Tag: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
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Václav Talich Conducts Dvořák Symphony No. 8 and Suk Serenade For Strings gets a 5 Star Review from Gary Lemco in Audiophile Audition
Audiophile Audition’s Gary Lemco gives Václav Talich Conducts Dvořák Symphony No. 8 and Suk Serenade For Strings 5 Stars “The Dvorak G Major Symphony, composed for the composer’s reception in England, has long enjoyed happy readings, from the likes of Talich and Bruno Walter. The authority of the Czech Philharmonic woodwinds proves especially luminous, both…
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Václav Talich Conducts Dvořák Symphony No. 8 and Suk Serenade For Strings
Parnassus returns to international availability these extraordinary recordings by the Czech Philharmonic and the founding father of the modern Czech orchestral sound, Václav Talich. Drawing on Mark Obert-Thorn’s superb transfers and using Urlicht AudioVisual’s state-of-the-art restoration system to abate shellac surface noise and improve frequency response without impeding the unique orchestral sound, these essential recordings…
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Janácek: Sinfonietta, 4 Opera Preludes, Taras Bulba
“Charles Mackerras has shown himself one of the finest Janáček conductors. His readings convey a sense of burning belief in and love of Janáček’s music; they are well prepared; yet it is as if the strangeness and beauty of the music were being revealed for the first time. The engineers have excelled themselves, matching this…
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Smetana: Má Vlast (Complete Symphonic Cycle)
“Recorded triumphantly at the 50th Prague Spring Festival. Of Pešek’s previous recording, Penguin Guide wrote “captures the epic patriotic feeling… richly romantic…gripping melodrama…vivid characterisation” “this, with the distinctive colours of the national orchestra – particularly those earthy Czech woodwinds – is definitely closer to home. Here, then, the song of the bard Lumir in the…
