Concertgebouworkest

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Concertgebouworkest · The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is a Dutch symphony orchestra from Amsterdam. It was founded in 1888, a few months after the Concertgebouw opened, and gave its first concert on 3 November of that year under the first chief conductor, Willem Kes. In 1988, in honour of its centenary, the orchestra received the prefix Royal. It is regarded as one of the best orchestras in the world.

Music and breakthrough

It is remarkable that in more than a hundred years the orchestra had only seven chief conductors. Willem Mengelberg stayed from 1895 to 1945 and brought the orchestra to an international level, with a preference for Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss. After him came, among others, Eduard van Beinum, Bernard Haitink, Riccardo Chailly and Mariss Jansons. The orchestra had a special bond with Mahler and held a Mahler festival in 1920. Almost a thousand recordings have been made of it. The list begins with Beethoven, with the Eroica and the Symphony no. 7 in 1950, and runs via Mahler's Le Chant de la Terre to Brahms and Bruckner.

Influence

For pop lovers the orchestra is interesting above all as a yardstick. Anyone who wants to hear how a great symphony orchestra sounds when playing in a hall with famous acoustics will find the reference here. The orchestra also plays in operas of the Dutch National Opera and releases its own recordings on the label RCO Live. It is thus an example of an institution that keeps classical music of all centuries alive.

