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Mozart - Requiem D minor, KV 626 (with an introduction to the work)

Mozart's unfinished last composition, the Requiem in D minor from 1791, is one of the most famous compositions of the Latin Mass for the Dead. The version on this CD, submitted by Howard Arman for the Bavarian Radio Choru,s is based on Mozart's sources and the additions by Franz Xaver Süßmayr. CD 2 of this release offers an introduction to the work by Markus Vanhoefer (in German) from the series BR-KLASSIK WISSEN - Wege zur Musik.

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Igor Kuljerić: Croatian Glagolitic Requiem

In his work Croatian Glagolitic Requiem, the Croatian composer Igor Kuljerić combines the structure of the Roman Catholic Liturgy with the ancient ecclesiastical tradition of the Eastern Mediterranean, as handed down in the so-called Glagolitza, the oldest Slavic script.

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Bernard Haitink conducts – Beethoven Symphony No. 9

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink. This live recording from February 2019, shortly before Bernard Haitink announced his imminent departure from the conductor’s podium, will be released on CD by BR-KLASSIK.

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Giuseppe Verdi: Attila

Following Giuseppe Verdi's "Luisa Miller" and "I due Foscari" (the complete recordings have already been released on CD), the successful cycle of early masterpieces by the famous Italian opera composer continues. The concert performance of Verdi's stage work "Attila" was recorded on October 13, 2019 – also in Munich’s Prinzregententheater.

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Mariss Jansons – The SACD Recordings

This new 10 SACD box, released on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the BR-KLASSIK, Label which was founded in 2009, offers complete recordings of Haydn's "Harmoniemesse" and the symphonies of Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler, Tschaikowsky and Schostakowitsch with Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra and Mariss Jansons.

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Rossini – Sigismondo

Gioachino Rossini's little-known opera „Sigismondo“ was given at Munich’s Prinzregententheater on October 14, 2018 as a concert performance. This extraordinary opera event is now being released on BR-KLASSIK as a live recording on two CDs.

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Bernard Haitink – Portrait

To mark the 90th birthday of the eminent conductor Bernard Haitink, this representative portrait – a box set containing a total of eleven CDs – is being released by BR-KLASSIK. These exceptional live recordings document the long-standing and intensive collaboration between the Dutch conductor, the Bavarian Radio Chorus and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.

read more

Verdi – I due Foscari

Giuseppe Verdi's early opera „I due Foscari“ was performed in a concert at the Prinzregententheater in Munich in November 2018 with the Munich Radio Orchestra and the Bavarian Radio Chorus under the conduction of Ivan Repušić. BR-KLASSIK released the recording of this performance on CD.

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Beethoven – Mass C Major / Leonore Overture No. 3

For people at the time, the Mass in C major, Op. 86 of 1807 provided unprecedented access to the Christian faith in a way that is still relevant today.
Mariss Jansons conducts the Chor & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks on the occasion of his 75th birthday in two concerts that took place exactly one year ago at the Philharmonie im Gasteig in Munich on January 11 and 12, 2018.

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Mozart – Mass in C Minor, KV 427 (with introduction)

Although incomplete, Mozart's Mass in C minor, written in 1782, ranks as one of the outstanding Mass settings in European music history. This CD is thus the first recording of the definitive version of this new and intelligently edited reconstruction of Mozart's Mass in C minor. An introduction to the work is also included, now enabling this masterpiece to be approached from new perspectives.

read more order now

More Christmas Surprises

The new collection of "Christmas Suprises" with the Bavarian Radio Chorus and the Munich Radio Orchestra. Howard Arman combined and arranged melodies both familiar and unfamiliar, young and old. It reflects the richness and diversity of the Christmas repertoire, ranging from traditional carols from all over Europe, to music of the American swing era.

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Bach – Motets

To this day, for any choir, Bach's motets represent a special artistic and interpretive challenge. The Bavarian Radio Chorus under its artistic director Howard Arman has now recorded a selection of Bach's most famous motets: Jesu, meine Freude ("Jesus, my joy") BWV 227, Singet dem Herr ein neues Lied ("Sing to the Lord a new song") BWV 225, Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf ("The Spirit gives aid to our weakness") BWV 226, Fürchte dich nicht ("Do not be afraid”) BWV 228, and Komm, Jesu, komm ("Come, Jesus, come") BWV 229.

