BELGIAN RADIO AND TELEVISION PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

The history of the BRT Philharmonic Orchestra, Brussels goes back to the birth of the Belgian Radio in the 1930's. After the well-known musicologist and promoter of contemporary music, Paul Collaer, had become head of the Music Department of the Belgian Radio, the orchestra, under its conductor Franz Andre, gained a world-wide reputation for its interpretations of the latest compositions of Stravinsky, Berg, Bartók, Hindemith and other 20th century composers. The orchestra gave the first European performance of Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra in Paris and the first West European performance of the Fourth Symphony by Shostakovich, and has, over the years, worked with many leading conductors, from Pierre Boulez, Paul Hindemith and Darius Milhaud to Lorin Maazel and Zubin Mehta.

In 1978 the Radio Symphony Orchestra was dissolved and both the Flemish and the French Radio divisions set up their own symphony orchestras. The Flemish network soon had a new orchestra, the BRT Philharmonic, with some 90 musicians and Fernand Terby became its principal conductor from 1978 to 1988. Since 1988, Alexander Rahbari has been the principal conductor and musical director of the new BRT Philharmonic Orchestra.

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101 CLASSICS - The Best Loved Classical Melodies	8.508004
101 GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS, Vol. 1	8.551141
101 GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS, Vol. 3	8.551143
A Lover's Gift / From Her To Him	8.553620
A TO Z OF CLASSICAL MUSIC	8.555319-20
A TO Z OF OPERA	8.555037-38
ADAGIO CHILLOUT	8.556783
Art & Music: Cezanne - Music of His Time	8.558179
Art & Music: Degas - Music of His Time	8.558144
BARTOK (THE BEST OF)	8.556693
BARTOK: Bela Bartok - A Portrait (JOHNSON)	8.558200-01
BARTOK: Concerto for Orchestra / Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta	8.550261
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS: Favourite Overtures	8.553262
BEETHOVEN: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 8	8.550407
BERCEUSE - MUSIC OF PEACE AND CALM	8.553843
BEST OF OPERA II	8.571080
BEST OF OPERA, VOL. 2	8.553167
BEST OF OPERA, VOL. 3	8.553168
BEST OF OPERA, VOL. 4	8.554682
BRAHMS (THE BEST OF)	8.556659
BRAHMS / LISZT: Piano Concertos	8.554678
BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2 / SCHUMANN, R.: Introduction and Allegro appassinato, Op. 92	8.550506
BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2 / SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A Minor	8.553268
BRAHMS: Serenade No. 1 / TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings	8.553227
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 / Haydn Variations	8.550278
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 / Serenade No. 2	8.550279
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3 / Serenade No. 1	8.550280
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 / Tragic Overture	8.550281
BRAHMS: The Best of Brahms	8.551109
CAFE CLASSICS (AUSTRALIA ONLY)	8.555258-59
CINEMA CLASSICS	8.571090
CINEMA CLASSICS 1998	8.551182
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 1	8.551151
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 1	8.556621
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 2	8.556622
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 5	8.556625
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 6	8.556626
CLASSICAL FAVOURITES (Den Klassiske Onskekonserten)	8.503129
CLASSICAL MOMENTS 3: Classical Music to Relax to	8.555359
Classical Music Start-Up Kit, Vol. 2: 1825-1945	8.550835
Classics at the Movies: Comedy 1	8.556811
