About
The WDR Rundfunkchor Köln (West German Radio Choir Cologne) is the choir of the German broadcaster Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), based in Cologne. It was founded in 1947. The choir premiered works by contemporary composers including Arnold Schoenberg's unfinished opera Moses und Aron in 1954, Karlheinz Stockhausen's Momente, Luigi Nono's Il canto sospeso, Bernd Alois Zimmermann's Requiem für einen jungen Dichter and Penderecki's St Luke Passion.
Members
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Gun Young An soprano vocals
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Martina von Bargen soprano vocals
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Manfred Bittner bass vocals
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Benita Borbonus soprano vocals
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Beate Borchert alto vocals
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Pauline Bourke alto vocals
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조성환 tenor vocals
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Christian Dietz tenor vocals
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Michaela Dobmeier alto vocals
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Elisabeth Graf alto vocals
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Dirk Heidingsfelder tenor vocals
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Andrea Henke soprano vocals
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Johannes Hill bass vocals
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Margrit Hungerbühler alto vocals
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Kay Immer tenor vocals
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Thomas Jakobs tenor vocals
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Sabine Kallhammer soprano vocals
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Beate Koepp alto vocals
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Martin Krasnenko bass vocals
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Anke Lambertz soprano vocals
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Hee-Kwang Lee bass vocals
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Kwon-Shik Lee tenor vocals
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Richard Logiewa-Stojanovic bass vocals
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Insun Min soprano vocals
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Maria de Moel alto vocals
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Claudia Nüsse alto vocals
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Boris Pohlmann tenor vocals
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Felix Rathgeber bass vocals
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Christiane Rost soprano vocals
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Kanako Sakaue alto vocals
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Alexander Schmidt bass vocals
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Arndt Schumacher bass vocals
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Marietta Schwittay-Niedzwicki alto vocals
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Nadezda Senatskaya soprano vocals
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Giovanni da Silva tenor vocals
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Joachim Streckfuß tenor vocals
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Maria Ungers soprano vocals
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Daniel Weiler bass vocals
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Dong-Hi Yi soprano vocals
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You Zuo tenor vocals
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Stefan Kluftinger bass trombone
Discography
Albums
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Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op.45
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Carmina Burana
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L’italiana in Algeri
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Der Kuhhandel “Shady Dealing” (Auszüge)
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The Oboe Concertos
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Tancredi
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In cauda / Portrait / Duo pour Bruno
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Königskinder
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Passio et mors Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Lucam
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Der Freischütz
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Fidelio
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Der Vampyr
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Eugen Onegin / Ägyptische Nächte
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Catulli Carmina / Trionfo di Afrodite
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Elektra
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La Mer / Nocturnes / Prelude A L’Apres‐Midi D’Un Faune
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Tabi-bito / Sen VI / Die Lotosblume
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Symphony In Three Movements / Symphony In C / Symphony Of Psalms
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No hay caminos, hay que caminar... Andrej Tarkowskij / "Hay que caminar" sognando / Caminantes... Ayacucho
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Natursymphonie
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Requiem / Mass in C minor
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Pique Dame
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Rusalka
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Symphony no. 8
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Symphony no. 2 “Resurrection”
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Requiem / Apparitions / San Francisco Polyphony
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Die Räuberbraut
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Daphnis et Chloé
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Ganznächtliche Vigil / All Night Vigil
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Symphony no. 2 “Lobgesang”
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Herz über Bord
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Nordic Choral Music (Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark)
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Mass no. 16 “Coronation Mass” / Missa longa
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Complete Masses, Vol. 2
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Mass no. 7 "Missa in honorem Sanctissimae Trinitatis" / Missa brevis in D major / Missa brevis in B-flat major
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Der Freischütz
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Das Floß der Medusa
EPs
Live
Links
Listen
Official
Conductor position
Subgroup
Also known as
Chor des Westdeutschen Rundfunks Köln · Cologne Radio Symphony Chorus · Kölner Rundfunkchor
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 60583943-e7dc-4d41-bc79-45a80420865d
- ISNI
- 0000000107209913
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 10 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.