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Mendelssohn – Psalms

An exciting combination of four large psalms with soloists, choir and orchestra, and the famous prayer “Give us Thy blessed peace” by Martin Luther. The Bavarian Radio Chorus and renowned soloists present Mendelssohn’s masterpieces under the direction of Howard Arman in an impressively clear interpretation with finely tuned sound.

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Rupert Huber: Nachklang – Rose

Rupert Huber conducts Rupert Huber (II). In recent years this composer-conductor has often performed his own works with the BR Chorus, opening the ears of audiences and singers alike to music that is anything but commonplace. In their ideas and sounds his words venture not only into the world of distant cultures and regions but into great literature and world religions.

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Mahler – Symphony No. 2

Gustav Mahler's Second Symphony, also referred to as the "Resurrection Symphony", is a complete expression of Mahler’s existential struggle; both its form and its overpowering sound make this utterly clear. This live recording from 20011 is performed by the Chor and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks under its chief conductor Mariss Jansons with the two singers Anja Harteros and Bernarda Fink.

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Rossini: Stabat mater

150 years after the composer's death the Bavarian Radio Chorus and the Munich Radio Orchestra under the direction of Howard Arman present a recording of Gioachino Rossinis "Stabat mater". Rossini composed choral music only occasionally. The little he did compose, however, has benefitted from a precise and deeply felt lyrical interpretation, a mastery that was honed at musical theatres. After his spectacular farewell from the world of the opera he created the "Stabat mater" in the years 1831/32 and 1838-41. It was performed complete for the first time in Paris on 7 January 1842 with great success.

read more

Haitink conducts Mahler's Third Symphony

This CD received the BBC award in the categories “Recording of the Year” and “Orchestral Award”. Gustav Mahler's Third Symphony still ranks today as one of the greatest and most powerful creations of the Late Romantic period. This huge symphony is longer and more monumental than the others and contains texts from the collection of poems by Clemens Brentano and Achim von Arnim entitled “Des Knaben Wunderhorn”. The solo parts are sung by Gerhild Romberger.

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Gounod – Le tribut de Zamora

Gounod tackled the operatic genre for the last time in 1881 with what is probably his most ambitious work, "Le Tribut de Zamora". The action takes place in ninth-century Spain. Here Gounod was given an opportunity to display his talents as an orchestrator and colourist in an exotic setting. He produced an epic in the tradition of French grand opéra, with numerous ensembles and showpiece airs. Despite an unequivocal success on its first run, "Le Tribut de Zamora" sank into oblivion within a few short years.

read more

Rupert Huber: ruh-i-gulab / Mein Venedig

Rupert Huber conducts Rupert Huber (I). In recent years this composer-conductor has often performed his own works with the BR Chorus, opening the ears of audiences and singers alike to music that is anything but commonplace. In their ideas and sounds his words venture not only into the world of distant cultures and regions but into great literature and world religions.

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Rachmaninov – The Bells / Mariss Jansons

Two large symphonic works by the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninov can be experienced on a CD from BR-KLASSIK. It offers a live recording of “The Bells” and “Symphonic Dances” with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and Mariss Jansons. Live recordings of concerts in Munich, January 2016 and January 2017.

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Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller

Ivan Repušić made his debut as Chief Conductor of the Münchner Rundfunkorchester on September 24, 2017 at the city’s Prinzregententheater with a concert performance of Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Luisa Miller" with the Bavarian Radio Chorus. The Latvian soprano Marina Rebeka – the orchestra’s Artist in Residence during the 2017/18 season – was successfully engaged for the title role of the tragic opera, based on Friedrich Schiller's "Kabale und Liebe". This highlight of the Munich music scene last autumn has been released by BR-KLASSIK as a double CD.

read more order now

Gustav Mahler: Symphonies 1 - 9

The Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra plays all the symphonies of Gustav Mahler in this collection with a total of 11 CDs. The conductors were Mariss Jansons and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Bernard Haitink, Daniel Harding and Sir Colin Davis. The performances were recorded live between 1996 and 2016 in the Philharmonie im Gasteig and the Herkulessaal of the Munich Residenz, and most of them are recent.

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Mariss Jansons – Portrait

The CD box set “Mariss Jansons – A Portrait”, released by BR-KLASSIK, contains a total of five CDs offering a representative cross-section of the classical symphonic repertoire – and of the repertoire for which the chief conductor of the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks’s outstanding interpretative qualities have been highly praised again and again.