CLASSICS AT THE MOVIES: DIVAS	8.556806
Classics at the Movies: Romance	8.556804
DEBUSSY (THE BEST OF)	8.556663
DEBUSSY (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552127-28
DEBUSSY : Orchestral Works	DVDI 1011
DEBUSSY : The Best Of Debussy	8.551113
DEBUSSY: Images / Le martyre de Saint Sebastien	8.550505
DEBUSSY: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune / La Mer	8.553275
DEBUSSY: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune / Nocturnes	8.550262
DEVREESE: Benvenuta / L' Oeuvre au Noir / Un Soir, un Train	8.223681
DEVREESE: Piano Concertos Nos. 2-4	8.223505
DEVREESE: Tomblene / Violin Concerto / Cello Concertino	8.223680
DISCOVER FILM MUSIC	8.558210-11
Discover Music of the Twentieth Century	8.558168-69
Discover the Classics, Vol. 2	8.554246-47
DISCOVER THE SYMPHONY (1998 edition)	8.554337-38
EXPLOSIVE CLASSICS	8.554581
EXTREME CLASSICS	8.557941-42
FAMOUS ARIAS AND DUETS: Verdi, Mozart, and Puccini	8.571106
FAMOUS OVERTURES	8.553627
Fantasia	8.551166
Flemish Romantic Music	8.223418
Flute Concertos (Romantic)	8.555977
GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS 1 (Australia)	8.570036
GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS 3 (Australia)	8.570038
Intermezzo: Intermezzi from Operas	8.554703
Intermezzo: Intermezzos from Carmen, Cavalleria Rusiticana, Pagliacci and more	8.570046
KLASSISKA FAVORITER: OPERA (Classical Favourites: Opera)	8.503021
MAGIC OF THE FLUTE (THE)	8.571089
MILHAUD: Scaramouche / GLAZUNOV: Saxophone Concerto / IBERT: Concertino da Camera	8.223374
Music for Kids CD 7: Music from Planet Earth	8.558020
Music for Kids CD 9: Music from Planet Earth	8.558022
Music for Saxophone and Orchestra	8.554784
Naxos Audiophile Kingdom	8.554915DX
NESSUN DORMA AND OTHER FAVOURITE ITALIAN TENOR ARIAS	8.554065
O MIO BABBINO CARO - FAMOUS SOPRANO ARIAS FROM ITALIAN OPERA	8.555796
ONCE UPON A TIME	8.557953-54
OPERA AT THE MOVIES	8.551164
OPERA WITHOUT WORDS - The Most Famous Overtures, Preludes, and Interludes in Opera	8.557945-46
OPERA'S GREATEST MOMENTS	8.557926-27
PANDA CLASSICS - Issue No. 4: Toon Time	8.578011-12
Pearl Fishers and Other Famous Operatic Duets	8.555797
PUCCINI (THE BEST OF)	8.556670
PUCCINI (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552119-20
PUCCINI : The Best OF Puccini	8.551120
PUCCINI: Manon Lescaut	8.660019-20
PUCCINI: Manon Lescaut (Highlights)	8.554705
Romantic Orchestral Music by Flemish Composers, Vol. 1	8.225100
Romantic Orchestral Music by Flemish Composers, Vol. 2	8.225101
SCHUMANN : Best of Schumann (The)	8.551112
SCHUMANN, R. (THE BEST OF)	8.556662
SCHUMANN, R. : Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3	8.550485
SCHUMANN, R.: Piano Concerto in A minor / Introduction and Allegro appassionato	8.557547
SCHUMANN, R.: Symphony No. 1 / BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1	8.553228
SHOSTAKOVICH (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552129-30
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 9	7181
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 9	8.550427
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 10	8.550326
SOMMER	8.503045
SOPRANO ARIAS FROM ITALIAN OPERAS (Miriam Gauci)	8.550606
STRAVINSKY (THE BEST OF)	8.556685
STRAVINSKY: Firebird (The) / FALLA: Three-Cornered Hat (The)	8.553274
STRAVINSKY: Firebird (The) / Petrushka / Suites Nos. 1 and 2	8.550263
STRAVINSKY: Firebird (The) / The Rite of Spring	8.554060
STRAVINSKY: Rite of Spring (The) / Card Game	8.553217
STRAVINSKY: Sacre du Printemps (Le) / Jeu de Cartes	8.550472
SVEN GORAN ERIKSSONS - Klassiska Favoriter	8.503135
THE ULTIMATE LULLABY COLLECTION	8.570514-15
VERDI (THE BEST OF)	8.556669
VERDI (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552121-22