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Dvorák: Orchestral Works & Concertos / Moravec, Suk, Sadlo, Hudecek [8 CDs]

8 CD / Supraphon / 2013-03-04

Conductors: Neumann, Vaclav; Mackerras, Charles
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

Collectors and admirers of Dvorak's music bearing the hallmark of the Czech performance tradition can now add another comprehensive album to put alongside the previous...continue...

Viktor Kalabis: Symphonies & Concertos / Petr Skvor, violin; Zuzana Ruzickova, harpsichord; Josef Suk, violin; Milan Langer, piano et al.

3 CD / Supraphon / 2013-02-07

Works: Viktor Kalabis: Symphony, No 2, Op 18 ("Sinfonia Pacis"); Concerto for Violin & orchestra no 1, Op. 17; Symphonic Variations for large orchestra, Op. 24; Concerto for large orchestra; Symphony no 3, ...
Performers: Formacek, Jiri; Kejmar, Miroslav; Langer, Milan; Peter Skvor [Violin/Conductor]; Ruzickova, Zuzanna; Suk, Josef
Conductors: Kosler, Zdenek; Kalabis, Viktor; Neumann, Václav; Slovák, Ladislav; Belohlávek, Jirí; Konvalinka, Milos; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Koutnik, Tomas Norbert; Formacek, Milos
Ensemble: ; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Wind Ensemble; Czech Philharmonic Wind Ensemble; Prague Chamber Orchestra; Prague Symphony Orchestra

To mark the 90th anniversary of the birth of Viktor Kalabis, one of the most distinguished 20th-century Czech composers, Supraphon is releasing this special selection...continue...
Recording information: Prague....continue...

Dvorák: Symphonic Poems / Neumann, Czech Philharmonic

1 CD / Supraphon / 2012-08-01

Works: Antonín Dvorák: Water Goblin, Op. 107/B 195; Noon Witch, Op. 108/B 196; Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109; Wood Dove, Op. 110/B 198
Conductors: Neumann, Václav
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Janácek: Violin Concerto, etc / Neumann, Suk, Czech PO

1 CD / Supraphon / 2012-08-01

Works: Leos Janácek: Sinfonietta; Taras Bulba; Concerto for Violin "Pilgrimage of the Soul"; Schluck and Jau
Performers: Suk, Josef
Conductors: Neumann, Václav
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

"...it's an hour and ten minutes of plain old-fashioned superb music-making and a good one-stop place for starting - or rounding out - the Janacek...continue...

Best of Brahms / Rosemarie Lang, mezzo-soprano; Theo Adam, bass; Peter Rösel, piano

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-07-10

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/1; Violinsonate Nr. 3 in D minor, Op. 108; Sinfonie Nr. 1 in C minor, Op. 68; Fantasien, Op...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Amadeus Webersinke; Arens, Rolf-Dieter; Canino, Bruno; Damm, Peter; Dunckel, Rudolf; Lang, Rosemarie; Oistrakh, Igor [Violin]; Ousset, Cecile; Pekinel, Guher [Piano]; Pekinel, Suher [Pian...
Conductors: Neumann, Václav; Eschenburg, Hartwig; Herbig, Günther; Koch, Helmut; Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Solistenvereinigung; Berlin Symphony Orchestra

Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird; L'Histoire du Soldat, suite; Les Noces; Symphony in C / Neumann; Dohnanyi

2 Super Audio CD / Praga / 2012-07-10

Works: Igor Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra; Symphony in C; Les Noces I (The Wedding), ballet in 4 tableaux for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra; L'histoire du...
Performers: Adamec, Petr; Barova, Anna; Bogunia, Stanislav; Boublikova, Milada; Holena, Jiri; Janda, Pavel; Jedlicka, Dalibor; Jilek, Zdenek; Kostohryz, Milan; Mokros, Josef; Sulcova, Brigita; Svejda, Miroslav
Conductors: Dohnányi, Christoph von; Neumann, Václav; Kosler, Zdenek;
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Chamber Players; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague Radio Choir; Tokyo String Quartet

This specially priced two disc celebration of the music of Igor Stravinsky features historic stereo recordings made between 1970 to 1987, all remastered for SACD....continue...

