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Monday, June 30, 2025

Bohuslav Martinů - Songs (Martina Janková; Tomáš Král; Ivo Kahánek)


Information

Composer: Bohuslav Martinů
  • Songs on One Page, H. 294
  • Songs on Two Pages, H. 302
  • New Slovak Songs, H. 126
  • New Chap-Book, H. 288

Martina Janková, soprano
Tomáš Král, baritone
Ivo Kahánek, piano

Date: 2019
Label: Supraphon

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Bohuslav Martinů - Cello Sonatas (Steven Isserlis; Olli Mustonen)


Information

Composer: Bohuslav Martinů; Olli Mustonen; Jean Sibelius
  • Martinů - Cello Sonata No. 1, H 277
  • Mustonen - Cello Sonata
  • Martinů - Cello Sonata No. 2, H 286
  • Sibelius - Malinconia, Op. 20
  • Martinů - Cello Sonata No. 3, H 340

Steven Isserlis, cello
Olli Mustonen, piano

Date: 2014
Label: BIS

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Bohuslav Martinů - Works for Violin & Piano (Bohuslav Matoušek; Petr Adamec)


Information

Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

CD1
  • Elegy, H. 3
  • Concerto for Violin and Piano, H. 342
  • Violin Sonata in C Major, H. 120
CD2
  • Violin Sonata in D Minor, H. 152
  • Impromptu, H. 166
  • Violin Sonata No. 1, H. 182
  • 5 Short Pieces, H. 184
CD3
  • Ariette, H. 188a
  • Violin Sonata No. 2, H. 208
  • 7 Arabesques, H. 201a
  • Sonatina in G Major, H. 262
  • Intermezzo, H. 330
CD4
  • 7 Études rhythmiques, H. 202
  • 5 Madrigal Stanzas, H. 297
  • Violin Sonata No. 3, H. 303
  • Czech Rhapsody, H. 307

Bohuslav Matoušek, violin
Petr Adamec, piano

Date: 2008
Label: Supraphon

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Bohuslav Martinů - Sonatas, Promenades & Madrigal Stanzas (Marion; Dubeau; Hamelin)


Information

Composer: Bohuslav Martinů
  • Sonata for flute, violin and piano, H 245
  • Promenades for flute, violin and harpsichord, H 274
  • Sonata for flute and piano, H 306
  • Five Madrigal Stanzas for violin and piano, H 297
  • Scherzo for flute and piano, H 174A
  • Madrigal-sonata for flute, violin and piano, H 291

Alain Marion, flute
Angèle Dubeau, violin
Marc-André Hamelin, piano

Date: 1993
Label: Analekta

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Sunday, June 29, 2025

Bohuslav Martinů - Piano Quintets; Piano Quartet (Ivan Klánský; Kocian Quartet)


Information

Composer: Bohuslav Martinů
  • Piano Quintet No. 2, H 298
  • Piano Quintet No. 1, H 229
  • Piano Quartet, H 287

Ivan Klánský, piano
Kocian Quartet
    Pavel Hůla, violin
    Miloš Černý, violin
    Zbyněk Paďourek, viola
    Václav Bernášek, cello

Date: 2009
Label: Praga

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Bohuslav Martinů - Chamber Music (Dartington Ensemble)


Information

Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

CD1
  • Five Madrigal Stanzas for violin and piano
  • Four Madrigals for oboe, clarinet and bassoon
  • Three Madrigals for violin and viola
  • Madrigal Sonata for flute, violin and piano
CD2
  • Nonet for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and double bass
  • Trio in F for flute, cello and piano
  • Sonatina for two violins and piano
  • Le Revue de Cuisine for clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, violin, cello and piano

Dartington Ensemble
    William Bennett, flute
    Robin Canter, oboe
    David Campbell, clarinet
    Graham Sheen, bassoon
    Richard Watkins, horn
    Barry Collarbone, trumpet
    Oliver Butterworth, violin
    Patrick Ireland, viola
    Michael Evans, cello
    Nigel Amherst, double bass
    John Bryden, piano
    Clifford Benson, piano

Date: 1998
Label: Hyperion

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Bohuslav Martinů - Nonet; Quartets (Czech Nonet; Pražák Quartet)


Information

Composer: Bohuslav Martinů
  • String Quartet No. 7 "Concerto da camera", H. 314
  • Quartet for clarinet, horn, cello & side-drum, H. 139
  • Quartet for oboe, violin, cello & piano, H. 315
  • Mazurka-Nocturne for oboe, 2 violins & cello, H. 325
  • Nonet for wind quintet, string trio & double bass, H. 374

