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Showing posts with label Rudolf Firkušný. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rudolf Firkušný. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Bohuslav Martinů - Piano Works (Rudolf Firkušný)


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Composer: Bohuslav Martinů
  • Les Ritournelles, H. 227
  • Fantasie and Toccata, H. 281
  • Piano Sonata No. 1, H. 350
  • Julietta, H. 253: Act II, Scene 3: Moderato
  • Etudes and Polkas, H. 308 (selection)

Rudolf Firkušný, piano
Date: 1989
Label: RCA

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Monday, June 23, 2025

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


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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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Saturday, June 21, 2025

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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Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Antonín Dvořák - Dvořák in Prague: A Celebration (Various Artists)


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Composer: Antonín Dvořák
  1. Carnival Overture, Op. 92
  2. Romance in F minor, Op. 11
  3. From the Bohemian Forest, Op. 68: 5. Klid (Silent Woods)
  4. Humoresques, Op. 101: No. 7 in G-flat major
  5. Rusalka, opera, Op. 114: "O Moon high up in the Deep Sky"
  6. Psalm 149, Op. 79
  7. Humoresques, Op. 101: No. 1 in E-flat minor
  8. Gypsy Melodies, Op. 55: 4. "Songs my mother taught me" - 5. Tune thy strings
  9. Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor "Dumky", Op. 90: 5. Allegro - Meno mosso, quasi tempo primo
  10. Slavonic Dances, Op. 72: No. 2 in E minor "Dumka"
  11. Slavonic Dances, Op. 72: No. 7 in C major "Sribske"

Rudolf Firkušný, piano
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor

Date: 1994
Label: Sony Classical

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