Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

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The Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks is the symphony orchestra of the Bavarian broadcaster, based in Munich. It is one of the four major orchestras of the city. The orchestra was founded in 1949, with members of an earlier radio orchestra as its core. Eugen Jochum was the first chief conductor, until 1960. Rafael Kubelík, Colin Davis, Lorin Maazel and Mariss Jansons followed, the last leading the orchestra from 2003 until his death in 2019. Simon Rattle has taken over that role since the 2023 to 2024 season. The orchestra plays mainly in the Herkulessaal of the Münchner Residenz and in the Philharmonie am Gasteig.

Music and breakthrough

The orchestra is regarded as one of the best in Germany. The core of the repertoire is the symphonic music of the First Viennese School and of Romanticism. Contemporary music also has a permanent place there, partly thanks to the concert series musica viva, which the composer Karl Amadeus Hartmann founded. From the beginning the orchestra played works by Stravinsky and Milhaud, later also by Stockhausen, Kagel, Berio and Eötvös. Recordings have appeared on Deutsche Grammophon, RCA and EMI, among others, and since 2009 on its own label BR-Klassik. In 2006 it won a Grammy for the recording of Shostakovich's thirteenth symphony.

Influence

The orchestra shows how a broadcaster can build a sound world of its own, with an orchestra that reaches its audience via radio and record.

