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.

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

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