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Bach "Soli Deo Gloria" – St. John Passion – St. Matthew Passion – Mass in B minor – Christmas Oratorio

Complete Edition with the Bavarian Radio Chorus under Peter Dijkstra, together with Concerto Köln and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin: audio recording of the four great oratorios by Bach, on a total of nine CDs. Soloists: Christina Landshamer, Karina Gauvin, Rachel Harnisch, Anke Vondung, Gerhild Romberger, Maximilian Schmitt, Julian Prédardien, Tilman Lichdi, Tareq Nazmi, Karl-Magnus Frederiksson, Michael Nagy, Krešimir Stražanac, Christian Immler.

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Composer/Work

Mozart - Requiem D minor, KV 626 (with an introduction to the work)

Mozart's unfinished last composition, the Requiem in D minor from 1791, is one of the most famous compositions of the Latin Mass for the Dead. The version on this CD, submitted by Howard Arman for the Bavarian Radio Choru,s is based on Mozart's sources and the additions by Franz Xaver Süßmayr. CD 2 of this release offers an introduction to the work by Markus Vanhoefer (in German) from the series BR-KLASSIK WISSEN - Wege zur Musik.

read more order now

Igor Kuljerić: Croatian Glagolitic Requiem

In his work Croatian Glagolitic Requiem, the Croatian composer Igor Kuljerić combines the structure of the Roman Catholic Liturgy with the ancient ecclesiastical tradition of the Eastern Mediterranean, as handed down in the so-called Glagolitza, the oldest Slavic script.

read more order now

Bernard Haitink conducts – Beethoven Symphony No. 9

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink. This live recording from February 2019, shortly before Bernard Haitink announced his imminent departure from the conductor’s podium, will be released on CD by BR-KLASSIK.

read more order now

Beethoven – Mass C Major / Leonore Overture No. 3

For people at the time, the Mass in C major, Op. 86 of 1807 provided unprecedented access to the Christian faith in a way that is still relevant today.
Mariss Jansons conducts the Chor & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks on the occasion of his 75th birthday in two concerts that took place exactly one year ago at the Philharmonie im Gasteig in Munich on January 11 and 12, 2018.

read more order now

Mozart – Mass in C Minor, KV 427 (with introduction)

Although incomplete, Mozart's Mass in C minor, written in 1782, ranks as one of the outstanding Mass settings in European music history. This CD is thus the first recording of the definitive version of this new and intelligently edited reconstruction of Mozart's Mass in C minor. An introduction to the work is also included, now enabling this masterpiece to be approached from new perspectives.

read more order now

Bach – Motets

To this day, for any choir, Bach's motets represent a special artistic and interpretive challenge. The Bavarian Radio Chorus under its artistic director Howard Arman has now recorded a selection of Bach's most famous motets: Jesu, meine Freude ("Jesus, my joy") BWV 227, Singet dem Herr ein neues Lied ("Sing to the Lord a new song") BWV 225, Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf ("The Spirit gives aid to our weakness") BWV 226, Fürchte dich nicht ("Do not be afraid”) BWV 228, and Komm, Jesu, komm ("Come, Jesus, come") BWV 229.

read more order now

Mendelssohn – Psalms

An exciting combination of four large psalms with soloists, choir and orchestra, and the famous prayer “Give us Thy blessed peace” by Martin Luther. The Bavarian Radio Chorus and renowned soloists present Mendelssohn’s masterpieces under the direction of Howard Arman in an impressively clear interpretation with finely tuned sound.

read more order now

Händel – Occasional Oratorio

Howard Arman conducts the Bavarian Radio Chorus and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin as well as english speaking soloists at the concert in the Herkulessaal, Munich, on 11th February 2017. This concert recording is the world's first recording of the "Occasional Oratorio" according to the historically researched and edited score of the Neue Hallische Handel edition.

read more order now

Rupert Huber: Nachklang – Rose

Rupert Huber conducts Rupert Huber (II). In recent years this composer-conductor has often performed his own works with the BR Chorus, opening the ears of audiences and singers alike to music that is anything but commonplace. In their ideas and sounds his words venture not only into the world of distant cultures and regions but into great literature and world religions.

read more order now

Mahler – Symphony No. 2

Gustav Mahler's Second Symphony, also referred to as the "Resurrection Symphony", is a complete expression of Mahler’s existential struggle; both its form and its overpowering sound make this utterly clear. This live recording from 20011 is performed by the Chor and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks under its chief conductor Mariss Jansons with the two singers Anja Harteros and Bernarda Fink.

