Suk, Josef

Smetana: From My Homeland; Dvorak: Romance; Suk: 4 Pieces; Janacek: Violin Sonata / Silvie Hessova; Daniel Wiessner, piano

1 CD / Cube Bohemia / 2013-04-09

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Pieces (2) for Violin and Piano, T 128 "From my homeland"; Antonín Dvorák: Romance for Violin and Piano in F minor, Op. 11/B 38; Josef Suk: Pieces (4) for Violin and Pi...
Performers: Hessova, Silvie; Wiesner, Daniel

Violinist Silvie Hessová graduated from the Prague Conservatory. She was first violinist of the Eberle Quartet and now holds that same position with the Prague...continue...

Love Songs - chamber music arrangements from the music of Brahms, Dvorak, Suk / Diana Ketler & Konstantin Lifschitz, piano; Andrej Bielow, violin; Razvan Popovici, viola

1 CD / Solo Musica / 2012-10-30

Works: Johannes Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes (18) for piano, 4 hands, Op. 52a; Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 70; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 105; Antonin Dvorák: Slavonic Dance no 9 for piano...
Performers: Bielow, Andrei; Ketler, Diana; Lifschitz, Constantin; Popovici, Razvan [Viola]

Love Songs is a dialogue about love and its reflections, created by four very close friends, the pianists Diana Ketler and Konstantin Lifschitz, violinist Andrej...continue...
Recording information: August Everding Saal, Grünwald (03/29/2012-03/31/2012)....continue...

Josef Suk: Prague; Summer's Tale / BBC SO, Belohlavek

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2012-09-25

Works: Josef Suk: Pohádka Léta (A Summer Tale), Tone Poem For large Orchestra, A, Op. 29; Praga, Op. 26
Conductors: Belohlávek, Jirí
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra

Two symphonic poems by Suk are performed here by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Jiri Belohlavek, who also brought us the highly acclaimed recording of...continue...
Recording information: Watford Colosseum (01/03/2012-01/04/2012)....continue...

Sérénades tcheques / Dvorak: Serenade Op. 22; Nocturne, Op. 40; Suk: Serenade Op. 6 / Appassionata CO

1 CD / Fidelio Music / 2012-09-25

Works: Josef Suk: Serenade for strings in E flat major, Op. 6; Antonin Dvorák: Serenade for Strings; Nocturne for String Orchestra in B major, Op. 40/B 47
Conductors: Myssyk, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Appassionata Chamber Orchestra

Daniel Myssyk and the Appassionata Chamber Orchestra offer a superb audiophile album of Czech romantic works by Antonín Dvorák and Josef Suk. Fedelio Musique's recording...continue...
Recording information: Église de la Nativité, La Prairie, Quebec, Canada....continue...

Josef Suk: Piano Quintet; Piano Quartet; Four Pieces for Violin & Piano / Nash Ensemble

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-09-12

Works: Josef Suk: Quartet for Piano and Strings in A minor, Op. 1; Pieces (4) for Violin and Piano, Op. 17; Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 8
Conductors:
Ensemble: Nash Ensemble

The music of Josef Suk, pupil of Dvorák and married to the elder composer's daughter, is only now beginning to be recognized for its true...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (2003-11-30&2003-12-01_2003-)....continue...

Josef Suk: Asrael Symphony, Op. 27b; Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 / Belohlavek

2 CD / Supraphon / 2012-07-31

Works: Josef Suk: Symphony in C minor, Op. 27 "Asrael"; Benjamin Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20
Conductors: Belohlávek, Jirí
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

A unique and symbolic encounter: the most distinguished Czech conductor of the present time and a fabulous British orchestra communicate the profound messages in the...continue...
Recording information: Smetana Hall of the Municipal House, Prague, Czech Repu (06/01/2008)....continue...

