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Berlin Radio Choir

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Active from
  
1925

Berlin Radio Choir wwwdeutschegrammophoncomcmsobjects8b8bdf4064a

Members
  
Sylke Schwab, Michael Timm, Gesine Nowakowski

Albums
  
Ein Deutsches Requiem, Gurrelieder

Record labels
  
Deutsche Grammophon, Decca Records

Similar
  
Simon Halsey, Berlin Radio Symphon, Deutsches Symphonie‑Orchester Berlin, Marek Janowski, RIAS Kammerchor

Profiles

Concert with berlin radio choir 14th sep 2014


The Rundfunkchor Berlin is a German classical choir founded in 1925.

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In the 1950s the choir was divided into the Berliner Solistenvereinigung and the Großer Chor des Berliner Rundfunks. These were united as Rundfunkchor Berlin in 1973.

The choir is one of four professional bodies under administration of Rundfunk Orchester und Chöre GmbH Berlin, founded in 1994 and jointly owned by Deutschlandradio (40%), Bundesrepublik Deutschland (35%) and Land Berlin (20%): Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (RSB) founded 1925 continuing in East Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, founded 1946 in West-Berlin as the RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester (RSO), the Rundfunkchor Berlin, and the RIAS Kammerchor founded 1948 in West-Berlin.

For PENTATONE, the choir has recorded ten operas of Richard Wagner, the F-minor mass by Anton Bruckner and Die Tageszeiten by Richard Strauss.

Rundfunkchor berlin and simon halsey morgenlicht german epk


Songs

Nanie - op 824 Symphonies · 1992
Mick's DreamYouth (La giovinezza) [Original Soundtrack] · 2015
Chorale - BWV 301 "Du - o schönes Weltgebäude"2012

References

Berlin Radio Choir Wikipedia