Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

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.

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Incidental Music (Remastered 2014) - 2025-05-31T00:00:00.000000Z

Milestones of a Legend: Hermann Scherchen, Vol. 4 - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Rossini: Guillaume Tell [Sung in German] [Recorded 1953] - 2015-03-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Wagner-Régeny: Die Bürger von Calais (Live 1958) - 2015-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven, Mendelssohn & Grieg: Incidental Music - 2014-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Wagner: Tannhäuser, WWV 70 (Recorded 1954) - 2014-09-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60, TrV 228a (Live) - 2014-08-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Berg: Wozzeck - 2013-09-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Incidental Music, Vol. 1 (Remastered 2014) - 2011-12-31T00:00:00.000000Z

Classic Collection - Debussy, C: La Mer / Nocturnes / Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune / Petite Suite / La Boite A Joujoux - 2003-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 - 2001-02-15T00:00:00.000000Z

Rautavaara, E.: Cantus Arcticus / Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5 - 1997-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Rautavaara, E.: Symphonies Nos. 1-3 - 1997-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

BRAHMS, J.: Symphony No. 1 / Variations on a Theme by Haydn, "St. Anthony Variations" (Leipzig Radio Symphony, Abendroth) [1949] - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Eisler: Vocal Music - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Hanns Eisler: Orchestral Music, Vol. 2 - Kleine Sinfonie / 5 Orchestral Pieces / Scherzo / Rhapsodie / Winterschlacht-Suite / Wilhelm Tell - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

BRAHMS, J.: Lieder (Burmeister) - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

MENDELSSOHN, Felix: Piano Concerto in A Minor (Stockigt, Berlin Radio Symphony, Kegel) / Violin Concerto in D Minor [Schmahl, Berlin Chamber, Koch] - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

HINDEMITH, P.: Nobilissima visione / Der Schwanendreher / Symphonic Metamorphosis (Bongartz, Lipka, Kegel, Suitner) - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

STRAVINSKY, I.: Rite of Spring (The) / Jeu de cartes [Dresden Staatskapelle, Leipzig Radio Symphony, Suitner, Kegel] - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

MOZART, W.A.: Apollo et Hyacinthus / Bastien und Bastienne (Opera) [Pommer] - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 - Penderecki: Threnos - Berg: Violin Concerto - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Weill, K.: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik / Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra / Vom Tod Im Wald - 1991-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Aho, K.: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 7 - 1991-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven: Symphony No. 1, Op. 21 & No. 4, Op. 60 - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z