Pražák Quartet
    Václav Remeš, violin
    Vlastimil Holek, violin
    Josef Klusoň, viola
    Michal Kaňka, cello

Czech Nonet
    Jiří Skuhra, flute
    Jiří Krejčí, oboe
    Aleš Hustoles, clarinet
    Pavel Langpaul, bassoon
    Vladimíra Klánská, horn
    Jana Herajnová, violin
    Jan Nykrýn, viola
    Vladan Kočí, cello
    Michal Rychlý, double bass

Date: 1996
Label: Praga

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Bohuslav Martinů - String Quartets (Panocha Quartet)


Information

Composer: Bohuslav Martinů
  • CD1: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2
  • CD2: String Quartets Nos. 3, 4 & 5
  • CD3: String Quartets Nos. 6 & 7 (Concerto da camera)

Panocha Quartet
    Jiří Panocha, violin
    Pavel Zejfart, violin
    Miroslav Sehnoutka, viola
    Jaroslav Kulhan, cello

Date: 1990
Label: Supraphon

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Saturday, June 28, 2025

Bohuslav Martinů - Špalíček (František Jílek)


Information

Composer: Bohuslav Martinů
  • Spalícek, ballet, H. 214
  • The Spectre's Bride, ballad based on Karel Jaromír Erben's poem, H. 214
  • The Romance of the Dandelions, cantata, H. 364
  • The Primrose, five duets on texts of Moravia folk songs, H. 348

Anna Kratochvílová, soprano
Miroslav Kopp, tenor
Richard Novák, bass
Kantiléna Children's Chorus / Jan Sedláček
Kühn Female Chorus / Pavel Kühn
Brno Philharmonic Orchestra
František Jílek, conductor

Jiřina Marková, soprano
Miroslav Kopp, tenor
Pavel Horáček, bass
Kühn Mixed Chorus / Pavel Kühn
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Jiří Bělohlávek, conductor

Milada Čejková, soprano
Kühn Mixed Chorus
Pavel Kühn, conductor

Petr Messiereur, violin
Stanislav Bogunia, piano
Kühn Female Chorus
Pavel Kühn, conductor

Compilation: 2007
Label: Supraphon

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Bohuslav Martinů - Field Mass; Double Concerto; Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca (Charles Mackerras)


Information

Composer: Bohuslav Martinů
  • Field Mass, for male chorus with baritone solo & orchestra, H. 279
  • Double Concerto for 2 string orchestras, piano & timpani, H. 271
  • Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca, H. 352

Václav Zítek, baritone / Czech Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra
Josef Růžička, piano / Jan Bouše, timpani / Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor

Date: 1997
Label: Supraphon

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Bohuslav Martinů - Le Raid merveilleux; La Revue de Cuisine; On Tourne (Christopher Hogwood)


Information

Composer: Bohuslav Martinů
  • Le Raid merveilleux (The Amazing Flight), mechanical ballet, H. 159
  • La Revue de Cuisine (The Kitchen Revue), jazz-ballet, H. 161
  • On Tourne, ballet, H. 163

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Christopher Hogwood, conductor

Date: 2004
Label: Supraphon

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Bohuslav Martinů - Sinfonietta La Jolla; Toccata e Due Cazoni; Concerto Grosso (Ondřej Kukal)


Information

Composer: Bohuslav Martinů
  • Sinfonietta La Jolla, H. 328
  • Toccata e Due Canzoni, H. 311
  • Concerto Grosso, H. 263

Josef Hála & Petr Jiříkovský, pianos
Prague Chamber Orchestra
Ondřej Kukal, conductor

Date: 1997
Label: Supraphon

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Friday, June 27, 2025

Bohuslav Martinů - Échec au Roi; The Revolt (Jiří Bělohlávek)


Information

Composer: Bohuslav Martinů
  • Échec au Roi (Šach králi; Check to the King), jazz-ballet, H. 186
  • Vzpoura (The Revolt), ballet-sketch, H. 151

Prague Symphony Orchestra
Jiří Bělohlávek, conductor

Date: 1987
Label: Supraphon

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Bohuslav Martinů - The Parables; Estampes; Overture; Rhapsody (Jiří Bělohlávek)


Information

Composer: Bohuslav Martinů
  • The Parables for orchestra, H. 367
  • Estampes for large orchestra, H. 369
  • Overture for orchestra, H. 345
  • Rhapsody - Allegro symphonique for orchestra, H. 171