Historic Russian Archives: David Oistrakh - Chamber Music Edition

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano in D major, K 306 (300l); Variations (12) on "La bergère Célimene," for violin & piano in G major, K. 359 (K. 374a); Sergey Rachmani...
Performers: Badura-Skoda, Paul; Bauer, Frida; Goldenweiser, Alexander [Composer]; Knushevitsky, Svyatoslav; Kollegorskaya, Inna; Makarov, Abram; Oborin, Lev; Oistrakh, David; Oistrakh, Igor [Violin]; Richter, Sv...

The reissue of this unique collection of chamber music masterpieces, ranging from Baroque to 20-century, played by the legendary David Oistrakh, with his luminous, sonorous

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135 Years of Czech Composers - Smetana, Fibich, Novacek, Janacek, Schulhoff, Suk et al. / Yvonne Smeulers, violin; Sander Sittig, piano

2 Super Audio CD / Quintone / 2012-02-28

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Z domoviny (From the Homeland), pieces (2) for violin & piano, JB 1; Antonin Dvorák: Romantic Pieces (4) for Violin and Piano, Op. 75/B 150; Sonatina for Violin and Piano in G m...
Performers: Sittig, Sander; Smeulers, Yvonne

American Record Guide, September / October 2012
This is a very attractive program. The gorgeous works by Smetana and Dvorak are reason alone to want this...continue...
Recording information: Westvest90-church, Schiedam, The Netherlands....continue...

Icon: Michael Rabin

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-01-10

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Concerto for Violin no 1 in E flat major (usually transposed to D major), Op. 6, MS 21; Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Moto perpetuo for Violin and Orchestra in C major,...
Performers: Pommers, Leon; Rabin, Michael
Conductors: Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Matacic, Lovro von; Galliera, Alceo; Slatkin, Felix

Released to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Michael Rabin's death on 19th January 1972 this collection brings together his finest recordings on EMI Classics in...continue...

The Studio Recordings 1954-1960: Michael Rabin, violin

6 CD / Testament / 2011-12-13

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Concerto for Violin no 1 in E flat major (usually transposed to D major), Op. 6, MS 21; Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Moto perpetuo for Violin and Orchestra in C major,...
Performers: Pommers, Leon; Rabin, Michael
Conductors: Matacic, Lovro von; Galliera, Alceo; Boult, Adrian; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Slatkin, Felix

The story of the amazing violinist Michael Rabin is complicated and ultimately tragic. When his career should have been reaching the height of his success,...continue...
Recording information: 1954-1960....continue...

Josef Suk: Early Recordings / Josef Suk, violin; Holecek, Panenka, Hala, Skampa

6 CD / Supraphon / 2011-12-03

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Romantic Pieces (4) for Violin and Piano, Op. 75/B 150; Sonatina for Violin and Piano in G major, Op. 100/B 183; Sonata for Violin and Piano in F major, Op. 57/B 106; Josef Suk: ...
Performers: Hala, Josef; Holecek, Alfred; Navarra, Andre; Panenka, Jan; Skampa, Milan; Suk, Josef

On the morning on 7 July 2011 the agencies brought the sad news that one of the legends of 20thcentury music had passed away. Josef...continue...
Recording information: Domovina Studio, Prague....continue...

Richard Baker's Favourite Violin Music

1 CD / Upbeat Records Import / 2011-11-08

Works: Fritz Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani; Caprice Viennois; Melody, for violin & piano (after Paderewski's Op. 16/2); Tambourin Chinois; Edward Elgar: Salut d'amour; Chanson de ...

Music by Monti, Fauré, Ravel, Gershwin et al. / Katharine Gowers, violin; Charles Owen, piano

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Vittorio Monti: Czardas; Gabriel Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Maurice Ravel: Pièce en forme de Habañera; George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Claude Debussy: Beau soir; ...
Performers: Gowers, Katherine; Owen, Charles

Dvorak: Quartet No. 12 "American"; Suk: Meditaion; Smetana: Quartet No. 1

1 CD / Sacconi Records / 2011-07-26

Works: Josef Suk: Meditation on an old Czech hymn "St Wenceslas", Op. 35a; Bedrich Smetana: Quartet for Strings no 1 in E minor ("Z mého, zivota," "From My Life"), JB 1; Antonin Dvorák: Quarte...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Sacconi String Quartet

The distinctive and passionate sound of Romantic Czech music is gloriously showcased in this new disc by the Sacconi Quartet being released on the quartet's...continue...
Recording information: The Music Room, Champs Hill, Sussex, England (2010-11-03_2010-11-04&2010-)....continue...

