Janáček - Taras Bulba
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Janacek - The Operas
RecommendedElisabeth Söderström (Jenufa), Eva Randova (Kostelnicka), Petr Dvorsky (Steva), Vaclav Zitek (Sterek), Marie Mrazova (Starenka), Dalibor Jedlicka (Rychtar), Wieslaw Ochman (Laca), Lucia Popp (Karolka), Lucia Popp (Vixen), Eva Randová (Fox), Dalibor Jedliaka (Forester), Dalibor Jedlicka (Gorjancikov),...
Charles Mackerras's partnership with soprano Söderström produced definitive and superbly recorded studio performances of Kát'a Kabanová, Jenůfa and The Makropulos Case. A must for Janáček fans. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1984, Winner - Opera
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Gramophone Awards, 1982/3, Winner - Opera
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Gramophone Awards, 1980, Recording of the Year
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Gramophone Awards, 1977, Recording of the Year
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Grammy Awards, 24th Awards (1981), Best Opera Recording
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[Bělohlávek] could get under the skin of Janacek’s music, drawing out its folk roots and speech rhythms, its soul-searching and truthfulness, its sheer humanity. The main work here is the Glagolitic... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st August 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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Building a Library, June 2019, Also Recommended
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Janáček: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2
RecommendedMelina Mandozzi (violin), Susanna Andersson (soprano), James Ehnes (violin)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Leader Milina Mandozzi does well to show the way through this mysterious, powerful work [The Fiddler's Child]...These must be difficult works to prepare and indeed to record; both playing and... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Janacek: Glagolitic Mass & Taras Bulba
RecommendedEduard Haken (bass), Vera Soukupova (contralto), Beno Blachut (tenor), Libuse Domaninska (soprano), Jaroslav Vodrazka (organ)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Choir (=Czech Philharmonic Chorus), Karel Ancerl, Josef Veselka
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Building a Library, April 2005, First Choice
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Building a Library, February 2003, First Choice
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Building a Library, June 2019, Recommended Recording
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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…
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Choral
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Janacek: Sinfonietta
RecommendedBell (flute/piccolo), Craxton (oboe), Pay (clarinet), Harris (bass clarinet), Gatt (bassoon), Eastop (horn), Paul Crossley (piano)
Vienna Philharmonic, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Sir Charles Mackerras, François Huybrechts, Neville Marriner,...
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Building a Library, April 2005, Modern Choice
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Building a Library, July 2017, Also Recommended
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Janacek: Orchestral Works
Jupiter Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Gregory Rose, Jirí Belohlavek
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Janáček: Sinfonietta & Taras Bulba
Recorded at the Rudolfinum, Prague, June 22-24 and 29, and September 30, 2012.
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tomáš Netopil
A superb programme...The substantially gifted Tomáš Netopil has the full measure of all four works...You hear everything and yet not a single note obtrudes. An absolute winner. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2013, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Janacek: Glagolitic Mass & Taras Bulba
Aga Mikolaj (soprano), Iris Vermillion (contralto), Stuart Neill (tenor), Arutjun Kotchinian (bass)
RundfunkSinfonieorchester & Chor Berlin, Marek Janowski
A lean, cleanly contoured Glagolitic, lacking the elemental charge and raw abandon of some versions. Taras Bulba is generally well played, if again short on real cutting edge and excitement. — More…
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Janácek: Chamber & Orchestral Works
RecommendedA 5 CD box to mark the 150th anniversary of Janácek's birth
Paul Crossley (piano), Gabrieli String Quartet, Kenneth Sillito (violin) Paul Crossley (piano), Eva Urbanová (soprano), Marta Benackova (mezzo-soprano), Vladimir Bogachov (tenor), Richard Novák (bass), Thomas Trotter (organ)
London Sinfonietta and Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker,...
a very useful and inexpensive way of acquiring a lot of Janacek...Chailly's strong and refined reading of the Glagolitic Mass makes a splendid finale for this set, with fine detail brought out... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2005, Modern Choice
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