Listening

Discography

Studio albums

• 1950Symphony no. 3 in E flat major, op. 55 "Eroica"
• 1950Symphony no. 7
• 1952Symphony no. 4 in G major
• 1957Beethoven: Symphonie No. 2, Op. 36 (Mono Version)
• 1957Le Chant de la Terre / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
• 1958Violin Concerto
• 1959Symphony no. 1
• 1959Variationen über ein Thema von Haydn „St. Antoni-Choral“ · Akademische Fest-Ouvertüre · Tragische Ouvertüre
• 1960Great C Major Symphony
• 1960Symphony In D Minor / Les Eolides
• 1961Symphony no. 4 in G major
• 1963Das Lied von der Erde
• 1963Symphony No. 3
• 1964Symphony no. 2
• 1965Bericht aan de levenden
• 1965Matthäus-Passion
• 1965Symphony in D major, no. 96 “Miracle” / Symphony in E-flat major, no. 99
• 1967Symphony no. 4
• 1968Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'
• 1968Sinfonie g-moll KV 550 / Sinfonie Es-dur KV 543
• 1969Symphony no. 3 “Eroica”
• 1969Symphony no. 6
• 1970Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta / Kodaly: Suite "Háry Janos"
• 1970Die Klavierkonzerte
• 1970Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83
• 1971La Mer / Trois Nocturnes
• 1971Symphony no. 5
• 1971Symphony no. 8 in E-flat “Symphony of a Thousand”
• 1972Symphony no. 1
• 1972The Last Six Symphonies
• 1974Symphonie fantastique, op. 14
• 1975Das Lied von der Erde
• 1975Symphony No. 5
• 1976Symphonies No. 5 and No. 8 «unfinished»
• 1976The Nutcracker
• 1976The Nutcracker: Excerpts
• 1977Boléro - La valse - Le tombeau de Couperin - Pavane pour une infante défunte
• 1977La mer / Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune / Rhapsodie pour clarinette / Marche écossaise
• 1978Holst: The Planets / Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches
• 1978Symphonie No. 9 "Du Nouveau Monde"
• 1979Beethoven Klavierkonzert Nr. 5 " Emperor " Concerto
• 1979Symphony in C / “Jeux d’enfants”
• 1980Scheherazade
• 1981Cello Concerto in B minor / Silent Woods
• 1981Symphony no. 14
• 1982Symphony no. 2
• 1982Symphony no. 5
• 1982Symphony No. 9
• 1983Concerto for Orchestra / Deux images op. 10
• 1983Overtures: Tannhäuser, Der fliegende Holländer, Die Feen
• 1983Piano Concerto no. 1
• 1983Symphonies 91 & 92 “Oxford”
• 1983Symphonies nos. 35 & 34
• 1983Symphony No. 12 The Year 1917 / Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes
• 1983Symphony no. 3 / Youth Symphony
• 1983Symphony no. 7
• 1983Symphony no. 8
• 1983Trois Nocturnes / Jeux
• 1984Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor / Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
• 1984Mozart: Double Concerto / Corea - Gulda: Compositions
• 1984Piano Concertos nos. 26 & 23
• 1984Symphony No. 1
• 1984Symphony no. 4
• 1984The Isle of the Dead, Op. 29 / Symphonic Dances
• 1985Bartók: Concerto for 2 Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra / Kodály: Dances of Galánta
• 1985Symphonies 32 & 36, Overture to Lucio Silla
• 1985Symphonies No. 6 & 11, Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes
• 1985Symphony No. 3 / Orchestral Set No. 2
• 1986Piano Concerto No. 3
• 1986Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4
• 1986Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4
• 1986Shostakovich: Cello Concerto no. 1 / Bloch: Schelomo
• 1986Symphonies nos. 68 & 100
• 1986Symphonies Nos. 83 "La Poule" & 82 "L'Ours"
• 1986Symphony no. 14 / 6 Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva
• 1986The Bells / Three Russian Songs
• 1987Concerto pour violon en ré opus 61
• 1987Piano Concerto no. 1 / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
• 1987Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"
• 1987Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
• 1987Ravel: Boléro / Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition etc
• 1987Symphonies Nos. 21, 31, 35, & 36
• 1987Symphony / Symphonic Variations
• 1987Symphony no. 5 / Dreams
• 1987Symphony no. 5 / Symphony no. 6 “Pastoral”
• 1987Symphony no. 8 "Unfinished" / Rosamunde
• 1987Symphony no. 9 "From the New World" / Symphonic Variations
• 1987Symphony no. 9 / Carnival Overture
• 1988Die Fledermaus
• 1988Het concert van de eeuw
• 1988Manfred Symphony
• 1988Symphonie Nr. 9
• 1988Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
• 1988Symphony no. 1 / Academic Festival Overture
• 1988Symphony No. 4 in G Major
• 1989A Midsummer Night's Dream / Rosamunde