read more order now

Rossini: Stabat mater

150 years after the composer's death the Bavarian Radio Chorus and the Munich Radio Orchestra under the direction of Howard Arman present a recording of Gioachino Rossinis "Stabat mater". Rossini composed choral music only occasionally. The little he did compose, however, has benefitted from a precise and deeply felt lyrical interpretation, a mastery that was honed at musical theatres. After his spectacular farewell from the world of the opera he created the "Stabat mater" in the years 1831/32 and 1838-41. It was performed complete for the first time in Paris on 7 January 1842 with great success.

read more

Haitink conducts Mahler's Third Symphony

This CD received the BBC award in the categories “Recording of the Year” and “Orchestral Award”. Gustav Mahler's Third Symphony still ranks today as one of the greatest and most powerful creations of the Late Romantic period. This huge symphony is longer and more monumental than the others and contains texts from the collection of poems by Clemens Brentano and Achim von Arnim entitled “Des Knaben Wunderhorn”. The solo parts are sung by Gerhild Romberger.

read more order now

Gounod – Le tribut de Zamora

Gounod tackled the operatic genre for the last time in 1881 with what is probably his most ambitious work, "Le Tribut de Zamora". The action takes place in ninth-century Spain. Here Gounod was given an opportunity to display his talents as an orchestrator and colourist in an exotic setting. He produced an epic in the tradition of French grand opéra, with numerous ensembles and showpiece airs. Despite an unequivocal success on its first run, "Le Tribut de Zamora" sank into oblivion within a few short years.

read more

Rupert Huber: ruh-i-gulab / Mein Venedig

Rupert Huber conducts Rupert Huber (I). In recent years this composer-conductor has often performed his own works with the BR Chorus, opening the ears of audiences and singers alike to music that is anything but commonplace. In their ideas and sounds his words venture not only into the world of distant cultures and regions but into great literature and world religions.

read more order now

Gustav Mahler: Symphonies 1 - 9

The Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra plays all the symphonies of Gustav Mahler in this collection with a total of 11 CDs. The conductors were Mariss Jansons and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Bernard Haitink, Daniel Harding and Sir Colin Davis. The performances were recorded live between 1996 and 2016 in the Philharmonie im Gasteig and the Herkulessaal of the Munich Residenz, and most of them are recent.

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Symphony No. 9 – Jansons conducts Beethoven

Hollow pathos is not his thing. For an artist like Mariss Jansons, Friedrich Schiller’s Ode “An die Freude” must have a far deeper significance, which also fully encompasses the doubt and profound hope embodied in this text. And thus, in Jansons’s recording of the Ninth Symphony, the choral finale does not degenerate to a superficial orgy of jubilation, but rather becomes a delicately balanced, wisely developed drama.

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Bach "Soli Deo Gloria" – St. John Passion – St. Matthew Passion – Mass in B minor – Christmas Oratorio

Complete Edition with the Bavarian Radio Chorus under Peter Dijkstra, together with Concerto Köln and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin: audio recording of the four great oratorios by Bach, on a total of nine CDs. Soloists: Christina Landshamer, Karina Gauvin, Rachel Harnisch, Anke Vondung, Gerhild Romberger, Maximilian Schmitt, Julian Prédardien, Tilman Lichdi, Tareq Nazmi, Karl-Magnus Frederiksson, Michael Nagy, Krešimir Stražanac, Christian Immler.

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Bach – Mass in B Minor

The Mass in B minor, one of the greatest musical legacies of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), was written from 1724 until two years before his death, and was not premiered until 1835. In addition to the Bavarian Radio Chorus, this live recording features renowned soloists and Concerto Köln, an ensemble celebrated for its historical performance practice and a longtime partner of the Chorus. The conductor of this recording from the Munich Herkulessaal is Peter Dijkstra. Soloists: Christina Landshamer, Anke Vondung, Kenneth Tarver and Andreas Wolf.

