Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
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Martinů, Krása & Kalabis: Harpsichord Concertos
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord), Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Liebreich
these excellent and committed performances get to the heart of these fascinating works. —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2023, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Concerto
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Concerto
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Notwithstanding some rough edges, especially in their otherwise passionate rendition of Szell’s orchestration of the string quartet,t here is a good deal to enjoy in these vividly recorded performances. —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2025, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Shortlist, Orchestral
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2025, Musique Symphonique
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there is a good deal to enjoy in these vividly recorded performances. —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2025, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Shortlist
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2025, Musique Symphonique
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2 Vinyl Records
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Special offer. Smetana: The Two Widows
Adriana Kučerová (Karolina), Kateřina Kněžíková (Anežka), Adam Plachetka (Mumlal), Pavol Breslik (Ladislaw), Jana Sibera (Lidunka), Petr Nekoranec (Toník) Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Prague National Theatre Chorus, Robert Jindra
This new recording from Prague showcases all the opera's strengths, with the conductor Robert Jindra drawing fleet and stylish playing from the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra...the high level... —
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Life with Czech Music - Janacek & Martinu
RecommendedElisabeth Söderström (soprano), Drahomira Drobkova (contralto), Frantisek Livora (tenor), Richard Novak (bass), Jan Hora (organ), Kvetoslava Nemeckova (soprano), Leo Marian Vodicka (tenor), Vaclav Zitek (baritone), Josef Ruzicka (piano), Jan Bouse (timpani), Eva Urbanova (soprano), Bernarda Fink...
Even the recording acoustic is warm, enough sometimes to curl the music’s edges and smudge away little details. But Mackerras’s handling of this repertoire is so fresh, so responsive to the... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Choral
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Beethoven, Reicha Piano Concertos
Jan Bartoš (piano), Wiener Symphoniker, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Petr Popelka
The unfamiliar Reicha concerto of 1804, recently restored to a playable version and recorded here for the first time, opens the album. Except the piece needs no special pleading: this Classical... —
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Martinů’s orchestral soundworld is distinctly his own, without ever being samey. The vividly painted Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca is the best known work here, though The Parables, mysterious... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Martinů: Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra, Violin Sonata No. 3 & Five Short Pieces
Josef Špaček (violin), Miroslav Sekera (piano), Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Petr Popelka
Among other works featuring violin and orchestra, one of the most immediately appealing is the Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra, written in 1953 towards the end of his sojourn in the... —
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Janáček: Sinfonietta & Taras Bulba
Recorded at the Rudolfinum, Prague, June 22-24 and 29, and September 30, 2012.
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tomáš Netopil
A superb programme...The substantially gifted Tomáš Netopil has the full measure of all four works...You hear everything and yet not a single note obtrudes. An absolute winner. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2013, Editor's Choice
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Viktor Kalabis: Symphonies and Concertos
Petr Škvor (violin), Miroslav Kejmar (trumpet), Zuzana Růžičková (harpsichord), Josef Suk (violin), Milan Langer (piano), Jiří Formáček (bassoon)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Wind Ensemble,...
this excellent collection, despite the variable age and quality of some recordings, will do very nicely in bringing [Kalabis's] name before a wider audience —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2013, Re-issue of the Month
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