North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Kabalevsky: Complete Piano Concertos nos 1-4; Fantasy in F minor; Rhapsody Op. 75 / Michael Korstick, piano

2 CD / CPO / 2012-08-28

Works: Dmitry Kabalevsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in A minor, Op. 9; Concerto for Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 23; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D major ("Youth"), Op. 50; Fantasy in F minor for piano and orches...
Performers: Korstick, Michael
Conductors: Francis, Alun
Ensemble: ; North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

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Recording information: Groáer Sendesaal, NDR Hannover (2010-03-22_2010-03-26&2010-)....continue...

Paul Graener: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 / Werner Andreas Albert

1 CD / CPO / 2012-04-24

Works: Paul Graener: Comedietta, for orchestra, Op. 82; Variations on a Russian folksong for orchestra, Op. 55; Musik am Abend, for orchestra, Op. 44; Sinfonia breve, for orchestra, Op. 96
Conductors: Albert, Werner Andreas
Ensemble: ; North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Graener joined the Nazi Party and the Kampfbund für deutsche Kultur in 1933. His early happy years (professionally and personally) in London motivated him to...continue...
Recording information: Groáer Sendesaal, NDR Hannover (01/19/2009-01/23/2009)....continue...

Brahms: Symphony No. 1 / Wilhelm Furtwangler

1 Super Audio CD / Tahra / 2012-03-13

Works: Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a "St. Anthony"; Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: ; North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

At the end of the Second World War, the great conductor Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt founded the Sinfonieorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks. The orchestra's first guest conductor was...continue...
Recording information: Musikhalle, Hamburg, Germany (10/27/1951)....continue...

Peter Ruzicka: Orchestra Works, Vol. 1 / Berwaerts

1 CD / Neos Production / 2011-11-03

Works: Peter Ruzicka: Vorecho, for large orchestra; Nachklang, for orchestra; Memorial per G.S., for orchestra; Nachtstück (- aufgegebenes werk), for trumpet & orchestra
Performers: Berwaerts, Jeroen
Conductors: Ruzicka, Peter
Ensemble: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

The bulk of Peter Ruzicka's catalogue of works is taken up by pieces for or with orchestra. For an artist whose intellectual purlieus has always...continue...
Recording information: Rolf-Liebermann-Studio, Hamburg....continue...

Mendelssohn: Symphony no 1; Schumann: Symphony no 4 / Hengelbrock

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2011-09-13

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 11; Oktett Es-Dur op. 20; Robert Schumann: Symphony no 4 in D minor, Op. 120
Conductors: Hengelbrock, Thomas
Ensemble: ; North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Recording information: Musik- & Kongreáhalle, Lübeck, Germany (03/10/2011-03/12/2011)....continue...

Schumann: Concerto For Cello, Op 129; works by Volkmann, Bruch, Strauss / Daniel Muller-Schott, cello

1 CD / Orfeo / 2010-02-23

Conductors: Eschenbach, Christoph
Ensemble: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

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Really fine performance of Volkmann's Cello Concerto, a virtuoso showpiece in the grand manner, condensed into a fluid single movement form. Daniel Müller-Schott...continue...

Nathan Milstein - Live Recordings - Lalo, Brahms

1 CD / Claves / 2008-09-09

Works: Edouard Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77
Performers: Milstein, Nathan
Conductors: Kletzki, Paul
Ensemble: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Nathan Milstein was one of those rare masters from a unique generation, born in an era of revolution, marked by war but also the following...continue...