Good Night, Sleep Tight / Classical Music for Children

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-06-12

Works: Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 3 in F major, Op. 90; Frédéric Chopin: Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, B 154/Op. 57; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; The ...
Performers: Funke, Christian; Oistrakh, Igor [Violin]; Pistorius, Andreas; Rosel, Peter; Schmidt, Annerose; Shetler, Norman; Zechlin, Dieter
Conductors: Herbig, Günther; Vonk, Hans; Blomstedt, Herbert; Rögner, Heinz; Weigle, Jörg-Peter; ; Masur, Kurt; Koch, Helmut; Konwitschny, Franz; Neumann, Václav
Ensemble: ; Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen Wind Soloists

Classical Music for Children, Vol. 2 - Debussy, Grieg, Schumann - Funny Stories, Foreigh Lands, Good Night, Sleep Tight

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-06-12

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 9 in E flat major; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 94 in G major, Hob. 1; Symphony no 45 in F sharp minor, H 1 no 45 "Farewell"; Concerto for Piano in D major; Claude...
Performers: Czapski, Jutta; Erber, Gerhard; Funke, Christian; Oistrakh, Igor [Violin]; Olbertz, Walter; Ousset, Cecile; Pekinel, Guher [Piano]; Pekinel, Suher [Piano]; Pistorius, Andreas; Resick, Georgine; Rosel...
Conductors: Flor, Claus P.; Haenchen, Hartmut; Blomstedt, Herbert; Herbig, Günther; Suitner, Otmar; Klee, Bernhard; Masur, Kurt; Neumann, Václav; Rögner, Heinz; Weigle, Jörg-Peter; Vonk, Hans...

Dvorák: Symphonies, Symphonic Variations, Symphonic Poems, Concert Overtures / Neumann - Czech PO

8 CD / Supraphon / 2012-04-02

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 1 in C minor, B 9 "The Bells of Zlonice"; Symphony no 2 in B flat major, Op. 4/B 12; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 10/B 34; Symphony no 4 in D minor, Op. 13/B 41...
Conductors: Neumann, Václav
Ensemble: ; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Few other composers' music enjoys such enormous popularity and is as frequently performed on stages worldwide and recorded as that of Antonín Dvorák. And it...continue...

Hommage à Zuzana Ruzickova - Bach, Scarlatti, De Falla, Kalabis, Poulenc, Martinu et al. / Zuzana Ruzickova, piano

2 CD / Supraphon / 2012-03-07

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903; French Suite no 5 in G major, BWV 816; Concerto for solo keyboard no 9 in G major (after Vivaldi Op. 4/1, RV 381), BWV 980 (BC...
Performers: Cech, Frantisek; Chvapil, Jaroslav; Dlouhy, Karel; Novosad, Lubomir; Ruzickova, Zuzanna; Vik, Karel
Conductors: Sanderling, Kurt; Neumann, Václav

American Record Guide, September / October 2012
This is a pleasure. Ruzickova is an artist of the first order - truly worthy of this fine homage.
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Winter Classics: Klassische Musik zum Kuscheln

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-10-11

Works: Max Reger: Träume am Kamin, Op. 143; Maurice Ravel: Klavierkonzert G-Dur; Modest Mussorgsky: Scherzo for Piano in C sharp minor; Antonio Vivaldi: Fagottkonzert a-Moll, P. 72; Johannes Brahms: In...
Performers: Arens, Rolf-Dieter; Kretzschmar, Erwin; Rosel, Peter; Walter, Johannes; Zechlin, Dieter
Conductors: Rögner, Heinz; Kegel, Herbert; Kurz, Siegfried; Neumann, Václav; Suitner, Otmar; Koch, Helmut

A perfect soundtrack to complement a roaring log fire and a cup of eggnog - selected classical pieces to warm your heart and make you...continue...

Sensual Classics: Vision

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Robert Schumann: Genoveva, Op. 81; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 94 in G major, Hob. 1; Paul Hindemith: Symphony "Mat...
Performers: Oistrakh, Igor [Violin]
Conductors: Patanè, Giuseppe; Konwitschny, Franz; Masur, Kurt; Jochum, Eugen; Kegel, Herbert; Herbig, Günther; Rögner, Heinz; Neumann, Václav; Blomstedt, Herbert
Ensemble: Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Dresdner Philharmonie; Gewandhausorchester Leipzig; Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin; Staatskapelle Dresden

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...