Listening

Discography

Studio albums

• 1953Carmina Burana
• 1963Quatre Concerti Grossi
• 1963Symphonie N° 4 - Ouverture Tragique
• 1964Missa in tempore Belli
• 1967Symphonie Nr. 2
• 1967Symphonie Nr. 3
• 1967Symphonie Nr. 5
• 1967Symphonie Nr. 6
• 1968Requiem: Grande Messe des Morts
• 1968Symphonie Nr. 1 D-dur »Der Titan«
• 1968Symphonie Nr. 4
• 1969Symphonie Nr. 2 »Auferstehung«
• 1971Berg: Violinkonzert / Martinon: Violinkonzert Nr. 2
• 1971Sinfonietta / Taras Bulba
• 1971Symphonie No. 7 - Kindertotenlieder
• 1971Symphonie Nr. 5 / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
• 1973J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248
• 1977Symphonies 1 & 4
• 1979Gesänge für Bariton und Orchester
• 1982Alceste
• 1982Altrhapsodie / Nänie / Gesang der Parzen / Begräbnisgesang
• 1982Piano Concertos nos. 21 & 22
• 1982Symphonies no. 38 "Prague" & no. 39
• 1982Symphony no. 35 "Haffner" / Symphony no. 36 "Linz"
• 1982Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K. 550 / Symphony no. 41 in C major, K. 551, "Jupiter"
• 1983Die Zauberflöte
• 1983Leonard Bernstein in Budapest
• 1983Mass in A flat major / Mass in C major
• 1983Oedipus Rex
• 1983Tristan und Isolde
• 1984Ein deutsches Requiem op. 45
• 1984Má Vlast
• 1984Symphonic Excerpts Featuring Themes From Visconti’s Film ‘Death in Venice’
• 1984Symphonie no. 3 “Liturgique” / Symphonie no. 5 “Di tre re”
• 1984Symphonien 1 & 5
• 1984Symphony no. 8
• 1985Cello Concertos nos. 1, 2
• 1985Don Giovanni, K. 527
• 1985Messiah
• 1985Paukenmesse
• 1985Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2
• 1985Symphonie Nr. 8 / Ouverture solennelle / Hochzeitsmarch
• 1985Tannhäuser
• 1985Tannhäuser
• 1985Violin Concerto / Three Orchestral Pieces
• 1986Der Freischütz
• 1986Eine Alpensinfonie
• 1986Piano Quartet, op. 25 – Two Chorale Preludes
• 1986Slawische Tänze · Slavonic Dances opp. 46 & 72
• 1986Symphonie no. 1 / Pacific 231 / Rugby / Pastorale d'été / Mouvement symphonique no. 3
• 1986Symphonie no. 2 "Pour cordes" & no. 4 "Deliciae Basilienses"
• 1986Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”
• 1987Die Schöpfung
• 1987Die Schöpfung: Arien und Chöre
• 1987Ein Sommernachtstraum / Ouvertüren
• 1987Faust
• 1987Lutoslawski Conducts Lutoslawski: Cello Concerto / Concerto for Oboe and Harp / Danses Préludes
• 1987Posthorn-Serenade KV 320 / Serenata notturna KV 239
• 1988Daphne
• 1988Der Freischütz
• 1988Die Walküre
• 1988Haffner-Serenade, KV 250 / Symphonie Nr. 32, KV 318
• 1988Konzert für Klavier und Orchester, op. 39
• 1988Palestrina / Vorspiele
• 1988Serenades for Strings
• 1988Symphonie Nr. 1 "Der Titan"
• 1988Symphony no. 38 “Prague” / Symphony no. 39
• 1988The Last Six Symphonies, Vol. I
• 1988Weihnachts‐Oratorium
• 1989CBS Grammofoonplaten B.V.
• 1989Das Rheingold
• 1989Grosse Messe c-moll
• 1989Klavierkonzerte Nr. 20 & 21
• 1989Mass No. 3 in f minor
• 1989Overtures
• 1989Piano Concertos
• 1990El Mesías (selección)
• 1990Elektra
• 1990Hänsel und Gretel
• 1990Reger: Mozart-Variationen / Hindemith: Weber-Metamorphosen
• 1990Samson et Dalila
• 1990Stabat Mater
• 1990Symphonie Nr. 5
• 1990Symphony no. 3 / Tragic Overture
• 19911812
• 1991Don Quixote | Till Eulenspiegel
• 1991Le nozze di Figaro
• 1991Overtüren / Symphonische Dichtungen / Symphonische Variationen
• 1991Piano Concertos 1 & 2
• 1991Requiem
• 1991Siegfried
• 1992Bartok: Violakonzert / Hindemith: Der Schwanendreher
• 1992Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
• 1992Falstaff
• 1992Götterdämmerung
• 1992Hommage À Benny Goodman
• 1992Messa da Requiem
• 1992Mozart: Serenades No. 10 and 12