• 1989Böcklin Suite / Hiller Variations
• 1989Des Knaben Wunderhorn
• 1989Don Giovanni
• 1989Doppelkonzert / Krönungskonzert
• 1989Flute Concertos
• 1989Klavierkonzerte
• 1989Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D - “The Titan”
• 1989Salieri: Prima la musica, poi le parole / Mozart: Der Schauspieldirektor
• 1989Symphonie no. 1
• 1989Symphonies nos. 30, 33 & 34
• 1989Symphonies nos. 31 "Paris" / 35 "Haffner" / 36 "Linz"
• 1989Symphonies nos. 40, 38 “Prague” & 32
• 1989Symphony no. 1
• 1989Symphony no. 2
• 1989Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" / Overtures "Leonore III" & "Fidelio"
• 1989Symphony No. 4
• 1989Symphony No. 9 "Choral Symphony"
• 1989The Nutcracker Suite
• 1990Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 / Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll
• 1990Da Capo: Die Teldec Klassik Edition, Folge 1: Arien und Chöre
• 1990Formazioni / Folk Songs / Sinfonia
• 1990Grosse Komponisten und ihre Musik 34: Sibelius - Symphonie Nr. 2 D-Dur Op. 43 / Finlandia Op. 26
• 1990Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 99 & 101 'The Clock'
• 1990La mer, Nocturnes, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
• 1990Má vlast
• 1990Mahler 6 / Zemlinsky: 6 Maeterlinck-Lieder
• 1990Missa Solemnis
• 1990Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite
• 1990Piano Concerto no. 1
• 1990Piano Concertos: no. 1 in D-flat, op. 10 / no. 4 in B-flat, op. 53 / no. 5 in G, op. 55
• 1990Piano Concertos: No. 2 in G minor, op. 16 / No. 3 in C major, op. 26
• 1990Saul en David • Amphitrion • Cyrano de Bergerac • The Taming of the Shrew
• 1990Sinfonia Sacra / Arbor Cosmica
• 1990Symphonien Nr. 1 & 4
• 1990Symphonien Nr. 5 & 6 "Pastorale"
• 1990Symphonies nos. 2 & 3
• 1990Symphonies Nos. 21 - 25
• 1990Symphonies Nos. 26 - 29
• 1990Symphonies nos. 39 & 41
• 1990Symphonies nos. 5 & 7
• 1990Symphony no. 4
• 1990Symphony No. 9
• 1991Così fan tutte
• 1991Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 / Ravel: Ma Mère L'oye
• 1991Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
• 1991Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf / Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Ravel: Mother Goose
• 1991Serenades op.11 & op.16
• 1991St. Matthew Passion: Highlights
• 1991Symphonies nos. 2 & 3
• 1991Symphony no. 1 / Academic Festival Overture / Tragic Overture
• 1991Symphony No. 10
• 1992Concerto Grosso no. 4 (Symphony no. 5) / Concerto Grosso no. 3
• 1992Jeu de cartes / Orpheus
• 1992Kammermusik no. 1-7
• 1992Le Sacre Du Printemps / Symphony No.1
• 1992Sir Neville Marriner - Elgar - Enigma Variations, Pomp & Circumstance Marches
• 1992Symphonie fantastique ∙ Le Carnaval romain
• 1992Symphonies nos. 35 & 36
• 1992Symphonies nos. 40 & 41 “Jupiter”
• 1992Symphony no. 101 “The Clock” / Symphony no. 102
• 1992Symphony No. 103 “Drum Roll” / Symphony no. 104 “London”
• 1992Symphony No. 4
• 1992Symphony No. 7
• 1993Brahms: Double Concerto / Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
• 1993Brahms: Symphony no. 3 / Schoenberg: Kammersinfonie, op. 9
• 1993Die Neunte
• 1993Faust Symphony
• 1993Le Sacre Du Printemps • Petrouchka
• 1993Orchestral Music
• 1993Symphonies 93, 100, 68
• 1993Symphonies nos. 25, 26 & 28
• 1993Symphonies nos. 29, 30 & 31 “Paris”
• 1993Symphonies nos. 32, 33 & 34
• 1993Symphonies nos. 7, 8 & 9 "New World"
• 1993Symphony No. 1 / The Isle of the dead
• 1993Symphony no. 11 in G minor, op. 103 “The Year 1905”
• 1993Symphony no. 13
• 1993Symphony no. 15, op. 141 / From Jewish Folk Poetry, op. 79
• 1993Symphony No. 3 / Symphonic Dances
• 1993Symphony no. 6 "Pastoral" / Symphony no. 8
• 1993Symphony no. 6 / Symphony no. 12
• 1993Symphony no. 96 "The Miracle" / Symphony no. 97
• 1993Tchaikovsky Orchestral Works
• 1993The Firebird / A Night on the Bare Mountain
• 1993The Jazz Album
• 1993The Kondrashin Recordings: Prokofiev: Symphony no. 3 / Shostakovich: Symphony no. 9
• 1993Turangalîla‐Symphonie
• 1994Favourite Violin Concertos
• 1994La Mer, Three Nocturnes, Prélude à L'après-Midi D'un Faune
• 1994Le Nozze di Figaro
• 1994Lyrische Symphonie / Symphonische Gesänge
• 1994Orchestral Music
• 1994Prokofiev: Symphony no. 3 / Varèse: Arcana / Mosolov: Iron Foundry
• 1994Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Stravinsky: Scherzo Fantastique
• 1994Romeo & Juliet: Highlights
