ALBUMSchumann: Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 121 & Phantasie in C Major, Op. 131Iskandar Widjaja, Christoph Eschenbach & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
ALBUMG. Schumann: Symphony in F Minor, Op. 42 & OverturesDeutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & James Feddeck
ALBUMCarl Maria von Weber: Concerto No. 1, Variations & Grand DuoRaphaël Sévère, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Aziz Shokhakimov & Jean-Frédéric Neuburger
ALBUMDebussy: La mer & Ariettes oubliéesRobin Ticciati & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
ALBUMChopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Glazunov: Chopiniana / Franck: Les DijinnsVladimir Ashkenazy & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
ALBUMRomantic Revolution - Bruckner UnlimitedDeutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
ALBUMProkofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Suite & Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7Tugan Sokhiev & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
ALBUMHandel: Samson, HWV 57 (Sung in German)Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Ferenc Fricsay
ALBUMGinastera: Orchestral WorksDeutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Arturo Tamayo
ALBUMWeinberger: Overture to a Chivalrous Play, 6 Bohemian Songs & Dances & PassacagliaJorg Strodthoff, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Gerd Albrecht
ALBUMDvořák & Martinů: Cello ConcertosChristian Poltéra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Thomas Dausgaard
ALBUMMozart: Clarinet Concerto, K. 622 - Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 - Widmann: Drei SchattentänzeDeutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Jörg Widmann
ALBUMSchneider: Soul Paintings - SeelengemäldeDeutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Wolfgang Lischke
ALBUMShostakovich & Weinberg: Cello ConcertosNicolas Altstaedt, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Michal Nesterowicz
ALBUMUllmann: Slawische Rhapsodie, Op. 23 & Der zerbrochene Krug, Op. 36Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Gerd Albrecht
ALBUMWagner: Wesendonck Lieder & Opera HighlightsJulia Varady, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
ALBUMFitzenhagen: Cello Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Cello Concerto 7)Alban Gerhardt, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Stefan Blunier
ALBUMBruch: Works for Violin & OrchestraUlf Wallin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Okko Kamu
ALBUMTchaikovsky & Prokofiev: Piano ConcertosKirill Gerstein, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & James Gaffigan
ALBUMSimply Beethoven (Famous Classical Music)Günter Wand & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
ALBUMBeethoven: Piano Concertos 3-5 & Triple ConcertoDeutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Mari Kodama & Kent Nagano
ALBUMBrahms: The Piano ConcertosTzimon Barto, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Christoph Eschenbach
ALBUMThe Great Conductors: Ferenc Fricsay, Vol. 3Ferenc Fricsay, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Berlin Philharmonic
ALBUMProkofiev: Ivan the TerribleTugan Sokhiev & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
ALBUMHaydn: Symphony No. 76 - Mozart: Serenata notturna, K. 239 - Mussorgsky: Pictures at an ExhibitionGünter Wand & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
ALBUMConcerti IIGrauschumacher Piano Duo, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Martyn Brabbins
ALBUMRuzicka: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2Peter Ruzicka & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
ALBUMLudwig van Beethoven "the Best" Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Günter Wand
ALBUMComplete Works for Viola Vol. 1 "Viola and Orchestra"Tabea Zimmermann, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Hans Graf
ALBUMHappy Sing-AlongDeutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Helmuth Brandenburg
ALBUMBeethoven:Symphonie No.7佐渡 裕 指揮 ベルリン・ドイツ交響楽団
ALBUMSchumann: Piano Concerto & Other WorksAngela Hewitt, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Hannu Lintu
ALBUMBernhard Gander: Monsters and AngelsDeutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Susanna Mälkki, Krassimir Sterev, Anders Nyqvist, Arditti String Quartet, Hsin-Huei Huang, Irvine Arditti, Ralf Ehlers, Lucas Fels, Ruth Rosenfeld, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Ensemble Resonanz, Composers Slide Quartet, Titus Engel, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Péter Eötvös & oenm (österreichisches ensemble für neue musik)
ALBUMRené Staar: "Just An Accident?" und andere WerkeVienna Philharmonic, René Staar, Harald Ossberger, Tibor Kovac, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ensemble Wiener Collage, Dieter Flury, Gabriela Mossyrsch & Petra Ackermann
ALBUMChristine Schäfer: AriasChristine Schäfer, Julien Salemkour & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
With a history as a broadcast orchestra stretching back to the post-World War II era, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin has also became a major concert attraction. The group has attracted an international set of chief conductors and has often added contemporary works to its repertory.
Ultimately responsible for the orchestra's founding was the government of the American military occupation in West Berlin, which established the RIAS (Radio in the American Sector) broadcaster in 1946. The radio station in turn assembled an orchestra that by 1948 was well established and had hired its first permanent conductor, the Hungarian Ferenc Fricsay. He remained in his post until 1954. The orchestra underwent a period of instability in the mid-'50s as West and East Berlin dealt with forced cultural separation. It was renamed the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra in 1956 and became the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin in 1993, after German reunification. Fricsay returned from 1959 to 1963, often programming the music of Bartók and doing much to foster that composer's international popularity. His successors included the American Lorin Maazel (1964-1975), the Italian Riccardo Chailly (1982-1989), and the Russian-Icelandic Vladimir Ashkenazy (1989-1999); with the exception of Ingo Metzmacher (2007-2010), none of the orchestra's principal conductors has been German. The orchestra's leaders in the modern era have also included the American contemporary music specialist Kent Nagano (2000-2006), the Russian Tugan Sokhiev (2012-2016), and as of 2017, the Briton Robin Ticciati.
The orchestra still broadcasts on the radio but offers a full concert season, mostly at the Philharmonie in Berlin. Its recording catalog is large and includes a 2011 recording of music by Kaija Saariaho, conducted by Nagano, that won a Grammy award. Ticciati led the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin in a performance of Bruckner's Symphony No. 6 in A major released on Scotland's Linn label in 2019; the orchestra has also recorded for CPO, Sony Classical, Capriccio, and other labels. ~ James Manheim
Hometown
Berlin, Germany
Genre
Classical
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