Dvorak: Symphony No. 9; Janacek / Neumann/Czech PO, Mahler YO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-01-25

Works: Antonín Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"; Leos Janácek: Glagolitic Mass
Performers: Benackova, Gabriela; Drobkova, Drahomira; Hora, Jan; Kopcak, Sergej; Kundlak, Jozef
Conductors: Neumann, Václav
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra; Prague Philharmonic Chorus

A trained violinist and viola player and member of the Czech Philharmonic, Václav Neumann (1920 - 1995) always built the orchestra he conducted around its...continue...
Run Time: 99 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
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Smetana: Mein Vaterland / Neumann

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Má vlast
Conductors: Neumann, Václav

Recording information: Heilandskirche Leipzig (10/1967)....continue...

Best Of Classics / from the Supraphon catalog [10 CD]

10 CD / Supraphon / 2010-10-10

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Concerto for Oboe, Strings and Basso continuo in D minor, BWV 1059; ...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Barchi, Michele; Barta, Ales; Barta, Jiri; Benackova, Gabriela; Beranek, Rudolf; Bidlo, Karel; Blachut, Beno; Brabec, Lubomir; Cech, Frantisek; Chvapil, Jaroslav; Costa, Sequeira; Dem...
Conductors: Krcek, Jaroslav; Munclinger, Milan; Vlach, Josef; Kletzki, Paul; Smetacek, Vaclav; Veselka, Josef; Belohlávek, Jirí; Ancerl, Karel; Neumann, Václav; Jilek, Frantisek; Mackerras, Charle...
Ensemble: ; Ars Rediviva Orchestra; Musica Bohemica; Smetana Trio

All ten of Supraphon's "Best of" series are now inexpensively compiled and elegantly packaged in a single box, with more than twelve hours of classical...continue...

In fremden Ländern

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-09-14

Works: Edvard Grieg: Troldtog (March of the Dwarfs), lyric piece for orchestra no 4 (orchestration of Op. 54/3); Bedrich Smetana: Vltava (The Moldau), symphonic poem (Má Vlast no 2), JB 1; Franz Jose...
Performers: Ousset, Cecile; Pekinel, Guher [Piano]; Pekinel, Suher [Piano]; Rosel, Peter
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Neumann, Václav; Herbig, Günther; Rögner, Heinz; Weigle, Jörg-Peter

Music of Viktor Kalabis

3 CD / MSR Classics / 2010-09-14

Works: Viktor Kalabis: Concerto for Piano no 1, Op. 12; Symphony no 4, Op. 34; Two Worlds, ballet music, Op. 54; Symphony no 5, Op. 43; Chamber Music For Strings, Op. 21; Divertimento, for wind quintet, Op....
Performers: Pulec, Zdenek; Ruzickova, Zuzanna; Suk, Josef; Vrána, Jan
Conductors: Sejna, Karel; Kosler, Zdenek; Belohlávek, Jirí; Neumann, Václav;
Ensemble: ; Prague Chamber Soloists; Suk Trio; Wind Quintet of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

The 11 works included on this 3-CD set of the music of Viktor Kalabis were originally recorded in analogue for the lp format by the...continue...

Dvorák in America

3 CD / Supraphon / 2010-07-08

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"; Te Deum for soprano, bass, chorus & orchestra, B. 176 (Op. 103) (once listed as Opp. 93 & 98); Quartet for Strings no...
Performers: Benackova, Gabriela; Chuchro, Josef; Hala, Josef; Sadlo, Milos; Suk, Josef
Conductors: Belohlávek, Jirí; Neumann, Václav; Hrusa, Jakub

The music is extremely inspired and profound, perfectly built and immensely amiable for the listener - simply beautiful. It reflects the powerful new sources of...continue...

Mahler Highlights

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-05-11

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Lieder aus "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"; Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"; Symphony no 3 in D minor; Symphony no 4 ...
Performers: Lorenz, Siegfried; Schreier, Peter
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert; Masur, Kurt; Suitner, Otmar; Rögner, Heinz; Herbig, Günther; Neumann, Václav; Sanderling, Kurt

Gustav Mahler composed sublime and simple music, but in his works those opposites are directly juxtaposed. The openness with which he wanted to "create a...continue...

