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SMETANA: Ma Vlast – Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/ Jiri Belohlavek – Decca

by Audiophile Audition | Feb 9, 2018 | Classical CD Reviews

Smetana’s epic, national symphonic cycle has a glowing document from the late Jiri Belohlavek and his Czech Philharmonic. SMETANA: Ma Vlast – Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/ Jiri Belohlavek – Decca 483 3187, 76:52 (1/12/18) [Distr. by Universal] ***** Recorded 12-14 May 2014 at Smetana Hall, Prague, this reading of the esteemed 1874 symphonic cycle Ma Vlast […]

DVORAK: Cello Concerto in B Minor & other works for cello & piano – Alisa Weilerstein, cello/ Anna Polonsky, p./ Czech Philharmonic Orch,/ Jiri Belohlavek – Decca

by John Sunier | Mar 18, 2014 | Classical CD Reviews

American cello virtuoso Alisa Weilerstein brings her ardent charisma to the beguiling music of Dvorak.

ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E Minor; TCHAIKOVSKY: Rococo Variations; DVORAK: Rondo in G Minor; Silent Woods – Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello/ BBC Sym. Orch./ Jiri Belohlavek – Harmonia mundi

by John Sunier | Sep 10, 2013 | Classical CD Reviews

The passionate young cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras and Jiri Belohlavek combine for a second disc, one that extols in loving terms the virtues of Elgar, Dvorak, and Tchaikovsky.

SUK: Symphony in C Minor “Asrael”; BRITTEN: Sinfonia da Requiem – BBC Symphony Orch./ Jiri Belohlavek – Supraphon (2 CDs)

by John Sunier | Mar 24, 2013 | Classical Reissue Reviews

The Prague concert of June 1, 2008 celebrates conductor Belohlavek’s mastery of the two nations in his musical bloodstream, Czechoslovakia and Britain.