A.Vranický – String Quintet, String Sextet – Ensemble Cordia

Antonín Vranický (1761-1820):
String Quintet in E flat major, op.8 no.3
String Sextet in G major

Ensemble Cordia

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Tomásek, Vranický – Missae – Pavel Kühn

remembering Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek on his birthday

(17 April 1774 – 3 April 1850)

Václav Jan Tomášek (1774-1850):
Missa solemnis, op.81
Antonín Vranický (1761-1820):
Missa in E flat major

Jana Jonášová - soprano
Marie Mrázová - contralto
Vladimír Doležal - tenor
Richard Novák - bass
Kühn mixed Choir
Jan Hora - organ
Prague Chamber Orchestra
Pavel Kühn - conductor

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Antonín & Paul Vranický - Sextets - Stamic Quartet

remembering Pavel Vranický on his birthday

(30 December 1756 – 29 September 1808)

Antonín Vranický (1761-1820):
Sextet No.7 in G major for Flute, Oboe, Violin, two Violas and Cello
Pavel Vranický (1756-1808):
Sextet No.3 in E flat major for Flute, Oboe, Violin, two Violas and Cello
Sextet No.4 in C major for Flute, Oboe, Violin, two Violas and Cello
Sextet No.6 in D minor for Flute, Oboe, Violin, two Violas and Cello

Jana Brožková - oboe
Jiří Válek - flute
Stamic Quartet

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J.Rejcha, Vranicky – Concertos for violin and cello – Ishikawa, Fiala

Josef Rejcha (1752-1759):
Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in D major
Antonín Vranický (1761-1820):
Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra in B flat major

Shizuka Ishikawa - violin
Karel Fiala - cello
Musica Bohemia
Jaroslav Krček - conductor

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Baroque Bohemia & Beyond Vol.II – Vanhal, Dusek, Brixi, Vranický

Baroque Bohemia & Beyond Vol.2

Jan Křtitel (Johann Baptist) Vaňhal (1739–1813):
Symphony in G minor
František Xaver Dušek (Franz Xaver Dussek) (1731–1799):
Symphony in C major
František Xaver Brixi (1732–1771):
Concerto in G major for harpsichord
Antonín Vranický (Anton Wranitzky) (1761–1820):
Symphony in C minor


Czech Chamber Philharmonic
Vojtěch Spurný - conductor, harpsichord

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Vranický - Concertante Quartets 4, 5, 6 - Martinu Quartet

Antonín Vranický (1761-1820) - String Quartets (other volume):
String Quartet in D major
String Quartet in F major
String Quartet in A major

Martinů Quartet

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Vranický - Concertante Quartets 1, 2, 3 - Martinů Quartet

Antonín Vranický (1761-1820) - String Quartets (other volume):
String Quartet in E flat major
String Quartet in C major
String Quartet in G major

Martinů Quartet

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Benda, Pichl, A.Vranický - Violin Concertos - Demeterová

"The name Benda is known to perhaps every music lover in our country (Czech Lands). It belonged to one of the most famous families to have ever represented Czech music abroad. (...) The weaver Jan Jiri Benda (...) occasionally played the oboe and cimbalon at folk dances. His wife Dorota was born into the Brixi family of teachers and musicians, and three of their five children - Frantisek, Jiri and Josef - became famous as musicians and composers.
(...) František Benda moved his entire family to Potsdam, thus gaining for the King another two superlative musicians - his brothers Jiri Antonín and Josef. Friederich II greatly esteemed Benda, who was to remain in the royal services until the end of his life - in 1772 he became concert master. (...)
Václav Pichl was a similarly distinguished ambassador of Czech music. (...) Between 1769 and 1770 he worked in Prague as a chapel-master with Count Hartig and subsequently accepted the post of first violinist at the Court Theatre in Vienna. Four years later he became the chapel-master of Archduke Ferdinand in Milan, where he stayed 21 years.
Antonín Vranický (1761-1820) was another Czech composer and violinist to connect his professional career and life with Vienna. (...) Vranickýs compositions grew out of the soil of High Classicism, yet some of them show distinct features of early Romanticism."
[Lucie Manourová in the booklet]

František Benda (1709-1786):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major
Václav Pichl (1741-1805):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op.3 no.1
Antonín Vranický (1761-1820):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in C major

Gabriela Demeterová
Prague Chamber Orchestra
Milan Lajčik - conductor

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Vranický, Benda, Rejcha - Viola concertos - Jan Pěruška

Antonín Vranický (1761-1820) "(...) The oeuvre of  Antonín Vranický almost entirely consists of instrumental compositions. Chamber music prevails, which is connected with his position of the chief conductor of the chateau music [of Prince Maximilian of Lobkowitz], but his legacy also comprises at least 14 symphonies and the same number of violin concertos, concertos for string instruments, hunting marches and many other compositions. The Lobokowitz Chateau archive, (...) contains a very large and valuable collection of compositions by  Antonín Vranický (...)"

Jiri Antonin Benda (1722-1795) "(...) found suitable ground for his artistic ambitions first in Berlin, Prussia then in Gotha Thüringen. (...) This member of a large musical family (...) wrote a predominant part of his oeuvre in the favorable art-loving environment of this [Thüringen] local court. (...) Benda's creative potential was very broad - he composed about 30 symphonies, instrumental concertos, chamber pieces as well as Italian incidental music. (...)"

Josef Rejcha (1752-1795) "(...) a composer, outstanding cellist and conductor (...) he met Leopold Mozart who highly appreciated Rejcha's musical skills (...) composed in the spirit of the famous Manheim School and his oeuvre comprises many chamber pieces, three instrumental concertos for cello and many concertos for string and wind instruments. (...)"

[Ludvik Kasparek in the booklet]


Antonín Vranický (Anton Wrani(t)zky) (1761-1820):
Concerto in C major for Viola and Orchestra
Jiří Antonín Benda (Georg Anton Benda) (1722-1795):
Concerto in F major for Viola and Orchestra
Josef Rejcha (Joseph Reicha) (1752-1795):
Concerto in E flat major for Viola and Orchestra

Jan Pěruška - viola
Chamber Orchestra from members of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Andreas Sebastian Weiser - conductor

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