Da Capo: Opera Highlights

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Tristan und Isolde; Gaetano Doni...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Breul, Elisabeth; Bumbry, Grace; Casa, Lisa della; Cervana, Sona [vocals]; Geszty, Sylvia; Guden, Hilde [vocals]; Hruba-Freiberger, Venceslava; Kuhse, Hanne-Lore; Lorenz, Siegfried; Neuki...
Conductors: Klee, Bernhard; Suitner, Otmar; Vonk, Hans; Neumann, Václav; Fricke, Heinz; Kegel, Herbert; Masur, Kurt; Hanell, Robert; Kleinert, Rolf; Neuhaus, Rudolf; Winkler, Johannes; Patanè, Giuseppe...

Overtures, arias, and choruses: a medley of melodies that every opera lover knows!...continue...

Passione: Opera for Lovers

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Vincenzo Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda, opera; La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Lucia di Lammermoor...
Performers: Agay, Karola; Buchner, Eberhard; Bumbry, Grace; Dickie, John [Tenor Vocal]; Frontiali, Roberto; Gavanelli, Paolo; Geszty, Sylvia; Hruba-Freiberger, Venceslava; Kuhse, Hanne-Lore; Lear, Evelyn; Prey, ...
Conductors: Masur, Kurt; Luisi, Fabio; Suitner, Otmar; Vonk, Hans; Winkler, Johannes; Viotti, Marcello; Patanè, Giuseppe; Fricke, Heinz; Pommer, Max; Neumann, Václav; Kurz, Siegfried

Nowhere are love and passion expressed more fervently than here. Great feelings that strike a chord!...continue...

Best Of Basics: Essential Classics/Various (Dig)

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Figaro; Serenade no 13 in G major, K. 525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (A Little Night Music); Franz Schubert: Impromp...
Performers: Geszty, Sylvia; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Rohde, Peter Arne; Rosel, Peter; Stockigt, Siegfried; Werner, Regina
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Patanè, Giuseppe; Schreier, Peter; Masur, Kurt; Neumann, Václav; Koch, Helmut; Rögner, Heinz

This new Basics compilation comprises some of the most beloved classical works and contains a complete catalog from the series....continue...

Basics - Die Basis-Diskothek [Box Set]

25 CD / Berlin Classics / 2009-11-10

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for Orchestra no 4 in D major, BWV 1069; Brandenburg Concerto no 1 in F major, BWV 1046; Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G ma...
Performers: Biggs, E. Power; Falewicz, Magdalena; Gabriel, Elfrun; Hallmann, Dietmar; Hiltawsky, Kurt; Hubenthal, Kurt; Hucke, Rainer; Jancik, Karl [Zither]; Kedra, Wladyslaw; Michallik, Oskar; Pistorius, Andrea...
Conductors: Koch, Helmut; Blomstedt, Herbert; Konwitschny, Franz; Reuter, Rolf; Herbig, Günther; Neumann, Václav; Suitner, Otmar; Masur, Kurt; Kurz, Siegfried; Kegel, Herbert; Honeck, Manfred; Kempe, R...

This gorgeous new digibox contains 25 CDs - the entire collection of the successful BASICS series. In addition to high quality recordings, a complete catalog...continue...

Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen / Felsenstein, Neumann [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-09-29

Works: Leos Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen
Performers: Arnold, Irmgard; Burgwinkel, Josef; Enders, Werner; Hopp, Manfred; Oehlmann, Christa; Rossler, Herbert; Schob-lipka, Ruth; Volker, Frank
Conductors: Neumann, Václav
Ensemble: Komische Opera Chorus; Komische Opera Orchestra

The production narrates the life story of a little fox. It contains a fine mix of cute and funny elements together with serious realism in...continue...
Run Time: 121 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish
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Dvorák: Symphonies Nos. 1-3

2 CD / Supraphon Import / 2009-06-30

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 1 in C minor, B 9 "The Bells of Zlonice"; Symphony no 2 in B flat major, Op. 4/B 12; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 10/B 34
Conductors: Neumann, Václav

Opera Suites & Excerpts

1 CD / Supraphon Import / 2009-06-30

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Julietta, suite from the opera, H. 253b (arranged by Vostrák); Commedia dell'arte, suite from the opera Divadlo za bránou, H. 251a; Veselohra na moste (Comedy on the Bridg...
Performers: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Czech State Philharmonic Orchestra (Brno); Neumann, Václav
Conductors: Neumann, Václav; Jilek, Frantisek

The operatic world of Martinu is the stage for a whole glorious gallery of original ways and means, compositional and technical alike, as well as...continue...
Recording information: Brno Stadion studio (05/31/1973-11/16/1983); Dvorak Hall of the Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic (05/31/1973-11/16/1983)....continue...

