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Friday, June 20, 2025

Leoš Janáček - Opera Suites Vol. 3 (Peter Breiner)


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Composer: Leoš Janáček
  • The Cunning Little Vixen
  • From the House of the Dead

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Peter Breiner, conductor & arranger

Date: 2009
Label: Naxos

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Leoš Janáček - Opera Suites Vol. 2 (Peter Breiner)


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Composer: Leoš Janáček
  • Káťa Kabanová
  • The Makropulos Affair

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Peter Breiner, conductor & arranger

Date: 2009
Label: Naxos

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Leoš Janáček - Opera Suites Vol. 1 (Peter Breiner)


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Composer: Leoš Janáček
  • Jenůfa
  • The Excursions of Mr. Brouček

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Peter Breiner, conductor & arranger

Date: 2009
Label: Naxos

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Thursday, June 19, 2025

Leoš Janáček - Orchestral Works (Charles Mackerras)


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Composer: Leoš Janáček

CD1
  • Jealousy (Zárlivost), original prelude to "Jenufa", JW 6/10
  • The Cunning Little Vixen, suite from opera (arr. Václav Talich, rev. Mackerras)
  • Sárka, opera, JW 1/1: Overture
  • Taras Bulba, rhapsody for orchestra after Gogol's Novel)
CD2
  • Káta Kabanová, opera, JW 1/8: Overture & Interludes
  • Schluck und Jau, incidental music for Gerhart Hauptmann's play, JW 9/11
  • Sinfonietta ("Military", "Sokol Festival"), JW 6/18

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor

Date: 2004
Label: Supraphon

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Leoš Janáček - Glagolitic Mass; Taras Bulba (Karel Ančerl)


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Composer: Leoš Janáček
  • Glagolitic Mass
  • Taras Bulba, rhapsody for orchestra

Libuše Domanínská, soprano
Věra Soukupová, contralto
Beno Blachut, tenor
Eduard Haken, bass
Jaroslav Vodrazka, organ

Prague Philharmonic Choir
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Karel Ančerl, conductor

Date: 1963; 1961
Label: Supraphon

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Leoš Janáček; Bohuslav Martinů - Sinfonietta; The Parables (Karel Ančerl)


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Composer: Leoš Janáček; Bohuslav Martinů
  • Janáček - Sinfonietta
  • Martinů - Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca, H. 352
  • Martinů - The Parables, H. 367

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Karel Ančerl, conductor

Date: 1961; 1959
Label: Supraphon

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Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Bedřich Smetana; Franz Liszt - Piano Trio; Elegies (Trio Wanderer)


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Composer: Bedřich Smetana; Franz Liszt
  1. Liszt - Tristia, transcription of La Vallée d'Obermann, for violin, cello & piano, S. 723c
  2. Liszt - Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth for violin & piano, S. 382
  3. Liszt - Romance oubliée for violin & piano, S. 132
  4. Smetana - Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15: 1. Moderato assai
  5. Smetana - Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15: 2. Allegro ma non agitato
  6. Smetana - Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15: 3. Finale. Presto
  7. Liszt - Elegie No. 1 for cello & piano, S. 130
  8. Liszt - Elegie No. 2 for violin & piano, S. 131
  9. Liszt - La Lugubre Gondole (Elegie No. 3) for cello & piano, S. 134

Trio Wanderer
    Jean-Marc Phillips-Varjabédian, violin
    Raphaël Pidoux, cello
    Vincent Coq, piano

Date: 2011
Label: harmonia mundi

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Bedřich Smetana - String Quartets (Pavel Haas Quartet)


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Composer: Bedřich Smetana
  • String Quartet No. 1 in E minor "From My Life"
  • String Quartet No. 2 in D minor

Pavel Haas Quartet
    Veronika Jarůšková, violin
    Marek Zwiebel, violin
    Pavel Nikl, viola
    Peter Jarůšek, cello

Date: 2015
Label: Supraphon

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Bedřich Smetana - Polkas (András Schiff)


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Composer: Bedřich Smetana
  • 3 Salon Polkas, Op. 7
  • 3 Poetic Polkas, Op. 8
  • Memories of Bohemia in the Form of Polkas, Op. 12
  • 4 Polkas from the 1850s

András Schiff, piano
Date: 1999
Label: Warner Classics

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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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