Orchestral, Symphonic Poems, Janáček (composer)
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Special offer. Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen, Sinfonietta
RecommendedLucy Crowe (Vixen), Gerald Finley (Forester), Sophia Burgos (Fox), Jan Martiník (Badger/Parson), Peter Hoare (Mosquito/Rooster/Schoolmaster), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (Harašta)
London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle
If this Vixen is good, the Sinfonietta is outstanding – arguably the best on disc, though you need to experience the work in a concert hall with the nine trumpets blazing. They’re supremely... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th September 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Grammy Awards, 64th Awards (2022), Nominee - Best Opera Recording
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Janacek: Sinfonietta, Taras Bulba & Concertino
RecommendedBavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik
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Building a Library, April 2005, Also Recommended
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Building a Library, July 2017, Also Recommended
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Janáček: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1
RecommendedJean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
we have a fine interpreter of Janáček and a distinguished orchestra...Orchestral ensemble is good though not always the intonation. still, the remaining movements are more compelling, with vivid... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th September 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Janacek - The Operas
RecommendedElisabeth Söderström (Jenufa), Eva Randova (Kostelnicka), Petr Dvorsky (Steva), Vaclav Zitek (Sterek), Marie Mrazova (Starenka), Dalibor Jedlicka (Rychtar), Wieslaw Ochman (Laca), Lucia Popp (Karolka), Lucia Popp (Vixen), Eva Randová (Fox), Dalibor Jedliaka (Forester), Dalibor Jedlicka (Gorjancikov),...
Charles Mackerras's partnership with soprano Söderström produced definitive and superbly recorded studio performances of Kát'a Kabanová, Jenůfa and The Makropulos Case. A must for Janáček fans. —
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Gramophone Awards, 1984, Winner - Opera
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Gramophone Awards, 1982/3, Winner - Opera
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Gramophone Awards, 1980, Recording of the Year
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Gramophone Awards, 1977, Recording of the Year
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Grammy Awards, 24th Awards (1981), Best Opera Recording
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[Bělohlávek] could get under the skin of Janacek’s music, drawing out its folk roots and speech rhythms, its soul-searching and truthfulness, its sheer humanity. The main work here is the Glagolitic... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st August 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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Building a Library, June 2019, Also Recommended
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Janacek: Glagolitic Mass & Taras Bulba
RecommendedEduard Haken (bass), Vera Soukupova (contralto), Beno Blachut (tenor), Libuse Domaninska (soprano), Jaroslav Vodrazka (organ)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Choir (=Czech Philharmonic Chorus), Karel Ancerl, Josef Veselka
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Building a Library, April 2005, First Choice
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Building a Library, February 2003, First Choice
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Building a Library, June 2019, Recommended Recording
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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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Janacek: Sinfonietta
RecommendedBell (flute/piccolo), Craxton (oboe), Pay (clarinet), Harris (bass clarinet), Gatt (bassoon), Eastop (horn), Paul Crossley (piano)
Vienna Philharmonic, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Sir Charles Mackerras, François Huybrechts, Neville Marriner,...
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Building a Library, April 2005, Modern Choice
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Building a Library, July 2017, Also Recommended
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Janacek: Glagolitic Mass & Sinfonietta
Christiane Libor (soprano), Ewa Marciniec (alto), Timothy Bentch (tenor), Wojciech Gierlach (bass) & Jarosław Malanowicz (organ)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, with Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit
There are many attractive aspects to this performance, not least the heroic tenor of Timothy Bench and the full-throated singing of the sopranos and altos. Too often, however, the delivery of... —
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Building a Library, July 2017, First Choice
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