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Conductor Jean Fournet in Prague - Includes works by Franck, Debussy, Falla

3 CD / Supraphon / 2013-02-07

Works: César Franck: Rédemption; Les Eolides, M 43; Le Chasseur maudit (The Accursed Huntsman), symphonic poem (also arr. for piano, 4 hands), M. 44; Les Djinns, symphonic poem for piano & orchest...
Performers: Maxian, Frantisek
Conductors: Fournet, Jean
Ensemble: ; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague Symphony Orchestra

In the past century, Jean Fournet (1913 - 2008), a "gentle perfectionist", as some of the critics characterized him, was one of the leading champions...continue...
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Khachaturian: Sabre Dance / Pokorná, Belohlávek, Válek

1 CD / Supraphon / 2012-08-01

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh; Concerto for Piano in D flat major; Masquerade
Performers: Pokorna, Mirka
Conductors: Belohlávek, Jirí; Válek, Vladimir
Ensemble: Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague Symphony Orchestra

Aram Khachaturian: Violin Concerto; Cello Concerto, Piano Concerto / Leonid Kogan, violin; Antonin Jemelik, piano

2 CD / Supraphon / 2012-07-31

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Concerto for Cello in E minor; Ode in Memory of Vladimir Ilich Lenin, for orchestra; Gayane, ballet suite; Garun Yerevan, song for voice & piano; Za...
Performers: Jemelik, Antonin; Khachaturian, Aram; Knushevitsky, Svyatoslav; Kogan, Leonid
Conductors: Khachaturian, Aram; Gauk, Aleksandr

Soviet composer, conductor and spontaneous musician - the three faces of Aram Khachaturian

"I am firmly convinced that truly great music must in all its

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Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade; Aram Khachaturian: Gayane / Zdenek Chalabala

2 CD / Supraphon / 2012-05-03

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Modest Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain; Aram Khachaturian: Gayane, ballet
Conductors: Chalabala, Zdenek
Ensemble: ; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Owing in large part to their exotic inspiration, Rimsky-Korsakov's Sheherazade and Aram Khachaturian's Gayane are among the most beautiful and most frequently performed Russian and...continue...
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Czech Opera Highlight

1 CD / Supraphon / 2010-06-08

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Prodaná Nevesta (The Bartered Bride); Branibori v Cechách (The Brandenburgers in Bohemia); Certova Stena (The Devil's Wall); Hubicka (The Kiss); Libuse; Dve Vdovy (The Two ...
Performers: Bednar, Vaclav; Benackova, Gabriela; Blachut, Beno; Cervinkova, Ludmila; Dvorsky, Peter; Machotkova, Marcela; Markova, Jirina; Novak, Richard; Ochman, Wieslaw; Pribyl, Vilem; Sormova, Nada; Sounova, ...
Conductors: Kosler, Zdenek; Neumann, Václav; Tichy, Jan Hus; Chalabala, Zdenek; Jilek, Frantisek; Pinkas, Jiri; Krombholc, Jaroslav

Martinu: Jeux, Miniatures and Mouvements Piano / Karel Kosárek

1 CD / Supraphon / 2008-04-05

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Pieces (4) for piano, H. 205; Jeux (Hry), easy pieces (6) for piano, H. 206; Movements (4) for piano, H. 170; Film en Miniature, cycle of pieces (6) for piano, H. 148; Jaro, for pia...
Performers: Kosarek, Karel

Martinu's piano oeuvre comprises more than 200 compositions (some of which were dedicated to the outstanding pianists R. Firkusny and R. Serkin) and has duly...continue...

Martinu: Spalícek [complete], etc / Jílek, et al

2 CD / Supraphon / 2008-01-04

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Spalícek (The Chap-Book), ballet, H. 214; The Spectre's Bride (Svatebni kosile), ballad for soloists, chorus & orchestra (originally part of S; Dandelion Romance, H 364; Petrkl...
Performers: Bogunia, Stanislav; Cejkova, Milada; Horacek, Pavel; Kopp, Miroslav; Kratochvilova, Anna; Markova, Jirina; Messiereur, Petr; Novak, Richard
Conductors: Jilek, Frantisek; Belohlávek, Jirí
Ensemble: ; Prague Symphony Orchestra

The common thread joining all these pieces is Martinu's homesickness, his love for his homeland and its folk traditions. The first version of 'Spalicek' ("a...continue...