• 1994Schéhérazade / Capriccio Espagnol / La Grande Pâque Russe
• 1994Spring Symphony / Four Sea Interludes / The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
• 1994Symphonies nos. 94, 100 & 101: Surprise - Military - Clock
• 1994Symphony No.7 / Symphony No.9 "From The New World"
• 1994Thamos, König in Ägypten / Der Schauspieldirektor
• 1994The Nutcracker: Complete Ballet / The Sleeping Beauty: Highlights
• 1994Violin Concerto / 2 Romances
• 1995Adagietto
• 1995Concerto for 7 wind instruments / Ballades
• 1995Debussy: La Mer / Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune - Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte / Ma Mère L'Oye
• 1995Die Fledermaus
• 1995Mahler 7 / Diepenbrock: Im großen Schweigen
• 1995Musique pour l'esprit en deuil / Concerto voor strijkorkest
• 1995Petrushka / Pulcinella
• 1995Ravel : Daphnis et Chloé / Debussy : Khamma
• 1995Symphonies no. 38 'Prague' & no. 39
• 1995Symphony no. 1 / Symphony no. 4 "Tragic" / Overture in the Italian Style
• 1995Symphony no. 3
• 1995The Sleeping Beauty
• 1995Violinkonzert / Konzert für Violine und Cello
• 1996Mahler: 1 / Berg/Verbey: Sonata, op. 1
• 1996Moses und Aron
• 1996Orchestral Songs
• 1996Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4
• 1997Apollon Musagète; Scherzo Fantastique; The Firebird Suite
• 1997Piano Concerto no. 2
• 1997Symphonies Nos. 101 "The Clock" / 102 / 103 "Drumroll" / 104 "London"
• 1997Symphonies nos. 40 & 25
• 1997The Symphonies
• 1997Violin Concerto / Double Concerto
• 1997Violin Concerto / Tragic Overture
• 1997Zemlinsky: A Florentine Tragedy / Alma Mahler: Lieder
• 1998Concerto for Orchestra / Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
• 1998St. John Passion / Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
• 1998Symphony no. 5
• 1998Symphony no. 9: Das Lied von der Erde
• 1998The Complete Works
• 1998Violin Concertos
• 1999Bruckner: Symphony 6 / Wolf: 4 Goethe-Lieder
• 1999Mahler: Symphony no. 4 / Berg: Seven Early Songs
• 1999The Film Album
• 2000Mengelberg Maestro Appassionato
• 2000Missa Solemnis
• 2000Pagliacci
• 2000Piano Concertos
• 2000Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5 "Emperor"
• 2000Symphony no. 5 in B-flat
• 2000Symphony no. 9 “From the New World” / The Water Goblin
• 2000Trois Nocturnes / La Mer / Images pour orchestre
• 2000Violin Concerto / Double Concerto for Violin & Violoncello
• 200112 Orchestral Songs / Tod und Verklärung
• 2001Mahler 8
• 2001Piano Concerto no. 1 / Ballades op. 10
• 2001Piano Concerto No. 2 / Rhapsodies Op. 79
• 2001Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 26 'Coronation'
• 2001Piano Concertos nos. 4 & 5 "Emperor"
• 2001Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 / Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
• 2001Symphonies 40 & 41 “Jupiter”
• 2002Bruckner 8
• 2002Des Knaben Wunderhorn
• 2002Dvořák: Symphony 9 / Ravel: Ma mère l'oye
• 2002Mahler - Symphonie N°7, "Lied Der Nacht"
• 2002Symphony no. 2 "Resurrection"
• 2002Symphony no. 3 / Academic Festival Overture / Tragic Overture
• 2002Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor
• 2002The Miraculous Mandarin / Concerto for Orchestra
• 2003Orchestral Works
• 2003Piano Concerto / The Golden Spinning Wheel
• 2003Serenade
• 2003Sinfonías nº 5 y 8 “Incompleta”
• 2003Stabat Mater
• 2003Symphonies 1 & 9, Te Deum
• 2004Mahler 3 / Bach-Suite
• 2004Mahler 9
• 2004Symphony no. 6 "Pathétique" / Serenade for Strings
• 2004The Radio Recordings
• 2005Das Klagende Lied / Symphony no. 10
• 2005Franck: Symphony in d / French Music
• 2005Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 88 & 99 / Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
• 2006250th Anniversary Edition: Symphonies
• 2006Mahler: Symphony no. 6 / Henze: Sebastian im Traum
• 2006Poulenc: Gloria / Honegger: Symphony No. 3 'Liturgique'
• 2006Tsjaikovski: Symfonieen, vioolconcert, pianoconcert, notenkraker, doornroosje, zwanenmeer
• 2006Violin Concertos
• 2007Mengelberg Conducts Beethoven
• 2007Violin Concerto / Academic Festival Overture / Tragic Overture / Alto Rhapsody
• 2008Debussy: La mer / Dutilleux: L'Arbre des songes / Ravel: La valse
• 2008Don Juan / Eine Alpensinfonie
• 2008Lulu Suite / Drei Orchesterstücke
• 2008Symfonie no. 2
• 2008Symphony no. 5
• 2008The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34
• 2009Symphonies nos. 3 & 4
