Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Although young compared to the other major symphonic ensembles of the Czech Republic, the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, based in Prague, has an international reputation. It is a versatile ensemble whose activities extend into pop, film music, and video game music as well as standard classical repertory.
The Czech National Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1993 by trumpeter Jan Hasenöhrl and veteran conductor Zdeněk Košler. Košler served as chief conductor until 1996, but since then, two of the orchestra's three chief conductors have been American: Paul Freeman, one of the few African American conductors to have been active in Europe, served from 1996 to 2007, and in 2019, Steven Mercurio took up the baton. From 2007 to 2019, Libor Pešek was the chief conductor. The CNSO performs at Smetana Hall in Prague, and sometimes at the older Rudolfinum. The group often plays traditional symphonic concerts, and under Pešek, it recorded a complete cycle of the symphonies of Mahler. The orchestra has toured Europe, North America, and East Asia, and more unusually Oman and Dubai. The group has backed major opera stars in concert, including Andrea Bocelli, Rolando Villazón, and Jonas Kaufmann, and founded the annual Prague Proms music festival. Additionally, the orchestra has backed pop artists and jazz artists as varied as Sting, Angélique Kidjo, and Wynton and Branford Marsalis.
The CNSO also often records film scores and has collaborated several times with legendary film composer Ennio Morricone. The group was heard on the soundtrack of The Hateful Eight (2015), the Quentin Tarantino-directed Western that brought Morricone his first Academy Award. The CNSO has been heard on several major Swedish pop albums, and in 2003, it presented (in Leipzig, Germany) the first orchestral concert outside Japan of music written for video games. In addition to the Pešek Mahler cycle, the orchestra often records for the Naxos label, with a particular specialty in the music of composer Zdeněk Fibich. In 2019, the orchestra released the album Tony Banks: 5 on Naxos.
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Drei haselnüsse für aschenbrödel (Original score)
Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Jan Chalupecky
Pop - Erschienen bei SUPRAPHON a.s. am 19.10.2018
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Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage (Music from the 50th Anniversary Concert Tour)
Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Justin Freer
Klassik - Erschienen bei Cineconcerts Records am 01.04.2016
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Freedom over Everything
Vince Mendoza, Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Jazz - Erschienen bei Modern Recordings am 02.07.2021
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Fibich: Symphonic Poems
Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Štilec, Marek
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 30.06.2014
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Pasquale Anfossi Sinfonie & Ouverture
Alessandro Fabrizi, Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Concerto Classics am 02.12.2022
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Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor,
Steven Mercurio, Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei The Audiophile Society am 10.03.2024
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Music from the Fleisher Collection, Vol. 4
Paul Freeman, Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Albany Records am 01.01.2004
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Georgia Shreve: Lavinia and Anna Komnene - Courageous Women of Antiquity
Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Steven Mercurio
Oper - Erschienen bei MSR Classics am 29.04.2022
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John Williams: Movie Magic
Steven Mercurio, Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Soundtracks - Erschienen bei The Audiophile Society am 16.06.2023
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Death & Transfiguration, Metamorphosen
Steven Mercurio, Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei The Audiophile Society am 15.07.2022
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Oeuvres orchestrales (Volume 2)
Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Irvin Venyš, Marek Stilec
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 06.01.2014
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Freedom Over Everything (feat. Black Thought) (James Poyser & Stro Elliot Remix)
Vince Mendoza, Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Jazz - Erschienen bei Modern Recordings am 03.09.2021
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Three Nuts for Cinderella (Original Score)
Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Jan Chalupecky
Pop - Erschienen bei SUPRAPHON a.s. am 19.10.2018
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3
Stewart Goodyear, Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Heiko-Mathias Forster
Klassik - Erschienen bei Steinway and Sons am 14.04.2015
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Freedom over Everything (feat. Black Thought) (Edit Version)
Vince Mendoza, Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Jazz - Erschienen bei Modern Recordings am 07.05.2021
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Tone Poems (Leo Sowerby)
Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Cedille Records am 01.01.1997
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Vorisek: Symphony in D Major / Mass in B-Flat Major
Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Cedille am 01.01.2000
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Oeuvres orchestrales (Volume 1)
Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Marek Stilec
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 01.04.2013
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Concertos pour hautbois du XXè siècle
Alex Klein, Daniela Kosinova, Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman
Klassik - Erschienen bei Cedille am 01.01.2000
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Carl Davis: The Great Gatsby
Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Carl Davis
Klassik - Erschienen bei Carl Davis Collection am 05.02.2021
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X Gon' Give It to Ya (Re-Recorded - Orchestral Version)
DMX, Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Hip-Hop/Rap - Erschienen bei X-Ray Records am 02.12.2022
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