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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The Masterpieces - Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica"
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Zdenek Kosler
Classical - Released by Menuetto Classics on Sep. 8, 1994
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathetique" (Digitally Remastered)
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Bystrík Režucha
Symphonic Music - Released by EMG Classical on Aug. 21, 2015
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Chopin: Piano Concertos (Libor Pesek, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra)
Classical - Released by Denon on Jan. 1, 2009
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International Music Festival Nz 2001
Classical - Released by Naxos on Aug. 13, 2001
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Grandes Maestros de la Musica Clasica - Mozart
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Mozart Festival Orchestra
Classical - Released by JamadaDigital on Apr. 20, 2015
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Mendelssohn: The Masterpieces
Concertos - Released by Ibrary's, LLC on Feb. 12, 2014
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Choral) in D minor, Op. 125
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Eugen Duvier
Classical - Released by Red Note OMP on May 17, 2010
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Los Grandes de la Musica Clasica - George Handel Vol. 1
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra Bratislava
Classical - Released by ClassicalPirosDigital on Jun. 21, 2015
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Handel: Water Music, Concerto Grosso No. 25
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Oliver von Dohnanyi
Classical - Released by Red Note OMP on May 17, 2010
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Masterpieces of Ludwig van Beethoven
Bystrík Režucha, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by T-rax on Jun. 15, 1999
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Verdi: Famous Overtures
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Henry Adolph
Classical - Released by Red Note OMP on May 17, 2010
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Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No.1, Op. 23
Peter Toperczer, Bystrík Režucha, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by SendClassic on Apr. 21, 2001
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 "Italian" - A Midsummer Night"s Dream (Excerpts)
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra and Anthony Bramall
Classical - Released by SMOOTH CLASSICAL on Dec. 23, 2016
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica
Classical - Released by Telos on Sep. 15, 2005
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Classical Around the World I
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, The New England Brass Ensemble
Classical - Released by Music Manager on Dec. 1, 2015
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Dvorak: Symphony No. 7: Schumann: Piano Concerto
Moscow RTV Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by Firefly Entertainment on Jun. 1, 2013
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Mozart: Symphonies 15, 35 and 39 (Seidenschier Chamber Orchestra Moscow, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra and Moscow RTV Symphony Orchestra featuring Seidenschnier, Zdenek Kosler and Mikhail Teryan)
Seidenschier Chamber Orchestra Moscow, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Moscow RTV Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by Firefly Entertainment on Jun. 1, 2013
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Symphonie II.
Classical - Released by Croatia Records on Nov. 29, 2013
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Classical Selection - Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
Libor Pešek, Anton Nanut, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by perpetuo CLASSICS on Jan. 28, 2016
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Beethoven - Symphonies No. 5 & No. 6 "Pastoral"
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Radio-Symphonieorchester Ljubljana
Symphonic Music - Released by AV360 Music on Oct. 26, 1995
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