While the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra has the distinction of being the oldest radio orchestra in Germany, it is, more importantly, among the finer German orchestras of any background. Known in Germany for years as the Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Leipzig and then as the MDR-Sinfonieorchester, it is now called the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, but in the English-speaking world, it is still sometimes known by its older Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra moniker, especially on recordings.
Under the name Orchester des Konzervereins ("Orchestra of the Concert Society"...