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Beethoven
Piano Concerto 5 (Emperor)
Piano Sonata 24 (À Thérèse)
Michael Mašek (piano)
Czech Cjhamber Philharmonic Orchestre Pardubice
Leoš Svárovský
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Richard Strauss
Don Juan, tone poem after Lenau, Op. 20
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Concerto for Violin and orchestra in D major, Op. 35
Gustav Mahler
Fünf Rückert-Lieder
Frantiek Novotný - violin
Karla Bytnarová - mezzo
Brno Philharmonic Orchestra
Martin Turnovský - conductor
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CONCERTOS
QUATTRO PLAYS QUATTRO
Sylvie Bodorová Concerto dei fiori for Violin and
Strings
Otmar Mácha The Pure Virgin - Variations on a Czech
Mediaevel Song for Violin and String Orchestra
Zdenek Luká Concerto grosso, Op. 36
Dies natalis for Violin and Strings, Op. 348
Sylvie Bodorová Bern Concerto "Silberwolke"
for Violin, Viola and Strings
Jakub Sedlácek, Jakub Junek, Pavla Francu, Vítezslav
Ochman - violin;
Jitka Hosprová - viola
Quattro Orchestra
Marek tilec - conductor
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SMETANA
Piano Trio G Minor (Op. 15)
DVOŘÁK
Piano Trio No. 4 'Dumky'
AD TRIO Prague
Jiří Hurnik - violin
Miloš Jahoda - cello
Martin Kasik - piano
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Jean FRANCAIX
Quintette No 2 Flute, Struing Trio & Harp
Charles BORDES
Suite Basque
World Premiere Recording
Vincent D'INDY
Suite for Flute, violin,viola,cello & harp
Gabriel Pierné
Voyage au "Pays du Tendre"
André JOLIVET
Chant de Linos
Carlo Jans - flute
Kateřina Englichová - harp
Martinu Quartet
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MARTINU
Bergerettes - Five pieces for violin, cello & piano
SCHNITTKE
Trio for Violin, cello & piano
SHOSTAKOVICH
Trio No. 1 for Violin, cello & Piano
Terezie Fialová (piano), Eva Karová
(violin) Markéta Vrbková
(cello)
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Elegiaco
Rachmaninov
Trio élégiaque No 1 in G minor
Dvorák
Piano Trio in B flat major p21
Suk
Piano trio in C minor
Elegie Op 23
Czech Trio
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MAHLER
Symphony 4
Karolína Berková (mezzo)
Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vladimír Válek
- conductor
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MOZART SACRED MUSIC
Regina coeli in B and in C
Laudate Dominum
Te Deum laudamus
Exsultate, jubilate
Ave verum corpus
Simona Houda Saturová
Czech Chamber Soloists
Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno/Pter Fiala
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Armonia della Notte
Haydn: Partie in B
Havel: La Pastorello allegretto
Branka: Cassatio in B
Mozart: Parthia 18
Kramar-Krommer: Partita in c minor
Mozart/Rieger: Marcia from La Clemnza di Tito
Salieri: Armonia per un Tempio della Notte
Ensemble Philidor -period instruments
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FELD/
KALABIS/ LUKÁ
Jindrich Feld Musique concertante pour flute, alto, harpe et cordes
Zdenek Luká Music for Harp and Strings
Viktor Kalabis Tristium - Concert Phantasy for Viola and Strings
Jindrich Feld Sonate pour flute at orchestre a cordes
Carlo Jans - flute
Jitka Hosprová - viola
Katerina Englichová - harp
Prague Chamber Orchestra
Antonín Hradil - artistic leader
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Zdenek LUKAS
Concerto for viola and orchestra*
Divertimento for violin and viola
Jiri JAROCH
Fantasy for viola and orchestra
Karel Spelina - viola
Antonin Novak - violin
Plzen Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vit Micka*, Bohumir Liska - conductors
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MOZART/
DEBUSSY/ JOLIVET/ BEETHOVEN
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Trio Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp, K.V.