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Sampler

Mariss Jansons – The SACD Recordings

This new 10 SACD box, released on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the BR-KLASSIK, Label which was founded in 2009, offers complete recordings of Haydn's "Harmoniemesse" and the symphonies of Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler, Tschaikowsky and Schostakowitsch with Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra and Mariss Jansons.

read more order now

Bernard Haitink – Portrait

To mark the 90th birthday of the eminent conductor Bernard Haitink, this representative portrait – a box set containing a total of eleven CDs – is being released by BR-KLASSIK. These exceptional live recordings document the long-standing and intensive collaboration between the Dutch conductor, the Bavarian Radio Chorus and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.

read more

More Christmas Surprises

The new collection of "Christmas Suprises" with the Bavarian Radio Chorus and the Munich Radio Orchestra. Howard Arman combined and arranged melodies both familiar and unfamiliar, young and old. It reflects the richness and diversity of the Christmas repertoire, ranging from traditional carols from all over Europe, to music of the American swing era.

read more order now

Mariss Jansons – Portrait

The CD box set “Mariss Jansons – A Portrait”, released by BR-KLASSIK, contains a total of five CDs offering a representative cross-section of the classical symphonic repertoire – and of the repertoire for which the chief conductor of the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks’s outstanding interpretative qualities have been highly praised again and again.

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Amor fatale – Marina Rebeka sings Rossini

Marina Rebeka is one of the most successful sopranos of her generation. To mark the Rossini year of 2018 – 150 years since the composer’s death, on 13 November 1868 – Rebeka, the Münchner Rundfunkorchester and the Bavarian Radio Chorus, conducted by Marco Armiliato, have recorded an album of highly dramatic opera arias, released by BR-KLASSIK.

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Duruflé – Requiem | Respighi – Concerto gregoriano

Ivan Repušić, the new chief conductor of the Munich Rundfunkorchester, devotes his first CD on BR-KLASSIK to works by the composers Maurice Duruflé and Ottorino Respighi, both of whom took a major interest in the melodies of Gregorian chant. The concert performance of these two works took place on 17 March 2017 in Munich’s Herz Jesu Church, with the Bavarian Radio Chorus.

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Special/Education

Mozart - Requiem D minor, KV 626 (with an introduction to the work)

Mozart's unfinished last composition, the Requiem in D minor from 1791, is one of the most famous compositions of the Latin Mass for the Dead. The version on this CD, submitted by Howard Arman for the Bavarian Radio Choru,s is based on Mozart's sources and the additions by Franz Xaver Süßmayr. CD 2 of this release offers an introduction to the work by Markus Vanhoefer (in German) from the series BR-KLASSIK WISSEN - Wege zur Musik.

read more order now

Mozart – Mass in C Minor, KV 427 (with introduction)

Although incomplete, Mozart's Mass in C minor, written in 1782, ranks as one of the outstanding Mass settings in European music history. This CD is thus the first recording of the definitive version of this new and intelligently edited reconstruction of Mozart's Mass in C minor. An introduction to the work is also included, now enabling this masterpiece to be approached from new perspectives.

read more order now

Opera

Giuseppe Verdi: Attila

Following Giuseppe Verdi's "Luisa Miller" and "I due Foscari" (the complete recordings have already been released on CD), the successful cycle of early masterpieces by the famous Italian opera composer continues. The concert performance of Verdi's stage work "Attila" was recorded on October 13, 2019 – also in Munich’s Prinzregententheater.

read more order now

Rossini – Sigismondo

Gioachino Rossini's little-known opera „Sigismondo“ was given at Munich’s Prinzregententheater on October 14, 2018 as a concert performance. This extraordinary opera event is now being released on BR-KLASSIK as a live recording on two CDs.

read more order now

Verdi – I due Foscari

Giuseppe Verdi's early opera „I due Foscari“ was performed in a concert at the Prinzregententheater in Munich in November 2018 with the Munich Radio Orchestra and the Bavarian Radio Chorus under the conduction of Ivan Repušić. BR-KLASSIK released the recording of this performance on CD.

read more order now

Gounod – Le tribut de Zamora

Gounod tackled the operatic genre for the last time in 1881 with what is probably his most ambitious work, "Le Tribut de Zamora". The action takes place in ninth-century Spain. Here Gounod was given an opportunity to display his talents as an orchestrator and colourist in an exotic setting. He produced an epic in the tradition of French grand opéra, with numerous ensembles and showpiece airs. Despite an unequivocal success on its first run, "Le Tribut de Zamora" sank into oblivion within a few short years.

