Sinfonieorchester Basel


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Birgit Müller Ivor Bolton Matthias Bühlmann Katarzyna Nawrotek Stéphane Réty Antoine Lederlin Tilmann Zahn Dominik Ostertag Mátyás Bartha David Seghezzo Andrés Gabetta Martin Baumgärtner Hannes Bärtschi Andra Ulrichs Guy Noel Conus Axel Schacher Janice Dibiase Stefan Buri Huw Morgan Jean François Taillard Hiroko Suzuki David Delacroix Franziskus Theurillat Domenico Melchiorre Annemarie Kappus Diane Eaton Akiko Hasegawa Roger Pyne Mathieu Turbe Henri-Michel Garzia Immanuel Richter Lars Magnus Johanna Dömötör

ex David Leclair, André Lardrot, Emanuel Abbühl, Cornel Anderes, Antony Morf, Marc Ullrich, Petra Vahle, Andreas Gilly, Manuel Nägeli, Nikita Cardinaux, Soyoung Yoon, Alejandro Rutkauskas, Orlando Theuler, Francois Gueneux, Adrian Romaniuc, David Krejci, Attila Adamka, Philippe Ohl, Domenico Catalano

The Sinfonieorchester Basel was formed in 1997 from merging the Basler Sinfonie-Orchester (Basel Symphony Orchestra) and the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Basel (Radio Symphony Orchestra Basel). Since 2012 it is entirely responsible for its own affairs, both artistic and commercial.
Current chief conductor since 2016 is Ivor Bolton, who followed Mario Venzago (1997-2002), Marko Letonja (2003-2006) and Dennis Russell Davies (2009-2016).

ALBUMS


Camille Saint-Saëns, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Ivor Bolton
Symphonic Poems
2023, 5xFile, AAC, Album, 256, Prospero Classical
Charles Koechlin, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Ariane Matiakh
The Seven Stars' Symphony / Vers la Voûte étoilée
2022, CD, Album, Capriccio (2)
Benjamin Britten - Christina Landshamer, Mark Padmore, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Ivor Bolton
Our Hunting Fathers - Quatre Chansons Françaises - Symphonic Suite From "Gloriana"
2022, CD, Album, Prospero (2)
Johannes Brahms, Cherubini*, Alexander Melnikov, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Ivor Bolton
Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Tragic Overture • Cherubini: Éliza (Overture)
2021, 5xFile, AAC, Album, 256, Harmonia Mundi, ,
Romantic/Classical
Johannes Brahms, Cherubini*, Alexander Melnikov, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Ivor Bolton
Piano Concerto No. 1 & Tragic Overture • Éliza (Overture)
2021, CD, Album, Harmonia Mundi
Fauré*, Benjamin Appl ∙ Katja Stuber, Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Ivor Bolton
The Secret Fauré III (Sacred Vocal Works – Requiem)
2020, CD, Album, Sony Classical
Franz Liszt, Benedek Horváth, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Hans Drewanz
Piano Concerto No. 1; Sonata In B Minor; Totentanz
2020, CD, Album, Ltd, Dig, Prospero (2)
Fauré*, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Ivor Bolton
The Secret Fauré II (Orchestral And Concertante Music)
2019, CD, Album, Sony Classical, ,
Impressionist/Modern/Suite/Orchestra
Luciano Berio, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Ivor Bolton
Transformation
2019, 2xCD, Album, Sony Classical
Fauré*, Olga Peretyatko · Benjamin Bruns (2), Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Ivor Bolton
The Secret Fauré (Orchestral Songs & Suites)
2018, CD, Album, Sony Classical
Nuria Rial, 8 Cellists Of The Sinfonieorchester Basel*
Vocalise
2018, CD, Album, Sony Classical
Philip Glass Conducted By Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra*, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra*
The Symphonies
2016, Box, Comp, Ltd + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + C, Orange Mountain Music, Orange Mountain Music, ,
Contemporary/Minimal/Modern Classical/Neo-Classical/Post-Modern
Igor Stravinsky, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies, Maki Namekawa
Petrouchka (Original Version From 1911) - Versions For Orchestra & Piano Four Hands
2016, CD, Solo Musica
Philip Glass, Dennis Russell Davies, Sinfonieorchester Basel
Symphony No. 4 "Heroes" (From The Music Of David Bowie And Brian Eno)
2014, CD, Album, Orange Mountain Music, ,
Post-Modern/Contemporary
Philip Glass, Sinfonieorchester Basel Conducted By Dennis Russell Davies
Symphony No. 1 "Low" From The Music Of David Bowie And Brian Eno
2014, CD, Album, Orange Mountain Music, ,
Post-Modern/Contemporary
Igor Stravinsky, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies, Maki Namekawa
Le Sacre Du Printemps (Version For Orchestra & Version For Piano Four Hands)
2014, CD, Album, Sinfonieorchester Basel
Felix Weingartner, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Marko Letonja
Complete Symphonies
2014, 7xSACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, RE + Box, Comp, cpo
Arthur Honegger, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Dennis Russell Davies
Symphony No. 2, Symphony No. 4 "Deliciae Basiliensis"
2014, CD, Sinfonieorchester Basel,
Nicholas Payton With Sinfonieorchester Basel
Sketches Of Spain
2013, CD, Album, BMF Records (4)
Felix Weingartner - Boog* ∙ Gottwald* ∙ Romei* ∙ Bolduc* ∙ Tschechischer Philharmonischer Chor Brünn* ∙ Sinfonieorchester Basel ∙ Marko Letonja
Symphony No. 7
2013, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Num, cpo, ,
Romantic/Modern
Bruckner* - Venzago*, Sinfonieorchester Basel
Symphonies 4 & 7
2011, 2xCD, Album, cpo
Martinů*, Robert Kolinsky, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Sinfonieorchester Basel
Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4, Etc
2009, CD, Album, Ondine
Felix Weingartner - Sinfonieorchester Basel, Marko Letonja
Symphony 5 • Ouvertüre »Aus Ernster Zeit«
2007
Felix Weingartner - Sinfonieorchester Basel, Marko Letonja
Symphony 6 »La Tragica« • Frühling
2007
Felix Weingartner - Sinfonieorchester Basel, Marko Letonja
Symphony 3, Lustige Ouvertüre
2006
Felix Weingartner - Sinfonieorchester Basel, Marko Letonja
Symphony 2 - Das Gefilde Der Seligen
2005
Felix Weingartner - Sinfonieorchester Basel, Marko Letonja
Symphony 4; Der Sturm
2005
Felix Weingartner - Sinfonieorchester Basel, Marko Letonja
Symphony 1 • König Lear
2004
Robert Schumann, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Mario Venzago
A Different Schumann, Vol. II : Symphony No. 1 In B-Flat Major, Op. 38 "Frühling" (Spring) - Symphony No. 2 In C Major, Op. 61
2002, CD, Novalis
Robert Schumann, Paolo Bordoni, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Mario Venzago
A Different Schumann, Vol. III: Symphony No. 3 In E-Flat Major, Op. 97 "Rheinische"(Rhenish) - Concert Piece In F Major For Piano And Orchestra, After Op. 86 - "Manfred" Overture, Op. 115
2002, CD, Novalis
Luigi Nono - Sinfonieorchester Basel, Mario Venzago, Mark Kaplan
Variazioni Canoniche · Varianti · No Hay Caminos, Hay Que Caminar · Incontri
2001, CD, Col Legno
Schumann*, Gianluca Cascioli, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Mario Venzago
A Different Schumann, Vol. I: Overture, Scherzo & Finale In E Major, Op. 52 - Fantasy In A Minor For Piano And Orchestra - Symphony No. 4 In D Minor, Op. 120
2001, CD, Novalis
Othmar Schoeck - Yvonne Naef, James Johnson*, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno*, Mario Venzago
Penthesilea
2000, 2xCD, Album, Pan Classics
Wladimir Vogel, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Israel Yinon
Vier Etüden Für Orchester / Tripartita Für Orchester / Preludio - Interludio Lirico - Postludio
CD, Real Sound (2)