Ancerl Gold Edition 32 - Stravinsky: Les Noces, Mass, etc

1 CD / Supraphon / 2004-10-01

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Les noces; Cantata; Mass
Performers: Domaninska, Libuse; English, Gerald; Jedlicka, Dalibor; Kozina, Zdenek; Marcol, Jan; Mrazova, Marie; Robotham, Barbara; Toperczer, Peter; Wilde, Arnost; Zidek, Ivo
Conductors: Ancerl, Karel
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Percussion and Winds; Prague Philharmonic Chorus

Martinu: La revue de cuisine, On tourne, etc / Hogwood

1 CD / Supraphon / 2004-06-03

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: La Revue de Cuisine
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

"Clearly, Martinu's passion did not die with Diaghilev. These ballets demonstrate a variety of styles, from the baroque to impressionism to jazz... The Czech Philharmonic...continue...

Debussy: Images; Mozart, Stravinsky / Emil Gilels

1 CD / Supraphon / 2004-03-09

Works: Claude Debussy: Images for Piano, Set 1; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 15 in F major, K 533; Rondo for Piano no 2 in F major, K 494; Sonata for Piano no 17 in B flat major, K 570; Igor...
Performers: Gilels, Emil

Martinu: Opera Suites and Excerpts / Neumann, Jilek, et al

1 CD / Supraphon / 2003-09-30

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Julietta; Comedy on the Bridge; The three wishes, H 175; The Suburban Theatre, H 252; Mirandolina, H 346
Conductors: Neumann, Václav; Jílek, Frantisek
Ensemble: Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Ancerl Gold Edition 16 - Prokofiev

1 CD / Supraphon / 2003-04-01

Works: Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suite no 2, Op. 64b; Romeo and Juliet Suite no 1, Op. 64a; Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67
Performers: Shilling, Eric
Conductors: Ancerl, Karel
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Ancerl Gold Edition 5 -Stravinsky: Petrushka, Rite of Spring

1 CD / Supraphon / 2002-08-29

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Pétrouchka; Le sacre du printemps
Conductors: Ancerl, Karel
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Little Pearls of Czech Classics - Smetana, Dvorak, et al

1 CD / Supraphon / 2000-01-24

Works: Julius Fucik: Florentiner, Op. 214; Antonín Dvorák: Humoresques (8) for Piano, Op. 101/B 187; Rusalka, Op. 114/B 203; Oskar Nedbal: Legend of Honza; Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 1...
Conductors: Neumann, Václav
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

"For once, a program that lives up to its title. These works are indeed pearls, and the performances gems. This is the sort of music...continue...

Famous Czech Miniatures / Smetácek, Prague SO

1 CD / Supraphon / 1999-04-01

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Polka in D major, B 125 no 1/T 49 "Our lassies"; March of the Prague Student's Legion, B 58/T 45a; Zdenék Fibich: At Twilight, Op. 39 "Summer Evening"; Antonín Dvor&aacut...
Performers: Simacek, Hubert
Conductors: Smetácek, Václáv
Ensemble: Prague Symphony Orchestra

Martinu: The Butterfly That Stamped / Belohlávek

1 CD / Supraphon / 1999-03-25

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: The Butterfly that Stamped
Conductors: Belohlávek, Jirí
Ensemble: Kühn Mixed Chorus ; Prague Symphony Orchestra

Martinu: Works Inspired by Jazz and Sport

1 CD / Supraphon / 1999-03-25

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: La Revue de Cuisine; Jazz Suite for Orchestra; Sextet for Piano and Winds, H 174; Shimmy Foxtrot; Le jazz; Half-time for Orchestra; La bagarre; Thunderbolt P-47
Performers: Belcic, Bruno; Dlouhy, Karel; Formacek, Jiri; Jilek, Zdenek; Junek, Vaclav; Panenka, Jan; Rauch, Frantisek; Sadlo, Milos
Conductors: Vostrak, Zybnek; ; Vronsky, Petr
Ensemble: Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra; Lubomir Panek Singers; Prague Symphony Orchestra; Prague Symphony Orchestra members; Prague Wind Quintet