Josef Suk - Asrael Symphony; Fairy Tale; Serenade for Strings (Jiří Bělohlávek)

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Composer: Josef Suk

• Asrael Symphony, Op. 27
• Pohádka (Fairy Tale), Op. 16
• Serenade for Strings in E flat major, Op. 6

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Jiří Bělohlávek, conductor

Date: 1998

Label: Chandos

https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN%209640

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Josef Suk (4 January 1874 – 29 May 1935) was a Czech composer and violinist. Known as one of Antonín Dvořák's favorite pupils, Suk became very close to his mentor and later married Dvořák's daughter, Otilie. He was also the grandfather of famed Czech violinist Josef Suk (1929-2011). Suk, alongside Vítězslav Novák and Otakar Ostrčil, is considered one of the leading composers in Czech Modernism. Although he wrote mostly instrumental music, he occasionally branched out into other genres, such as chamber music and music for solo piano. As a violinist, Suk was a member of the Bohemian Quartet. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Suk_(composer)

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Jiří Bělohlávek (24 February 1946 – 31 May 2017) was a Czech conductor. He was born in Prague and graduated from the Prague Conservatory and the Academy of Performing Arts. Bělohlávek was a leading interpreter of Czech classical music, and became chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in 1990, a role he would serve on two occasions during a combined span of seven years (1990–92, 2012–17). He also served a six-year tenure as the chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra from 2006 to 2012. He gained international renown for his performances of the works of Czech composers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiří Bělohlávek

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