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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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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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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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Wit is certainly alive to the connections between Taras and the late operas, notably The Cunning Little Vixen. The is aided by some extremely fine wind and brass playing from the Warsaw Philharmonic.... — More…
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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 (contralto),...
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 folk-music... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Choral
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A new box of his complete DG recordings on 64 CDs, most of them with Bavarian radio, confirm my impression of an organic style of music-making in which musicians are not just trusted but also... — 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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