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Kölner Rundfunkchor

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Classical
A.k.a. WDR Rundfunkchor Köln

The Kölner Rundfunkchor (or Rundfunkchor Köln) was (re-)founded in 1947 in Cologne and renamed to WDR Rundfunkchor in 1999.

     
Members
PortraitPeter René Körner
voc 1921-1989 DE
Leopold Reinecke
voc
Frank Barufski
voc DE
Trude Meinz
voc
Irmgard Först
voc *1915 AT
Rudolf Therkatz
voc *1908 DE
PortraitFranz Fehringer
voc 1910-1988 DE
PortraitMaria Mucke
voc 1919-2018 DE
PortraitKurt Grosskurth
voc 1909-1975 DE
Ilse Hübener
voc *1920 DE
Hans Müller-Westernhagen
voc *1918 DE
Hermann Pfeiffer
voc
Hans Schanzara
voc
Lissy Niemz
voc
Popular Tracks   
Overture (Suite) No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air, "Air on a G String" on Bach pour la méditation by Johann Sebastian Bach, Various Artists, Helmut Müller-Brühl, Robert Stankovsky, Oliver von Dohnanyi & Géza Oberfrank
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: Overture (Suite) No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: III. Sarabande on Bach pour la méditation by Johann Sebastian Bach, Various Artists, Helmut Müller-Brühl, Robert Stankovsky, Oliver von Dohnanyi & Géza Oberfrank
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 (Excerpts): Ah, se intorno a quest'urna funestra on Gluck: Opera Gala by Christoph Willibald Gluck, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Munich Radio Orchestra, Cappella Coloniensis, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Serge Baudo, Lamberto Gardelli, Ferdinand Leitner, Anthony Spiri, Leopold Hager, Jessye Norman, Nicolai Gedda, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Pilar Lorengar, Franco Bonisolli, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Thomas Moser, Kaaren Erickson, Ruth-Margret Putz & Elisabeth Söderström
Carmina Burana, Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortuna (1) on Milestones of a Legendary Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch, Vol. 10 by Carl Orff, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln & Wolfgang Sawallisch
Hoffmanns Erzählungen, Act IV: "Schöne Nacht, o Liebesnacht" on Pleasure and Pain by Maurice Ravel & Various Artists
Giuditta, Scene 4: "Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiß" (Giuditta) on Das Operettenalbum by Various Artists
Carmina Burana, Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: Fortune Plango Vulnera on Milestones of a Legendary Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch, Vol. 10 by Carl Orff, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln & Wolfgang Sawallisch
Hoffmanns Erzählungen: Prologue: Aus dem Becher kommt der Trunk on Hoffmanns Erzählungen Sung in German by Jacques Offenbach, Wilma Lipp, Elfriede Trötschel, Alexander Welitsch, Otto Von Rohr & Eugen Szenkar
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 (Excerpts): Trionfi amore on Gluck: Opera Gala by Christoph Willibald Gluck, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Munich Radio Orchestra, Cappella Coloniensis, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Serge Baudo, Lamberto Gardelli, Ferdinand Leitner, Anthony Spiri, Leopold Hager, Jessye Norman, Nicolai Gedda, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Pilar Lorengar, Franco Bonisolli, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Thomas Moser, Kaaren Erickson, Ruth-Margret Putz & Elisabeth Söderström
Jubilate, Amen, Op.3 on 99 Must-Have Christmas Classics by Various Artists

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Debussy & SibeliusClaude Debussy, Jean Sibelius, Kölner Rundfunkchor, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Hans Rosbaud2013Album
Missa SolemnisLudwig van Beethoven - Heather Harper, Julia Hamari, Sven-Olof Eliasson, Peter Meven, Kölner Rundfunkchor, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, William Steinberg2012Album
Lump Mit HerzHans Carste, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Kölner Rundfunkchor, Franz Marszalek, Fred Igor2011Album
Erlebniskirche - Die Schönsten Lieder Zum FestDie Wiener Sängerknaben, Kölner Rundfunkchor, Hermann Prey, Jochen Kowalski2009Compil.
Requiem Messe C-Moll • Mass In C MinorWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gary Bertini, Kölner Rundfunkchor2008Compil.
RequiemWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gary Bertini, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Kölner Rundfunkchor2005Album
Die lustigen NibelungenOscar Straus, Kölner Rundfunkchor, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Siegfried Köhler1996Album
Carmina BuranaCarl Orff, Ruth-Margret Pütz, Michael Cousins, Barry McDaniel, Roland Hermann, Kölner Rundfunkchor, Tölzer Knabenchor, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Ferdinand Leitner1996Album
Das Nachtlager In GranadaKonradin Kreutzer, Hermann Prey, Regina Klepper, Michael Pabst, Kölner Rundfunkchor, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Helmuth Froschauer1993Album
Der Kuhhandel / »Shady Dealing« (Auszüge/Excerpts)Kurt Weill - Kölner Rundfunkchor, WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln, Jan Latham-König1992Album
Grande Messe Des Morts (Requiem Für Tenor, Chor Und Orchester, Op.5)Hector Berlioz - Gary Bertini, Keith Lewis, NDR Chor Und Chor Des Süddeutschen Rundfunks, Kölner Rundfunkchor, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester1984Album
CoroLuciano Berio - Kölner Rundfunkchor - Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester1980Album
Requiem Grande Messe des Morts Op. 5Hector Berlioz, Michael Gielen, David Rendall, Kölner Rundfunkchor, Chor Der Württembergischen Staatstheater Stuttgart, Südfunk-Chor Stuttgart, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart1979Album
Sinfonie Op. 21 / Entflieht Auf Leichten Kähnen Op. 2 / Das Augenlicht Op. 26 / Passacaglia Op. 1 / 6 Stücke Für Orchester Op. 6Anton Webern : Hiroshi Wakasugi, Kölner Rundfunkchor, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester1979Album
Miserere B-Moll Fuer Soli, Chor Und OrchesterE.T.A. Hoffmann, Krisztina Laki, Hildegard Laurich, Gwendolyn Killebrew, Aldo Baldin, Nikolaus Hillebrand, Kölner Rundfunkchor, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Roland Bader1979Album
PaganiniFranz Lehár - Kölner Rundfunkchor Und WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln1978Album
MomenteKarlheinz Stockhausen, Gloria Davy, Kölner Rundfunkchor, Ensemble Musique Vivante1976Album
Messa Di GloriaGiacomo Puccini, Kari Lövaas, Werner Hollweg, Barry McDaniel, Kölner Rundfunkchor, Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, Eliahu Inbal1975Album
Trionfo Di AfroditeCarl Orff, Kölner Rundfunkchor, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Ferdinand Leitner1973Album
CardillacPaul Hindemith / Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Leonore Kirschstein, Donald Grobe, Karl Kohn, Kölner Rundfunkchor, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester ; Joseph Keilberth1969Album
Gottfried Benn: Soll Die Dichtung Das Leben Bessern? / Luigi Nono: Il Canto SospesoLuigi Nono / Gottfried Benn, Kölner Rundfunkchor, Bernhard Zimmermann, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Hermann Scherchen1956Album
Oedipus RexIgor Stravinsky1956Album
Oedipus RexIgor Stravinsky, Jean Cocteau & Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester And Kölner RundfunkchorAlbum
Carmina BuranaAgnes Giebel, Marcel Cordes, Paul Kuen, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Kölner Rundfunkchor, Bernhard ZimmermannAlbum
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