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Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Bedřich Smetana - Complete Orchestral Works (Theodore Kuchar)


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Composer: Bedřich Smetana

CD1
  • Má Vlast
CD2
  • Wallenstein's Camp, Symphonic Poem Op. 14
  • Håkon Jarl, Symphonic Poem Op. 16
  • Richard III, Symphonic Poem Op. 11
  • Overture to 'The Bartered Bride'
  • Three Dances from 'The Bartered Bride'
  • Doktor Faust, Overture to the puppet-play by Matěj Kopecký
  • Venkovanka, The Peasant Woman, Polka
  • Nasim Devam, To our Girls, Polka
CD3
  • Festive Symphony in E Major Op. 6
  • Festive Overture in C major
  • Festive Overture in D major, Op. 4
  • Prague Carnival, Introduction & Polonaise
  • March of the National Guard
  • Shakespeare Festival March, Op. 20

Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra
Theodore Kuchar, conductor

Date: 2008
Label: Brilliant Classics

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Bedřich Smetana; Leoš Janáček - Symphonic Poems; Sinfonietta (Rafael Kubelík)


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Composer: Bedřich Smetana; Leoš Janáček
  • Smetana - Richard III, symphonic poem, JB 1/70, Op. 11
  • Smetana - Valdštýnův tábor (Wallenstein's Camp), symphonic poem, JB 1/72, Op. 14
  • Smetana - Hakon Jarl, symphonic poem, JB 1/79, Op. 16
  • Smetana - Pražský karneval (Prague Carnival), introduction and polonaise in A minor, JB 1/126
  • Janáček - Sinfonietta ("Military", "Sokol Festival"), JW 6/18

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelík, conductor

Date: 1971; 1970
Label: Deutsche Grammophon

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Monday, June 16, 2025

Bedřich Smetana - Má vlast (Nikolaus Harnoncourt)


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Composer: Bedřich Smetana
  • Má vlast

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

Date: 2003
Label: RCA

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Bedřich Smetana - Má vlast (Václav Talich)


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Composer: Bedřich Smetana
  • Má vlast

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Václav Talich, conductor

Date: 1954
Label: Supraphon

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Bedřich Smetana - Má vlast (Rafael Kubelík)


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Composer: Bedřich Smetana
  • Má vlast

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Rafael Kubelík, conductor

Date: 1990
Label: Supraphon

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Saturday, June 14, 2025

Antonín Dvořák - Cypresses (Timothy Robinson; Graham Johnson; Delmé Quartet)


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Composer: Antonín Dvořák
  • Cypresses
  • Echo of Songs

Timothy Robinson, tenor
Graham Johnson, piano
Delmé Quartet
    Galina Solodchin, violin
    John Trusler, violin
    John Underwood, viola
    Jonathan Williams, cello

Date: 2014
Label: SOMM Recordings

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Antonín Dvořák - Songs & Duets (Genia Kühmeier; Bernarda Fink; Christoph Berner)


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Composer: Antonín Dvořák
  • Gipsy Melodies, Op. 55
  • Moravian Duets, Op. 32
  • Biblical Songs, Op. 99

Genia Kühmeier, soprano
Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano
Christoph Berner, piano

Date: 2012
Label: harmonia mundi

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Antonín Dvořák - Songs (Bernarda Fink; Roger Vignoles)


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Composer: Antonín Dvořák
  • Love Songs, Op. 83
  • Songs from the Dvůr Králové Manuscript, Op. 7
  • Songs, Op. 2
  • Songs on Texts by Eliska Krásnohorska
  • Songs, Op. 82
  • In Folk Tone, Op. 73
  • Gipsy Songs, Op. 55

Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano
Roger Vignoles, piano

Date: 2004
Label: harmonia mundi

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Friday, June 13, 2025

Antonín Dvořák - Piano Quintets; Bagatelles (Busch Trio)


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Composer: Antonín Dvořák
  • Piano Quintet No. 1 in A major, Op. 5
  • Bagatelles, Op. 47
  • Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81

Busch Trio
    Mathieu van Bellen, violin
    Ori Epstein, cello
    Omri Epstein, piano
&
Maria Milstein, violin
Miguel Da Silva, viola

Date: 2018
Label: Alpha

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Antonín Dvořák - Piano Quartets (Busch Trio)


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Composer: Antonín Dvořák
  • Piano Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 23
  • Piano Quartet No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 87

Busch Trio
    Mathieu van Bellen, violin
    Ori Epstein, cello
    Omri Epstein, piano
&
Miguel Da Silva, viola

Date: 2017
Label: Alpha

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Antonín Dvořák - Piano Trios Nos. 3 & 4 (Busch Trio)


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Composer: Antonín Dvořák
  • Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65
  • Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90 'Dumky'

Busch Trio
    Mathieu van Bellen, violin
    Ori Epstein, cello
    Omri Epstein, piano

Date: 2016
Label: Alpha

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Antonín Dvořák - Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2 (Busch Trio)


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Composer: Antonín Dvořák
  • Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 21
  • Piano Trio No. 2 in G minor, Op. 26

Busch Trio
    Mathieu van Bellen, violin
    Ori Epstein, cello
    Omri Epstein, piano

Date: 2019
Label: Alpha

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Thursday, June 12, 2025

Antonín Dvořák - String Quartets Nos. 8 & 10 (Albion Quartet)


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Composer: Antonín Dvořák
  • String Quartet No. 8 in E major, Op. 88
  • String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, Op. 51

Albion Quartet
    Tamsin Waley-Cohen, violin
    Emma Parker, violin
    Rosalind Ventris, viola
    Nathaniel Boyd, cello

Date: 2020
Label: Signum

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Antonín Dvořák - String Quartets Nos. 5 & 12 (Albion Quartet)


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Composer: Antonín Dvořák; Josef Suk
  • Dvořák - String Quartet No. 5 in F major, Op. 92
  • Dvořák - String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, 'American'
  • Suk - Meditation on an old Czech Hymn 'St Wenceslas', Op. 35a

Albion Quartet
    Tamsin Waley-Cohen, violin
    Emma Parker, violin
    Rosalind Ventris, viola
    Nathaniel Boyd, cello

Date: 2019
Label: Signum

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Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Antonín Dvořák - Piano Quintet; String Quintet (Pavel Haas Quartet)


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Composer: Antonín Dvořák
  • Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81
  • String Quintet in E flat major, Op. 97

Boris Giltburg, piano
Pavel Nikl, viola
Pavel Haas Quartet
    Veronika Jarůšková, violin
    Marek Zwiebel, violin
    Radim Sedmidubský, viola
    Peter Jarůšek, cello

Date: 2017
Label: Supraphon

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