Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
The SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (in German: Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR) emerged under American military rule after World War II and developed into a major force in contemporary music. The orchestra ceased to exist in 2016 when it was merged into the new SWR Symphony Orchestra.
The SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra was formed in 1945 as the Symphony Orchestra of Radio Stuttgart (Sinfonieorchester von Radio Stuttgart) as the American military government reopened Radio Stuttgart and established a live orchestra for its broadcasts. The radio station soon became South German Radio, or Süddeutsche Rundfunk, and the orchestra was renamed Sinfonieorchester des Süddeutschen Rundfunks. In 1959, the orchestra became the Südfunk-Sinfonieorchester, and in 1975, it took its current name, with SWR standing for Südwestrundfunk, or Southwest Radio. From the beginning, the orchestra attracted top German musicians eager to get back to music-making, and leading conductors and soloists signed on for guest slots, quickly raising the group's profile beyond the region. In 1948, Hans Müller-Kray became the group's first permanent conductor and its only German one; his successors were Sergiu Celibidache (1971 until 1977, who raised the orchestra's international profile), Neville Marriner (1983 until 1989), Gianluigi Gelmetti (1989 until 1998), Roger Norrington (1998 until 2011), and Stéphane Denève (2011 until 2016). In addition to radio broadcasts, the orchestra performed some 80 concerts a year in Stuttgart and around the radio network's coverage area. It performed traditional repertory but soon established itself as a promoter of contemporary music, with a long list of contemporary composers including Pierre Boulez, Hans-Werner Henze, and Krzysztof Penderecki conducting the group in their own works. In 2012, the SWR's governing council approved a proposal to merge the SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra and the SWR Baden-Baden Freiburg Symphony Orchestra into a new SWR Symphonieorchester (SWR Symphony Orchestra). Despite international protests, the merger was implemented, and Norrington conducted the orchestra's final performance at the BBC Proms in 2016.
The SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra had a distinguished recording career that included at least 75 releases covering a wide variety of repertory and winning several major industry awards. Many were recorded for the Hänssler Classic label. The orchestra's catalog of recordings continued to grow after its dissolution as the SWR Music house label reissued some of its classic performances. In 2020, that label issued the orchestra's complete recordings of Beethoven's symphonies, recorded in 2002.
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Khachaturian / Bartok : Concertos pour violon (Historical Recordings, 1962 & 1967)
Ida Haendel, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Hans Müller-Kray
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on Mar 28, 2011
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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24, K. 491 (Live)
Paul Badura-Skoda, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Carl Schuricht
Classical - Released by SWR Mediaservices GmbH on Oct 1, 2014
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Classic Collection - Strauss, R.: Also Sprach Zarathustra / Metamorphosen / Don Juan / Till Eulenspiegel / Rosenkavalier Suite
Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Hartmut Haenchen, Sir Neville Marriner
Classical - Released by CapriccioNR on Jan 1, 2004
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Schumann: Manfred - Delius: Sea Drift & Concert Overtures
Classical - Released by Urania Records on Jan 5, 2018
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Suites orchestrales (Intégrale)
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart & Neville Marriner
Classical - Released by Brilliant Classics on May 1, 2012
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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Live)
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Yvi Janicke, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Christian Elsner
Classical - Released by Orfeo on Jan 1, 2016
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Mozart: Violin Concertos
Johanna Martzy, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Hans Müller-Kray
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on Mar 3, 2015
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Mozart : Symphonies n°19, 34 & 36 (Vol. 5)
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Roger Norrington
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on Jan 1, 2000
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MAHLER: Symphony No. 2 (Norrington)
Sibylla Rubens, Iris Vermillion, MDR Rundfunkchor - Risto Joost, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Roger Norrington
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on Jan 1, 2006
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Weber, C.M. Von: Bassoon Concerto, Op. 75 / Andante E Rondo Ungarese / Brahms, J.: Double Concerto, Op. 102
Milan Turković, Ulf Hoelscher, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Wolfgang Boettcher, Sir Neville Marriner
Classical - Released by CapriccioNR on Jan 1, 1993
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Rihm: 2 Other Movements, Abkehr & Schattenstück
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Roger Norrington, Christian Arming
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on Jan 1, 2016
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Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" (Live)
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, István Kertész
Classical - Released by SWR Mediaservices GmbH on May 1, 2015
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Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219
Lola Bobesco, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Hans Müller-Kray
Classical - Released by SWR Mediaservices GmbH on Dec 1, 2014
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WAGNER: Symphonic Excerpts from Parsifal / TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6, "Pathetique"
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Roger Norrington
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on Jan 1, 2000
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Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor (Live)
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Roger Norrington
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on Sep 18, 2006
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MAHLER: Symphony No. 5
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Roger Norrington
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on Sep 18, 2006
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Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 (Live)
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Roger Norrington
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on Aug 2, 2011
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Concertos pour hautbois
Lajos Lencsés, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Bernhard Guller
Classical - Released by Capriccio on Jan 1, 2005
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Mahler : Symphony No. 9
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Roger Norrington
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on Apr 27, 2010
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Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major (Original 1888 Version) [Live]
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Roger Norrington
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on Jan 1, 2004
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Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944 "Great"
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Roger Norrington
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on Jan 1, 2000
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