Orchestra
hr‐Sinfonieorchester
- From
- Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Since
- 1924–present
- Releases
- 165
- classical
About
The Frankfurt Radio Symphony (German: hr-Sinfonieorchester) is the radio orchestra of Hessischer Rundfunk, the public broadcasting network of the German state of Hesse. Venues are Alte Oper and hr-Sendesaal. The music director is the French conductor Alain Altinoglu. Chief conductors have brought in Russian, Nordic and French influences. The orchestra has been one of the leading Mahler and Bruckner orchestras internationally. The hr-Sinfonieorchester with 108 musicians is the third oldest in the ARD.
Members
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Sorin Ciprian Ionescu violin
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Gerda Sperlich horn
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Thaddeus Watson piccolo
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Lothar Schmitt trombone
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Ralph Sabow bassoon
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Thomas Mehlin violin
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Sebastian Wittiber flute
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Konrad Graf percussion, timpani
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Ulrich Edelmann violin
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Burkhard Roggenbuck percussion
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Alejandro Rutkauskas violin
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Barbara Kink violin
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Bettina Hommen flute
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Thomas Sonnen horn
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Christian Lampert horn
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Charles Petit horn
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Jochen Tschabrun clarinet
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Charys Schuler violin
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Sha Katsouris violin
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Anne‐Sophie Bertrand harp
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Hovhannes Mokatsian violin
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Mirjam Trück-Fenyő violin
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Mariane Vignand violin
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Michael Armbruster horn
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Clara Andrada flute
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Nadine Blumenstein violin
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Lars Rapp timpani
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Maximilian Junghanns violin
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Maciej Baranowski horn
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Fanny Pujol violin
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Marc Gruber horn
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Laurent Weibel violin
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Florin Iliescu violin
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Wandi Xu violin
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Sebastian Berner trumpet
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Ole Heiland tuba
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Marta Álvarez Álvarez bassoon
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Cordula Weil piccolo
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Juan Francisco Vázquez Sánchez trombone
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Andreas Hepp percussion
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Johanna Durczok violin
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Claudio Estay percussion
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Arnold Ilg cello
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Mireia Góngora Moral oboe
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Balázs Nemes trumpet
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Tae-Keun Lee violin
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Fernando Arias Parra viola
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Wolf Tormann cello
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Heinz Hepp clarinet
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John MacDonald French horn
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Michael Hasel piccolo, principal
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Peter Zelienka violin
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Kai Bantelmann oboe
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Artur Podlesniy violin
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Valentino Worlitzsch cello
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Suyeon Lee flute
Discography
Albums
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Symphonie No. 4 - "Geneviève" Ouverture
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Requiem / Lontano / Continuum
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Symphony No. 4 ”Romantic” (First Version)
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Symphony no. 3: First Version
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Symphony no. 2
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Symphony no. 1
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Symphonie Nr. 8 c-moll (Erstfassung)
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Requiem / Aventures / Nouvelles Aventures
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Symphonie Nr. 7 E-dur
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Symphony no. 5
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Symphony no. 4
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Symphony no. 3
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Symphonie Fantastique, op. 14
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Symphonie Nr. 1 c-moll
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Symphony no. 6
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Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10 Adagio
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Symphony no. 8
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Symphony no. 7
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Symphonien nr. 5 & 9 (Finale)
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Requiem
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3 Symphonies / Poème de l'Extase / Poème du Feu (Prométhée)
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Harold en Italie, op. 16
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Mein Vaterland
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Gurrelieder
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Symphony no. 5
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Te Deum Op. 22
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Symphony No. 9 in D Minor
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 "Pathétique"; Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde: Vorspiel Und Liebestod
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La Damnation de Faust
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Symphony No. 10
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Symphony No. 5
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Symphonie No. 1
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Symphony no. 7
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Bluebeard's Castle
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Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 4 & 5
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 / Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3
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Symphony No. 6
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Schumann: Symphony no. 3 'Rheinische' / Webern: Fünf Stücke for Orchestra, op. 10 / Schönberg: Verklärte Nacht, op. 4
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Two Organ Concertos / Concerto for Viola d'amore
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Schumann: Symphony no. 1 “Frühlingssymphonie” / Webern: Fünf Sätze, op. 5 / Symphony, op. 21 / Schönberg: Begleitmusik zu einer Lichtspielszene
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Symphony No. 9
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Schumann: Symphony no. 2 / Webern: Im Sommerwind / Schönberg: Kammersymphonie no. 1, op. 9
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Concierto para violín y orquesta nº 1 / Mural sonante
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Violin Concertos / Five Melodies
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Preludes and Overtures
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Ballet Suites 1 & 3, Suites 1 & 2 for Jazz Orchestra
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Esquisses symphoniques / Rapsodia portuguesa / Sinfonietta
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Piano Concerto “The Quest”
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Bruckner: Symphony no. 2, Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, Eliahu Inbal
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Børresen: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3
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Cello Concerto »Invocazione« / Sinfonia Brevis Op. 28
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Vardan Mamikonian
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Symphony no. 5
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Violin concerto, op. 26 / Serenade for strings
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Der Dämon / Hérodiade
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Symphonies 4 & 5
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Symphonies 2 & 5
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Double Bass Concertos
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Atlantis
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Symphonies 1 & 6
Live
Compilations
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10 Symphonies
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Michael Gielen Edition, Vol. 8 (1954-2013)
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バッハ:管弦楽組曲第2・3番 ヘンデル:合奏協奏曲集 Bach: Orchestral Suites Nos. 2 & 3 / Handel: Concerti Grossi
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Dmitri Kitaenko conducts Scriabin
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Symphony 5 / Jazz Suite 1 & 2
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Piano Concertos 1-5
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Works for Oboe and Flute
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Complete Symphonies
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Hector Berlioz Edition
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Symphony No. 5 / Symphony No. 6
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Gurrelieder / The Two Chamber Symphonies
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3 Symphonies / Poème de l'Extase
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Complete Tone Poems
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Mein Vaterland
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Symphonies 1-10 / Das Lied von der Erde
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35 Jahre Großer Sendesaal
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Les Génies du classique, Volume IV, n° 14 - Verdi : Ouvertures célèbres
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Also known as
Frankfurt Radio Symphony · Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra · Frankfurter Rundfunk Symphonie-Orchester · Frankfurter Rundfunk-Symphonie-Orchester · Orchestre symphonique de la radio de Francfort · RSO Frankfurt · Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt · Radio-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt · Sinfonie-Orchester des Hessischen Rundfunks · Sinfonieorchester des Hessischen Rundfunks · hr-Sinfonieorchester · フランクフルト放送交響楽団
Tags
- german orchestra
- symphony orchestra
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 3149fd11-9270-4e77-ab0a-8d71091605da
- ISNI
- 000000012185533X
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