Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus

Leos Janacek: Glagolitic Mass; Taras Bulba / Aga Mikolaj; Iris Vermillion; Stuart Neill; Arutjun Kotchinian. Janowski

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2013-03-26

Conductors: Janowski, Marek
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

This album offers two of the best-known and -loved works by Leo Janácek. The Glagolitic Mass has been described as having absolutely everything: engrossing, enthralling,...continue...

Handel: Judas Maccabäus / Koch, Haeflieger, Schreier, et al

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2009-05-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63
Performers: Adam, Theo; Janowitz, Gundula; Köbler, Robert; Schreier, Peter; Vocals], Ernst Haefliger [Tenor; Vogel, Siegfried
Conductors: Koch, Helmut
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus

Edition Ferenc Fricsay Vol 5 - Strauss: Die Fledermaus / Fricsay, Wocke, Anders, et al

2 CD / Audite / 2008-07-16

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Performers: Anders, Peter; Menz, Silvia; Schlemm, Anny; Streich, Rita; Wocke, Hans
Conductors: ; Fricsay, Ferenc
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Fresh and flexible tempi, a homogeneous and precise overall performance - dialogues as one would hear them in a radio play: Ferenc Fricsay's radio production...continue...

Eisler: Deutsche Symphonie / Pommer, RSO Berlin

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Hanns Eisler: Deutsche Sinfonie, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, Op. 50
Performers: Burkhardt, Gisela; Mowes, Tomas; Priew, Uta; Sommerfeld, Andreas
Conductors: Pommer, Max
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus

Eisler's most extensive work was conceived and written while in exile during World War II. The subject and aesthetic design of the symphony reflects the...continue...

Pepping: Passion According to St. Matthew / Parkman, et al

1 CD / Coviello / 2008-03-08

Works: Ernst Pepping: Passion According to St Matthew
Conductors:
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus

In 1934 Ernst Pepping was appointed professor of music theory and composition at the Protestant Kirchenmusikschule of the Johannes-Stift in Berlin-Spandau. From 1935 to 1938...continue...

Henze: Aristaeus, Orpheus Behind the Wire

1 CD / Wergo / 2006-09-12

Works: Hans Werner Henze: Orpheus Behind the Wire, for chorus; Aristaeus, for voice & orchestra
Conductors: Gritton, Robin; Janowski, Marek
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus

On July 1st, one of the most distinguished and striking composers of our time turned 80 - Hans Werner Henze. Henze completed the five-part 'Orpheus'...continue...

Paradisi Gloria - Psalms / Viotti, Rundel, Ruzicka, et al

1 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2005-07-19

Works: Alexander von Zemlinsky: Psalm 13; Igor Markevitch: Psalm for soprano & orchestra; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Passover Psalm, Op 30; Ernest Bloch: Psalm 22, for alto (or baritone) & orchestra
Performers: Magee, Emily; Prokina, Yelena; Texier, Vincent le
Conductors: Halsey, Simon; Ruzicka, Peter; Rundel, Peter; Viotti, Marcello; Glaser, Michael
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus

This exceptional program features contemporary sacred music at its best. This recording includes a fantastic collection of Psalm compositions by Korngold, Bloch and Noam....continue...

Kienzl: Don Quixote / Kuhn, Mohr, Breedt, Wagner, et al

3 CD / CPO / 2003-02-01

Works: Wilhelm Kienzl: Don Quixote, opera, Op. 50
Performers: Aschenbach, Hans; Blanck, Kirsten; Breedt, Michelle; Hay, Thomas; Henneberg, Matthias; Kohn, Andreas; Lindsley, Celina; Mohr, Thomas; Wagner, James
Conductors: Kuhn, Gustav
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus

"Gustav Kuhn pilots the Berlin Radio Orchestra and some keenly chosen younger stars from today's German opera houses through a reading of the score that...continue...

Faszination Musik - Gielen Edition

5 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2002-06-06

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 8 in F major, Op. 93; Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Grosse Fuge for String Quartet in B flat major Op. 133; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 9 in C major, D...
Performers: Brocheler, John; Diener, Melanie; Litwin, Stefan; Oelze, Christiane [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Gielen, Michael
Ensemble: Anton Webern Choir Freiburg; Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus; Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

The #1 Classical Album

2 CD / Decca / 2002-05-14

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; ...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Domingo, Placido; Haselbock, Martin; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Loveday, Alan; Ortiz, Cristina; Pavarotti, Luciano; Schiff, Andr...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Chailly, Riccardo; Karajan, Herbert von; Chiaramello, Giancarlo; Munchinger, Karl; Végh, Sándor; Boskovsky, Willi; Kempe, Rudolf; Tate, Jeffrey; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Dutoi...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Philhar...

Ode to Freedom - Beethoven: Symphony no 9 / Bernstein

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1990-03-06

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Konig, Klaus; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik; Walker, Sarah
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus; Dresden Staatskapelle; New York Philharmonic