Previously unreleased recordings by one of the great conductors of the 20th century.
Karel Ančerl was one of the most distinguished conductors in post-war Europe. A survivor of Nazi concentration camps, as well as the openly anti-Jewish policy of Communist Czechoslovakia. An artist who through his limitless patience and diligence transformed the Czech Philharmonic into a world-class orchestra and brought them to the most prominent concert venues all over the globe.
Recorded at Dvořák Hall of the Rudolfinum, Smetana Hall of the Municipal House and Studio 1 of the Prague Radio between years 1949 and 1968.
Josef Suk - violin, Josef Chuchro - cello, Jan Panenka - piano, Alexandr Plocek - violin, Géza Novák - flute, Karel Patras - harp, Ladislav Mráz - bass, Suzanne Danco - soprano, Smetana Quartet, Jan Novák & Eliška Nováková - piano, Václav Holzknecht - piano, Zdeněk Jílek - piano, Libuše Domanínská - soprano, Prague Philharmonic Choir, choirmaster Josef Veselka, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra (Ježek)
Works:
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
•Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
•Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
•Beethoven: Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Cello in C major, Op. 56
•Debussy: La Mer
•Debussy: Trois Nocturnes
•Dvořák: Biblical Songs (10), Op. 99
•Dvořák: Scherzo capriccioso, Op. 66
•Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
•Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
•Elgar: Introduction & Allegro for strings, Op. 47
•Feld: Concerto for Orchestra
•Foerster, J: Symphony No. 4 ‘Easter Eve'
•Hindemith: Philharmonisches Konzert
•Jezek: Phantasy for Piano and Orchestra
•Kabeláč: Symphony No. 5 in B flat minor 'Drammatica' for soprano without text, and Orchestra, Op. 41
•Klusák: Variations on a Theme by Gustav Mahler
•Krejci: Symphony No. 1 in D
•Krejci: Symphony No. 3 in D
•Lutosławski: Musique Funébre
•Martinů: Concerto grosso for Chamber Orchestra
•Martinů: Symphony No. 1, H. 289
•Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 'Italian'
•Mozart: Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in E, K261
•Mozart: Flute & Harp Concerto in C major, K299
•Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K219 'Turkish'
•Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death
•Novák, J: Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra
•Novák, V: Autumn Symphony
•Novák, V: Pan (Symphonic Poem), Op. 43
•Pauer, J: Rhapsody for Orchestra
•Piston: Toccata
•Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, Op. 20
•Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole
•Ravel: Shéhérazade
•Schulhoff: The Communist Manifesto
•Smetana: Má Vlast
•Strauss, R: Don Juan, Op. 20
•Stravinsky: Concerto for Piano & Wind Instruments
•Suk: Asrael Symphony, Op. 27
•Suk: The Ripening, Op. 34
•Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis