Orchestra
Staatskapelle Dresden
Dresden Symphonic Orchestra
- From
- Dresden, Germany
- Since
- 1548–present
- Rating
- ★ 5
- Releases
- 345
- classical
About
The Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden (German pronunciation: [ˈzɛksɪʃə ˈʃtaːtskaˌpɛlə ˈdʁeːsdn̩]), or Saxon State Orchestra Dresden, is one of the oldest orchestras in the world, created by order of Maurice, Elector of Saxony in 1548. Under communist East Germany and until 1992 it was called Staatskapelle Dresden; an earlier name was Kurfürstlich-Sächsische und Königlich-Polnische Kapelle, or Electoral Saxon and Royal Polish Orchestra. It is a constituent body of the Semper Opera House, along with two choruses and a ballet troupe, where it plays in the pit for opera and on a platform for its own concert series.
Members
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Uwe Kroggel cello
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Thomas Käppler timpani
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Andreas Börtitz contrabassoon
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Uwe Jahn viola
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Egbert Esterl clarinet
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Guido Ulfig trombone
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Erik Reike bassoon
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Stefan Seidl drums (drum set)
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Jürgen Umbreit trombone
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Andreas Langosch horn
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Jan Seifert clarinet
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Olaf-Torsten Spies violin
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Jens-Jörg Becker flute
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Julius Rönnebeck horn
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Mechthild von Ryssel violin
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Volker Stegmann trumpet
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Joachim Hans bassoon
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Torsten Hoppe double bass
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Simon Kalbhenn cello
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Harald Heim horn
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Michael Neuhaus viola
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Christian Dollfuß bass clarinet
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Jakob Andert cello
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Wolfram Große clarinet
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Christian Langer drums (drum set), timpani
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Mathias Schmutzler trumpet
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Volker Hanemann cor anglais
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Michael Horwath viola
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Sabine Kittel flute
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Marie-Annick Caron viola
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Zsuzsanna Schmidt-Antal viola
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Jochen Ubbelohde horn
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Michael Goldammer cor anglais
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Frank van Nooy bass trombone
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Rozália Szabó flute
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Thomas Eberhardt bassoon
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Tobias Willner trumpet
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Martin Fraustadt violin
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Anke Heyn cello
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Joachim Huschke bassoon
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Céline Moinet oboe
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Martin Knauer double bass
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Nicolas Naudot trombone
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Sibylle Schreiber oboe
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Anya Dambeck viola
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Andreas Kißling flute
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Matthias Wilde cello
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Uta Wylezol viola
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Norbert Anger cello
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Dóra Varga-Andert flute
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Manuel Westermann timpani
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Robert Oberaigner clarinet
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Ga Young Son-Turrell violin
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Phillip Zeller bassoon
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Helmut Fuchs trumpet
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Zoltan Macsai horn
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Viktor Osokin double bass
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Florian Richter viola
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Jonathan Nuß trombone
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Marie-Luise Kahle horn
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Tilman Büning violin
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Catarina Koppitz cello
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Moritz Pettke bass clarinet
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Michael Bosch cello
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Eszter Simon flute
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Teresa Beldi cello
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Constantin Hartwig tuba
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Markus Czieharz trumpet
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Sven Barnkoth trumpet
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Anett Baumann violin
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Christoph Bechstein double bass
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Helmut Branny double bass
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Susanne Branny violin
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Claudia Briesenick viola
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Astrid von Brück harp
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Ralf Dietze viola
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Stephan Drechsel violin
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Andreas Ehelebe double bass
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Alexander Ernst violin
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Simon Etzold drums (drum set)
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Jörg Faßmann violin
