Capella Istropolitana
The Capella Istropolitana is a Bratislava-based chamber orchestra whose activity in the recording studio places it among the most recorded ensembles of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Buyers browsing the bins of a record store or shopping online will find this seemingly ubiquitous ensemble on more than 250 CD releases. Actually, by 2008 the Capella Istropolitana had made over 90 recordings, but many of the performances appear on reissues, often in theme-oriented albums or series, like Cinema Classics (12 volumes), Chill with Bach, Chill with Beethoven, Best of Opera, and many others. But the ensemble is no mere peddler of popular or generic music for quick sale; they have been involved in highly successful Haydn and Mozart projects, and have recorded the Bach Brandenburg Concertos, the five Beethoven piano concertos, and large chunks of the output of Vivaldi, Handel, and others. Their repertory reaches well beyond the Baroque and Classical periods, both on recordings and in concert, taking in works by Brahms, Dvorák, Elgar, Britten, Respighi, Prokofiev, Bartók, Stravinsky, and Barber. Most of their recordings have been issued on the Naxos label, but others have appeared on Erato, Brilliant Classics, Bridge, and Claves.
Established in 1983 by members of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, the Capella Istropolitana has performed under various conductors over the years and has regularly toured Europe, North America, the Far East, New Zealand, and Israel. The ensemble has never had a music director or chief conductor. In its early years it consisted of about 15 players, but eventually augmented its membership to accommodate performances of larger works, like the Beethoven symphonies.
The group's first Bach recordings appeared in the late '80s with general acclaim, and by the early '90s the group had achieved recognition both at home and abroad: in 1991 the Bratislava City Council honored the ensemble with a decree naming it Chamber Orchestra of the City of Bratislava; that same year Naxos began issuing the first CDs in the group's Haydn and Mozart symphony projects.
Throughout the 1990s and the first decade of the new century, the Capella Istropolitana remained extremely active in the recording studio, achieving great popularity with two platinum discs. The group also maintained a busy schedule of concerts, touring the U.S., Canada, and almost every European country. Its 2007 schedule, for instance, included numerous concerts in Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, France, and Switzerland.
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A Bride's Guide to Wedding Music for Civil Ceremonies
Classical - Released by Naxos on 1 May 2006
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 and 21, "Elvira Madigan"
Peter Lang, Capella Istropolitana, Christoph Eberle
Classical - Released by Amadis on 19 Dec 2016
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Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 34, 35 and 39
Capella Istropolitana, Barry Wordsworth
Classical - Released by Naxos on 1 Jan 1989
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MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 3 / BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D Major
Takako Nishizaki, Capella Istropolitana, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Kenneth Jean
Classical - Released by Naxos on 10 Jul 1995
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Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232
Capella Istropolitana, Christian Brembeck, Hartmut Elbert and Slovenský filharmonický zbor
Classical - Released by SMOOTH CLASSICAL on 21 Oct 2016
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Bach: Air on the G String – Orchestral Suites
Capella Istropolitana, Jaroslav Dvorak
Classical - Released by Naxos Special Projects on 14 Oct 2016
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Concerti Grossi, Vol. 2
Classical - Released by Naxos on 21 Aug 1998
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A Guided Tour of the Baroque Era, Vol. 4
Classical - Released by Naxos Special Projects on 16 Apr 2013
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CLAIR DE LUNE - Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming
Classical - Released by Naxos on 1 Jun 1998
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Serenade ,Eine kleine
Capella Istropolitana, Wolfgang Sobotka, Harald Nerat
Classical - Released by Naxos on 1 Jan 2007
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HANDEL : The Best of Handel
Classical - Released by Naxos on 24 Feb 1993
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MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 4 / Sinfonia Concertante
Takako Nishizaki, Capella Istropolitana, Ladislav Kyselak, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Violin Concertos - Released by Naxos on 1 Apr 1990
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SIBELIUS (THE BEST OF)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Capella Istropolitana, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Dong-Suk Kang, Kenneth Schermerhorn, Adrian Leaper
Classical - Released by Naxos on 2 Jun 1997
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MOZART: Tenor Arias
John Dickie, Capella Istropolitana, Johannes Wildner
Opera - Released by Naxos on 11 Oct 1990
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SIBELIUS COLLECTION
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Dong-Suk Kang, Capella Istropolitana, Kenneth Schermerhorn, Adrian Leaper
Classical - Released by Naxos on 17 May 1994
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Vivaldi: Wind and Brass Concertos
Jiri Valek, Gabriela Krckova, Miroslav Kejmar, Frantisek Herman, Capella Istropolitana, Jaroslav Krcek
Concertos - Released by Naxos on 28 May 1990
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Music For The Millions Vol. 28 - Georg Friedrich Händel
Capella Istropolitana, Bratislava Chamber Orchestra
Pop - Released by DA MUSIC-MEDIAPHON on 12 Feb 2010
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Suk / Dvorak: Serenades for Strings
Capella Istropolitana, Jaroslav Krcek
Classical - Released by Naxos on 1 Mar 1991
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Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks / Water Music
Capella Istropolitana, Bohdan Warchal
Classical - Released by Naxos on 21 Nov 2016
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Euphonium Music: Roggen, D. / Mozart, W.A. / Weber, C. / Tchaikovksy, P. / Balissat, J.
Roland Froscher, Capella Istropolitana, Dominique Roggen
Classical - Released by Naxos on 1 Jul 2008
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