Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (DSO) and its history have become emblematic of the democratic and cultural renewal of Germany following the defeat of National Socialism and the end of World War II. That is how the
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The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (DSO) and its history have become emblematic of the democratic and cultural renewal of Germany following the defeat of National Socialism and the end of World War II. That is how the orchestra has been perceived at its concerts in Berlin and on tours throughout Germany and the rest of Europe, North and South America, and in the Near, Middle and Far East. Its groundbreaking radio and recording productions have further solidified this image.
The DSO was founded in 1946 in the American sector of Berlin as RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester. As its first principal conductor, from 1948, Ferenc Fricsay established the orchestra’s future course: commitment to contemporary and suppressed music, stylish interpretation of the traditional repertoire and openness to the opportunities offered by new media. Following Fricsay’s early death in 1963, the 34-year-old Lorin Maazel assumed directorship of the orchestra – by then renamed Radio-Symphonie Orchester Berlin (RSO). (RIAS had been joined in 1956 by SFB [Sender Freies Berlin | Radio Free Berlin] in governing the ensemble.) In 1982, after a few years without a Music Director, the orchestra named Riccardo Chailly, aged only 29, as Maazel’s successor.
To avoid confusion within the complex cultural scene of reunited Berlin, in 1993 the orchestra relinquished its well-established name in favour of Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. In the persons of Vladimir Ashkenazy (1989-99), Kent Nagano (2000-06) and Ingo Metzmacher (2007-10), it engaged artistic directors whose many years of experience were allied to interpretative ambition and innovative spirit. Ashkenazy’s impact was made above all through his high musical profile, Nagano’s by combining creative programming and the integration of contemporary music with refinement of the orchestra’s tonal culture. Metzmacher made his special mark with the Casual Concerts that he conducted and moderated as well as through seasonal thematic focuses that raised questions of fundamental significance through music.
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin is an ensemble of Rundfunk Orchester und Chöre Gmbh (roc berlin), whose shareholders include Deutschlandradio (40%), the Federal Republic of Germany (35%), the State of Berlin (20%) and Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (5%).
August 2010
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company Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin Ansprechpartner Address Masurenallee 16 - 20, 14057 Berlin country Germany telephone 030. 20 29 87 530 fax 030. 20 29 87 539 e-mail info@dso-berlin.de
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Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin | orchestra
Ferenc Fricsay conducts Richard Strauss
Richard Strauss CD
Jorge Bolet: The RIAS recordings, Vol. II
Franz Liszt CD
Violin Concertos
Sergei Prokofiev CD
Nelson Freire plays Saint-Saëns, Grieg and Liszt
Camille Saint-Saëns CD
Dvořák: Cello Concerto & Klid - Bloch: Schelomo
Ernest Bloch CD
Gioconda de Vito plays Beethoven, Brahms & Vitali
Ludwig van Beethoven CD
Vom Himmel hoch... - Christmas Carols
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Portrait Zara Nelsova
Antonín Dvořák 4CD
Portrait Johanna Martzy
Antonín Dvořák 2CD
Pilar Lorengar: A portrait in live and studio recordings from 1959-1962
Vincenzo Bellini 3CD
Sergiu Celibidache: The Berlin recordings
Felix Mendelssohn 13CD
Cello Concerto, Op. 129 & Piano Concerto, Op. 15
Robert Schumann CD
The RIAS Second Viennese School Project
Arnold Schoenberg 4CD
Portrait Bronislaw Gimpel
Jean Sibelius 3CD
Edition Otto Klemperer
Ludwig van Beethoven 5CD
Christian Ferras plays Beethoven and Berg Violin Concertos
Ludwig van Beethoven CD
F. Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 & F. Schubert: Symphony ‘The Great’ in C major, D. 944
Frédéric Chopin CD
Edition Sergiu Celibidache | The complete RIAS recordings
George Gershwin 3CD
Ferenc Fricsay conducts Béla Bartok – The early RIAS recordings
Béla Bartók 3CD
Erica Morini plays Tchaikovsky, Tartini, Vivaldi, Kreisler, Brahms and Wieniawski
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky CD
Don Juan, Eine Alpensinfonie & Walzerfolge from Der Rosenkavalier
Richard Strauss CD
Piano Concerto No. 4 & Symphony No. 4
Ludwig van Beethoven CD
Edition Ferenc Fricsay (XII) – J. Strauss: Walzer • Polkas
Johann Strauss CD
Edition Friedrich Gulda – The early RIAS recordings
Ludwig van Beethoven 4CD
Igor Markevitch conducts Ravel, Stravinsky and Honegger
Maurice Ravel CD
Peter Anders – Recital
Franz Lehár 2CD
Igor Markevitch conducts Schubert, de Falla, Mussorgsky and Roussel
Franz Schubert CD
Michael Rabin plays Bruch's Violin Concerto and Virtuoso Pieces for Violin and Piano
Max Bruch CD
Edition Ferenc Fricsay (XI) – G. Rossini: Stabat Mater
Gioacchino Rossini CD
Clara Haskil plays Mozart, Beethoven and Schumann
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 2CD
Edition Ferenc Fricsay (X) – J. Brahms: Violin Concerto & Symphony No. 2
Johannes Brahms CD
Edition Ferenc Fricsay (IX) – G. Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Gaetano Donizetti 2CD
Porgy & Bess
George Gershwin 2CD
Yehudi Menuhin plays Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Mozart: Violin Concerto K 218 & Bach: Chaconne from Partita No. 2
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky CD
Edition Ferenc Fricsay (VII) – W.A. Mozart: Symphony No. 29, No. 39 & No. 40
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart CD
Edition Ferenc Fricsay (VIII) – W.A. Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 2CD
Edition Ferenc Fricsay (VI) – L. v. Beethoven: Symphonies No. 7 & No. 8, Leonore Ouverture No. 3
Ludwig van Beethoven CD
Symphony No. 4 & Piano Concerto No. 4
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky CD
Ein Heldenleben & Tod und Verklärung
Richard Strauss CD
Edition Ferenc Fricsay (V) – J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss 2CD
Edition Ferenc Fricsay (IV) – P. I. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2 & F. Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky CD
Piano Concerto No. 3 & Symphony No. 94
Ludwig van Beethoven CD
Violin Concerto K 219 & Symphonia Domestica
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart CD
Rigoletto
Giuseppe Verdi 2CD
Carmen
Georges Bizet CD