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Top Songs By MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Listen to Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), Op. 45: VII. Selig sind die Toten by MDR Leipzig Radio Choir, Herbert Kegel & MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, see lyrics, music video & more!

Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), Op. 45: VII. Selig sind die TotenMDR Leipzig Radio Choir, Herbert Kegel & MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Cello Concerto, Op. 57: II. Andante. SolenneMatt Haimovitz, Dennis Russell Davies & MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Listen to Landkjending (Land-Sighting), Op. 31 by MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hans-Joachim Ribbe, Leipzig Radio Chorus, male section & Jorg-Peter Weigle, see lyrics, music video & more!

Landkjending (Land-Sighting), Op. 31MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hans-Joachim Ribbe, Leipzig Radio Chorus, male section & Jorg-Peter Weigle

Listen to Duet for Two Solo Violins and String Orchestra (Dedicated to and Written for Yehudi Menuhin) by Kristjan Järvi, Waltraut Wächter, Andreas Hartmann & MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, see lyrics, music video & more!

Duet for Two Solo Violins and String Orchestra (Dedicated to and Written for Yehudi Menuhin)Kristjan Järvi, Waltraut Wächter, Andreas Hartmann & MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Listen to Parsifal: Introduction by Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Kegel, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra & Herbert Kegel, see lyrics, music video & more!

Parsifal: IntroductionLeipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Kegel, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra & Herbert Kegel

Listen to Piano Concerto In a Minor: II. Adagio by Siegfried Stöckigt, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra & Herbert Kegel, see lyrics, music video & more!

Piano Concerto In a Minor: II. AdagioSiegfried Stöckigt, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra & Herbert Kegel

Listen to Suite bergamasque: III. Clair de lune (arr. A. Caplet for orchestra) by MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra & Max Pommer, see lyrics, music video & more!

Suite bergamasque: III. Clair de lune (arr. A. Caplet for orchestra)MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra & Max Pommer

Aguas da Amazonia: II. Japurá RiverKristjan Järvi, Charles Coleman, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra & Absolute Ensemble

Listen to Die Kluge, Scene 1: Die Geschichte Vom Konig Und Der Klugen Frau - Oh Hatt' Ich Meiner Tochter Nur Geglaubt by MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eberhard Büchner, Magdalena Falewicz, Herbert Kegel, Karl-Heinz Stryczek, Siegfried Lorenz, Hermann Christian Polster, Reiner Süss, Wolfgang Hellmich, Harald Neukirch, Horand Friedrich, Gerhard Lau, Winfried Wagner, Arno Wyzniewski, Wolfgang Ostberg, Reinhard Michalke & Werner Senftleben, see lyrics, music video & more!

Die Kluge, Scene 1: Die Geschichte Vom Konig Und Der Klugen Frau - Oh Hatt' Ich Meiner Tochter Nur GeglaubtMDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eberhard Büchner, Magdalena Falewicz, Herbert Kegel, Karl-Heinz Stryczek, Siegfried Lorenz, Hermann Christian Polster, Reiner Süss, Wolfgang Hellmich, Harald Neukirch, Horand Friedrich, Gerhard Lau, Winfried Wagner, Arno Wyzniewski, Wolfgang Ostberg, Reinhard Michalke & Werner Senftleben

Cello Concerto, Op. 57: III. Finale. Allegro ma non troppoMatt Haimovitz, Dennis Russell Davies & MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Latest Release

EPSchnittke: Cello Concerto No. 1 - EPMatt Haimovitz, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra & Dennis Russell Davies

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Listen to Liszt: Virtuoso Piano Works by Sigfrid Grundeis, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra & Gerhart Wiesenhütter

ALBUMLiszt: Virtuoso Piano WorksSigfrid Grundeis, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra & Gerhart Wiesenhütter

Listen to Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 & Orchestral Suite No. 3 (Excerpts) - Schubert: Symphony No. 8 [Remastered 2024] by Hermann Abendroth & MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

ALBUMTchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 & Orchestral Suite No. 3 (Excerpts) - Schubert: Symphony No. 8 [Remastered 2024]Hermann Abendroth & MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

ALBUMThomas de Hartmann RediscoveredJoshua Bell, INSO-Lviv Symphony Orchestra, Dalia Stasevska, Matt Haimovitz, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra & Dennis Russell Davies

Listen to Historical Mahler, Vol. 3 (Remastered 2023) by Hermann Scherchen & MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

ALBUMHistorical Mahler, Vol. 3 (Remastered 2023)Hermann Scherchen & MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

ALBUMDe Hartmann: Cello ConcertoMatt Haimovitz, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra & Dennis Russell Davies

Listen to Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, WAB 103 "Wagner" (1873 Version) by Herbert Kegel & MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

ALBUMBruckner: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, WAB 103 "Wagner" (1873 Version)Herbert Kegel & MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Listen to Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major, WAB 107 (1885 Version, Gutmann Edition) by Herbert Kegel & MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

ALBUMBruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major, WAB 107 (1885 Version, Gutmann Edition)Herbert Kegel & MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Listen to Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, WAB 108 "Apocalyptic" (1890 Version) by Herbert Kegel & MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

ALBUMBruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, WAB 108 "Apocalyptic" (1890 Version)Herbert Kegel & MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Listen to Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 43 by Herbert Kegel & MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

ALBUMShostakovich: Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 43Herbert Kegel & MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

ALBUMCloud Atlas SymphonyKristjan Järvi & MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Listen to Wagner: Concert Overtures by MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra & Jun Märkl

ALBUMWagner: Concert OverturesMDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra & Jun Märkl

ALBUMPhilip Glass: Aguas da AmazoniaKristjan Järvi, Charles Coleman, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra & Absolute Ensemble

Listen to Tchaikovsky: Snegurochka - The Snow Maiden by Kristjan Järvi, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vsevolod Grivnov, Annely Peebo & MDR Leipzig Radio Choir

ALBUMTchaikovsky: Snegurochka - The Snow MaidenKristjan Järvi, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vsevolod Grivnov, Annely Peebo & MDR Leipzig Radio Choir

Listen to Berg: Wozzeck by MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra & Herbert Kegel

ALBUMBerg: WozzeckMDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra & Herbert Kegel

Listen to Wagner: Opera Overtures by Staatskapelle Dresden, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Staatskapelle Berlin, Franz Konwitschny, Herbert Kegel, Hiroshi Wakasugi & Otmar Suitner

ALBUMWagner: Opera OverturesStaatskapelle Dresden, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Staatskapelle Berlin, Franz Konwitschny, Herbert Kegel, Hiroshi Wakasugi & Otmar Suitner

Listen to Schostakowitsch: Symphony No. 1 & Piano Concerto No. 1 by MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rolf Kleinert, Gunter Kootz, Herbert Kegel, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Willy Krug, Herbert Kegel & Günter Kootz

ALBUMSchostakowitsch: Symphony No. 1 & Piano Concerto No. 1MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rolf Kleinert, Gunter Kootz, Herbert Kegel, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Willy Krug, Herbert Kegel & Günter Kootz

Listen to Reger: Sinfonietta, Op. 90, An die Hoffnung & Hymnus der Liebe by Heinz Bongartz, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra & Annelies Burmeister

ALBUMReger: Sinfonietta, Op. 90, An die Hoffnung & Hymnus der LiebeHeinz Bongartz, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra & Annelies Burmeister

Listen to Othmar Schoeck: Chorwerke by Howard Arman, Mario Venzago, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra & MDR-Rundfunkchor

ALBUMOthmar Schoeck: ChorwerkeHoward Arman, Mario Venzago, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra & MDR-Rundfunkchor

Listen to Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 by Hermann Abendroth & MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

ALBUMBrahms: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4Hermann Abendroth & MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Listen to Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus & Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5 by MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra & Max Pommer

