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Orchestral, Symphonies, Suk (composer)
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Special offer. Josef Suk: Orchestral Works
BBC Symphony Orchestra, with New London Chamber Choir, Jiří Bělohlávek
The symphony is attractively neat and satisfying, but Ripening is on a completely new emotional plane, with a Mahlerian juxtaposition of emotions, a scintillating emotional thrust and a virtuoso... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2010, Disc of the month
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Asrael encompasses formal experiment, superb orchestration, a magnificent grasp of scale and, above all, an unerring feel for catharsis...Charles Mackerras's performance encapsulates all of... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st March 2011
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Orchestral
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2011, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2011, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Suk: Symphony No. 2 'Asrael'
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Jakub Hrůša
Hrůša is seen in many ways as a successor to Bělohlávek, but while he shares his teacher’s care for the detail of the score and a deep understanding of the Czech repertoire he is very much his... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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If anything, Bělohlávek sounds even more fired-up [than on his previous recordings of these works]…His natural warmth and charm characteristically enchants the central scherzo’s prismatic textural... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2019, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Orchestral
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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This is an important disc. Karel Ančerl was a great conductor, and his account of Suk’s masterpiece Asrael (Angel of Death) is superb, with a charming makeweight by Krejcl to follow. Do get... —
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Diapason d’Or, April 2018, Collectionneur
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Special offer. Legendary Recordings: Josef Vlach & Czech Chamber Orchestra
RecommendedCzech Chamber Orchestra, Josef Vlach
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Building a Library, January 2018, Also Recommended
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Ashkenazy stresses the lyricism as well as the anguish of Suk's score; this is a performance of great dignity and nobility, with fine attention to detail, especially in the often complex woodwind... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2009, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, April 2010, First Choice
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here's a timely reminder of the profundity Jiri Bělohlávek could achieve during his impressive years as the BBC Symphony Orchestra's chief conductor...Bělohlávek caps Vaclav Neumann's earlier... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2012, Orchestral Choice
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