Supraphon
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Richard Strauss: Tag und Nacht
Vier Letzte Lieder & Songs With Piano
Kateřina Kněžíková (soprano), Jakub Hrůša (piano)
Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša
on the whole it’s the late work with orchestra that is the most successful. Kněžíková and Hrůša present fresh, unmannered and beautifully airy performances. The Bamberg Symphony Orchestra provide... —
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Dvořák: Requiem, Op. 89
Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass), Brigitte Fassbaender (contralto), Thomas Moser (tenor) and Gabriela Benackovám (soprano)
Prague Philharmonic Choir and Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch and Lubomír Mátl (chorus master)
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Foerster’s little-known chamber oeuvre comes as a revelation, especially in performances as committed as these. The Bohemian melodic inspiration is unmistakable, as is the autumnal wistfulness... —
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Zelenka: Magnificat
and other choral works
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Kuhn Mixed Choir
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Rostropovich plays Shostakovich
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), with Dmitri Shostakovich (piano)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin, Yevgeni Svetlanov, Aleksandr Gauk
A double-whammy of cello works here - not one but two recordings of the Concerto No. 1, plus a powerful rendition of No. 2, all performed by perhaps the greatest cellist of the 20th Century... —
Purchase product
2 CDs
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The arrangements are on the whole very good – who’d have thought that the scherzo of Symphony No. 1 would work so well on nine instruments? And in the songs they offer a lighter accompaniment... —
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what a fine and distinctive player she is! My ears were pricking up before even the album’s first 30 seconds were over with her confidently poised, bright, pure, open tone. —
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