ALBUMRautavaara: Cantus Arcticus & Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra & Max Pommer

Listen to Rautavaara: Symphonies Nos. 1-3 by MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra & Max Pommer

ALBUMRautavaara: Symphonies Nos. 1-3MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra & Max Pommer

Listen to Aho, K.: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 7 by MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra & Max Pommer

ALBUMAho, K.: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 7MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra & Max Pommer

Listen to Rautavaara: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 by Ralf Gothóni, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Max Pommer, Jukka-Pekka Saraste & Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

ALBUMRautavaara: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2Ralf Gothóni, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Max Pommer, Jukka-Pekka Saraste & Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Listen to Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem by MDR Leipzig Radio Choir, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra & Herbert Kegel

ALBUMBrahms: Ein Deutsches RequiemMDR Leipzig Radio Choir, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra & Herbert Kegel

Listen to Telemann: Jauchze, Jubiliere Und Singe by Wolf-Dieter Hauschild & MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

ALBUMTelemann: Jauchze, Jubiliere Und SingeWolf-Dieter Hauschild & MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Listen to Nono: Como una Ola de Fuerza y Luz & 3 Epitaffi Per Federico Garcia Lorca: Nos. 1 and 3 by Herbert Kegel & MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

ALBUMNono: Como una Ola de Fuerza y Luz & 3 Epitaffi Per Federico Garcia Lorca: Nos. 1 and 3Herbert Kegel & MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Listen to Prokofiev: Betrothal In a Monastery (Opera Highlights) (Sung In German) by MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra & Herbert Kegel

ALBUMProkofiev: Betrothal In a Monastery (Opera Highlights) (Sung In German)MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra & Herbert Kegel

Listen to Orff: Der Mond by MDR Leipzig Radio Choir, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Kegel, Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, Gerd Gutschow, Paul-Adolf Neiss, Eberhard Büchner, Wilfried Schaal, Reiner Süss, Fred Teschler, Paul Glahn, Horst Lunow, Helmut Klotz, Armin Terzibaschian, Hans-Joachim Hegewald & Fred-Arthur Geppert

ALBUMOrff: Der MondMDR Leipzig Radio Choir, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Kegel, Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, Gerd Gutschow, Paul-Adolf Neiss, Eberhard Büchner, Wilfried Schaal, Reiner Süss, Fred Teschler, Paul Glahn, Horst Lunow, Helmut Klotz, Armin Terzibaschian, Hans-Joachim Hegewald & Fred-Arthur Geppert

Listen to Bizet: Carmen by MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Aderhold, Gunther Leib, Harald Neukirch, Herbert Kegel, Leipzig Radio Children's Choir, Maria Croonen, Robert Lauhofer, Rolf Apreck, Sigrid Kehl, Sona Cervena, Ursula Engert & Wilhelm Klemm

ALBUMBizet: CarmenMDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Aderhold, Gunther Leib, Harald Neukirch, Herbert Kegel, Leipzig Radio Children's Choir, Maria Croonen, Robert Lauhofer, Rolf Apreck, Sigrid Kehl, Sona Cervena, Ursula Engert & Wilhelm Klemm

About MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Hometown

Leipzig, Germany

Formed

1923

Genre

Classical

While the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra has the distinction of being the oldest radio orchestra in Germany, it is, more importantly, among the finer German orchestras of any background. Under the name Orchester des Konzervereins, the group gave its first concert on January 6, 1923. Under director Alfred Szendrei, the orchestra gave its first concerto on Leipzig radio the following year, using the name Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Leipzig. The orchestra's conductor since 2020 has been Dennis Russell Davies. The MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra has spawned an unusually large number of smaller ensembles. In 2022, the orchestra joined the MDR Leipzig Radio Chorus for a recording of Ralph Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony and Serenade to Music. By that time, its recording catalog comprised more than 35 CDs and numerous earlier LPs.

Members of MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra include, or have included, Atilla Aldemir.