Albums

Studio

Where:

From the very beginning of our orchestra, we recorded a wide variety of music in the most beautiful studios in southern Germany among them the renowned Bauer-Studios in Ludwigsburg, who made themselves a name in Jazz all over the world.

Deutsche Rundfunktechnik has always set a standard in recording technology worldwide. So it was obvious to record our innovative albums where the heart of these innovative achievements beats: in the SWR studios in Kaiserslautern and Baden-Baden.

Our albums "A World Symphony" and "Das Lied" were created in the same place where Emerich-Smola, Strawinsky & Michael Gielen had already recorded.

We are also delighted about the ongoing collaboration with the fantastic team at the Kleine Audiowelt in Heidelberg, including Markus Born and Dennis Kopacz.

What:

We started with German folk songs in the Emerich-Smola studios in Kaiserslautern. Later came such interesting commissions as the recording of Chinese folk songs for guitar and orchestra or Indonesian folk songs with solo piano.

Several CDs with the crossover tenor Jay Alexander kept us at the top of the German classical charts for months.
We used the enforced concert rest in the Corona period for our most extensive album to date: “A World Symphony”, with international singers from Lebanon, Senegal, Italy, Turkey & Russia.

Our next CD “Das Lied” deals with German Romanticism and presents such audience favorites as “Mondnacht” with orchestra for the first time.

It features such outstanding classical singers as Julia Sophie Wagner, Daniel Ochoa, Andreas Post, Jay Alexander & Frederic Mörth.

Release date March 21,2025

Release concert March 21, 2025 at Liederhalle Stuttgart

ALL OUR ALBUMS

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Orchester der Kulturen & Daniel Stelter for Rhymoi Beijing

A Crescent moon illuminates the world

CD HQ LP

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Produced for the highly respected audiophile record label Rhymoi from Beijing, this album presents the melodic wealth of Asia and its folk songs.

From Kazakhstan to Korea, from Tibet to Sichuan: the variety of melodies and rhythms is fascinating and colorful at the same time.

Together with guitarist Daniel Stelter, a gem has been created here, which we have also been presenting live since 2024.

Orchester der Kulturen for Bible TV

Ti Amo

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We have recorded this album for "Bibel TV" with sacred songs from our repertoire.

It features works from the Christian tradition alongside newly composed pieces inspired by various spiritual traditions.

Orchester der Kulturen & Jay Alexander

Schön ist die Welt

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Operetta is still an underestimated art form today. And it certainly doesn't stop in the 20th century.

Discover with us the undiscovered treasures of the silver and economic miracle operetta alongside famous arias such as "Lippen Schweigen" with tenor Jay Alexander.

Orchester der Kulturen & Lama Tenzin Sangpo

Devotional Chants

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A unique combination of Buddhist mantras from the Himalayan region and orchestral music.

Traditional mantras from Tibet have been completely reinterpreted here.

Lama Tenzin's deep, sonorous voice blends perfectly into the rich soundscape of the World Symphony.

Orchester der Kulturen for Universal Music MENA

A World Symphony

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With this CD, the Orchester der Kulturen presents both a retrospective of its first 10 years and an insight into what might be on the cards in the future.

Sacred works, such as Adrian Werum’s remarkable re-working of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Ave Verum”, stand side by side with cross-cultural symphonic pop songs, such as “Sonbahar” and “Für mein neues Vaterland.

Longtime collaborator, Jay Alexander, sets new artistic accentswith Robert Schumann’s “Im wunderschönen Monat Mai”.

One of the most beautiful voices in contemporary Middle Eastern music, Abeer Nehme, also features as part of the musical discoveries to be heard in this collection.

Similarly, Mohammad Habbal and the Philharmonia Choir Stuttgart with their fusion of the Arabic hymn, “Mowteni” and Ludvig van Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”.

The album was recorded at the Kleine Audiowelt studios in Heidelberg and in the Hans-Rosbaud Studio of the SWR broadcasters in Baden-Baden. Mastering was by Christoph Stickel in Vienna.

The artistic process combined with state-of-the-art recording has allowed us to do deliver a standard above and beyond what we could ever have imagined.

We are definitely “Made in Germany”, but have made a truly “World Symphony”: for you, our worldwide audience.