• 1992Orchesterstücke / Erwartung / Die glückliche Hand
• 1992Symphonie No. 5
• 1992Symphony no. 1 “Spring” / Symphony no. 2
• 1992Symphony no. 3 “Rhenish” / Symphony no. 4 / Manfred Overture
• 1993Asrael, Symphony for Orchestra, op. 27
• 1993Der Ring Des Nibelungen
• 1993Ein deutsches Requiem
• 1993Missa Solemnis, op. 123 / Choral Fantasy, op. 80
• 1993Sinfonietta / Taras Bulba / Concertino
• 1993Smetana: Richard III / Hakon Jarl / Prager Karneval / Wallensteins Lager / Janáček: Sinfonietta
• 1993Violin Concerto / Introduction and Allegro
• 1994Capriccio
• 1994Hänsel und Gretel
• 1994Symphonie Nr. 6
• 1994Symphony No. 8 (9) "The Great"
• 1995Bruckner: The Masses
• 1995Die 3 Messen
• 1995Die vier Symphonien
• 1995Lorin Maazel Conducts Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra / Don Juan / Rosenkavalier Suite
• 1995Mass in B minor
• 1995Mathis der Maler
• 1995Symphony II / Symphony IV "Singing in the Dark"
• 1996Fidelio / Leonore Overture No. 2
• 1996Lohengrin
• 1996Missa, D. 950
• 1996Symphonien Nr. 4 & 7 (8) “Unfinished”
• 1996Symphonies 1, 4 & 7
• 1996Symphony No. 4 in G
• 1997Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra
• 1997Johann Sebastian Bach - Christmas Oratorio (Highlights) - BWV 248
• 1997Klavierwerke
• 1997Waltraud Meier Sings Wagner
• 1998Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor / The merry Wives of Windsor
• 1998Frühe Sinfonien / Early Symphonies (Der unbekannte Richard Strauss the unknown Vol. 3)
• 1998Piano Concertos no. 4 in G major & no. 5 in E-flat major
• 1998Piano Concertos-Klavier Konzerte Nos. 1 & 2
• 1998Symphony in Three Movements / Soldier's Tale / Symphony of Psalms
• 1998Symphony No. 4 "Romantic"
• 1998The Ring: Highlights
• 1998Xerxes
• 19993 Masses / Tantum Ergo / Offertorium
• 1999Coronation Mass / Solemn Vespers
• 1999Eine Alpensinfonie / Macbeth
• 1999Folkslieder und Wiegenlieder
• 1999Missa Sanctae Caecilia in C major
• 1999Piano Concerto no. 5 “Emperor” / C minor Variations
• 1999Rückert-Lieder / Kindertotenlieder
• 1999Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche / Ein Heldenleben
• 2000Das Lied von der Erde
• 2000L'Incoronazione di Poppea
• 2000Symphonie fantastique / Ouverture »Le Corsaire«
• 2000Symphonie No. 9
• 2000Violin Concerto / Sonata in E-flat
• 2001Don Quixote op. 35 / Romanze fur violoncello F-dur / Sonate fur Violoncello und Klavier op. 6
• 2002Missa Glagolitica / Tagebuch eines Verschollenen
• 2002Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 / Glazunov: Violin Concerto / Tchaikovsky: Meditation
• 2003Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
• 2003Parsifal
• 2003Wagner: Parsifal
• 2004Cello Concerto / Fantasiestücke / Adagio & Allegro / 5 Stücke im Volkston
• 2004Hänsel und Gretel (Highlights)
• 2004Sinfonie Nr.9 d-moll
• 2004Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5 / Suite for Chamber Orchestra
• 2004Symphony no. 4 in C minor, op. 43
• 2005Oberon
• 2005Symphonies Nos. 5 & 9
• 2005Symphony no. 2 "To October" / Symphony no. 12 "The Year 1917"
• 2005Symphony no. 5 / Symphony no. 7
• 2006La Traviata: Querschnitt in deutscher Sprache
• 2006Symphonies 3 "The First of May" & 14
• 2006Symphonies nos. 14, 1 and 7
• 2006Symphony no. 3 "The First of May" / Symphony no. 14
• 2006Violinkonzerte no. 1 & 2
• 2007Beethoven Overtures
• 2007Missa solemnis, Antifona / Nemo gaudeat
• 2008Cello Concertos no. 1 & 2
• 2008Das Paradies und die Peri
• 2008Symphony No.7 ● Die Meistersinger: Prelude
• 2009L'oiseau de feu / Le sacre du printemps
• 2009Missa B-Dur “Harmoniemesse” • Symphonie Nr. 88 • Sinfonia D-Dur
• 2009Oboe Concertos
