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Czech composer, radio executive, and record producer
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2021-10-18 23:00:00
The Bohemian Masters (Douglas Bostock)
[…] came into the world# [6'18]12. Five South Bohemian Motives, op.77 - II. Nocturne# [4'06]Vladislav Linetzky- violin*; Petr Petra- cello; Daniela Strakova- soprano#,Carlsbad 'Karlovy Vary' Symphony Orchestra conducted by Douglas Bostock Membran Quadromania 222198-444 [recorded 1996 - 1998; Classico CDs issued 1997 - 1998, this CD set issued 2004][CD-rip; flacs, booklet, cover and inlay scans] Recording venue: Lazne III Spa, Karlovy Vary (Carlbad), Czech RepublicRecording engineers: Eyvind Rafn and Ivan Pommer; Producers: Eyvind Rafn and Jiri Gemrot This reissue collection includes most of five CD releases made by the Danish Classico label between 1996 and 1998 - before they were subsumed into the Membran conglomerate. This was a no-frills budget release but even the original Classicos had booklets (included in this post) which were no model for ideal content. The booklet for the original 'A Musical Souvenir from Karlovy Vary' (almost identical in content to the second disc of this release) […]
2018-04-22 07:47:37
Anniveraries, commissions and 2018/19 season at Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
[…] the first performance in the Czech Republic for 20 years of Luciano Berio's Sinfonia for 8 Voices and Orchestra, and the Czech première of Detlev Glanert's Weites Land, both composers with whom Bychkov has enjoyed a long and close association.For future seasons the orchestra has commissioned new works from 14 composers including Detlev Glanert (Germany); Thomas Larcher (Austria); Bryce Dessner (US); Julian Anderson (UK); and Thierry Escaich (France); and nine Czech composers Jiří Teml; Jiří Gemrot; Pavel Zemek Novák; Martin Smolka; Adam Skoumal; Miloš Orsoň Stědroň; Miroslav Srnka; Petr Wajsar; and Slavomír Hořínka.Bychkov's Tchaikovsky Project with the orchestra will culminate in with residencies in Prague, Vienna and Paris and the release by Decca of all Tchaikovsky’s symphonies, the three piano concertos, Romeo & Juliet, Serenade for Strings and Francesca da Rimini. Completing Decca's Dvořák cycle initiated by Jiří Bělohlávek, Principal Guest conductor Jakub Hrůša will conduct performances of Dvořák's Te […]
2018-04-04 05:08:00
Smetana: Ma Vlast (CD review)
[…] ends the work as heroically as anyone. In the end, I cannot say I prefer Belohlavek's recording to some of my old favorites. If I had to choose, I'd still go with Vaclav Neumann (Berlin Classics), Rafael Kubelik (Supraphon), Antal Dorati (Philips or Newton Classics), Paavo Berglund (Warner Classics), Libor Pesek (Virgin Classics), or Antoni Wit (Naxos). Not that I have to choose, and this new entry is surely at least a contender. Producers Jeri Gemrot and Dr. Alexander Buhr and engineers Vaclav Roubai and Karel Soukenik recorded the music during opening concerts at the Prague Spring Festival, Smetana Hall, Municipal House, Prague in May 2014. The result they obtained is mostly good, old-fashioned Decca sound: very clear, very clean, very wide, very big, very compartmentalized, very highlighted, and very one-dimensional. Fortunately, it is also quiet and fairly natural in its tonal response, although a touch hard and glaring in […]
2015-11-02 16:58:00
Cette semaine à Montréal (2 à 8 novembre) / This Week in Montreal (November 2 - 8)
Musique / MusicPro Musica : Quatuor Zemlinsky QuartetFondé en 1994, le Quatuor Zemlinsky est reconnu comme un exemple de la grande tradition tchèque de la musique de chambre. Récipiendaire de prix prestigieux, l’ensemble possède un répertoire de plus de 200 œuvres. Au programme : Dvořák, Gemrot, Beethoven. Théâtre Maisonneuve, lundi 2, 20 h. http://promusica.qc.ca/ The Zemlinsky Quartet, created in 1994, is an example of the great Czech tradition of chamber music. Winner of prestigious awards, the ensemble has a repertoire of over 200 pieces. The program includes Dvořák, Gemrot, and Beethoven. At Théâtre Maisonneuve, Nov. 2, 8 pm. http://promusica.qc.ca/en/ Kaléidoscope : les années 1920 / Kaleidoscope: The 1920sPour marquer la cinquième saison du pavillon d’art québécois et canadien, la Fondation Arte Musica a choisi de faire revivre les musiques jouées durant les années 1920 dans les salles du Ritz-Carlton, du Windsor et du Théâtre Saint-Denis. Sous la direction de Boris […]
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