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Mahler: Das klagende Lied; Blumine; Symphony No. 10 / Manuela Uhl, soprano; Lioba Braun, alto; Werner Gura, tenor. Blunier

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-05-21

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das klagende Lied, Cantata for Soli, Chorus and Orchestra (Version 1898/99); Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Symphony no 10 in F sharp minor/major
Performers: Güra, Werner; Uhl, Manuela
Conductors: Blunier, Stefan
Ensemble: ; Czech Philharmonic Chorus Brno

Mahler initially had a hard time of it. A few compositional attempts from his youth did not turn out to his liking and were destroyed....continue...
Recording information: Bonn (05/14/2012-05/26/2012)....continue...

Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5 / Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, Blumier

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-03-12

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Conductors: Blunier, Stefan
Ensemble: ; Beethoven Orchestra Bonn

Finally! Following excursions into the late and very latest years of musical romanticism, well received opera recordings, and a journey to Russia, the Beethoven Orchestra...continue...
Recording information: Bonn (05/29/2012-05/31/2012)....continue...

Russian Orchestral Works by Glazunov, Lysenko, Scriabin & Myaskovsky / Stefan Blunier

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2012-10-16

Works: Nikolay Lysenko: Taras Bulba; Alexander Scriabin: La poème de l'extase; Rêverie, for orchestra in E major, Op. 24; Alexander Glazunov: Concert Waltz no 1 in D major, Op. 47; Nikolay Myask...
Conductors: Blunier, Stefan
Ensemble: ; Beethoven Orchestra Bonn

"Poème de l'Extase" - the title itself promises big things, and in fact Alexander Scriabin's masterpiece of the most sensuous compositional artistry with a sonorous...continue...
Recording information: Bonn (11/10/2011-11/11/2011)....continue...

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 / Stefan Blunier, Beethoven Orchester Bonn

2 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2012-01-31

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 8 in C minor, WAB 108
Conductors: Blunier, Stefan
Ensemble: Beethoven Orchester Bonn

Recording information: Bonn, Germany (05/12/2011-05/13/2011)....continue...

Schreker: Irrelohe, opera / Sadnik, Greiner, Denschlag, Morouse, et al.

3 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2011-11-08

Works: Franz Schreker: Irrelohe, opera
Conductors: Blunier, Stefan
Ensemble: Beethoven Orchestra Bonn

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It's an impressive effort. The Beethoven Orchester Bonn is fully up to the challenge of Schreker's densely scored music, though deftly balanced, exemplary...continue...
Recording information: Theater Bonn (2010-11-02_2010-11-03&2010-)....continue...

Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano; 3 Corali; Pini di Roma / Blunier

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2011-08-16

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Trittico botticelliano (Three Botticelli Pictures) for orchestra, P. 151; Arrangement; Pines of Rome
Conductors: Blunier, Stefan
Ensemble: Beethoven Orchester Bonn

The Beethoven Orchestra of Bonn is rapidly expanding its discography under its conductor Stefan Blunier. The orchestra's outstanding live recordings also reflect carefully considered program...continue...
Recording information: Bonn, Germany (2010-03-12_2010-03-14&2010-)....continue...

Liszt: Totentanz; Tasso; Die Trauergondel

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2011-06-14

Works: Franz Liszt: Tasso - Lamento e trionfo, S 96; Totentanz for Piano, S 525; Die Trauer-Gondel (La Lugubre gondola), for piano (in 4/4; 2nd draft), S. 199a/2; La lugubre gondola 1 (The funeral gondola 1...
Performers: Tanski, Claudius
Conductors: Blunier, Stefan
Ensemble: Beethoven Orchester Bonn

The Beethoven Orchestra Bonn and its conductor Stefan Blunier with the pianist Claudius Tanski perform orchestral works and piano music by Franz Liszt, including the...continue...

Anton Bruckner: Symphony D minor "Nullte"; 3 Pieces WAB 97; March WAB 96

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2011-05-03

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 0 in D minor, WAB 100 "Die Nullte"; March, for orchestra in D minor, WAB 96; Pieces (3) for orchestra, WAB 97
Conductors: Blunier, Stefan

The Beethoven Orchestra of Bonn now performs a Bruckner symphony that is only rarely heard and really should no longer exist. The composer "annulled" this...continue...
Recording information: Bonn (05/25/2010-05/27/2010)....continue...

Eugen d'Albert: Der Golem, opera

2 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2010-11-09

Works: Eugen d'Albert: Der Golem, opera in 3 acts
Conductors: Blunier, Stefan

For centuries the legend of the golem, a clay figure resembling a human being that inspired the original Frankenstein story and was set to music...continue...
Recording information: Theater Bonn (2010-01-19&2010-01-20&2010-)....continue...

Schmidt: Symphony No. 4; Intermezzo From Notre Dame

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2010-08-10

Works: Franz Schmidt: Symphony no 4 in C major; Notre Dame
Conductors: Blunier, Stefan

This release inaugurates a new MDG series featuring live recordings with Franz Schmidt's Symphony No. 4 and the Intermezzo from his Notre Dame period. Franz...continue...
Recording information: Beethovenhalle Bonn (01/28/2010-01/29/2010)....continue...

Schönberg: Orchestral Works

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2010-01-26

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 16; Orchestral Songs (6) Op. 8; Notturno (Adagio) for violin, harp & strings in A flat major; Transcription for orchestra of Bach's Prelude & Fugue in...
Performers: Kasleanu, Liviu; Reithmayer, Johanna [Harp]; Uhl, Manuela
Conductors: Blunier, Stefan

On his first recording as the conductor of the Beethoven Orchestra of Bonn, Stefan Blunier offers a look at four important phases in the life...continue...
Recording information: Beethovenhalle Bonn (02/12/2008-02/14/2008)....continue...