read more

Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller

Ivan Repušić made his debut as Chief Conductor of the Münchner Rundfunkorchester on September 24, 2017 at the city’s Prinzregententheater with a concert performance of Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Luisa Miller" with the Bavarian Radio Chorus. The Latvian soprano Marina Rebeka – the orchestra’s Artist in Residence during the 2017/18 season – was successfully engaged for the title role of the tragic opera, based on Friedrich Schiller's "Kabale und Liebe". This highlight of the Munich music scene last autumn has been released by BR-KLASSIK as a double CD.

read more order now

BR-KLASSIK-Label

Mozart - Requiem D minor, KV 626 (with an introduction to the work)

Mozart's unfinished last composition, the Requiem in D minor from 1791, is one of the most famous compositions of the Latin Mass for the Dead. The version on this CD, submitted by Howard Arman for the Bavarian Radio Choru,s is based on Mozart's sources and the additions by Franz Xaver Süßmayr. CD 2 of this release offers an introduction to the work by Markus Vanhoefer (in German) from the series BR-KLASSIK WISSEN - Wege zur Musik.

read more order now

Igor Kuljerić: Croatian Glagolitic Requiem

In his work Croatian Glagolitic Requiem, the Croatian composer Igor Kuljerić combines the structure of the Roman Catholic Liturgy with the ancient ecclesiastical tradition of the Eastern Mediterranean, as handed down in the so-called Glagolitza, the oldest Slavic script.

read more order now

Bernard Haitink conducts – Beethoven Symphony No. 9

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink. This live recording from February 2019, shortly before Bernard Haitink announced his imminent departure from the conductor’s podium, will be released on CD by BR-KLASSIK.

read more order now

Mariss Jansons – The SACD Recordings

This new 10 SACD box, released on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the BR-KLASSIK, Label which was founded in 2009, offers complete recordings of Haydn's "Harmoniemesse" and the symphonies of Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler, Tschaikowsky and Schostakowitsch with Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra and Mariss Jansons.

read more order now

Rossini – Sigismondo

Gioachino Rossini's little-known opera „Sigismondo“ was given at Munich’s Prinzregententheater on October 14, 2018 as a concert performance. This extraordinary opera event is now being released on BR-KLASSIK as a live recording on two CDs.

read more order now

Bernard Haitink – Portrait

To mark the 90th birthday of the eminent conductor Bernard Haitink, this representative portrait – a box set containing a total of eleven CDs – is being released by BR-KLASSIK. These exceptional live recordings document the long-standing and intensive collaboration between the Dutch conductor, the Bavarian Radio Chorus and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.

read more

Verdi – I due Foscari

Giuseppe Verdi's early opera „I due Foscari“ was performed in a concert at the Prinzregententheater in Munich in November 2018 with the Munich Radio Orchestra and the Bavarian Radio Chorus under the conduction of Ivan Repušić. BR-KLASSIK released the recording of this performance on CD.

read more order now

Beethoven – Mass C Major / Leonore Overture No. 3

For people at the time, the Mass in C major, Op. 86 of 1807 provided unprecedented access to the Christian faith in a way that is still relevant today.
Mariss Jansons conducts the Chor & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks on the occasion of his 75th birthday in two concerts that took place exactly one year ago at the Philharmonie im Gasteig in Munich on January 11 and 12, 2018.

read more order now

Mozart – Mass in C Minor, KV 427 (with introduction)

Although incomplete, Mozart's Mass in C minor, written in 1782, ranks as one of the outstanding Mass settings in European music history. This CD is thus the first recording of the definitive version of this new and intelligently edited reconstruction of Mozart's Mass in C minor. An introduction to the work is also included, now enabling this masterpiece to be approached from new perspectives.

read more order now

Bach – Motets

To this day, for any choir, Bach's motets represent a special artistic and interpretive challenge. The Bavarian Radio Chorus under its artistic director Howard Arman has now recorded a selection of Bach's most famous motets: Jesu, meine Freude ("Jesus, my joy") BWV 227, Singet dem Herr ein neues Lied ("Sing to the Lord a new song") BWV 225, Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf ("The Spirit gives aid to our weakness") BWV 226, Fürchte dich nicht ("Do not be afraid”) BWV 228, and Komm, Jesu, komm ("Come, Jesus, come") BWV 229.

read more order now

Mendelssohn – Psalms

An exciting combination of four large psalms with soloists, choir and orchestra, and the famous prayer “Give us Thy blessed peace” by Martin Luther. The Bavarian Radio Chorus and renowned soloists present Mendelssohn’s masterpieces under the direction of Howard Arman in an impressively clear interpretation with finely tuned sound.

