Various Composers – 'The Best of Czech Classics' – String Quartets

CD 1:
Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884):
String Quartet No.1 in E minor "From my Life" *
String Quartet No.2 in D minor *
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
String Quartet No.10 in E flat major "Slavonic", op.51 +

CD 2:
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
String Quartet No.12 in F major "American", op.96 +
String Quartet No.13 in G major, op.106 +
Josef Suk (1874-1935):
Meditation on an Old Czech Hymn "St Wenceslas", op.35a +

CD 3:
Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949):
String Quartet No.2 in D major, op.35 *
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928):
String Quartet No.1 in inspirated by Tolstoy's "Kreutzer Sonata" #
String Quartet No.2 "Intimate Letters" #

Smetana Quartet *
Panocha Quartet +
Škampa Quartet #

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Anthology of Czech Piano Music – Radoslav Kvapil (Vol.1)

CD 1:
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
Theme & Variations in A flat major, B. 65
13 Poetic Tone Pictures, B. 161 (Op. 85)

CD 2:
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928):
On the Overgrown Path (Book I)
On the Overgrown Path (Book II)
Piano Sonata
In the mists

CD 3:
Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959):
Fantaisie & Toccata for piano, H. 281- Toccata
16 Etudes and Polkas, H. 308
Les Bouquinistes du quai Malaquais, H. 319
Adagio,  H. 362
Piano Sonata, H. 350

CD 4:
Vítězslav Novák (1870–1949):
Sonata Eroica, op.24
Songs of Winter Nights, op.30
Slovak Suite, op.32
Dymák (Con fuoco) from Valachian Dances, op.34 No.2

CD 5:
Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884):
3 Salon Polkas (Op. 7)
3 Poetic Polkas (Op. 8)
Dreams
10 Czech Dances, Book 2

CD 6:
Josef Suk (1874-1935):
6 Pieces, Op 7
5 Pieces, Op 22a
3 Pieces, Op 22b
About Mother, Op. 28

Radoslav Kvapil - piano

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Dvořák – The Spectre's Bride; Novák – The Storm – Krombholc

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
The Spectre's Bride - dramatic cantata for soloists, mixed chorus and orchestra op.69 *
Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949):
The Storm - the sea fantasy for soloists, male chorus and orchestra, op.42 +

Drahomíra Tikalová - soprano * +
Maria Tauberová - soprano +
Beno Blachut - tenor * +
Ladislav Mráz - bass-baritone * +
Vladimír Jedenáctík - bass +
Jaroslav Veverka - bass +
Czech Philharmonic Chorus
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Jaroslav Krombholc - conductor

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Novák – Orchestral works – Karel Sejna

remembering Vítězslav Novák on his birthday

(December 5, 1870 – July 18, 1949)

Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949):
Eternal Longing - symphonic poem, op.33
In the Tatras - symphonic poem, op.26
Moravian-Slovak Suite, op.32

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra
Karel Šejna - conductor

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