• 2009Orchestral Music from Tannhäuser / Lohengrin / Walküre / Götterdämmerung
• 2009Shadows of Silence
• 2009Symphonie Nr. 7
• 2009Symphonie Nr. 8
• 2009Symphony no. 7
• 2010Carmina Burana
• 2010Klavierkonzerte Nr. 22 & 23
• 2011Echoes of Time
• 2011Klavierkonzerte 25 & 26 / Krönungskonzert
• 2011Symphonien Nr. 2 & 3
• 2012Deutsche Messe D. 872 / Messe D. 167
• 2012Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 / Sinfonie Nr. 4
• 2012Piano Concertos nos. 20 & 21
• 2012Romantische Arien
• 2012Schubert: Messe G-Dur / Gounod: Cäcilienmesse
• 2012Symphonien Nr. 1 & 4
• 2012Symphonies Nos. 35, 40 & 41
• 2013The Marriage of Figaro: Highlights
• 2014Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / Varèse: Ionisation
• 2014Die Schöpfung
• 2014Legenden / Symphonische Variationen
• 2014Schostakowitsch: Symphonie Nr. 5 / Berg: Violinkonzert
• 2014Symphonie Nr. 2 "Lobgesang"
• 2015Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 4 & 5 / Šerkšnytė: "Fires"
• 2015Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8 / Widmann: Con brio
• 2015Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 / Shchedrin: Beethovens Heiligenstädter Testament
• 2015Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 / Kancheli: Dixi
• 2015Bruckner 6
• 2015Das Rheingold
• 2015Die Symphonien
• 2015Musica Viva 23: Ausklang, Musik für Klavier mit Orchester
• 2015Pique Dame
• 2015Strawinsky: Petruschka / Mussorgsky: Bilder einer Ausstellung
• 2015Symphonie Nr. 6
• 2016A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture & Symphony No. 3 in A Minor “Scottish”
• 2016Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3, Sz. 119 / Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74
• 2016Cello Concertos 1 & 2
• 2016Christmas Surprise
• 2016Dvořák: Symphonie Nr. 8 / Josef Suk: Serenade
• 2016Haydn: Sinfonia concertante - Strauss: Don Quixote
• 2016Let me tell you
• 2016Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, Sz. 106 / Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116
• 2016Rattle Haydn
• 2016Rhapsody
• 2016Symphonie Nr. 2 / Finlandia / Karelia Suite
• 2016Symphony no. 8 in C minor, WAB 108
• 2016Wonderland: Piano Concerto / Lyric Pieces
• 2017Sir Colin Davis Conducts Brahms
• 2018Beethoven: Messe in C-Dur / Leonoren-Ouvertüre Nr. 3
• 2018Das Lied von der Erde
• 2018Duets / Viola Concerto / Jagdquartett
• 2018Le Sacre Du Printemps / L'Oiseau De Feu
• 2018Symphonie Nr. 8
• 2018Symphonie Nr. 8 C-dur "Grosse C-dur-Symphonie"
• 2018Symphonies Nos. 40 & 41
• 2018Symphony No. 9
• 2019Schumann: Symphonie Nr.1 - Schubert: Symphonie Nr.3
• 2019Symphonie Nr. 10
• 2019Symphonie Nr. 9
• 2019Violin Concerto
• 2020Bohemian Tales
• 2020Die Walküre
• 2020Lieder
• 2020Saint-Saëns: Symphony Nr. 3 "Orgelsymphonie" / Poulenc: Orgelkonzert
• 2020Symphonie Nr. 4
• 2021Messa da Requiem
• 2021Poèmes pour mi / Chronochrome / La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ
• 2021Symphonie Nr. 3
• 2021Symphonie Nr. 6
• 2021Symphony no. 4
• 2022Konzert Für Klavier, Trompete Und Streichorchester Nr. 1 / Symphonie Nr. 9
• 2022Symphony no. 9
• 2023Bruckner: Symphony No. 8
• 2023Siegfried
• 2023The Planets
• 2024Die schweigsame Frau
• 2024Symphony No. 6
• 2024Violin Concerto / Chamber Works
• 2025Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 7
• 2025Symphony no. 7
• ?1812 Overture / Borodin: Polovtsian Dances / Balakirev: Islamey
• ?Intermezzo
• ?Klavierkonzert Nr. 1
• ?Krönungsmesse & Vesperae solennes de confessore
• ?Le Freischütz
• ?Messe Es-dur, D.950 / Tantum ergo, D.962 / Offertorium, D.963
• ?Symphonie nr. 5
• ?Symphony in C / Symphony in 3 Movements
• ?Symphony no. 13