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Sebastian Fritsch cello
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Klaus Gayer horn
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Gerd Graner trumpet
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Holger Grohs violin
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Martina Groth violin
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Tibor Gyenge violin
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David Harloff horn
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Jörg Hassenrück cello
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Wieland Heinze violin
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Emanuel Held violin
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Sebastian Herberg viola
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Tom Höhnerbach cello
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Yukiko Inose violin
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Birgit Jahn violin
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Martin Jungnickel cello
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Michail Kanatidis violin
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Federico Kasik violin
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Paige Kearl violin
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Jörg Kettmann violin
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Roland Knauth violin
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Anja Krauß violin
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Reinhard Krauß violin
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Bernhard Kury flute
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Robert Kusnyer violin
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Robert Langbein horn
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Milan Líkař viola
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Robert Lis violin
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Peter Lohse trumpet
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Titus Maack cello
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Erich Markwart horn
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Jürgen May drums (drum set)
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Barbara Meining violin
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Thomas Meining violin
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Matthias Meißner violin
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Jens Metzner violin
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Ulrich Milatz viola
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Johanna Mittag violin
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Kai Mitzscherling violin
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Ludovica Nardone violin
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Susanne Neuhaus viola
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Stephan Pätzold viola
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Renate Peuckert violin
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Beate Prasse violin
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Juliane Preiß viola
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Dirk Reinhold drums (drum set)
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Manfred Riedl horn
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Sebastian Römisch oboe
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Hannes Schirlitz contrabassoon
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Michael Schmid violin
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Bernd Schober oboe
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Andreas Schreiber viola
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Franz Schubert violin
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Elisabeta Schürer violin
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Sae Shimabara violin
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Lukas Stepp violin
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Roland Straumer violin
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Miklós Takács horn
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Anselm Telle violin
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Annika Thiel violin
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Friedrich Thiele cello
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Annette Thiem violin
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Uwe Voigt trombone
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Fred Weiche double bass
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Anton Winterle trumpet
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Henrik Woll violin
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Andreas Wylezol double bass
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Ami Yumoto violin
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Lars Zobel trombone
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Gregor Anger violin
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Fritz Rucker flute
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Heinrich Hübler French horn
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Georg Seifert viola
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Bernd Hengst trumpet
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Henrik Wahlgren oboe
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Janos Ecseghy violin
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Sidsel Garm Nielsen violin
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Edgar Manyak trombone
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Stanko Madić violin
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Razvan Popescu double bass
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Yoriko Muto violin
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Giovanni Gandolfo piccolo
Discography
Albums
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Das Lied von der Erde
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Konzert für Violine und Orchester d‐dur, op. 35
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Symphony No. 4 in G Major
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Symphonie "Iéna"
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Konzert für Violine und Orchester D-dur op. 77
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Staatskapelle Dresden: Legendary Masterworks Recordings
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Otmar Suitner - Kapellmeister‐Edition, Vol. 5
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Konzerte für zwei Cembali und Streichorchester
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Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune / Strawinski: Le sacre du printemps
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Fidelio
