Egmont (Musik zu Goethes Trauerspiel)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Heinz Bongartz
Symphonic Music - Released by Eterna on 1 Jan 1970
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Opera Arias: Ute Trekel-Burckhardt (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Pietro Metastasio - Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky)
Ute Trekel-Burckhardt, Siegfried Kurz, Staatskapelle Berlin
Opera - Released by Eterna on 1 Jan 1989
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Haydn: Sinfonien No. 6-8
Staatskapelle Berlin, Günther Herbig
Symphonic Music - Released by Eterna on 14 Feb 2007
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Lortzing: Der Waffenschmied
Staatskapelle Berlin, Chor der Staatsoper Berlin, Heinz Fricke
Opera - Released by Eterna on 1 Jan 1964
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Goldmann, F.: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3 / Inclination Temporum (Friedrich Goldmann)
Symphonic Music - Released by Berlin Classics on 1 Jan 1979
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MATTHUS, S.: Graf Mirabeau [Opera] (Fricke)
Staatskapelle Berlin, René Pape, Heinz Fricke, Chor der Staatsoper Berlin
Full Operas - Released by Eterna on 1 Jan 1989
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