read more order now

Händel – Occasional Oratorio

Howard Arman conducts the Bavarian Radio Chorus and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin as well as english speaking soloists at the concert in the Herkulessaal, Munich, on 11th February 2017. This concert recording is the world's first recording of the "Occasional Oratorio" according to the historically researched and edited score of the Neue Hallische Handel edition.

read more order now

Mahler – Symphony No. 2

Gustav Mahler's Second Symphony, also referred to as the "Resurrection Symphony", is a complete expression of Mahler’s existential struggle; both its form and its overpowering sound make this utterly clear. This live recording from 20011 is performed by the Chor and Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks under its chief conductor Mariss Jansons with the two singers Anja Harteros and Bernarda Fink.

read more order now

Haitink conducts Mahler's Third Symphony

This CD received the BBC award in the categories “Recording of the Year” and “Orchestral Award”. Gustav Mahler's Third Symphony still ranks today as one of the greatest and most powerful creations of the Late Romantic period. This huge symphony is longer and more monumental than the others and contains texts from the collection of poems by Clemens Brentano and Achim von Arnim entitled “Des Knaben Wunderhorn”. The solo parts are sung by Gerhild Romberger.

read more order now

Rachmaninov – The Bells / Mariss Jansons

Two large symphonic works by the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninov can be experienced on a CD from BR-KLASSIK. It offers a live recording of “The Bells” and “Symphonic Dances” with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and Mariss Jansons. Live recordings of concerts in Munich, January 2016 and January 2017.

read more order now

Mariss Jansons – Portrait

The CD box set “Mariss Jansons – A Portrait”, released by BR-KLASSIK, contains a total of five CDs offering a representative cross-section of the classical symphonic repertoire – and of the repertoire for which the chief conductor of the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks’s outstanding interpretative qualities have been highly praised again and again.

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Amor fatale – Marina Rebeka sings Rossini

Marina Rebeka is one of the most successful sopranos of her generation. To mark the Rossini year of 2018 – 150 years since the composer’s death, on 13 November 1868 – Rebeka, the Münchner Rundfunkorchester and the Bavarian Radio Chorus, conducted by Marco Armiliato, have recorded an album of highly dramatic opera arias, released by BR-KLASSIK.

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Symphony No. 9 – Jansons conducts Beethoven

Hollow pathos is not his thing. For an artist like Mariss Jansons, Friedrich Schiller’s Ode “An die Freude” must have a far deeper significance, which also fully encompasses the doubt and profound hope embodied in this text. And thus, in Jansons’s recording of the Ninth Symphony, the choral finale does not degenerate to a superficial orgy of jubilation, but rather becomes a delicately balanced, wisely developed drama.

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Duruflé – Requiem | Respighi – Concerto gregoriano

Ivan Repušić, the new chief conductor of the Munich Rundfunkorchester, devotes his first CD on BR-KLASSIK to works by the composers Maurice Duruflé and Ottorino Respighi, both of whom took a major interest in the melodies of Gregorian chant. The concert performance of these two works took place on 17 March 2017 in Munich’s Herz Jesu Church, with the Bavarian Radio Chorus.

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Bach "Soli Deo Gloria" – St. John Passion – St. Matthew Passion – Mass in B minor – Christmas Oratorio

Complete Edition with the Bavarian Radio Chorus under Peter Dijkstra, together with Concerto Köln and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin: audio recording of the four great oratorios by Bach, on a total of nine CDs. Soloists: Christina Landshamer, Karina Gauvin, Rachel Harnisch, Anke Vondung, Gerhild Romberger, Maximilian Schmitt, Julian Prédardien, Tilman Lichdi, Tareq Nazmi, Karl-Magnus Frederiksson, Michael Nagy, Krešimir Stražanac, Christian Immler.

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Bach – Mass in B Minor

The Mass in B minor, one of the greatest musical legacies of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), was written from 1724 until two years before his death, and was not premiered until 1835. In addition to the Bavarian Radio Chorus, this live recording features renowned soloists and Concerto Köln, an ensemble celebrated for its historical performance practice and a longtime partner of the Chorus. The conductor of this recording from the Munich Herkulessaal is Peter Dijkstra. Soloists: Christina Landshamer, Anke Vondung, Kenneth Tarver and Andreas Wolf.

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