Veselka, Stefan

My First Lullaby Album / Halasz - Slovak PO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-03-27

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61; Song Without Words for piano no 36 in E major, Op. 67/6; Arnold Bax: Lullaby, for piano; Ig...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Gens, Veronique; Jando, Jeno; Linell, Dorothy; Nagy, Peter [Piano]; Rickards, Steven; Steen-Nokleberg, Einar; Thiollier, Francois-Joel [Piano]; Veselka, Stefan; Wass, Ashley
Conductors: Breiner, Peter; Bramall, Anthony; Rahbari, Alexander; Clark, Keith; Judd, James; Casadesus, Jean-Claude

For centuries, babies and children all over the world have been rocked to sleep with a song to calm them. Whether parents sing or play,...continue...

R. Strauss: Piano Music / Stefan Veselka

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-12-12

Works: Richard Strauss: Pieces (5) for Piano, Op. 3; Sonata for Piano in B minor, Op. 5; Stimmungsbilder for Piano, Op. 9
Performers: Veselka, Stefan

Although best known as a composer of symphonic poems, operas and songs, Richard Strauss was also a proficient pianist from an early age. Composed during...continue...

The Very Best of Dvorák

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-10-31

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Carnival Overture, Op. 92; Humoresques (8) for Piano, Op. 101/B 187; Quartet for Strings no 12 in F major, Op. 96/B 179 "American"; Symphony no 8 in G major, Op. 88/B 163; Zigeun...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Battersby, Edmund; Brewer, Christine; Klansky, Ivan; Kliegel, Maria; Kohn, Christian; Matthies, Silke-Thora; Valaskova, Jana; Veselka, Stefan; Zhou, Qian
Conductors: Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Krcek, Jaroslav; Kosler, Zdenek; ; Wildner, Johannes; Shafer, Robert; Halász, Michael; Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: ; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Joachim Trio; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Wind Soloists of the Oslo Philharmonic (Wind Soloi

Antonin Dvorak is considered the greatest of the Czech nationalist composers of the later 19th century, and he continues to enjoy the widest international popularity....continue...

Revolutions of the Past / Weinmeister

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2005-11-08

Works: Witold Lutoslawski: Concerto for Cello; Sacher Variation, for cello solo; Metamorphoses; Claude Debussy: Sonata for Cello and Piano; Nocturne and Scherzo for Cello and Piano; Anton Webern: Little Pie...
Performers: Veselka, Stefan; Weinmeister, Bruno
Conductors: Schiff, Heinrich
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Here is a program of seminal modern cello music. The young Salzburg-born cellist Bruno Weinmeister, a student of Heinrich Schiff and protg of Friedrich Gulda,...continue...

Dvorák: Complete Solo Piano Music / Stefan Veselka

5 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-06-01

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Minuets (2) for piano, B. 58 (Op. 28); Dumka, for piano in D minor, B. 64 (Op.35); Theme & Variations for piano in A flat major, B. 65 (Op.36); Album Leaf no 2 for piano in F sha...
Performers: Veselka, Stefan

Dvorak's solo piano works were mainly intended as short dance or atmospheric movements, alternationg between passion and intimacy, exuberance and lyricism, for performance in the...continue...