• 2009Szenen aus Goethes Faust
• 2009The Piano Concertos
• 2010Scenes from Swan Lake
• 2011Beethoven: Symphony no. 4 / Schubert: Symphony no. 9 'Great'
• 2011Janáček: Sinfonietta / Bartók: Concerto for Viola and Orchestra / Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht
• 2011Symphony no. 15
• 2011Violin Concertos
• 2012Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Op. 123
• 2012Symphonies nos. 1 & 5
• 2012Symphony No. 4 "Romantic"
• 2012Symphony no. 8 "Unfinished" / Symphony no. 5
• 2013Don Juan / Eine Alpensinfonie
• 2013Symphony No. 10
• 2013Symphony no. 7
• 2013Symphony no. 8
• 2014Symphonic Rarities
• 2015Brahms / Ein Deutsches Requiem
• 2015Double Concerto
• 2015Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7
• 2016Pro Contra! Works for Bassoon & Contrabassoon
• 2016Symphonie Fantastique
• 2016Symphony No. 9
• 2017Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary / Handel: Royal Fireworks Music / Water Music / JC Bach: Symphonies
• 2017Into the Little Hill / Dream of the Song / Flight
• 2017Lohengrin
• 2017Oboe Concerto / Wind Serenade / Wind Sonatina no. 2
• 2017Rimsky‐Korsakov: Scheherazade / Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
• 2017Saint-Saëns / Poulenc / Say
• 2017Symphonies No. 2 & 5
• 2018Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3
• 2018Bruckner: Symphony No. 5, Organ music from the Basilika
• 2018Charles Münch conducts Brahms
• 2018Erich Kleiber conducts Beethoven and Mozart
• 2018Orchestral Works
• 2018Strauss: Salome
• 2019Mahler 1
• 2019Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Daniele Gatti
• 2020Gran Partita
• 2020Symphonies 1-9
• 2020Symphonies nos. 7 & 8
• 2020The 9 Symphonies by Willem Mengelberg
• 2022Violin Concerto, op. 61 / Symphony no. 2
• 2023Overtures
• 2023Symphonies nos. 1 & 3
• 2023Symphonies nos. 2 & 4
• 2023Symphony in D
• 2023Symphony no. 15
• 2023The Nutcracker, op. 71
• 2023Violin Concerto / Sanctus (Missa solemnis)
• 2024Historical Mahler, Vol. 7 (Remastered 2023)
• 2024Symphonies nos. 3 & 4
• 2024Symphony No. 4 in G Major (Remastered 2024)
• 2024Symphony No. 6 ‘Pastoral’
• 2025Complete Symphonies
• 2026Dvořák: Symphonies No. 7, No. 9 "From the New World" & The Wild Dove
• ?Also Sprach Zarathustra / Don Juan
• ?Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 / Mozart: Symphony no. 40
• ?Brahms: Symphony no. 2 / Strauss: Don Juan / Wagner: Meistersinger
• ?Double Concerto
• ?Famous Orchestral Works
• ?Famous Overtures by Rossini
• ?Franck: Psyché / Variations symphoniques / Ravel: Boléro / La Valse / Rapsodie espagnole
• ?Johannes-Passion: Chöre und Arien
• ?Konzert für Orchester / Konzert für zwei Klaviere, Schlagzeug & Orchester
• ?L’Oiseau de feu
• ?La Mer / Ibéria / Prélude á l’apres-midi d’un faun
• ?Ma Patrie en 2 disques
• ?Pictures at an Exhibition / Night on the Bare Mountain
• ?Rosamunde, Incidental Music
• ?Schubert: Symphony no. 8 (9) 'The Great' / Rosamunde / Gluck: Alceste
• ?Serenade in A major, op. 16
• ?Sinfonía 92 "Oxford", 94 "Sorpresa" y 96 "Milagro"
• ?Sinfonie Nr. 9 "Aus der neuen Welt"
• ?Sinfonien Nr. 33 B-dur KV 319 / Nr. 34 C-dur KV 338 / Nr. 32 G-dur KV 318
• ?Symphonie No. 3 "Rheinische" / Ouvertüre zu "Manfred"
• ?Symphonie Nr. 4 / Haydn-Variationen
• ?Symphonien 2 & 8
• ?Symphonies 6 & 8 / "Egmont" Overture
• ?Symphonies 93, 94 "Surprise" & 96 "Miracle"
• ?Symphonies 98 & 99
• ?Symphonies and Concertos
• ?Symphonies nos 2 & 4
• ?Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6
• ?Symphonies Nos. 5 & 8
• ?Symphonies nos. 68 & 100
• ?Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
• ?Symphonies nos. 94, 104
• ?Symphony no. 1
• ?Symphony no. 1 • 3 “Eroica”
• ?Symphony no. 1 in C minor, op. 68
• ?Symphony no. 2 / Wunderhorn-Lieder
• ?Symphony no. 3
• ?Symphony no. 4
• ?Symphony no. 4
• ?Symphony No. 4 / Haydn Variations
• ?Symphony no. 6
• ?Symphony no. 7
• ?Symphony No. 7
• ?Symphony no. 8 / Symphony no. 10 (Adagio)
• ?Symphony no. 9 in D minor, WAB 109
• ?Symphony No. 9; Lieder aus "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"
• ?Thamos
• ?Tot und Verklärung / Til Eulenspiegel / Don Juan
• ?Variations on a Theme of Haydn (“St. Antoni Chorale”), op. 56a
• ?Violin Concerto
• ?Violin Concertos
• ?Violinkonzert / “Egmont” Ouvertüre
• ?Wien feiert / Vienna celebrates / Vienne celebre

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