Essential Strings / Samuel Barber, Benjamin Britten, Edward Elgar and Edvard Grieg

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita no 3 in E, BWV 1006; Orchestral Suite no 3, BWV 1068; Johann Pachelbel: Canon in D; Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto grosso in G minor 'Christmas Concerto', Op. 6, no 8; Wol...
Performers: Armand, Georges; Brosse, Jean-Patrice; Papian, Vag; Vengerov, Maxim [Violin]
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold; Marriner, Sir Neville; Armand, Georges; Tate, Jeffrey; Menuhin, Yehudi; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; ; Brown, Iona; Hickox, Richard; Jansons, Mariss; Warren-Green, Christopher; Montgomery, K...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Cellists; Virtuosi

Bohemian Impressions / Dvorak, Smetana, Janacek, Martinu

1 CD / Supraphon / 2011-07-03

Works: Bedrich Smetana: My Country, cycle of symphonic poems; Antonin Dvorák: Czech suite in D major, Op. 39; In Nature's Realm (V prírode), concert overture, B. 168 (Op. 91); Josef Suk: A Sum...
Conductors: Neumann, Václav; Pesek, Libor; Belohlávek, Jirí
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague Philharmonia

The names of Bedrich Smetana, Antonin Dvorak, Leos Janacek, and Bohuslav Martinu are rightly synonymous with the global fame of Czech music. And it was...continue...

Poème / Violinist Julia Fischer

1 CD / Decca / 2011-05-03

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Poema autunnale, for violin & orchestra, P. 146; Josef Suk: Fantasy for violin & orchestra, Op 24; Ernest Chausson: Poème for Violin and Orchestra in E flat major, Op. 25; R...
Performers: Fischer, Julia [Violin]
Conductors: Kreizberg, Yakov
Ensemble: Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo

Julia Fischer follows her extraordinary Grammy-nominated recording of the Paganini Caprices with a contrasting album - a lyrical and poetic set of impressionistic works for...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium Rainer III, Centre de Congrès, Monte Carlo, (11/20/2010-11/24/2010)....continue...

50 Best Violin

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons), Concerto no 1 in E "La primavera" (Spring); Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in A major, Op. 2 no 2/RV 31; Giuseppe Tartini: Sonata for Vi...
Performers: Barbizet, Pierre; Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Chang, Sarah; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Dumay, Augustin [Violin]; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; Gavrilov, Andrei; Gililo...
Conductors: Lysy, Alberto; ; Halstead, Anthony; Accardo, Salvatore; Tetzlaff, Christian; Pritchard, John; Boult, Adrian; Karajan, Herbert von; Kurtz, Efrem; Dervaux, Pierre; Domingo, Placido; Ozawa, Seiji; Bergl...
Ensemble: ; Europa Galante

Dvorák & Suk: Violin & Piano / Weithaas

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2011-04-12

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Capriccio (Concert Rondo) for violin & piano, B. 81 (also listed as Opp. 24 & 27); Sonata for Violin and Piano in F major, Op. 57/B 106; Sonatina for Violin and Piano in G major,...
Performers: Avenhaus, Silke; Weithaas, Antje

Josef Suk and Antonin Dvo?rák represent a core period of Czech music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This is the fifth album...continue...
Recording information: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Köln (11/2010)....continue...

