WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
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New. Elgar & Dvořák: Cello Concertos
Alban Gerhardt (cello), WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Andrew Manze
Cellophiles who swear by the interpretations of Paul Tortelier will find Gerhardt's pacing less novel than his insistence on freshness and immediacy...his well-nigh flawless solo playing is... —
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Moral conviction fuel her (anti-war) neoclassical Symphony No. 2 of 1938 and anti-fascist symphonic poem Pogromes. The programme, played with conviction by the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln under... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2026, Winner - World Premiere Recording
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Symphony No. 1, written during World War Two. Conceived in classic four-movement structure, it gets off to a moody start before picking up rhythmic drive. The whole work sounds arresting thanks... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Wagner: Lohengrin
RecommendedJohan Botha (Lohengrin), Adrianne Pieczonka (Elsa), Falk Struckmann (Telramund), Petra Lang (Ortrud), Kwangchul Youn (King Heinrich), Eike Wilm Schulte (Herald)
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, NDR Chor & Prager Kammerchor, Semyon Bychkov
Semyon Bychkov conducts a robustly powerful yet airily textured performance, keenly dramatic yet finely detailed. His Cologne orchestra and various choruses, focused and involved, sound tremendous... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Collection
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th April 2010
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2010, Disc of the Year & Opera Award Winner
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Opera, June 2009, Recording of the Month
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Mel Bonis: Orchestral Works
Lydia Teuscher (soprano), Julie Robard-Gendre, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Damen des WDR Rundfunkchores, Joseph Bastian
All these sets of miniatures are absolute charmers. The songs are also lovely… sung with panache here by Lydia Teuscher… The WDR Symphony play stylishly for Bastian, and the recorded sound is... —
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Special offer. Hans Rosbaud 50th Anniversary Edition
Saal 1, Funkhaus, Cologne, 22 October 1951
Kölner Rundkunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Hans Rosbaud
I detect no lack of feeling or expressiveness in Rosbaud’s reading and he is not afraid to deploy a judicious amount of portamento. It’s good to hear a straightforward approach to this music...The... —
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Special offer. Puccini: Suor Angelica
Kristine Opolais (Angelica), Lioba Braun (Princess), Nadezhda Serdyuk (Sister Monitor) & Mojca Erdmann (Sister Genovieffa)
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Andris Nelsons
Nelsons evokes atmosphere with energy and clean-cut textures. All told, the effect is slightly cool, but many will prefer it to overheated Italianate performances, especially with such a credibly... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2013, Opera Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2012, Opera Choice
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Bonis - Orchestral Works
Lydia Teuscher (soprano), Julie Robard-Gendre, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Damen des WDR Rundfunkchores, Joseph Bastian
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[Griffiths] brings thrillingly vibrant and lucid playing from Cologne's WDR Sinfonieorchester, which is captured in brilliantly clear and realistic sound…the wind-playing is characterful, with... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2016, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Otto Klemperer conducts Beethoven, Mozart & Bach
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Otto Klemperer
The music benefits from that all-important sense of live engagement...the only reason I was reminded that these are 'old' recordings was through the quality of the performances: love then or... —
