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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... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Choral
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Martinu: Symphony No. 4 & Memorial to Lidice
Ivan Kusnjer (baritone)
Czech Philharmonic Choir, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jirí Belohlavek
The luscious, intricately scored pages of the bighearted Fourth Symphony sound opulent in this recording. For the most part, the playing is glorious, intoxicating in its richness and sure-footed... —
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Martinu: Field Mass
Vaclav Zitek (baritone), Josef Ruzicka (piano), Jan Bouse (timpani)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Charles Mackerras
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CD
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Wolfgang Sawallisch in Prague
Czech Philharmonic Chorus & Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch
Purchase product
5 CDs
$43.25