Smetana: Haakon Jarl Op16; Wallenstein's Camp Op14

1 CD / Supraphon Import / 2009-06-30

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Richard III, symphonic poem, JB 1; Wallensteins Lager (Wallenstein's Camp), symphonic poem, JB 1; Hakon Jarl, symphonic poem, JB 1; Pochod k slavnosti Shakespearove (Shakespeare Fest...
Conductors: Neumann, Václav; Válek, Vladimír; Belohlávek, Jirí

Old Czech Marches

1 CD / Supraphon Import / 2009-06-30

Works: Julius Fucik: Florentiner-Marsch for orchestra, Op 214; Fanfare Sounds, march for orchestra, Op 278; Uncle Teddy, march for orchestra, Op 239; Under the Admirals Flag, march for orchestra, Op 82; Her...
Conductors: Neumann, Václav

Martinu: Concertos for Oboe, Harpsichord, Piano No. 3

1 CD / Supraphon Import / 2009-06-30

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Concerto for Oboe H. 353; Harpsichord Concerto, H. 246; Concerto for Piano no 3, H. 316
Performers: Palenicek, Josef; Ruzickova, Zuzanna
Conductors: Neumann, Václav

Basics - Romanze - Classical Gems / Bongartz, Neumann, Kegel, Fricke, Apelt, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2009-06-09

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 1 in G major, Op. 40; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Francis Poulenc...
Performers: Herkomer, Ingeborg; Lerche, Juliane; Mitzewa, Elka; Otto, Hans; Suske, Karl; Walter, Johannes
Conductors: Bongartz, Heinz; Neumann, Václav; Kegel, Herbert; Fricke, Heinz; Hanell, Robert; Batzel, Friedemann; Apelt, Arthur; Reuter, Rolf
Ensemble: ; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Leos Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen / Neumann, et al

2 CD / Supraphon / 2009-04-04

Works: Leos Janácek: Príhody Lisky Bystrousky (The Cunning Little Vixen)
Performers: Asmus, Rudolf; Böhmová, Hana; Belanová, Kveta; Cadikovicova, Milada; Cupalová, Vera; Domaninska, Libuse; Halír, Václav; Joran, Jiri; Lebedová, Hana; Pro...
Conductors: Neumann, Václav

Janacek's 'The Cunning Little Vixen' has of late been appearing ever more frequently on the stages of opera houses worldwide. Two seemingly different worlds -...continue...

Martinu: Violin Concertos, Rhapsody / Suk, Neumann, Czech PO

1 CD / Supraphon / 2009-03-03

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Concerto for Violin no 1, H. 232bis; Concerto for Violin no 2, H. 293; Rhapsodie for Viola and Orchestra
Performers: Suk, Josef
Conductors: Neumann, Václav
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

In 1973, together with the conductor Georg Solti, Josef Suk premiered Martinu's first violin concerto in Chicago. This "Paris-era" concerto was originally written for the...continue...
Recording information: Rudolfinum, Prague....continue...

The Best of Czech Classics - Dvorak: Concertos / Suk, Hudecek, Moravec, Sadlo, Belohlavek, Newumann, Czech PO

3 CD / Supraphon / 2009-01-04

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Concerto for cello & piano in A major, B. 10; Concerto for Piano in G minor, Op. 33/B 63; Romance for Violin and Orchestra in F minor, Op. 11/B 39; Mazurek for Violin and Orche...
Performers: Hudecek, Václav; Sadlo, Milos; Suk, Josef
Conductors: Neumann, Václav; Belohlávek, Jirí
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

There are dozens of recordings of various interpretations of the piano and violin concertos of Dvorak, which are among the very finest that have ever...continue...
Recording information: Dvorák Hall of the Rudolfinum, Prague....continue...