423
Claude Debussy Sonate pour flute, alto et harpe
André Jolivet Petite suite pour flute, alto et harpe
Ludwig van Beethoven Serenade for Flute, Viola and Harp, Op. 25
Bohemia Luxembourg Trio (Carlo Jans - flute, Jitka Hosprová
- viola, Katerina Englichová - harp)
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Miroslav Ambro - Violin
Il Virtuoso
Saraste Concert Fantasy on Faust
Paganini Cantabile in D Major, Op. 17
Saraste Jota Aragonesa, Op. 27
Bodorová Da more - Gypsy Ballad
Wieniawski Scherzo - tarantelle, Op. 16
Spohr Barcarole, Op. 135 No. 1
Kreisler Caprice Viennois, Op. 2
Paganini "Moses" Fantasy on the G String
Suk Violin solo from Fairy Tale
Bazzini La Ronde des Lutins
Miroslav Ambro - violin
Zuzana Ambroová - piano
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BEETHOVEN
DVORÁK
Beethoven Piano Trio in Eflat Major
No 1, Op. 1
Antonín Dvorak Dumky, Op. 90
Max Brod Trio (Petr Mateják - violin, Marie Hixová
- cello, Kerstin Strassburg - piano)
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Smetana
String Quartets 1&2
Wihan Quartet
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Contemporary Czech Music
Jiri Berkovec: Sonataina No 1 in one movement for string
orchestra
Ilja Hurnik: Variations on a theme of Pergolesi for Piano
Four Hand
Luboš Sluka: Sonata for Violoncello and Piano
Jan F. Fischer Aria for two harps
Oldřich F. Korte: Philosophical Dialogues for Violin and Piano
Štĕpán Lucký: Ottetto per archi
Jiří Berkovec: Cottage and a Green
Various Artists
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Bedrich Smetana Overture/
The Bartered Bride
Leo Janácek I.Introduction/ Glagolitic Mass
Antonín Dvorák Slavonic Dance No.1
Antonín Dvorák III.Scherzo.Vivace/ Serenade in E major
Bedrich Smetana III.Finale.Presto/ Piano trio in G minor
Leo Janácek III.Andantino/ In the Mists
Josef Suk Longing/ Spring
Antonín Dvorák Piano Quintet No.2 in A major
Antonín Dvorák Biblical Song No.8
Antonín Dvorák Slavonic Dance No.10
Bedrich Smetana Why Shouldn´t We Be Happy/ The Bartered Bride
Various Soloists/orchestras
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HAYDN
The Seven Last Words of our Redeemer On the Cross
Janácek Quartet (Milo Vacek - violin, Vítezslav
Zavadilík - violin, Ladislav Kyselák - viola, Bretislav
Vybíral - violoncello)
The texts on the motifs of the Gospel and those of the poet Jaroslav
Durych were written and recited by - Alfred Strejcek
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MARTINU/
KAPRÁLOVÁ/ SUK
Bohuslav Martinu String Quartet No 5
Vítezslava Kaprálová String Quartet, Op.
8
Josef Suk Meditation on the Old Czech ´St Wenceslas´Choral
Kapralova Quartet (Rita Cerpucenko, Simona Hurníková,
Svetlana Jahodová, Margit Klepácová)
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TEARS AND SMILES
Slovak and Hungarian Songs
Mikulá Schneider-Trnavský,
Béla Bartók
Sylvie Bodorová
tefan Margita - tenor
Gabriela Benacková - soprano
Katarína Bachmannová - piano
Katerina Englichová - harp
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FROM THE HEART
Slovak Songs
Mikulá Schneider-Trnavský
Sylvie Bodorová
Gabriela Benacková - soprano
tefan Margita - tenor
Katarína Bachmannová - piano
Katerina Englichová - harp
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George ENESCU (1881-1955)
Violin Sonata No. 3 "dans le caractère populaire Roumain",
Op. 25 (1926) [28.15]
Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Sonata for violin and piano in A minor, D.385, op.posth. 137, No.
2 (1816) [23.18]
Arnold SCHOENBERG (1874-1951)
Phantasy for violin with piano accompaniment, op.47 (1949) [10.00]
Hans Werner HENZE (b. 1926)
Fünf nachtstücke für Violine und Klavier (1990) [9.20]
Barbara Doll (violin)
Cristina Marton (piano)
rec. May 2005, Martinů Hall, Lichtenstein
Palace, Prague. DDD.