Dvorák: Violin Conerto; Suk: Fantasy / Václav Neumann

1 CD / Supraphon / 2011-04-03

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Concerto for Violin in A minor, Op. 53; Romance for Violin and Orchestra in F minor, Op. 11/B 39; Josef Suk: Fantasy for violin & orchestra, Op 24; Fairy Tale, Concert Suite fr...
Performers: Suk, Josef
Conductors: Neumann, Václav

A living legend, Josef Suk is rightly considered the most distinguished representative of the 20th century Czech violin school. His peerless, rich and beautiful tone...continue...
Recording information: Rudolfinum, Prague....continue...

Suk: Fairy Tale / Falletta

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-03-29

Works: Josef Suk: Fantasy for violin & orchestra, Op 24; Fairy tale, Op. 16; Fantastic Scherzo, Op. 25
Performers: Ludwig, Michael
Conductors: Falletta, JoAnn
Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic

Encouraged by Brahms and Dvorak while embracing the innovative influences of Debussy, Mahler and Richard Strauss, Josef Suk ranked among the most important composers of...continue...
Recording information: Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York, USA (05/03/2010-05/04/2010)....continue...

Anthology of Czech Piano Music / Kavpil

6 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-03-08

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Theme & Variations for piano in A flat major, B. 65 (Op.36); Poetic Tone Pictures for Piano, Op. 85; Leos Janácek: On the overgrown path; Sonata 1.X.1905 "From the street"; ...
Performers: Kvapil, Radoslav

Six of the greatest Czech composers and pianists are featured in this impressive box set, their works given forceful immediacy by Kvapil and his Steinway....continue...

Josef Suk: "Asrael" Symphony / Mackerras, Czech PO

1 CD / Supraphon / 2011-02-04

Works: Josef Suk: Symphony in C minor, Op. 27 "Asrael"
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Suk’s Asreal – Sir Charles Mackerras’s last previously unrealeased recording with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra....continue...
Recording information: Rudolfinum, Prague (04/05/2007-04/06/2007)....continue...

Romantic Works for Violin by Dvorák, Suk, Schumann, Ysaye

1 CD / Genuin / 2011-01-25

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Concerto for Violin in A minor, Op. 53; Josef Suk: Pieces (4) for Violin and Piano, Op. 17; Robert Schumann: Romances (3) for Oboe and Piano, Op. 94; Eugène Ysae: Les Ne...
Performers: Gepp, Rainer; Raphael, Christine [Violin]
Conductors: Albert, Werner Andreas; Corazolla, Jan

Until her premature death, all the music violinist Christine Raphael chose to perform was vivified by her interpretation. Some of the works in her considerable...continue...

Brahms: Cello Sonatas / Isserlis, Hough

1 CD / Hyperion / 2010-10-12

Works: Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Cello and Piano no 1 in E minor, Op. 38; Sonata for Cello and Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 99; Antonin Dvorák: Silent Woods (Klid), for cello & piano (arr. from From th...
Performers: Hough, Stephen; Isserlis, Steven

In celebration of their thirtieth birthday, Hyperion is re-issuing thirty landmark titles from the back catalogue at mid-price. These discs include benchmark recordings of great...continue...
Recording information: St George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol (05/02/2005-05/04/2005)....continue...

Josef Suk: Ripening; Symphony in E major

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2010-09-28

Works: Josef Suk: The Ripening, Op. 34; Symphony, no 1 in E, Op. 14
Conductors: Belohlávek, Jirí

As a composer, Josef Suk followed in the tradition of Smetana and Dvofak, the latter of whom was not only his professor at the Prague...continue...
Recording information: Watford Colosseum....continue...

Masters of Chopin / various artists

4 CD / Arbiter / 2010-09-14

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Songs without words, vol 1, Op. 19b; Song Without Words for piano no 6 in G minor ("Venetianisches Gondellied"), Op. 19b/6; Song Without Words for piano no 47 in A major ("Kinderst...
Performers: Barda, Henri; Eisenberger, Severin; Friedman, Ignaz; Tiegerman, Ignace
Conductors: Campisi, Oreste; Férriz, José

Chopin's master interpreters are newly restored to greater clarity through uncompressed sound. Heard here are unissued and unknown performances by these masters. Placed in a...continue...

