Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Torino
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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Xenakis : Orchestral Works
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Torino, Hague Residentie Orchestra, Arturo Tamayo
Symphonic Music - Released by Mode Records on Oct 27, 2017
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Fedele: Scena, Ruah & Cello Concerto
Pascal Rophé, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Torino, Giampaolo Pretto, Jean-Guihen Queyras
Classical - Released by Stradivarius on Sep 15, 2003
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Giacinto Scelsi Collection, Vol. 3
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Torino, Tito Ceccherini, Francesco Dillon, Ensemble di Percussioni Naqqara
Classical - Released by Stradivarius on Jun 20, 2009
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Pizzetti: Symphony in A Major & Harp Concerto in E-Flat Major
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Torino, Margherita Bassani, Damian Iorio
Classical - Released by Naxos on May 12, 2017
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Dallapiccola: Orchestral Works
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Torino, Pascal Rophé, Jean-Guihen Queyras
Classical - Released by Stradivarius on Nov 23, 2004
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Donzietti: Caterina Cornaro
Classical - Released by Bongiovanni on Jul 25, 2006
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The Complete Tchaikovsky
Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Torino, Berliner Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler
Classical - Released by Andromeda on Mar 7, 2012
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Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Opera - Released by Urania Records on Feb 26, 2002
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Romitelli: Audiodrome
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Milano, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Torino, Peter Rundel, Donatienne Michel-Dansac
Classical - Released by Stradivarius on Jun 28, 2007
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Ponchielli: I Lituani (Live)
Opera - Released by Bongiovanni on Jan 1, 2005
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Wilhelm Furtwängler & The RAI Orchestra (Live)
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Torino, Gioconda De Vito, Berliner Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler
Classical - Released by Myto Historical on Feb 1, 2015
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica" & Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Torino, Berliner Philharmoniker, Sergiù Celibidache
Classical - Released by Archipel on Aug 13, 2007
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Wilhelm Furtwängler Conducts Brahms
Gioconda De Vito, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, NDR Sinfonieorchester, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Torino, Wilhelm Furtwängler
Classical - Released by Myto Historical on Feb 1, 2015
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Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9 - Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - Franck: Symphony in D Minor (Live)
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Roma, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Torino, Sergiù Celibidache
Classical - Released by Urania Records on Aug 14, 2012
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Donizetti: La favorita
Classical - Released by Urania Records on Jan 20, 2017
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Francesconi: Cobalt Scarlet & Rest
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Torino, Anssi Karttunen, Roberto Abbado
Classical - Released by Stradivarius on Feb 11, 2005
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7 (Live)
Orchestra Alessandro Scarlatti di Napoli della RAI, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Torino, Rudolf Kempe
Classical - Released by Archipel on Mar 26, 2021
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, WWV 96 (Sung in Italian)
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Torino
Opera - Released by Datum on Mar 9, 2018
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Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3 (Live)
Dino Ciani, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Torino, Bruno Bartoletti, Vittorio Gui
Classical - Released by DOREMI on Nov 2, 2004
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Solbiati: Sinfonia seconda, Sinfonia & Die Sterne des Leidlands
Daniel Kawka, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Torino
Classical - Released by Stradivarius on Apr 13, 2007
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Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major "Titan" & Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Gustav Mahler, Igor Markevitch, Orchestre National de France, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Torino, Eugenia Zareska, Carl Schuricht
Classical - Released by Stradivarius on Jan 30, 1989
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