Shostakovich: Cello Concerti / Eschenbach, Maslennikov, Plücker, et al

1 CD / Phoenix Edition / 2008-08-26

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Cello no 1 in E flat major, Op. 107; Concerto for Cello no 2 in G major, Op. 126
Performers: Maslennikov, Dimitri; Plücker, Jens
Conductors: Eschenbach, Christoph
Ensemble: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Archive - Sibelius, Khachaturian: Violin Concerti; Sarasate / Taschner, Sandberg, et al

1 CD / MD&G / 2008-07-08

Works: Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47; Aram Khachaturian: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Pablo de Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 25
Performers: Taschner, Gerhard
Conductors: Sandberg, Herbert; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Lehmann, Fritz
Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra; Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra; North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

MDG has scored three great successes with the violin wonder Gerhard Taschner, who dazzled the Viennese public at the age of thirteen and later became...continue...

Legendary Treasures - Annie Fischer Vol 1 - Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Mozart

3 CD / Doremi / 2008-03-11

Works: Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 24 in C minor, K 491
Performers: Fischer, Annie
Conductors: Nelsson, Woldemar; Andreae, Marc
Ensemble: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Swiss Italian Orchestra

Friedrich Ernst Fesca: Symphonies 2 & 3 / Beermann

1 CD / CPO / 2008-01-29

Works: Friedrich Ernst Fesca: Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 10; Symphony no 3 in D major, Op. 13; Cantemire, opera
Conductors: Beermann, Frank
Ensemble: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

"This is major, major stuff..... Fesca's music fairly sizzles with energy here, and the NDR orchestra plays with the passionate intensity and textural clarity the...continue...

Spohr: Symphonies, Vol 1 / Howard Griffiths

1 Super Audio CD / CPO / 2007-11-20

Works: Louis Spohr: Symphony no 3 in C minor, Op. 78; Symphony no 10 in E flat major, WoO 8 (incomplete); Grand Concert Overture in F major, WoO 1
Conductors: Griffiths, Howard
Ensemble: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

During the first half of the nineteenth century Louis Spohr gained more notice and recognition than any other composer besides Beethoven. After Beethoven’s death in...continue...

Kameliendame / Hamburg Ballet [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-07-10

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Die Kameliendame
Conductors: Beissel, Heribert
Ensemble: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Erich Kleiber conducts Tchaikovsky & Schubert Symphonies

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2007-01-06

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Pathétique Symphony, Op. 74; Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"; Symphony no 5 in B flat major, D 485
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Cologne West German Radio Orchestra; NBC Symphony Orchestra; North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

It is curious that the recording career of some of the best artists of our century should not reflect their real worth: the recordings featuring...continue...

Legendary Treasures - Brahms, Bloch, Tchaikovsky / Menuhin

1 CD / Doremi / 2006-10-10

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Ernest Bloch: Schelomo; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Variations for Cello and Orchestra on a Rococo theme, Op. 33
Performers: Menuhin, Yehudi; Parnas, Leslie
Conductors: Casals, Pablo; Dorati, Antal; de Peyer, Gervase
Ensemble: ; North German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Pablo Casals Orchestra

Leslie Parnas is one of the most distinguished cellists of our time. Presented here are three live concerts of works from among the most important...continue...

The Mozart Anniversary Concert - Mozart, Schubert / Böhm

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2006-06-03

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 9 in C major, D 944 "Great"; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 34 in C major, K 338
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

On the two-hundredth anniversary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's birth, Karl Bohm, one of the most renowned Mozart interpreters of the 19th century, gave a commemorative...continue...

Antheil: Piano Concertos, etc / Becker, Oue, et al

1 CD / CPO / 2006-02-21

Works: George Antheil: Concerto for Piano no 1, W. 205; Concerto for Piano no 2, W. 207; A Jazz Symphony; Jazz Sonata; Work(s); Sonatina for Radio; Sonatina for Piano "Death of the Machines"; Little Shimmy
Performers: Becker, Markus [Piano]
Conductors: Oue, Eiji
Ensemble: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

George Antheil was a crazy fellow who very much fancied himself in the role of the "bad boy," as he termed himself in the title...continue...