Classical Chill, Vol. 2: Romantic

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-08-31

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Chanson triste; Sérénade mélancolique for Violin and Orchestra in B minor, Op. 26; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Concerto for Pian...
Performers: Balint, Janos; Frith, Benjamin [Piano]; Honda, Mariko; Jando, Jeno; Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Mercz, Nora; Nishizaki, Takako; Ottensamer, Ernst; Vladar, Stefan
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Bramall, Anthony; Krcek, Jaroslav; Bátiz, Enrique; ; Wildner, Johannes; Nazareth, Daniel; Sankovsky, Robert; Kolchinsky, Camilla; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Clark, Keith; Words...
Ensemble: ; Budapest Rossini Ensemble; Capella Istropolitana

Smetana: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2; Suk

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2010-06-15

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Quartet for Strings no 1 in E minor ("Z mého, zivota," "From My Life"), JB 1; Quartet for Strings no 2 in D minor, T 131; Josef Suk: Meditation on an old Czech hymn "St Wencesla...

A perfect album collection of Czech music! "The Talich Quartet have no want of drama or firethis is cultured playing, and moreover they are better...continue...

Suk: Suite "Pohádka"; Dvorák: Ceská Suite

1 Super Audio CD / Octavia Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Josef Suk: Fairy tale, Op. 16; Antonin Dvorák: Czech Suite, for orchestra in D major, B. 93 (Op. 39)
Conductors: Macal, Zdenek

Zdenek Macal enjoyed one of the best relationships that the Czech Philharmonic ever had with their chief conductor. This disc includes special repertoire by Czech...continue...

Candybox

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2010-06-08

Works: Béla Bartók: Valse; Vladimír Godár: Concerto grosso per archi e cembalo; Karl Jenkins: Quartet for Strings no 2; Chiel Meijering: Caixa de Colços, for string quartet; Silvest...
Performers: Mikijanska, Zita

A luxurious anniversary candy box with various musical sweets! The music fits the players like a glove, and with it the group celebrates 10 years...continue...
Recording information: FWL Studios, Leipzig (G) (06/29/2009-07/03/2009)....continue...

Suk: Symphonie Asrael

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-05-18

Works: Josef Suk: Symphony in C minor, Op. 27 "Asrael"; Pohádka Léta (A Summer Tale), Tone Poem For large Orchestra, A, Op. 29
Conductors: Pesek, Libor

Works:
Josef Suk (1874-1935): Asrael Symphony, Op. 27
Josef Suk (1874-1935): A Summer's Tale, Op. 29

Ensemble:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pesek (cond)...continue...
Recording information: Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool....continue...

Suk, Fauré: Piano Quartets

1 CD / Ars Musici / 2010-03-30

Works: Josef Suk: Quartet for Piano and Strings in A minor, Op. 1; Gabriel Fauré: Quartet for Piano and Strings no 2 in G minor, Op. 45
Conductors:
Ensemble: Fauré Quartett (Piano Quartet)

Recording information: SWR Stuttgart, Kammermusikstudio (12/17/2001-12/19/2001)....continue...

Josef Suk: Piano Trio; Piano Quartet

1 CD / CPO / 2010-03-30

Works: Josef Suk: Trio for Piano and Strings in C minor, Op. 2; Pieces (4) for Violin and Piano, Op. 17; Elegie for piano, violin & cello, Op. 23; Ballade and serenade for cello & piano, Op. 3; Quartet for ...
Performers: Hoppe, Thomas; von der Nahmer, Martin [Viola]; von Hehn, Annette [Violin]
Conductors:
Ensemble: ATOS Trio

"The young Atos Trio is among the best in its field." - USA Today. The young and invigorating trio dazzlingly demonstrated its talent on its...continue...
Recording information: Siemensvilla Berlin-Lankwitz (04/27/2008-04/29/2008)....continue...