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Sinfonie B-dur KV 319 / Ein musikalischer Spaß F-dur KV 522
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Beethoven Edition: Fidelio
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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
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Herbert Blomstedt - Kapellmeister‐Edition, Vol. 4
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Sinfonie D-dur KV 504 (Prager Sinfonie) · Sinfonie C-dur KV 551 (Jupiter-Sinfonie)
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Aus Italien, Op. 16
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Marsch D-dur KV 335 (320a) / Serenade D-dur KV 320
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Serenade D-dur KV 203 / Marsch D-dur KV 237
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Konzerte für Flöte und Orchester G-dur KV 313, D-dur KV 314, C-dur KV 315
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Sinfonia concertante Es-dur KV 297b / Konzert für Flöte, Harfe und Orchester KV 299 (297c)
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Sinfonie Es-dur KV 543 · Sinfonie G-moll KV 550
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Sinfonie Nr. 6 F-dur Op. 68 (Pastorale)
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Sinfonie Nr. 8
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Sinfonie Nr. 3
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Virtuoso Horn Concertos
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Mein Vaterland
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Sinfonie Nr. 7
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Symphony No. 1
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Sinfonie Nr. 6
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Sinfonie Nr. 2
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Sinfonie Nr. 9
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Tristan und Isolde
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Symphonien Nr. 39 & Nr. 41 »Jupiter«
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Mozart und Salieri
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Symphonies Nos. 40 & 41 "Jupiter"
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Requiem
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Sinfonie Nr.4 Es-dur „Romantische“
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Sinfonie Nr. 4 Es-dur "Romantische"
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Die Zauberflöte
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Symphony no. 7 in E major
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Sinfonie Nr. 5 B-dur
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Overtures & Intermezzi
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Matthäus-Passion
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Der Freischütz
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Der Rosenkavalier
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Salome
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Ein Heldenleben
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Verdi Opera Choruses
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Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz
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Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Ausschnitte
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Haffner-Serenade / Marsch KV 249
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Der Nußknacker (Gesamtaufnahme), Eugen Onegin (Polonaise & Walzer)
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Piano Concerto no. 4 / 32 Variations on an Original Theme, WoO 80
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Requiem
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Klavierkonzerte Es-Dur KV 482 & A-Dur KV 488
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Clarinet Concertos nos. 1 & 2 / Concertino for Clarinet op. 26
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Piano Concerto no. 5
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Die Zauberflöte
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Ein Heldenleben op. 40
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Symphonie Nr. 9
Live
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Orchestral Works (Live)
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Schoenberg: Gurre‐Lieder (Live at Semperoper, Dresden)
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Daphne
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Edition Staatskapelle Dresden, Vol. 40
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Symphonie Nr. 4 Es-Dur "Romantische"
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Klavierkonzerte Nr. 1 & 2
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Symphonie No. 3 d-Moll
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Edition Staatskapelle Dresden, Vol. 35: Giuseppe Sinopoli (Live)
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Arabella
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Klavierkonzert Nr. 2, op. 83
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Symphonie Nr. 2 c-Moll
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Wagner "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg" Prelude to Act 1; Beethoven Symphony No.8
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Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 2 B-dur, op. 83 / Sinfonie Nr. 4 e-moll, op. 98
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Symphony no. 4 in G major
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Shostakovich: Symphony no. 15 in A major, op. 141 / Chaykovsky: Variations for Orchestra
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Salzburger Orchesterkonzerte 1958-1968
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Symphony no. 2 / En saga / Luonnotar
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Symphony no. 4 in C minor, op. 43
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Symphonie Nr. 3 Es-Dur, op. 55 »Eroica«
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Ariadne auf Naxos
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Stabat Mater
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Die Frau ohne Schatten
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Das Paradies und die Peri / Overtüre, Scherzo und Finale
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Eine Faust-Symphonie
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Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"
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Der Nussknacker
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Galakonzert der Dresdner Staatkapelle
Compilations
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Bedrich Smetana Collection
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Wagner: Orchestral Works
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475 Jahre Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
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Haydn: Sinfonie Nr. 93 D-Dur / Sinfonie Nr. 94 G-Dur (Mit Dem Paukenschlag) / Sinfonie Nr. 95 C-moll / Sinfonie Nr. 98 B-Dur / Sinfonia Concertante / Mozart: Sinfonie G-moll KV 183
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Concertos for Wind Instruments
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Quintessence Schubert: Complete Symphonies / Rosamunde
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Der Rosenkavalier Op. 59, TrV 227
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Borodin: Symphonie No. 2 / Eine Steppenskizze aus Mittelasien / Tchaikovsky: Fantasie-Ouvertüre "Romeo und Julia"
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Complete Orchestral Works
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Sir Colin Davis – Staatskapelle Dresden Edition
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Bruckner: Symphony no. 7 / Wolf: Lieder
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Die 10 Symphonien / Orchesterlieder
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Konzert für Violine und Orchester D-Dur, op. 35
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Symphonies nos. 8 & 9 “From the New World”
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Berg / Schoenberg / Webern
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Simply Mozart
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Symphonies 28-41
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The Piano Concertos / 'Appassionata' Sonata
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Suitner Conducts Mozart: Famous Symphonies, Serenades, Concertos
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Symphonies nos. 1-6, 8, 9
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Clarinet Concertos nos. 1 & 2 / Concertino & Clarinet Quintet
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Symphony no. 9 "From the New World" / Cello Concerto i
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Piano Concertos / Symphonies / Overtures
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In the Steppes of Central Asia / Symphony No. 2 / Polovtsian Dances
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Ein Heldenleben / Tod und Verklärung / Tanz der sieben Schleier („Salome“)
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Piano Concertos 4 & 5 "Emperor"
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Overtures
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Requiem / Coronation Mass / Ave verum Corpus
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Symphonies (complete)
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Triple Concerto / Piano Concerto no. 3
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Concertos pour piano / Triple Concerto
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The Best of Weber
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Tone Poems
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Deutsche Grammophon Collection: Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder / Strauss: Don Juan / "Till Eulenspiegel" / Four Last Songs
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Orchestral Works
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Deutsche Grammophon Collection: Symphony no. 2 / "Manfred" Overture / Overture, Scherzo & Finale
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Bohm in Dresden Volume I
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Bohm In Dresden Volume IV
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Konzerte für 3 und 4 Cembali
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Flute Concerto no. 1 / Andante for Flute and Orchestra / Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra
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The Complete Symphonies, Volume 1
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The Complete Symphonies, Volume 2
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Masses
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Verdi • Ponchielli • Wagner: Ballet Music
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Famous Serenades
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Musik Zu "Rosamunde" D797 / Ouvertüre Zu "Die Zauberharfe" D644
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Ainsi parlait Zarathoustra / Till Eulenspiegel / Mort et transfiguration / Danse des 7 voiles/ Don Juan / Une vie de héros / Valses du “Chevalier à la rose”
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"Enigma" Variations / Cello Concerto / Cockaigne Overture
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Symphonies nos. 1 - 4 / Overture, Scherzo & Finale
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Symphonies nos. 5 & 8
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Violinkonzerte / Romanzen
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Kempe conducts Strauss - 2. Orchestral Works & Concertos
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The Complete Symphonies
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Boléro
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Klavierkonzerte Nr. 3 & 4
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Symphonies Nos. 1-4 / Haydn Variations / Tragic Overture
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Violinkonzerte
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Wind Concertos
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Espagna - Capriccio Italien
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Ein Heldenleben / Macbeth
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Conductor position
- Johann Walter
- Mattheus Le Maistre
- Antonio Scandello
- Giovanni Battista Pinelli
- Rogier Michael
- Heinrich Schütz
- Vincenzo Albrici
- Giovanni Andrea Bontempi
- Carlo Pallavicino
- Nicolaus Adam Strungk
- Johann Christoph Schmidt
- Antonio Lotti
- Johann David Heinichen
- Giovanni Alberto Ristori
- Johann Adolf Hasse
- Johann Gottlieb Naumann
- Ferdinando Paer
- Francesco Morlacchi
- Carl Maria von Weber
- Carl Gottlieb Reißiger
- Richard Wagner
- Carl August Krebs
- Julius Rietz
- Franz Wüllner
- Ernst von Schuch
- Fritz Reiner
- Fritz Busch
- Karl Böhm
- Karl Elmendorff
- Joseph Keilberth
- Rudolf Kempe
- Franz Konwitschny
- Lovro von Matačić
- Otmar Suitner
- Kurt Sanderling
- Martin Turnovský
- Herbert Blomstedt
- Hans Vonk
- Giuseppe Sinopoli
- Bernard Haitink
- Fabio Luisi
- 정명훈
- Christian Thielemann
Subgroup
Also known as
Dresden Staatskapelle · Dresden State Orchestra · Dresden State Orchestra of Saxony · Orchestre de la Staatskapelle de Dresde · Saxon State Orchestra, Dresden · Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Tags
- orchestra
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 62250633-e888-49bb-ab9f-d6f14ef21012
- ISNI
- 0000000110928863
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