Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
The Slovak Philharmonic (in Slovak, Slovenská filharmónia) is one of the youngest among Europe's great symphonic ensembles, yet it has gained international renown in the 1990s and early 2000s. The orchestra has recorded extensively and has attracted top-notch international collaborators. The Slovak Philharmonic was founded in Bratislava, then part of Czechoslovakia, in 1949. Its first conductor, Vaclav Talich, and first music director, Ludovit Ratjer, were key figures in the orchestra's formation and emergence. In the 1950s, the orchestra began giving concerts in the handsome 1773 Reduta Bratislava concert hall, which has remained its home base. After Rajter stepped down as conductor in 1976, the orchestra had several other highly regarded conductors including Ladislav Slovak (until 1981), Libor Pesek, and, in 1990 and 1991, Aldo Ceccato, its first conductor from outside Czechoslovak lands. After Slovakia split peacefully from the Czech Republic in 1993, the Slovak Philharmonic went from being a strong orchestra in a country with many of them to something of a national flagship, and it increasingly attracted foreign conductors and instrumental collaborators as guests. Among the former group have been Claudio Abbado, Sergiu Celibidache, and Mariss Jansons. The permanent conductorship, however, remained mostly in Slovak and Czech hands; the renowned Jiří Bělohlávek served a term in the 2003-2004 season. That changed with the appointment of France's Emmanuel Villaume in 2009; he remained in the job until 2016, when he was succeeded by Britain's James Judd, a former conductor of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and the founder of the Miami Music Project. The orchestra has also been led in recent years by its permanent guest conductors, Leos Svarovsky (until 2018), Rastislav Stur, and Petr Altrichter. The orchestra has a large collection of recordings, most of them on the Naxos, Zebralution, and Denon labels; on Naxos the group released a recording of symphonic poems from Bedřich Smetana's Swedish period.
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Artistas semelhantes
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Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op.55
Libor Pešek, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Lançado por NEW WORLD CLASSIC (LC 95656) em 21 de jul. de 2023
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J. Strauss, Jr: The Waltz King
Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Lançado por Digital Masterworks em 31 de mar. de 2023
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Peer gynt - au temps des holberg
Classical - Lançado por Music square em 6 de jan. de 2007
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SCHUBERT: Romantic Schubert (The)
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 20 de jun. de 1996
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Mozart: Requiem in D minor, for Solo Voices, Choir, Orchestra and Organ
Classical - Lançado por Digital Masterworks em 2 de jun. de 2023
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Alphorn Concertos
Jozsef Molnar, Miroslav Kral, Capella Istropolitana, Urs Schneider, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 13 de mai. de 1991
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B.O. de Films 2006
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 20 de jun. de 2006
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DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 / Symphonic Variations
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 1 de abr. de 1990
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MENDELSSOHN / BRUCH: Violin Concertos
Mariko Honda, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Keith Clark
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 1 de jan. de 2007
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Classical Romance with Carl Maria von Weber
Carl Maria von Weber, Alojz Zupan, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Lounge - Lançado por PMI Collins Classics em 1 de fev. de 2019
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Brahms' Second & Third Symphonies: Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D · Symphony No. 3 in F
Classical - Lançado por Inspired Studios em 2 de jan. de 2019
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, "Scottish" - The Hebrides - Meeresstille Und Gluckliche Fahrt
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra and Oliver von Dohnányi
Classical - Lançado por SMOOTH CLASSICAL em 23 de dez. de 2016
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Grieg: "From Holberg's Time" Suite in G Major, Op. 40 (Digitally Remastered)
Classical - Lançado por EMG Classical em 6 de ago. de 2013
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Ouvertüren
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Béla Drahos
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 1 de jan. de 1995
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BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 / SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Halasz
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 5 de abr. de 1995
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Respighi: Sinfonia Drammatica
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Nazareth
Classical - Lançado por Marco-Polo em 31 de dez. de 1986
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Romance in F Minor for Violin and Orchestra
Mikhail Pochekin, Daniel Raiskin, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Lançado por haenssler CLASSIC em 22 de dez. de 2023
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WAGNER : The Best of Wagner
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Wildner, Michael Halasz, Uwe Mund
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 2 de fev. de 1993
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DVORAK: Symphony No. 2 / Legends Op. 59, Nos. 6-10
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 12 de abr. de 1990
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Dvorak: Slavonic Dances, Opp. 46 and 72
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 6 de out. de 1988
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DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 / BORODIN: Symphony No. 2
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 17 de nov. de 1995
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