Karl Böhm - The SWR Recordings

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SWR
Release Date
April 14, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Antonìn Dvorak, Paul Hindemith, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Robe
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart
    • PERFORMER
      Branka Musulin, Sinfonieorchester Des Suddeutschen Rundfunks, Rut
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 14, 2023
    • UPC
      747313912384
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SWR19123CD
    • LABEL
      SWR
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      6
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Südfunk-Sinfonieorchester

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    2. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony

      Performer: Branka Musulin (Piano)

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    3. Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    4. Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    5. Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, "Choral"

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Südfunk-Sinfonieorchester, Südfunk-Chor, Philharmonischer Chor Stuttgart

      Performer: Ruth-Margret Pütz (Soprano), Sibylla Plate (Contralto), Walter Geisler (Tenor), Karl-Christian Kohn (Bass)

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    6. Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68

      Composer: Joahnnes Brahms

      Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    7. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 54

      Composer: Robert Schumann

      Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony

      Performer: Branka Musulin (Piano)

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    8. Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178, "From the New World"

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    9. Symphonic Metamorphosis after Themes by Carl Maria von Weber

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    10. Symphony No. 7 in E Major, WAB 107

      Composer: Anton Bruckner

      Ensemble: Südfunk-Sinfonieorchester

      Conductor: Karl Böhm


The lasting fame of conductor Karl Böhm is based on qualities that were praised by listeners, musicians and critics throughout his long career: his discipline and meticulousness when rehearsing compositions as well as his modesty, his willingness to take second place to work and composer. After many years serving as principal conductor in several opera houses he left his administrative duties behind and embarked on an international career as an acclaimed guest, concert and opera conductor. He was regularly invited by the New York Met and the Deutsche Oper Berlin, to the festivals in Salzburg (as of 1938) and Bayreuth (as of 1962), he gave guest performances from Tokyo to Moscow, from Milan to Buenos Aires, and at the broadcasting corporations in Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt and Stuttgart where he was invited whenever there was something important to celebrate.

The Radio Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart (formerly known under a few different names and since 2016 merged with its sister from Baden-Baden and Freiburg to form the SWR Symphonieorchester) not only played in its home region, the Southwest of Germany, but toured extensively all over Europe. It has a catalogue of several hundreds of recordings and accompanied during its history many famous soloists. Branka Musulin was an extraordinary pianist who worked with some of the most important conductors of her time, among them Willem Mengelberg, Hermann Abendroth, Franz Konwitschny, Georg Solti and Sergiu Celibidache.