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2023-12-15 00:00:00
Another miscellany of orchestral and vocal music (Bostock, Corp, Davan Wetton, DePaul Wind Ensemble, Dreier, Elder, Pesek, The Albion Ensemble)
[…] cover and inlay scans - no booklet]Recording venue: Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset, UKRecording engineer: Dexter Newman; Producer: Michael Ponder"The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra revisits music played between 1893-1934 by the Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra and its founder conductor Sir Dan Godfrey."Leoš Janáček:01 - 04 Dunaj 'Danube'. Symphonic Poem * [17'10]05 - 06 Incidental Music to 'Schluck und Jau' [9'16]07 - 11 Moravian Dances [8'55]12 - 15 Suite, op.3 [13'18]Jana Valášková- soprano*, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Libor PešekMarco Polo 8.220362 [recorded December 1985; CD issued 1986][digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: Concert Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Bratislava, Slovakia.Recording engineers: Gustáv Šoral and Ladislav Krajčovič; Producer: Leoš Komárek.Josef Suk:1.01 - 1.05 Asrael. Symphony in C minor, op.27 [62'09]2.01 - 2.05 A Summer's Tale, op.29[51'56]Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Libor PešekErato 50999962853026 [recorded May and December 1990 and May 1994 for Virgin Classics; this reissue 2010][digital downloads; […]
2023-11-24 00:00:00
Bruckner, Pettersson, Prokofiev, Rawsthorne, Suk: Mainly Orchestral Works (Handley, Lloyd-Jones, Nelsons, Pešek et al)
Josef Suk:1.01 - 1.08 Zrání 'Ripening'. Symphonic Poem, op.34 [41'21]1.09 Praga. Symphonic Poem op.26 [25'22]2.01 - 2.08 Epilogue for soprano, baritone, bass, chorus and orchestra, op.37 * [40'38]2.09 - 2.12 Pohádka 'Fairy Tale', op.16 [29'24]Luba Orgonasova- soprano, Ivan Kusnjer- baritone, Peter Mikulas- bass, Royal Liverpool Philharnonic Choir *; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Libor PešekErato 5099991257659 [recorded August 1992 and June 1997 for Virgin Classics; this reissue 2013][digital downloads; flacs, cover and inlay scans with booklets for the original Virgin Classics releases sourced from internet]Recording venue: Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, UKRecording engineer: Mike Clements; Producer: John H. WestAlan Rawsthorne:01 Street Corner Overture (1944) [5'36]02 - 05 Madame Chrysanthème. Ballet Suite (1957) [8'25]06 - 12 Practical Cats. An Entertainment for Speaker and Orchestra (1954) * [22'48]13 Theme, Variations & Finale (1967) [15'13]14 - 15 Medieval Diptych for Baritone and Orchestra (1962) ^ [14'09]16 Coronation Overture (1953) [5'33]Simon Callow- speaker *; Jeremy Huw Williams- baritone; […]
2023-08-14 04:30:00
Rautavaara and Martinů: Piano Concertos (CD Review)
[…] of becoming one of your favorite Martinů compositions. Its energy, melodic interest, and inter-movement connectedness hold the attention very well. And if you’re new to Martinů, this is certainly not a bad place to start exploring his music. The present recording joins a number of other Martinů Third Piano Concerto options. To my ear, the best of the older ones is the performance given by the concerto’s dedicatee, Rudolf Firkušný, joined by the Czech Philharmonic under Libor Pešek (RCA 886447630020). Firkušný’s tone is warm, and his reading is a touch more expansive than Mustonen’s. But what makes the latter an equal in my mind is his comparative crispness and liveliness, and also this BIS disc’s terrific sound quality. Ideally, both offerings would be in the Martinů enthusiast’s collection. But for those of us who are not necessarily Martinů fanatics, this BIS release is very attractive on its own. Along with the […]
2022-10-27 11:01:35
Conductor Libor Pešek has Died, Aged 89
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