Effective period / Period of releases: 1972 - 2019

Members: John Ronayne, Peter Schlier, Henry Raudales, Emmanuel Hahn, Josef Gröbmayr, Kiko Pedrozo, Ulrich Pförtsch, Karl Reitmayer, Ralf Klepper, Till Heine, János Máté, Karol Liman, Eva Hahn, Franz Draxinger, Josef Bierlmeier, Max Hanft, Norbert Bernklau, Michael Christians, Susanna Pietsch, Elmar Spier, Matthew Peebles, Martin Griebl, Uwe Schrodi, Tilbert Weigel, Norbert Merkel, Mihnea Evian, Ingo Nawra, Florian Eutermoser, Christian Obermaier (2), Christiane Dohn, Franz Kanefzky, Veronica Richter, Makio Kataoka, Alexandre Vay, Florian Adam, Uta Hannabach, Minea Evian, Ulrich Hahn (2), Alexander Fickel, Robert Polzer, Uladzimir Sinkevich, Maxim Kosinov, Martina Liesenkötter, Markus Blecher, Eberhard Knobloch, Hande Özyürek, Maria Azova, Doren Dinglinger, Stefana Titeica, Malgorzata Kowalska-Stefaniak, Albert Frasch (2), Alexandra Muhr, Caroline Rajendran, Julia Bassler, Hans-Ulrich Breyer, Martin Schöne, Vladimir Tolpygo, Georg Liener, Uta Jungwirth, Christopher Zack, So Jin Kim, Marc Ostertag, Arpad György, Song-Le Do, Wolfram Dierig, Hanna Sieber, Ulf Breuer, Ionel Craciunescu, Andreas Moser (3), Emil Radutiu, Jürgen Evers (2), Albert Bachhuber, Julia Kühlmeyer, Ekaterina Reshetnyak, Toyomi Suzuki, Tomoko Shimazaki, Damien Lingard, Dania Lemp, Christian Brühl, David Pia, Claudius Müller, Rabia Aydin, Stanko Madic, Elena Soltan

The Munich Radio Orchestra (German: Münchner Rundfunkorchester) is a German symphony orchestra based in Munich and affiliated with Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian Radio).

There are three Munich orchestras associated with this broadcaster -
Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks - The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Münchner Rundfunkorchester - The Munich Radio Orchestra
Tanzorchester Des Bayrischen Rundfunks the light (or dance) orchestra, now defunct.

From wikipedia:
A precursor ensemble to the Munich Radio Orchestra was established in the 1920s. The current Munich Radio Orchestra was formalised in 1952, with Werner Schmidt-Boelke as its first chief conductor. The orchestra's focus has historically been on light music, with particular emphasis in its early years as an orchestra for operettas. The orchestra was also historically known for its Sunday concerts.

From the chief conductorship of Lamberto Gardelli (1982-1985) onwards, the orchestra expanded its repertoire into opera, specifically Italian opera. This work continued under the orchestra's next three chief conductors, all Italians, Giuseppe Patanè (1988–1989), Roberto Abbado (1992–1998), and Marcello Viotti (1998–2005). This activity extended to commercial recordings of operas and opera excerpts with the orchestra's chief conductors.