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Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky & Sinfonia Concertante
Vera Soukupová (mezzo-soprano), André Navarra (cello)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Karel Ancerl
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Martinů: Julietta
Maria Tauberova (Julietta), Ivo Zidek (Michel), Vaclav Bednar (Old Arab), Antonín Zlesák (Inspector), Véra Soukupová (Fortune-Teller)
Prague National Theatre Chorus and Orchestra, Jaroslav Krombholc
Maria Tauberová is sympathetic both vocally and dramatically. The music has various moods and shadings of expressive intensity, because Krombholc's experienced hand guides us through the ebb... —
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Martinu: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Angelica May (cello)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Vaclav Neumann
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Martinu: Serenades
Jan Kolar (oboe), Zdenek Tesar (clarinet), Lubomir Legemza (clarinet), Frantisek Blaha (clarinet), Jaroslav Kamenik (French horn), Milan Kohout (violin), Zdenek Zindel (viola)
Suk Quartet, Prague Chamber Orchestra /PCHO, Oldrich Vlcek (prepared for recording)
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David Oistrakh plays Mozart, Beethoven & Brahms
David Oistrakh (violin)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Karel Ancerl, Antonio Pedrotti
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Benda: Sonatas, Sonatinas & Songs
Music from Eighteenth-Century Prague
Edita Keglerová (harpsichord), Ivana Bilej Brouková (soprano), Helena Zemanová (violin), Hana Fleková, Marek Štryncl (cello)
Blandness sometimes threatens, even more so in the featherweight sonatinas, though even at his most compliant Benda can trip you up with a disorientating pause, or surprise harmonic twist. —
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After the thoroughly professional and exploratory earlier volumes of the 'Music from 'Eighteenth-Century Prague' series, I expected this to be a worthwhile recording; but the music of the hitherto... —
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Pilgrimage Musical Journey of Krystof Harant To Jerusalem/Circa 1600
Cappella Mariana, Constantinople, Vojtěch Semerád, Kiya Tabassian
An album of unfamiliar music such as this, well performed and built around a particular subject, is always fascinating for the curious. —
