Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra
Uniquely among the Czech Republic's top orchestras, the Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra is located not in Prague but in the northeastern Czech city of Ostrava. Its Czech name, in fact, is the Janackova Filharmonie Ostrava. Despite its regional origins, the orchestra has been somewhat oriented toward the West, especially since the fall of Communism; it has programmed much Western contemporary music and toured the U.S. multiple times. The Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1954, with Otakar Parik as its first conductor. The orchestra was led from 2005 to 2014 by the Ukrainian-American Theodore Kuchar, who opened additional doors for the group in the U.S. Since 2014, its chief conductor has been Heiko Mathias Förster, and its artistic director Jan Zemla. The orchestra quickly gained a reputation even west of the Iron Curtain, and it made its first foreign tour in 1958, going as far afield as Australia the following year; it was only the second Czech ensemble to tour abroad. In addition, the orchestra has toured Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, as well as most European countries. Unusually for an orchestra in the former East Bloc, it has benefited from corporate support, from the Arcelormittal steelmaking firm. The Philharmonic appears frequently in other Czech cities besides Ostrava, and leading conductors from the Czech Republic and beyond -- Jiří Bělohlávek, Václav Neumann, Charles Mackerras, and Helmuth Rilling -- have mounted the podium as guests.
The Janácek Philharmonic has been especially notable for the size and variety of its recorded catalog. Even before the breakup of Czechoslovakia it recorded several albums for the U.S.-based Centaur Records, including an album of Dvorák's Slavonic Rhapsodies; Suite for a Large Orchestra in 1992. Since then the group has recorded for various labels: the budget-line Brilliant in the Netherlands, Denon Classics in Japan, the contemporary-leaning Navona, Albany, and New World labels in the U.S., and Oehms, CPO, and Berlin Classics in Germany, among others. In 2018 the orchestra, under conductor Anthony Armore, issued a recording of symphonic poems by Australian composer Mark John McEncroe.
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Smetana: Má Vlast. Complete Orchestral Works
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Brilliant Classics am 10.01.2008
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Rachmaninoff : Piano Concerto No.3, Corelli Variations, Piano Sonata No.2
Michael Korstick, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitry Liss
Klavierkonzerte - Erschienen bei Oehms Classics am 14.09.2018
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Suppé: Die Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen (Version Without Narration)
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Dario Salvi
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 23.09.2022
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Dvorak: Symphonic Poems & Overtures
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Brilliant Classics am 01.03.2005
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Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Kakadu Variations - Vořišek: Grand Rondo Concertante
Lobkowicz Trio, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Popelka
Instrumentalmusik - Erschienen bei RUBICON am 25.03.2022
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Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Anna Shelest, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Niels Muus
Klassik - Erschienen bei Sorel Classics am 24.06.2016
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The Moldau
Theodore Kuchar, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Brilliant Classics am 27.07.2022
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Badings: Symphonies Nos. 2, 7 and 12
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, David Porcelijn
Klassik - Erschienen bei CPO am 01.01.2007
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Dimensions, Vol. 2
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Navona am 11.10.2019
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Auber: Overtures, Vol. 5
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Dario Salvi
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 03.12.2021
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Foerster: Orchestral Works
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Marek Stilec
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 14.10.2022
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Suppé: Mozart – Incidental Music
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Julie Svěcená, Pavel Rybka, Dario Salvi
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 27.05.2022
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Fibich: Orchestral Works
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Marek Stilec
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 12.06.2020
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Antonin Dvorak: Serenade for Strings, Op. 22
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Roberta Carpenter
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Zenith Music International am 03.06.2017
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My Symphonic Poems: Orchestral Images
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Anthony Armore
Klassik - Erschienen bei Navona am 12.10.2018
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Smetana: The Moldau - Dvořák: Czech Suite & Nature, Life, Love
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra
Symphonieorchester - Erschienen bei Berlin Classics am 17.05.2013
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Mark John McEncroe: Dark Clouds in Life
Helen Kennedy, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Anthony Armore
Klassik - Erschienen bei Navona am 10.03.2017
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 (Live)
Oper - Erschienen bei Navona am 20.11.2020
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VIEUXTEMPS: Violin Concertos Nos. 2 and 3
Misha Keylin, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Dennis Burkh
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 22.04.1997
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Symphonies (Intégrale)
Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra & Theodore Kuchar
Klassik - Erschienen bei Brilliant Classics am 28.02.2006
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In Flanders' Fields Vol. 71: Music of August De Boeck
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Ivo Venkov, Jozef de Beenhouwer
Klassik - Erschienen bei Phaedra am 11.10.2011
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