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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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Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World', etc.
RecommendedCzech Philharmonic Orchestra, Karel Ancerl
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Building a Library, May 2009, First Choice
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Janáček: Šárka
Eva Urbanova (Sarka), Peter Straka (Ctirad), Ivan Kusnjer (Premysl), Jaroslav Brezina (Lumir)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra & Prague Philharmonic Chorus, Sir Charles Mackerras
This landmark performance should convert many. —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2001, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, July 2017, First Choice
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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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Their way with the core repertoire here, the sonatas and variations, is mostly excellent. Outer movements are all well paced with genuine eloquence in the more reflective passages. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2025, Recording of the Week
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Life with Czech Music - Smetana & Dvorak
RecommendedCzech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
Mackerras extols the Czech Philharmonic’s “national” sound. And that’s what we get, with rustic woodwinds, the brass a little tart, and passionate, light-fingered strings. Nothing is bland...they... —
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Building a Library, November 2023, Recommended Recording - Dvorak 9
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Smetana: The Bartered Bride
RecommendedGabriela Benackova-Capova (Marenka), Peter Dvorsky (Jenik), Richard Novak (Kecal), Jaroslav Horacek (Micha), Marie Mrazova (Hata), Miroslav Kopp (Vasek)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra & Prague Philharmonic Choir, Zdenek Kosler
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Building a Library, May 2023, Also Recommended
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Kalabis: Sonatas for Cello / Clarinet / Violin and Piano
Ivo Kahanek (piano), Tomas Jamnik (cello), Anna Paulova (clarinet), Jan Fiser (violin)
The three interpreters are some of the Czech Republic's most brilliant young instrumentalists. Anchoring things is pianist Ivo Kahánek who has already recorded Kalabis' solo piano music for... —
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Janácek changed his mind a great deal, especially about the Second Quartet, on the way from composition to performance and even after that. Most records use the scores published in Prague respectively... —
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Building a Library, April 2023, Also Recommended
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