Revolution

1 CD / Longhorn / 2010-01-26

Works: Edwin Grasse: Waves at play; Antonin Dvorák: Romantic Pieces (4) for Violin and Piano, Op. 75/B 150; Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella, suite for orchestra; Guido Papini: Salterella, for flute & pia...
Performers: Gedigian, Marianne; Rowley, Rick

Recording information: University of Texas, Austin, TX (06/01/2006-06/02/2006)....continue...

Best Violin 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-01-26

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in A major, Op. 2 no 2/RV 31; Fritz Kreisler: Sonata for Violin in G minor 'The De...
Performers: Balsam, Artur; Barbizet, Pierre; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Capucon, Renaud; Chang, Sarah; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Domingo,...
Conductors: Lysy, Alberto; ; Halstead, Anthony; Accardo, Salvatore; Pritchard, John; Karajan, Herbert von; Marriner, Sir Neville; Boult, Adrian; Kondrashin, Kirill; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Dervaux, Pierre; Previn...
Ensemble: ; Camerata Lysy Gstaad; Europa Galante; Hanover Band

This 6-CD set contains a fine collection of 100 favorite violin classics, performed by some of the world's leading artists. Among them are giants of...continue...

Works for Violin & Piano by Bach, Beethoven, Ysaÿe & Suk

1 CD / Genuin / 2010-01-26

Works: Josef Suk: Pieces (4) for Violin and Piano, Op. 17; Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B minor, BWV 1002; Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata for violin solo no 2 in A minor ("Obsessio...
Performers: Jaffe, Sophia [Violin]; Lehmann, Bjorn

Recording information: Siemensvilla, Berlin, Germany (02/07/2009-02/10/2009)....continue...

Complete Tranquility

3 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-01-26

Works: Johann Christian Bach: Concerto in C minor for cello and orchestra; Count Unico-Wilhelm van Wassenaer: Concerto armonico no 3 in A major; Concerto armonico no 4 in F minor; Concerto armonico no 1 in ...
Performers: Aubut, Alain; Baskin, Theodore; Hall, Lucia; Hurtubise, Benoit; Hutchins, Timothy; Montreal, I Musici de; Norris, David Owen; Prevost, Christian [Violin]; Shaverdian, Gregory [Piano]; Shostakovich, D...
Conductors: Turovsky, Yuli; Shostakovich, Maxim
Ensemble: Ensemble Repercussion; I Musici de Montréal

With fine performances from I Musici de Montreal, 'Complete Tranquility' is a generous three-disc set packed full of music that will encourage you to slow...continue...

Josef Suk: Symphony No. 2 "Asrael"; Legend of the Dead Victors

1 CD / Fuga Libera / 2010-01-12

Works: Josef Suk: Symphony in C minor, Op. 27 "Asrael"; Legend of the Dead Victors, Op. 35b
Conductors: Weller, Walter

Ever since the memorable Vaclav Talich recording in the fifties, Josef Suk's Asrael symphony has never really benefited from a reference recording. Yet this symphony,...continue...
Recording information: Brussels, Henry Le Boeuf Concert Hall, Palace for Fine (07/06/2009-07/11/2009)....continue...

Best Of Czech Classics: String Quartets (Box)

3 CD / Supraphon / 2009-12-03

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Quartet for Strings no 1 in E minor ("Z mého, zivota," "From My Life"), JB 1; Quartet for Strings no 2 in D minor, T 131; Antonin Dvorák: Quartet for Strings no 10 in E fla...

The Czech masters contributed a number of significant works to international repertoire of the string quartet. Furthermore, Dvorak and Suk founded an uninterrupted interpretational tradition...continue...

