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Showing posts with label Charles Mackerras. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charles Mackerras. Show all posts

Saturday, June 28, 2025

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


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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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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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Friday, June 6, 2025

Antonín Dvořák - Symphonic Poems (Charles Mackerras)


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Composer: Antonín Dvořák
  1. The Water Goblin (Vodník), Op. 107
  2. The Noon Witch (Polednice), Op. 108
  3. The Golden Spinning Wheel (Zlatý kolovrat), Op.109
  4. The Wild Dove (Holoubek), Op. 110

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor

Date: 2010
Label: Supraphon

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Antonín Dvořák - Symphonic Variations; Scherzo capriccioso; Legends (Charles Mackerras)


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Composer: Antonín Dvořák
  • Symphonic Variations, Op. 78
  • Sherzo capriccioso, Op. 66
  • Legends, Op. 59

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor

Date: 2001
Label: Supraphon

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Sunday, June 1, 2025

Antonín Dvořák - Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9 (Charles Mackerras)


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Composer: Antonín Dvořák
  • Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
  • Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, 'From the New World'

Prague Symphony Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor

Date: 2005
Label: Supraphon

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Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Zoltán Kodály; Leoš Janáček - Psalmus hungaricus; Glagolitic Mass (Charles Mackerras)


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Composer: Zoltán Kodály; Leoš Janáček
  • Janáček - Glagolitic Mass (original version)
  • Kodály - Psalmus hungaricus, Op. 13

Tina Kiberg
Randi Stene
Peter Svensson
Ulrik Cold
Per Salo

Copenhagen Boys Choir
Danish National Symphony & Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor

Date: 1994
Label: Chandos

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Sunday, June 9, 2024

Josef Suk - Summer Tale; Fantastic Scherzo (Charles Mackerras)


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Composer: Josef Suk
  • Summer Tale, Op. 29
  • Fantastic Scherzo, Op. 25

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor

Date: 1999
Label: Decca


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Friday, June 7, 2024

Josef Suk - Asrael Symphony (Charles Mackerras)


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Composer: Josef Suk
  • Asrael, Symphony in C minor, Op. 27

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor

Date: 2011
Label: Supraphon

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Monday, May 27, 2024

Havergal Brian - Symphonies Nos. 7-9 & 31; The Tinker's Wedding (Charles Mackerras; Charles Groves)


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Composer: Havergal Brian

CD1:
  • The Tinker's Wedding, comedy overture
  • Symphony No. 31
  • Symphony No. 7 in C major
CD2:
  • Symphony No. 8 in B flat minor
  • Symphony No. 9 in A minor

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Mackerras, conductor (CD1)
Charles Groves, conductor (CD2)

Date: 1987; 1977
Label: EMI Classics


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