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Martinu
Rhapsody-Concerto for viola and orchestra
Lukáš
Concerto for viola nand orchestra
Stamitz
Concerto for Viola and orchestra
Jitka Hosprova
Prague Chamber Orchestra
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Dvorak
Svata Ludmilla (Saint Ludmilla)
Oratorio for Soli, Chorus and Orchestra
Eva Urbanova(sop)
Bernarda Fink (mezzo)
Stanislav Matis (ten)
Ales Briscein (ten)
Peter Mikulas (bass)
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Jiri Belohlavek
UP0078-2 232
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Dvorak
Violin Concerto for violin and orchestra Op.53
Barber
Concerto for violin and Orchestra Op.14
Martin Válek - Violin
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vladimír Válek - conductor
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Taneyev
Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello in D major
Dohnanyi
Serenade for string trio Op. 10
Czech String Trio
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Alfred Schnittke
Suite in the Old Style for violin and piano
Ronald Stevenson
Three grounds for solo violin (transcription of harpsichord sonata
by Henry Purcell)
Bohuslav Martinů
Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Piano
Ivana Tomášková violin Renata Ardaševová
piano
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Les Fresques
Wiedermann
Toccata and fugue in F minor
"Let me Go there" for Mezzosoprano and Organ
Franck
Fantasie
Slavický
Cantus Sacri, Frescoes for Organ
Widor
Andante sostenuto/Symphonie gothique
Eva Bulbová Organ
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Rachmaninov
Variations of a theme of Corelli
Shostakovich
24 Preludes Op 34
Banu Sözüar - piano
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Mozart
Sonatas for Flute and Harp 1-6
Robert
Stallman - flute
Katerina Englichova - harp
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Dvorak
Piano Trio in f major Op 65
SUK
Elegie
Martinu
Trio No 3 in C Major "Grand Trio" for Violin, cello and
piano
Czech Trio
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JANACEK
Complete
Piano Music
Jan
Jirasky
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BRITTEN
Ceremony
of Carols arr Harrison
13
Old European Christmas Carols
Boni Pueri Czech Boys Choir
Musica Bohemica Praha
Jacub Martinec
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SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano
Trio No 1, Op. 8
Piano Trio No 2, Op. 67
Seven Songs (Alexander Blok), Op. 127
ArteMiss Piano Trio
Alžbĕta Poláčková (sop)
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Pavel
KŘÍŽKOVSKÝ
Song of parting, The drowned maiden
The recruit's prayer, Threshing
Leos Janacek
You cannot escape your fate, Two doves in a fir tree, The evening
witch, Lonesome without solace, Veni sancte, Constitues, Ave Maria;
The male choruses; Five folk songs
Q
VOX - Male Voice Choir
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Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dances I & II for two pianos
Kristina Krkavcová
Martin Kasík
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Sylvie Bodorova Juda Maccabeus
Gabriella Benackova (sop), Ales Briscein (ten), Ivan Kusnjer (bar)
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Valek
live recording Prague Spring Festival 2002
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BENDA Ariadne auf Naxos
Jitka Molavcova - Ariadne
Alfred Strejcek - Theseus
Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchesrta
Conductor Jaraslov Krcek
UP 0066-2 231 (CD)
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DVORAK/SCHUMANN
- PIANO QUINTETS
| Robert
Schumann |
Quintet for Piano, 2 Violins, Viola and
Violoncello in E flat major, Op. 44 |
| Antonin
Dvorak |
Piano
Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81 |
| Martin
Kasik - Piano |
| Wihan
Quartet
/Leos Cepicky, Jan Schulmeister, Jiri Zigmund, Ales Kasprik/ |
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MENDELSSOHN/TCHAIKOVSKY
- PIANO TRIOS
| Felix
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy |
Piano
trio in D minor, Op. 49 |
| Pyotr
Il'yich Tchaikovsky |
Piano
trio in A minor, Op. 50 |
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Czech
Trio /Milan Langer - Piano, Dana Vlachova
- Violin, Miroslav Petras - Violoncello/
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