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Anthology of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vol. 6: 1990-2000

14 CD / RCO Live / 2011-10-11

Works: Béla Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle, Op. 11/Sz 48; Concerto for Piano no 3, Sz 119; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastor...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barainsky, Claudia; Brautigam, Ronald; Hamelin, Marc-Andre [Piano]; Komlosi, Ildiko; Kovacs, Kolos; Laurendeau, Jean; Masseurs, Peter; Murray, Ann; Shelton, Lucy [Soprano Vo...
Conductors: Fischer, Iván; Tennstedt, Klaus; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Berglund, Paavo; Chailly, Riccardo; Dutoit, Charles; Solti, Sir Georg; Previn, Andre; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; Jansons, Mariss; Haitink, B...
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

The Anthology of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is a recorded history of six decades of performances by the Concertgebouw Orchestra, taken from broadcasts contained in...continue...

Dvorak: Requiem; Symphony No. 8

2 Super Audio CD / RCO Live / 2010-05-11

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Requiem for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, B. 165 (Op. 89); Symphony no 8 in G major, Op. 88/B 163; Recorded Sound: Applause
Performers: Quasthoff, Thomas; Stoyanova, Krassimira; Vogt, Klaus Florian
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss

Among the activities undertaken by the Vienna Singverein to commemorate its 150th anniversary season was a series of performances of Dvorak's Requiem with the Royal...continue...

Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition

1 Super Audio CD / RCO Live / 2010-01-12

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel; Recorded Sound: Applause
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss

This special mid-priced release on RCO Live features Mussorgsky's 'Pictures at an Exhibition' in the orchestrated version by Maurice Ravel. Recorded live at the Concertgebouw...continue...
Recording information: Concertgebouw Amsterdam (2008-05-22_2008-05-23&2008-)....continue...

Robert Schumann: Szenen aus Goethes Faust / Mojca Erdmann, Christiane Iven, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, et al

2 CD / RCO Live / 2009-10-13

Works: Robert Schumann: Scenes from Goethe's Faust
Performers: Doss, Kevin; Erdmann, Mojca; Gerhaher, Christian; Gura, Werner; Iven, Christiane; Jellema, Anitra; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Selig, Franz-Josef
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Nicolaus Harnoncourt’s acclaimed 2008 performances of Schumann’s rarely heard masterpiece Szenen aus Goethes Faust with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra were recorded live and edited for...continue...

Bruckner: Symphonies no 3 & 4 / Mariss Jansons, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

2 CD / RCO Live / 2009-10-13

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 3 in D minor, WAB 103; Symphony no 4 in E flat major, WAB 104 "Romantic"
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Ever since the tenure of conductor Eduard van Beinum, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra has maintained one of the greatest Bruckner symphonic traditions in the world....continue...

C.P.E. Bach: Flute Concertos / Michiko Takahashi, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

14 CD / RCO Live / 2009-03-10

Works: Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98; Anton Webern: Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 10; Im Sommerwind, idyll for orchestra; Carl Nielsen: Symphony no 5, Op. 50; Luigi Dallapiccola: Commiat...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Brendel, Alfred; Devos, Lode; Dorow, Dorothy; Hargan, Alison; Herbers, Werner; Kilduff, Barbara; Kim, Yong-Hee; Lewis, Keith; Meel, Nico van der; Olof, Theo; Oosterkamp, Wou...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Kondrashin, Kirill; Vis, Lucas; Jochum, Eugen; Haitink, Bernard; De Waart, Edo; Sanderling, Kurt; Vonk, Hans; Davis, Colin; Järvi, Neeme; Dorati, Antal; Cerha, Friedrich; B...

The Anthology of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is a transcription in sound of the concert-giving history of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, based upon radio recordings from...continue...

Beethoven: Symphony no 2; Brahms / Jansons, et al

1 Super Audio CD / RCO Live / 2005-09-13

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 73
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

"The Brahms is a performance to die for. The Concertgebouw Orchestra's sumptuous sonority is deployed radiantly in this sunniest of Brahms's symphonies, but, as in...continue...

Bruckner: Symphony no 8 / Haitink, et al

2 Super Audio CD / RCO Live / 2005-09-13

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 8 in C minor, WAB 108
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

"A measured contemplative yet powerfully sustained account of this greatest of symphonic epics. Like an old and experienced actor, Haitink has acquired the courage to...continue...

Dvorák: Symphony no 9 / Jansons, et al

1 Super Audio CD / RCO Live / 2005-01-11

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

The release of this new hybrid SACD, celebrates both the inaguration of Mariss Jansons as chief conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the debut...continue...