Prague Philharmonic Archive
JANACEK: Glagolitic Mass; Sinfonietta; Taras Bulba; The Fiddler’s Child – Jiri Belohlavek – Decca
The music of Leos Janacek makes a sensational impression under the guidance of Jiri Belohlavek.
DVORAK: Slavonic Rhapsodies; Symphonic Variations – Prague Philharmonic/ Jacub Hrusa – Pentatone
DVORAK: Slavonic Rhapsodies; Symphonic Variations – Prague Philharmonic/ Jacub Hrusa – Pentatone multichannel SACD PTC5186554, 60:28 [Distr. by Naxos] (10/7/16) ***1/2: Lesser known Dvorak lovingly played and very nicely recorded. For the third of his three-album series for Pentatone, the young and increasingly popular Jakub Hrusa conducts the Prague Philharmonic in an all-Dvorak program of […]
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor”; Choral Fantasy in C minor – Leif Ove Andsnes, piano and cond./ Mahler Ch. Orch. – Choral Fantasy – Leif Ove Andsnes, piano and cond./ Mahler Ch. Orch. / Prague Philharmonic Choir/ Lukas Vasilek – Sony Classical
The conclusion of Andsnes’ Beethoven Journey presents us heroism and poetry in artful harmony, well-recorded.
SCHOENBERG: Gurrelieder; Verklaerte Nacht – Soloissts/ Prague Philharmonic Choir/ Bertini Israeli Choir/ Israel Philharmonic Orch./ Zubin Mehta – Helicon (2 CDs)
Zubin Mehta and assembled forces address two lushly romantic scores by Arnold Schoenberg, perhaps the culmination of and the farewell to the 19th Century post-Wagner aesthetic.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
