DVD Video, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (orchestra)
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Life with Czech Music - Janacek & Martinu
RecommendedElisabeth Söderström (soprano), Drahomira Drobkova (contralto), Frantisek Livora (tenor), Richard Novak (bass), Jan Hora (organ), Kvetoslava Nemeckova (soprano), Leo Marian Vodicka (tenor), Vaclav Zitek (baritone), Josef Ruzicka (piano), Jan Bouse (timpani), Eva Urbanova (soprano), Bernarda Fink...
Even the recording acoustic is warm, enough sometimes to curl the music’s edges and smudge away little details. But Mackerras’s handling of this repertoire is so fresh, so responsive to the... — More…
Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Choral
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It makes riveting viewing: tiny but important details are discussed, tempi are adjusted, phrasing is polished while Lloyd Webber appears reduced to wordless nodding as the avuncular Neumann... — More…
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Václav Neumann conducts Dvorak & Janacek
Live recording from the Smetana Hall, Prague, 1986
Czech Philharmonic, Václav Neumann
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Dvorak: Cello Concerto & Piano Concerto
Rudolf Firkušný, Gustav Rivinius
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jirí Belohlávek, Václav Neumann
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Respighi: Belkis, Queen of Sheba
Julia Jentsch (narrator), Stella Doufexis (mezzo), Metodi Morartzaliev (tenor)
Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Czech Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Gabriel Feltz
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Smetana: The Bartered Bride
Gabriela Benacková, Peter Dvorský, Richard Novák, Miroslav Kopp, Marie Veselá, Jindrich Jindrák, Marie Mrázová, Jaroslav Horá?ek, Jana Jonášová & Alfréd Hampl
Prague Philharmonic Chorus & Czech Philharmonic, Zdenek Košler
Enjoy this for the superb performances of two great Slovak voices, Benackova and Dvorsky, superbly accompanied by Zdenek Kosler. — More…