Leyendecker: Violin Concerto, Symphony no 3

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-09-20

Works: Ulrich Leyendecker: Concerto for Violin; Symphony no 3
Performers: Greutter, Roland
Conductors: Kalitzke, Johannes
Ensemble: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

"The orchestral sonorities are breathtaking and intensely romantic. In the mostly slow Symphony No. 3, which comes first on the disc... , we hear the...continue...

Henze: Boulevard Solitude, etc

1 CD / Wergo / 2004-11-09

Works: Hans Werner Henze: Ballet-Variationen, ballet; Concertino, for piano, winds & percussion; Das Vokaltuch der Kammersängerin Rosa Silber, ballet; Kammerkonzert, for piano, flute & strings; Sinfoni...
Performers: Perl, Matthias; Tainton, Christopher
Conductors: Ruzicka, Peter
Ensemble: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Farrenc: Symphony no 2, Overtures / Goritzki, et al

1 CD / CPO / 2004-08-01

Works: Jeanne-Louise Farrenc: Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 35; Overture no 1 in E minor, Op. 23; Overture no 2, Op. 24
Conductors: Goritzki, Johannes
Ensemble: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

"These works of Louise Farrence breathe a fresh and invigorating air into the accepted classical models then familiar to French audiences, combining a votality and...continue...

Sinding: Symphonies no 3 & 4 / David Porcelijn, NDR Radio PO

1 CD / CPO / 2004-05-01

Works: Christian Sinding: Symphony no 3 in F major, Op. 121; Symphony no 4, rhapsody for orchestra ("Vinter og Vår" [Frost and Spring])
Conductors: Porcelijn, David
Ensemble: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

"Together with Johan Svendsen and or course Edvard Grieg, Christian Sinding may be said to complete the grand triumvirate of the Golden Ageof Norwegian music......continue...

Classic Library - Schumann: Symphonies no 3 & 4 / Wand

1 CD / RCA Records / 2004-04-20

Works: Robert Schumann: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 97 "Rhenish"; Symphony no 4 in D minor, Op. 120
Conductors: Wand, Günter
Ensemble: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

These Symphonies are masterpieces of the symphonic literature, reinvigorated by the assured touch of an illustrious conductor and his orchestra....continue...

Strauss: Daphne / Grüber, Greindl, Fischer, Cunitz, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2003-09-30

Works: Richard Strauss: Daphne, Op. 82
Performers: Anders, Peter; Bischof, Lisa; Cunitz, Maud; Fehenberger, Lorenz; Fiedler, Hans Herbert; Fischer, Res; Greindl, Josef; Luhr, Ernst Max; Maas, Kathe; Marschner, Kurt; Neidlinger, Gustav
Conductors: Grüber, Arthur
Ensemble: North German Radio Chorus; North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Fesca: Symphonies no 2 & 3, etc / Beermann, NDR SO

1 CD / CPO / 2003-09-01

Works: Friedrich Ernst Fesca: Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 10; Symphony no 3 in D major, Op. 13; Cantemire, opera
Conductors: Beermann, Frank
Ensemble: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

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Disc of the Year 2003! This is lively, buoyant playing of music that should most certainly be heard in the concert hall. This excellent performace...continue...

Wand Edition - Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 / Wand, et al

5 CD / RCA Records / 2003-05-20

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Symphony no 3 in E flat major,...
Performers: Hermann, Roland; Lewis, Keith; Wiens, Edith
Conductors: Wand, Günter
Ensemble: North German Radio Chorus; North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Red Seal - Guünter Wand - The Essential Recordings

10 CD / RCA Special Product / 2003-03-18

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 5 in B flat major, WAB 105; Symphony no 2 in C minor (1872 version, ed. Carragan); Symphony no 4 in E flat major, WAB 104 "Romantic"; Symphony no 9 in D minor, WAB 109; Wo...
Performers: Greutter, Roland; Hermann, Roland; Lewis, Keith; Wiens, Edith
Conductors: Wand, Günter
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra; North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Stamitz, Penderecki: Viola Concertos / Dimitar Penkov, et al