Complete Dorian Recordings 1989-2009 / Ames Piano Quartet

8 CD / Sono Luminus / 2009-08-25

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Quartet for Piano and Strings no 1 in D major, B. 53 (Op. 23); Quartet for Piano and Strings no 2 in E flat major, B. 162 (Op. 87); Gabriel Fauré: Quartet for Piano and ...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ames Piano Quartet

Dvorák: Symphony no 9 Op 95; Suk: Pohádka Op 16 / Billy, Vienna Radio SO, et al

1 CD / Oehms / 2009-07-28

Works: Josef Suk: Fairy tale, Op. 16; Antonín Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"
Performers: McCrann, Maighread
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

Czech Serenade

1 CD / Supraphon Import / 2009-06-30

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Serenade for Strings; Quintet for Piano and Strings no 2 in A major, Op. 81/B 155; Waltz for piano in A major, B. 101/1 (Op. 54/1); Czech Suite, for orchestra in D major, B. 93 (...
Performers: Adamec, Petr; Hudecek, Vaclav; Kanka, Michal; Klepac, Jaromir [Piano]; Panenka, Jan
Conductors: Belohlávek, Jirí; Smetacek, Vaclav; Vlcek, Oldrich; Ancerl, Karel

Violin Magic

1 CD / Supraphon Import / 2009-06-30

Works: Zdenek Fibich: At Twilight, Op. 39 "Summer Evening"; Václav Vackár: Remembering Zbiroh; Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte; Claude Debussy: Beau soir; Johann Sebastian Ba...
Performers: Bouskova, Jana; Demeterova, Gabriela; Matlov, Tereza
Conductors: Chalupecky, Jan
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Collegium

Smetana, Dvorák, Suk

1 CD / Supraphon Import / 2009-06-30

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Z domoviny (From the Homeland), pieces (2) for violin & piano, JB 1; Antonin Dvorák: Sonatina for Violin and Piano in G major, Op. 100/B 183; Romantic Pieces (4) for Violin an...
Performers: Holecek, Alfred; Panenka, Jan; Suk, Josef

Dvorák: Violin Concerto; Suk: Fantasia

1 CD / Supraphon Import / 2009-06-30

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Concerto for Violin in A minor, Op. 53; Romance for Violin and Orchestra in F minor, Op. 11/B 39; Josef Suk: Fantasy for violin & orchestra, Op 24
Performers: Suk, Josef
Conductors: Ancerl, Karel

Ivan Moravec Plays Czech Music

1 CD / Supraphon Import / 2009-06-30

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Czech Dances (4) for piano, Book 1, JB 1; Czech Dances (10) for piano, Book 2, JB 1; Poetic Polka for piano in G minor, JB 1; Erinnerung an Pilsen (Memories of Pilsen), polka for pia...
Performers: Moravec, Ivan

Intimate Studies - Janácek, Haas, Martinu, Suk / Lada Valesová

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-06-09

Works: Leos Janácek: In the mists (V Mlhách), pieces (4) for piano, JW 8/22; Intimate Sketches (Intimní Skici) (13), for piano; Pavel Haas: Suite for piano, Op. 13; Allegro moderato, fo...
Performers: Valesov, Lada

This is the innovative debut release from Czech pianist Lada Valesova, who has developed a fresh and intriguing program of works that link teachers and...continue...

Josef Suk: The Works for String Quartet

1 CD / CRD Records / 2009-05-01

Works: Josef Suk: Quartet for Strings no 1 in B flat major, Op. 11; Ballade for string quartet in D minor; Barcarolle for string quartet; Tempo di Minuetto for String quartet; Quartet for Strings no 2, Op. ...

Dvorák: Miniatures, Bagatelles, Terzetto; Suk: Piano Quartet / Josef Suk, et al

1 CD / Supraphon / 2009-03-03

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Miniatures (Drobnosti) (4) for 2 violins & viola, B. 149 (Op. 75a); Bagatelles (5) for 2 violins, cello & harmonium, B. 79 (Op. 47); Terzetto for 2 violins & viola in C major, ...
Performers: Ambros, Miroslav; Barta, Jiri; Simon, Jan; Suk, Josef; Untermuller, Karel

"...it comes as a relief to be reminded afresh that the composer could be a master charmer in miniatures and smaller forms...the material on this...continue...
Recording information: 2009-10-27&2008-11-01&2008-....continue...