APPEARANCES +


Gabriel Fauré
The Complete Works
2024, 26xCD, Comp, Mono + Box, Erato, Warner Classics, ,
Romantic
César Franck
César Franck Edition
2022, 16xCD, Comp, Mono, RE, RM + Box, Warner Classics, ,
Romantic/Choral/Organ
Olga Peretyatko
Mozart +
2019, CD, Sony Classical
Various
Weihnachten - Festliche Musik Für Die Adventszeit
2017
Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini
Der Sandmann - Oper in 10 Szenen
2016, CD, Musiques Suisses
Armin Jordan, César Franck, Ernest Chausson, Guillaume Lekeu, Paul Dukas, Emmanuel Chabrier, Gabriel Fauré, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Maurice Delage, Maurice Jaubert
The French Symphonic Recordings
2016, 13xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Erato,
Gidon Kremer
Complete Concerto Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon
2016, 22xCD + Box, Comp, Deutsche Grammophon, Deutsche Grammophon, ,
Classical/Baroque/Contemporary/Romantic/Modern
Heinz Holliger
Heinz Holliger
2014, 2xCD, Album, Musiques Suisses, ,
Contemporary
Thomas Lauck
Denk Dran, Die Erde Ist Eine Trommel
2013, 4xCD, Album, Telos Music, Telos Music
Jasmin Tabatabai & David Klein Orchester
Eine Frau
2011, CD, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Chanson
Thomas Kessler
Thomas Kessler
2006, CD, Album, Musiques Suisses, ,
Contemporary/Post-Modern
Selma*, The World Quintet
In Sehnsucht Eingehüllt
2005
Various
FCB 2004 Schweizer Meister (Mir Spiele Alli Zämme!)
2004, CD-ROM, Enh, FC Basel
Iannis Xenakis
Kraanerg
2003, CD, Album, Col Legno, ,
Modern
Rudolf Kelterborn
Cellokonzert • Namenlos • Kammerkonzert
2001, CD, MGB (2)
Norbert Moret
Concerto Pour Violincelle Et Orchestre • Hymnes De Silence
1996, CD, Musiques Suisses
Klaus Huber
...OHNE GRENZE UND RAND... - PROTUBERANZEN - ERINNERE DICH AN G.
1994, CD, Accord
Adolf Busch, Brahms*, Busoni*, Beethoven*
Violin Concertos In D / Two Romances
1994, CD, Comp, Music & Arts
Adrian Marthaler
Classic Visions 4
1992, Laserdisc, 12", S/Sided, NTSC, RCA Red Seal
Adrian Marthaler
Classic Visions 3
1991, Laserdisc, 12", S/Sided, NTSC, RCA Victor Red Seal
Chopin*
Stiftung Hilfe Für Kinder
CD, Hilfe Für Kinder
F. Chopin*
Stiftung Für Notleidende Kinder
CD, Hilfe Für Kinder
Various
Noël (Musique Radieuse Pour L'Avent)
2017
Various
Aangenaam Klassiek 2014
2014, 3xCD, Comp, STEP (Stichting Entertainmentretail Promotion), ,
Renaissance/Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern
Various
Krass.mediapack
2005, 2xCD, Comp, Promo, Boosey & Hawkes, ,
Contemporary