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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Concertos pour violon n°1 et n°4
Misha Keylin, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra, Dennis Burkh, Takuo Yuasa
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 02.12.1999
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Badings: Symphonies Nos. 3, 10 & 14
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, David Porcelijn
Symphonieorchester - Erschienen bei CPO am 27.07.2010
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Ravel: Piano Concerto
Klara Würtz, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar
Klassik - Erschienen bei Brilliant Classics am 15.03.2021
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Lebrun: Oboe Concertos
Nancy Ambrose King, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Jeremy Swerling
Klassik - Erschienen bei Brilliant Classics am 18.03.2003
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Martinů: Violin Concertos
Thomas Albertus Irnberger, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Heiko-Mathias Forster
Klassik - Erschienen bei Gramola Records am 12.10.2018
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Satoh: From the Depth of Silence
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Buckner, Pettr Kotík
Klassik - Erschienen bei Mode Records am 25.05.2004
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John Robertson: Vallarta Suite, Op. 47
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Anthony Armore
Klassik - Erschienen bei Navona am 11.08.2017
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Nielsen: Symphony No. 4
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar
Klassik - Erschienen bei Brilliant Classics am 25.01.2021
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Suite Tchèque
Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra & Theodore Kuchar
Klassik - Erschienen bei Brilliant Classics am 01.04.2006
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Prisma, Vol. 3
Karel Dohnal, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiri Petrdlik, Robert Kružik
Klassik - Erschienen bei Navona am 14.02.2020
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Sentinels
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiri Petrdlik
Klassik - Erschienen bei Navona am 12.06.2020
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John Robertson: Symphony No. 1
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Anthony Armore
Klassik - Erschienen bei Navona am 13.07.2018
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Niblock: Disseminate
Ensemble OCNM, Kontra Trio, Q-O2 Ensemble, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Pettr Kotík
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Mode Records am 09.03.2004
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Tučapský: Violin & Viola Concertos
Vítezslav Kuzník, Pavel Perina, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Petr Vronský, Elli Jaffe
Klassik - Erschienen bei SOMM Recordings am 01.11.2001
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Mark John McEncroe: Live in Ostrava
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Heiko-Mathias Forster, Anthony Armore
Klassik - Erschienen bei Navona am 15.03.2019
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Musical Images: Reflections & Recollections, Vol. 2
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Anthony Armore
Klassik - Erschienen bei Navona am 14.02.2020
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Michael J. Evans: The Adventures of Florian
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Stanislav Vavrinek
Klassik - Erschienen bei Navona am 09.10.2020
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A Connotation of Infinity
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Ravello Records am 22.05.2020
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Mark John McEncroe: Symphonic Suites 1 & 2 – A Medieval Saga
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Anthony Armore
Klassik - Erschienen bei Navona am 11.08.2017
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This Is My Verdi
Amarilli Nizza, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianluca Martinenghi
Oper - Erschienen bei Dynamic am 28.08.2015
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Orchestral Works
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, David Porcelijn
Klassik - Erschienen bei CPO am 01.05.2011
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