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Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig
aka MDR Sinfonieorchester
Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig is credited on 1,421 releases across 276 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1952–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,421
Credits
276
Albums
8
Decades active
5
In collections
Biography
The Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig (RSO Leipzig) is affiliated to the public broadcaster. It was founded on 6 January 1923 as (or Leipziger Sinfonie-Orchester) with Alfred Szendrei as its first principal conductor, thus being the oldest German radio orchestra.
After the German Reunification the Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig was renamed to MDR Sinfonieorchester.
Chief conductors:
Alfred Szendrei (1924–1932)
Carl Schuricht (1931–1933)
Hans Weisbach (1934–1939)
Reinhold Merten (1939–1940)
Heinrich Schachtebeck (1945)
Gerhart Wiesenhütter (1946–1948)
Hermann Abendroth (1949–1956)
Herbert Kegel (1960–1978)
Wolf-Dieter Hauschild (1978–1985)
Max Pommer (1987–1991)
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,421 releases · 276 albums · active 1952–2024
- Other credits · 1,805
- Performance · 5
Studios: Studio Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche, Leipzig · Kongreßhalle Zu Leipzig · Bethanienkirche, Leipzig · Studio Versöhnungskirche, Leipzig
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Mozart
- Carl Orff
- Beethoven
- Johann Strauss
- Bruckner
- Brahms
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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