The Great Symphonies

25 CD / Brilliant Classics Import / 2008-10-21

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 101 in D major, H 1 no 101 "Clock"; Symphony no 102 in B flat major, H 1 no 102; Symphony no 103 in E flat major, H 1 no 103 "Drumroll"; Symphony no 104 in D major, H ...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Bleidorn, Matthias; Coku, Alexandra; Doese, Helena; Kim, Yong-Hee; Oran, Maria; Schreier, Peter; Stumphius, Annegeer
Conductors: Fischer, Adam; Blomstedt, Herbert; Goodman, Roy; Brüggen, Frans; De Waart, Edo; Östman, Arnold; Immerseel, Jos van; Marriner, Sir Neville; Menuhin, Yehudi; Paavo, Järvi; Zweden, Jaap v...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Amsterdam Mozart Academy; Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Hague Residentie Orchestra; Hanover Band; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Netherl...

Nova - Sinfonik in der DDR - East German Symphonies

5 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-10-14

Works: Hanns Eisler: Pieces (5), for orchestra; Chamber Symphony, Op. 69; Paul Dessau: In memoriam Bertold Brecht; Orchestermusik no 2 "Meer der Stürme"; Rudolf Wagner-Régeny: Orchestral Movements...
Conductors: Pommer, Max; Dessau, Paul; Kegel, Herbert; Frank, Hans-Peter; Sanderling, Kurt; Konwitschny, Franz; Neumann, Václav; Matthus, Siegfried; Hauschild, Wolf-Dieter; Masur, Kurt; Blomstedt, Herbert
Ensemble: ; Berlin Comic Opera Orchestra; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Leipzig Chamber Music Society; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony ...

Meditation Classics / Masur, Suitner, Neumann, Bongartz, Weigle, et al

4 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-09-09

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Set 3; Robert Schumann: Fantasiestück ("Des Abend"), for piano, Op. 12/1; Kinderszenen no 7 ("Träumerei"), for piano, Op. 15/7; Franz Joseph Hayd...
Performers: Arens, Rolf-Dieter; Bauer, Arthur; Berlin, Staatskapelle; Bosse, Gerhard; Dallmann, Christian-Friedrich; Erben, Friedemann; Feldmann, Klaus; Feldmann, Rainer; Fischer, Peter; Hallmann, Dietmar; Kegel...
Conductors: Weigle, Jörg-Peter; Herbig, Günther; Pommer, Max; Sanderling, Kurt; Masur, Kurt; Kurz, Siegfried; Forster, Horst; Hanell, Robert; Blomstedt, Herbert; Rögner, Heinz; Neumann, Václa...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Octet; Members of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Classics in Heaven - Mozart, Bach, etc

4 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-09-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Orchestral Suite no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067; Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Su...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Arens, Rolf-Dieter; Michallik, Oskar; Morbitzer, Egon; Olbertz, Walter; Pistorius, Andreas; Rotzsch, Hans-Joachim; Scherzer, Manfred; Schmidt, Annerose; Schorler, Renate; Stockigt, Siegfr...
Conductors: Koch, Helmut; Rögner, Heinz; Masur, Kurt; Schreier, Peter; Kurz, Siegfried; Hanell, Robert; Konwitschny, Franz; Suitner, Otmar; Pommer, Max; Herbig, Günther; Kegel, Herbert; Neumann, Vá...

4 Elements - Classical Music of Fire, Water, Air and Earth

4 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-09-09

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in G minor, Op. 8 no 2/RV 315 "L'estate"; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 59 in A major, H 1 no 59 "Fire"; Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Georges ...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Kootz, Gunter; Laforet, Marc; Ousset, Cecile; Pistorius, Andreas; Rosel, Peter; Rucker, Fritz; Schmahl, Gustav; Zechlin, Dieter; Zehetmair, Thomas [Conductor/Violin]; Zoff, Jutta
Conductors: ; Haenchen, Hartmut; Kegel, Herbert; Weigle, Jörg-Peter; Neumann, Václav; Kempe, Rudolf; Suitner, Otmar; Rögner, Heinz; Berglund, Paavo; Koch, Helmut; Blomstedt, Herbert; Wiesenhutter,...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra; Camerata Bern; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Greatest Works - Brahms / Masur, Neumann, Herbig, et al

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-08-12

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Symphony no 3 in F major, Op. 90; Variations on a Theme of Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a "St. Anthony"; Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat m...
Performers: Ousset, Cecile; Rosel, Peter; Timm, Jurnjakob
Conductors: Neumann, Václav; Herbig, Günther; Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: ; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Legendary Recordings of Gewandhausorchester Leipzig [Box Set]