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Jiří Bělohlávek, conductor

Date: 1987
Label: Supraphon

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Bohuslav Martinů - The Butterfly That Stamped (Jiří Bělohlávek)


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Composer: Bohuslav Martinů
  • The Butterfly That Stamped, ballet in one act after Rudyard Kipling

Female chorus of the Kühn Mixed Chorus
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Jiří Bělohlávek, conductor

Date: 1986
Label: Supraphon

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Bohuslav Martinů - The Epic of Gilgamesh (Jiří Bělohlávek)


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Composer: Bohuslav Martinů
  • The Epic of Gilgamesh, oratorio, H. 351

Marcela Machotková, soprano
Jiří Zahradníček, tenor
Václav Zítek, baritone
Karel Průša, bass
Otakar Brousek, speaker

Prague Philharmonic Choir
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Jiří Bělohlávek, conductor

Date: 1976
Label: Supraphon

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Thursday, June 26, 2025

Bohuslav Martinů - Early Orchestral Works Vol. 3 (Ian Hobson)


Information

Composer: Bohuslav Martinů
  • Vanishing Midnight, H 131
  • Ballade (after Böcklin’s picture Villa by the Sea), H 97
  • Dream of the Past, H 124

Agnieszka Kopacka, piano
Sinfonia Varsovia
Ian Hobson, conductor

Date: 2018
Label: Toccata

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Bohuslav Martinů - Early Orchestral Works Vol. 2 (Ian Hobson)


Information

Composer: Bohuslav Martinů
  • Stín (‘The Shadow’) – Ballet in One Act, H 102

Dorota Szczepańska, offstage soprano
Anna Maria Staśkiewicz, violin
Agnieszka Kopacka, piano
Sinfonia Varsovia
Ian Hobson, conductor

Date: 2016
Label: Toccata

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Bohuslav Martinů - Early Orchestral Works Vol. 1 (Ian Hobson)


Information

Composer: Bohuslav Martinů
  • Prélude en forme de scherzo, H 181a
  • Orchestral movement, H 90
  • Posvícení ('Village Feast'), H 2
  • Nocturno 1, H 91
  • Little Dance Suite, H 123

Sinfonia Varsovia
Ian Hobson, conductor

Date: 2013
Label: Toccata

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Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Bohuslav Martinů - Music for Violin and Orchestra Vol. 4 (Matoušek; Hogwood)


Information

Composer: Bohuslav Martinů
  • Violin Concerto No. 1, H 226
  • Violin Concerto No. 2, H 293

Bohuslav Matoušek, violin
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Christopher Hogwood, conductor

Date: 2008
Label: Hyperion

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Bohuslav Martinů - Music for Violin and Orchestra Vol. 3 (Matoušek; Hogwood)


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Composer: Bohuslav Martinů
  • Suite concertante for violin and orchestra, H 276
  • Suite concertante for violin and orchestra, H 276a
  • Rhapsody-Concerto for viola and orchestra, H 337

Bohuslav Matoušek, violin & viola
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Christopher Hogwood, conductor

Date: 2008
Label: Hyperion

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Bohuslav Martinů - Music for Violin and Orchestra Vol. 2 (Matoušek; Hogwood)


Information

Composer: Bohuslav Martinů
  • Concerto da camera, H 285
  • Concerto for violin, piano and orchestra, H 342
  • Czech Rhapsody, H 307a (arr. Jiří Teml)

Bohuslav Matoušek, violin
Karel Košárek, piano

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Christopher Hogwood, conductor

Date: 2008
Label: Hyperion

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Bohuslav Martinů - Music for Violin and Orchestra Vol. 1 (Matoušek; Hogwood)


Information

Composer: Bohuslav Martinů
  • Concerto for flute, violin and orchestra, H 252
  • Duo concertante for two violins and orchestra, H 264
  • Concerto for two violins and orchestra in D major, H 329

Bohuslav Matoušek, violin
Janne Thomsen, flute
Régis Pasquier, violin
Jennifer Koh, violin

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Christopher Hogwood, conductor

Date: 2007
Label: Hyperion

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Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Bohuslav Martinů; Hans Krása; Viktor Kalabis - Harpsichord Concertos (Mahan Esfahani)


Information

Composer: Bohuslav Martinů; Hans Krása; Viktor Kalabis
  • Martinů - Harpsichord Concerto, H. 246
  • Krása - Kammermusik for Harpsichord and 7 Instruments
  • Kalabis - Concerto for Harpsichord and String Orchestra, Op. 42

Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Liebreich, conductor

Date: 2023
Label: Hyperion

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Bohuslav Martinů - Cello Concertos (Raphael Wallfisch)


Information

Composer: Bohuslav Martinů
  • Cello Concerto No. 1, H. 196
  • Cello Concerto No. 2, H. 304
  • Concertino for cello, wind & brass ensemble, percussion & piano in C minor, H. 143

Raphael Wallfisch, cello
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Jiří Bělohlávek, conductor

Date: 1991
Label: Chandos

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Bohuslav Martinů - Violin Concertos; Rhapsody-Concerto (Josef Suk)


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Composer: Bohuslav Martinů
  • Violin Concerto No. 1, H. 226
  • Violin Concerto No. 2, H. 293
  • Rhapsody-Concerto for viola & orchestra, H. 337

Josef Suk, violin
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Václav Neumann, conductor

Date: 1974; 1989
Label: Supraphon

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Monday, June 23, 2025

Bohuslav Martinů - Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 4 (Giorgio Koukl)


Information

Composer: Bohuslav Martinů
  • Piano Concerto No. 4, H. 358, 'Incantation'
  • Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Major, H. 149
  • Piano Concerto No. 2, H. 237

Giorgio Koukl, piano
Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra, Zlín
Arthur Fagen, conductor

Date: 2010
Label: Naxos

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Bohuslav Martinů - Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 5; Concertino (Giorgio Koukl)


Information

Composer: Bohuslav Martinů
  • Piano Concerto No. 3, H. 316
  • Piano Concerto No. 5 in B flat major (Fantasia concertante), H. 366
  • Concertino for Piano and Orchestra, H. 269

Giorgio Koukl, piano
Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra, Zlín
Arthur Fagen, conductor

Date: 2010
Label: Naxos

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Bohuslav Martinů - Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 3 & 4 (Rudolf Firkušný)


Information

Composer: Bohuslav Martinů
  • Piano Concerto No. 2, H. 237
  • Piano Concerto No. 3, H. 316
  • Piano Concerto No. 4 "Incantation", H. 358

Rudolf Firkušný, piano
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Libor Pešek, conductor

Date: 1993
Label: RCA

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Sunday, June 22, 2025

Bohuslav Martinů - Symphonies (Bryden Thomson)


Information

Composer: Bohuslav Martinů
  • CD1 Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5
  • CD2 Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6
  • CD3 Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4

Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Bryden Thomson, conductor

Date: 1995
Label: Chandos

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Saturday, June 21, 2025

Leoš Janáček; Bedřich Smetana - String Quartets (Takács Quartet)


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Composer: Leoš Janáček; Bedřich Smetana
  • Smetana - String Quartet No. 1 in E minor 'From my life'
  • Janáček - String Quartet No. 1 'The Kreutzer Sonata', JW VII/8
  • Janáček - String Quartet No. 2 'Intimate letters', JW VII/13

Takács Quartet
    Edward Dusinberre, violin
    Károly Schranz, viola
    Geraldine Walther, cello
    András Fejér, piano

Date: 2015
Label: Hyperion

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Leoš Janáček - Ríkadla (Reinbert de Leeuw)


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Composer: Leoš Janáček
  • The Wild Duck, JW IV/18
  • Our Birch Tree, JW IV/22
  • Elegy on the Death of My Daughter Olga, JW IV/30
  • Piano Sonata '1.X.1905', JW VIII/19 (arr. Reinbert de Leeuw)
  • Halfar the Schoolmaster, JW IV/33
  • The Wolf’s Trail, JW IV/39
  • The Wandering Madman, JW IV/43
  • Concertino for Piano & Chamber Ensemble, JW VII/11
  • Říkadla [Nursery Rhymes], JW V/17

Collegium Vocale Gent
Het Collectief
Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor

Date: 2015
Label: Alpha Classics

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Leoš Janáček - Piano Works (Rudolf Firkušný)


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Composer: Leoš Janáček

CD1
  • Tema con variazioni
  • On the Overgrown Path
  • Reminiscence
CD2
  • Piano Sonata No. 1. X. 1905 'From the street'
  • In the Mist
  • Concertino for piano and champer orchestra
  • Capriccio for piano (left hand) and wind instruments

Rudolf Firkušný, piano
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelík, conductor

Date: 1971; 1970
Label: Deutsche Grammophon

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Friday, June 20, 2025

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


Information

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)


Information

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)


Information

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)


Information

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)


Information

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)


Information

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)


Information

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)


Information

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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