1 CD / Gega New / 2002-12-01

Works: Carl Stamitz: Concerto for Viola no 1 in D major; Krzysztof Penderecki: Concerto for Viola
Performers: Penkov, Dimitar
Conductors: Kazandjiev, Vassil; Ceccato, Aldo
Ensemble: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Sofia Symphony Orchestra

The Mozart Anniversary - Schubert, Mozart: Symphonies / Böhm

1 CD / Living Stage / 2002-11-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 9 in C major, D 944 "Great"; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 34 in C major, K 338
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Stokovsky - Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5, Romeo & Juliet

1 CD / Archipel / 2002-10-09

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Romeo and Juliet Overture
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: Hague Residentie Orchestra; North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Beethoven: Piano Concerto no 2, etc / Seemann, Kertesz et al

1 CD / Orfeo / 1998-03-05

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 19; Sonata for Piano no 9 in E major, Op. 14 no 1; Bagatelles (6) for piano, Op. 126
Performers: Seemann, Carl
Conductors: Kertész, István
Ensemble: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

25 Symphony Favorites

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 1997-07-22

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Wolfgang Amadeus Moz...
Conductors: Nanut, Anton; Kehr, Günter; Farberman, Harold; Hager, Leopold; Ludwig, Leopold; Maag, Peter; Zinman, David; Perlea, Jonel; Hollreiser, Heinrich; Semkov, Jerzy; Abravanel, Maurice; Martinon, Jean...
Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra; Ljubljana Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ljubljana Symphony Orchestra; London Festival Orchestra; Luxembourg...

Zemlinsky: Symphonie d-moll, etc / Beaumont, et al

1 CD / Capriccio / 1997-01-01

Works: Alexander von Zemlinsky: Symphony no 1 in D minor; Frühlingsbegräbnis; Maiblumen; Waldgespräch
Performers: Hermann, Roland; Mathis, Edith
Conductors: Beaumont, Antony
Ensemble: North German Radio Chorus; North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Speak Low - Songs by Kurt Weill / Von Otter, Gardiner

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1995-03-14

Works: Kurt Weill: Die sieben Todsünden der Kleinbürger; Lady in the Dark; Propaganda Songs (9); Nanna's Lied; Happy End; Je ne t'aime pas; Der Abschiedsbrief; One Touch of Venus
Performers: Biebrach, Christfried; Forsberg, Bengt; Lampe, Karl-Heinz; Martin, Frédéric; Sims, James; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Goetz: Symphony Op 9, Violin Concerto, etc / Schneider

1 CD / CPO / 1993-12-01

Works: Hermann Goetz: Symphony in F, Op 9; Concerto for Violin and orchestra in G Major, Op 22; Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung
Performers: Schneider, Gottfried
Conductors: Albert, Werner Andreas
Ensemble: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Busoni: Orchestral Works / Werner Andreas Albert

1 CD / CPO / 1993-09-01

Works: Ferruccio Busoni: Lustspielouvertüre, for orchestra (Comedy Overture), Op. 38, KiV 245; Tanzwalzer, for orchestra, Op. 53, KiV 288; Rondo arlecchinesco, for orchestra, Op. 46, KiV 266; Nocturne ...
Conductors: Albert, Werner Andreas
Ensemble: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Berg: 7 Early Songs, Der Wein / Lövaas, Hass, Marshall, etc.

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1993-04-01

Works: Alban Berg: Early Songs (7); Songs (4), Op. 2; An Leukon; Der Wein
Performers: Hass, Sabine; Lovaas, Kari; Marshall, Margaret
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Blomstedt, Herbert
Ensemble: ; North German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Bruckner: Symphony no 3 / Günter Wand

1 CD / RCA Records Import / 1992-10-26

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 3 in D minor, WAB 103
Conductors: Wand, Günter
Ensemble: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra