Orchestra
MDR Sinfonieorchester
- From
- Leipzig, Leipzig
- Since
- 1923–present
- Releases
- 70
About
The MDR-Sinfonieorchester (MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra) is a German radio orchestra based in Leipzig. It is the radio orchestra of Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, the public broadcaster for the German states of Thuringia, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. It is one of the oldest Radio orchestras in the world and the oldest in Germany. It was founded in Leipzig, Germany in 1923 (9 months earlier than the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra), with 115 musicians. Apart from a short interruption during World War II, it has been the main orchestra of the Central German Broadcasting Company (MDR) since 1924. The orchestra performs concerts in Leipzig at the Gewandhaus.
Members
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Alexander Roske clarinet
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Atilla Aldemir viola
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Axel Andrae bassoon
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Bernd Angerhöfer tuba
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Jérémie Baduel cello
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Liv Bartels viola
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Alexandra Bartoi violin
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Jörg Baudach trumpet
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Christopher Beuchert double bass
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René Bogner violin
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Tino Bölk horn
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Eckart Bormann bassoon
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Stefan Charles violin
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Leonie Dessauer oboe
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Christoph Engelbach viola
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Dagmar Eschenburg viola
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Martin Eschenburg double bass
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Gerd Fischer trumpet
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Thomas Fleck violin
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Hans-Dieter Frenzel horn
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Sven Friedrich viola
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Annemarie Gäbler violin
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Uwe Gebel trombone
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Solenn Grand harp
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Annett Greiner violin
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Lutz Grützmann trombone
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Michael Gühne horn
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Fernando Günther trombone
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Ute Günther flute
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Dietrich Hagel violin
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Matthias Haller clarinet
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Andreas Hartmann violin
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Barbara Hartmann violin
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Toni Hartung percussion
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Diego Ponce Hase violin
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Sebastian Hensel viola
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Sybille Hesselbarth cello
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Norbert Hilger cello
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Vera Hilger violin
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Max Hilpert horn
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Gudrun Hinze piccolo
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Walter Klingner oboe
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Kathrin Körber viola
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Dietmar Korth cello
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Charlotte Kraemer violin
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Sebastian Krause trombone
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Uta Kreuter violin
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Birgit Kühne violin
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Beate Kunze cello
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Andreas Künzel double bass
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Philipp Lang trumpet
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Tsung-Chih Lee violin
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Elisabeth Marasch violin
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Adam Markowski violin
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Wolfgang Max viola
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Hans Werner Mehling violin
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Frank Mittag bassoon
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Rodin-George Moldovan cello
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Petra Nagel horn
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Anna Niebuhr cello
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Winfried Nitzsche percussion
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Julia Obergfell oboe
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Martina Pachmann violin
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Stefan Pantzier bassoon
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Sven Pauli percussion
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Katja Pfaender violin
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Michael Pfaender cello
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Andreas Pietschmann clarinet
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Anja Pottier viola
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Carlo Queitsch double bass
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Josephine Range viola
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Susanne Raßbach cello
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Muriel Razavi viola
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Rainer Regner trumpet
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Monika Rietzschel violin
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Stefan Sandow tuba
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Ralf Schippmann oboe
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Susanne Schneider flute
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Thomas Schulze horn
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Carlo Schütze bassoon
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Lisabet Seibold double bass
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Christian Seifert viola
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Christian Sprenger flute
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Katharina Sprenger violin
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Dmitri Stambulski violin
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Wolfram Stephan cello
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Stefan Stopora percussion
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Bernd Strauß double bass
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Norbert Strobel oboe
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Yun Sun double bass
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Yukiko Suzuki violin
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Yuka Tanabe violin
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Barbara Ude violin
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Waltraut Wächter violin
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Edgar Weicht contrabassoon
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Kornelia Weiner violin
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Jens-Uwe Weiß horn
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Johannes Weiss cello
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Eckart Wiegräbe trombone
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Janek Winkler trumpet
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Johannes Winkler horn
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Thomas Winkler percussion
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Stefan Wunnenburger cello
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Irene Zwiener violin
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Guntrun Hausmann violin
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Thomas Reinhardt bassoon
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Jochen Pleß horn
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Hans-Jakob Eschenburg cello
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Peter Schurrock clarinet
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Ina Wiehe violin
Discography
Albums
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Fidelio
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Herbert Kegel - Kapellmeister‐Edition, Vol. 1
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Carmina Burana
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Ein deutsches Requiem
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Missa Brevis KV 49 / Missa KV 66 “Dominicus-Messe”
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Symphonies nos. 1, 2, & 3
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Symphony no. 8 in C minor
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Cantus Arcticus / Symphonies 4 & 5
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Mozart: Symphony in G minor, KV 550 / Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 73
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La Mer / Nocturnes / Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
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Piano Concertos 1 & 2
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Symphonies 5 & 7
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Wozzeck
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Carmen
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Sinfonie Nr.4 G-dur
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Moses und Aron
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Symphonies nos. 4 & 6
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Das Paradies und die Peri
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Sinfonie in Es / Der Schwandreher
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The Great Mass in C minor / Vespers, K. 321
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Gurre-Lieder
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Deutsche Symphonie
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Messe G-Dur / Stabat mater
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Der Mond
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La Mer / Nocturnes / Prelude
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Threnos / Als Jakob erwachte / 2 Capriccios
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Sinfonie Nr. 5
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Werke für Klarinette und Orchester
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Ouvertüren
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Carmina Burana
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Gershwin: Porgy and Bess Suite / Rhapsody in Blue / Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
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Parsifal
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Elias
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Symphony no. 2 "Lobgesang"
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Symphony no. 5
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Carmina Burana
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Symphony in F Major / Symphonic Prelude to Tiefland
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ブルックナー: 交響曲集 (第4・5・7・8・9番)
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Ein deutsches Requiem
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Aschenputtel (Cinderella) Suite
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Jeu de Cartes / Suite fur Kleines orchester Nr. 1-2 / Concerto in Es
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Violin concertos
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Peterchens Mondfahrt
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Passacaglia
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The Snow Maiden
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Broadway-Lafayette
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Das Paradies und die Peri
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Die Kluge
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Duet
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Symphony in C major / Symphony in E major (fragments)
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Concert Overtures
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Águas da Amazônia
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Leipzig Symphony / Funeral Pieces / Nuit Et Broulliard
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Händel: Herakles
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A Sea Symphony & Serenade to Music
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Hermann Abendroth the Supraphon Recordings (1951–1952)
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Thomas de Hartmann Rediscovered
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Cello Concerto no. 1
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Symphony in F minor
Compilations
Links
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Conductor position
Also known as
Großes Rundfunkorchester Leipzig · Leipzig MDR Symphony Orchestra · Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra · MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra · MDR Symphony Orchestra · MDR交響楽団 · Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk · Orchester des Konzertvereins · Orchester des Leipziger Rundfunks · Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig · Rundfunk‐Sinfonieorchester Leipzig · Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig · ライプツィヒ放送交響楽団
Tags
- german orchestra
- symphony orchestra
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- ced33e42-85cf-410a-87d1-ec3f1cc8ea8f
- ISNI
- 0000000104788892
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