5 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Leonore Overture no 3 in C major, Op. 72b; Fidelio, overture, Op. 72c; Coriolan Overture in C minor, Op. 62; Bedrich Smetana: Má...
Conductors: Konwitschny, Franz; Neumann, Václav; Sanderling, Kurt; Masur, Kurt

Sounds for the Soul

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio for Piano in B minor, K 540; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Johannes Brahms: Serenade for orchestra no 1 in D major, Op. 11; Frédéric Chopin...
Performers: Amadeus Webersinke; Bosse, Gerhard; Erben, Friedemann; Fischer, Peter; Glaetzner, Burkhard; Haupt, Eckart; Kruger, Erich; Mehlig, Karl; Rosenbusch, Thorsten; Schmidt, Annerose; Seltmann, Werner; Tast...
Conductors: Haenchen, Hartmut; Bongartz, Heinz; Masur, Kurt; Hauschild, Wolf-Dieter; Weigle, Jörg-Peter; Neumann, Václav; Koch, Helmut

Smetana: Má vlast / Neumann, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Má vlast
Conductors: Neumann, Václav

"This 1968 recording, once a London LP set, was one of our key recommendations [in the Sept/Oct. 1999 Program Music Overview]. It's far better than...continue...

Moods - Trust in Tranquility / Suitner, Bosse, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Sinfonia Concertant for Violin, Cello, Oboe and Bassoon in B flat major, H 1 no 105; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Contradances (4), K 101 (250a); Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Sinfonia conc...
Performers: Bosse, Gerhard; Erben, Friedemann; Fischer, Peter; Hallmann, Dietmar; Kiebeler, Siegfried; Schaffrath, Gunter; Schieber, Waldemar; Schutte, Karl; Seltmann, Werner; Siebach, Konrad; Suske, Karl; Tolks...
Conductors: Neumann, Václav; Suitner, Otmar; Levin, Walter; Bongartz, Heinz; Bauer, Arthur
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Octet; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen

Basics - Sibelius: Finlandia, etc / Suitner, Berglund, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Jean Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26; Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22; Kuolema; Franz Berwald: Septet for clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello & double-bass in B-flat major, "Grand"; Edvard Grie...
Performers: Morbitzer, Egon; Stolte, Adele
Conductors: Sanderling, Kurt; ; Neumann, Václav; Berglund, Paavo; Masur, Kurt; Suitner, Otmar; Hanell, Robert; Weigle, Jörg-Peter
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Octet; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Leipzig Gewan...

Brahms: Serenades and Hungarian Dances / Bongartz, et al

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Johannes Brahms: Serenade for orchestra no 1 in D major, Op. 11; Serenade for orchestra no 2 in A major, Op. 16; Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1
Conductors: Bongartz, Heinz; Neumann, Václav
Ensemble: ; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra

The two 'Serenades' were the work of a young Brahms who had been appointed to the Court Orchestra of Detmold, and make perfect companions for...continue...

Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice / Neumann, Bumbry, Rothenberger

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo
Performers: Olbertz, Walter; Putz, Ruth-Margaret; Rothenberger, Anneliese
Conductors: Neumann, Václav
Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Mahler: Symphony no 9 / Neumann, Gewandhausorchester

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 9 in D major
Conductors: Neumann, Václav
Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Stravinsky: Piano Concerto; Concerto Dumbarton Oaks; Suites Nos. 1 & 2; Piano Pieces

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Concerto for piano & wind instruments; Suite no 1 for small Orchestra; Suite no 2, for chamber orchestra; Concerto for chamber orchestra in E flat major ("Dumbarton Oaks"); Serenade ...
Performers: Olbertz, Walter
Conductors: Neumann, Václav; Kegel, Herbert

Best of Basics

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the...
Performers: Dunckel, Rudolf; Kedra, Wladyslaw; Kootz, Gunter; Lear, Evelyn; Pistorius, Andreas; Schmidt, Annerose; Shetler, Norman; Stewart, Thomas [Bass-Baritone]; Stolte, Adele; Zechlin, Dieter
Conductors: Koch, Helmut; Rögner, Heinz; Neumann, Václav; Wiesenhutter, Gerhard; Masur, Kurt; Herbig, Günther; Fricke, Heinz; Suitner, Otmar

As we've seen and heard these past months, Berlin Classics Basics offers the new classical listener a chance to collect the world's greatest music at...continue...