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Czech conductor (1928-2021)
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2021-05-24 19:39:46
A graduate of the Prague Music Academy, Turnovsky made his debut with the Prague Symphony Orchestra after graduating from the city's Academy. He won the Besancon International Conducting Competition in 1958, which enabled him to become the permanent conductor of the Bruno National Philharmonic Orchestra. After settling in Vienna, he continued to conduct various orchestras […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
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2021-05-20 15:03:51
The long-exiled Czech conductor Martin Turnovský has died... The post Death of a sought-after international maestro, 92 appeared first on Slipped Disc.
2020-12-19 10:12:04
A thirty-year gap and clarinettist Ernst Ottensamer's last concerto recording: conductor Richard Stamp talks about the challenge and rewards of bringing his latest disc to fruition
The Academy of London In 1991, conductor Richard Stamp and the Academy of London, the ensemble that he founded, recorded Richard Strauss' prelude to his opera Capriccio and the Duet Concertino for clarinet and bassoon with two principals from the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Ernst Ottensamer (clarinet), and Stepan Turnovsky (bassoon). The recording was for a planned Richard Strauss disc as part of an ongoing series of discs of the composer's work on Virgin Classics which included orchestral songs with Gundula Janowitz and an award-winning recording of Metamorphosen. Finally, in 2014, Richard Stamp was able to complete recording the disc with two works by Aaron Copland including the Clarinet Concerto with Ernst Ottensamer; this would be Ottensamer's final concerto recording. The resulting disc of music by Richard Strauss and Aaron Copland came out on Signum Classics earlier this month. So why the nearly 30 year wait between recording and […]
2020-05-03 04:05:56
Ivan Moravec recorded Beethoven’s 4th Piano Concerto twice. This first version, accompanied by the soloist’s brother-in-law Martin Turnovsky in 1963, in demonstration-quality sound, is one of the finest you’ll ever hear. As you might expect from this artist, Moravec’s tone and touch are gorgeousness incarnate. The first movement is a miracle of elegance and grace, […]
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