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SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern
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The SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern was a German radio orchestra from Kaiserslautern, attached to the public broadcaster Südwestrundfunk, the broadcaster for the south-west of Germany. That broadcaster came into being on 1 January 1998 from the merger of Südwestfunk in Baden-Baden and Süddeutscher Rundfunk in Stuttgart. The orchestra then came under the SWR and took the name of the broadcaster.
Music and breakthrough
The orchestra is known above all for record recordings of classical repertoire, often with soloists and with lesser-known composers alongside the great names. The list of recordings includes Clarinet Concertos (2005), Complete Piano Concertos (2007), Swedish & Russian Dances (2008) and Violin Concertos 15, 18 & 19 (2009). There was also a release of Peter und der Wolf with excerpts from fairy-tale operas.
Influence
Radio orchestras of this kind played an important role in German musical culture: they recorded concerts for the radio, supported soloists and released repertoire that commercial labels often left aside. The recordings of this orchestra sound polished and clear, without great effects, and are valuable above all as documentation of the broad classical tradition.
Listening
Discography
Studio albums
- 1990Peter und der Wolf und Auszüge aus Märchenopern
- 1992Vivaldi: Concertos for Guitar and Orchestra / Albrechtsberger: Concerto for Recorder, Guitar and Orchestra
- 1997Classic Masters: Novák: Abertura "Marysa" / Suite eslovaca / Dvořák: Suite em lá maior
- 2004French Concertos for Two Pianos
- 2005Clarinet Concertos
- 2005Concerto for Piano, Trumpet, and String Orchestra no. 1, op. 35 / Concertino, op. 94 / Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 2, op. 102
- 2006Symphonies No.2 & 6
- 2007Complete Piano Concertos
- 2007Concerto symphonique / Concerto grosso no. 1 / Scherzo fantasque
- 2008Piano Concertos nos. 1, 5 & 6
- 2008Swedish & Russian Dances
- 2009Violin Concertos 15, 18 & 19
- 2009Violin Concertos nos. 7, 10 and 13
- 2009Weingartner: Violin Concerto / Schubert/Weingartner: Symphony in E
- 2011Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique' - Halmet Overture-Fantasia
- 2011Timeless/Zeitlos
- 2011Timeless/Zeitlos 2
- 2020Benedetto Marcello
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