Vaclav Smetacek
Conductor Vaclav Smetácek may not be as well known as his contemporaries Rafael Kubelik or Vaclav Neumann, but he was one of the most conspicuous influential Czech musicians of the twentieth century. Born in Brno, Smetácek was an oboe player and founded the Prague Wind Quintet in 1928 and maintained his membership in that renowned chamber group until his retirement in 1955. His conducting career began in radio in 1933, leading what would become the Prague Symphony Orchestra in a number of radio concerts and in the making of soundtracks for motion pictures. In 1942, the Prague Radio Symphony moved into the position of being a full-fledged civic orchestra, and Smetácek was named its first conductor; he held onto this position until 1972. Afterward, he frequently appeared as a guest conductor until shortly before his death at age 79 in 1986. Smetácek was a very prolific recording artist and an expert in Czech music of all kinds, but he also recorded Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, and many others, as well, most of it very skillfully and all of it for the Czech state labels Supraphon and Panton.
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R. Strauss: Medley of Waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier - J. Strauss II: Straussiana (Mono Version)
Orchestre de l'opéra d'état de Vienne, Vaclav Smetacek, Hans Swarowsky
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1959
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F. Ad. Míča: Concertino notturno (Mono Version)
Josef Suk, Symfonický orchestr hlavního města Prahy FOK, Vaclav Smetacek
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1959
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Suites du Coq d'or et de La légende de la ville invisible de Kitège (Mono Version)
Symfonický orchestr hlavního města Prahy FOK, Vaclav Smetacek
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1961
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Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2, Hob. VIIb:2 (Mono Version)
Sasa Vectomov, Symfonický orchestr hlavního města Prahy FOK, Vaclav Smetacek
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1959
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Brahms: Danses hongroises Nos. 2, 5, 6 & 7 (Mono Version)
Vaclav Smetacek, Symfonický orchestr hlavního města Prahy FOK
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1959
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival, Op. 36 (Mono Version)
Vaclav Smetacek, Symfonický orchestr hlavního města Prahy FOK
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1961
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Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Mono Version)
Marina Slezarjeva, Vaclav Smetacek, Symfonický orchestr hlavního města Prahy FOK
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1957
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Schumann: Cello Concerto, Op. 129 (Mono Version)
Bohuš Heran, Vaclav Smetacek, Prague Symphony Orchestra
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1957
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Dvořák: Symphony No. 3 (Stereo Version)
Symfonický orchestr hlavního města Prahy FOK, Vaclav Smetacek
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1962
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Tchaikovsky: Symphonie No. 1, Op. 13 (Mono Version)
Prague Symphony Orchestra, Vaclav Smetacek
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1962
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Předehry (Karel, Burian,Pauer, Nejedlý)
Vaclav Smetacek, Czech Philharmonic
Symphonieorchester - Erschienen bei Supraphon a.s. am 22.02.2019
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Maria Tauberová
Maria Tauberová, Vaclav Smetacek, Prague Symphony Orchestra
Klassik - Erschienen bei Supraphon a.s. am 16.01.2023
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Pavel Vranicky - Jan Dismas Zelenka
Vaclav Smetacek, Symphony Orchestra of Radio Prague
Symphonieorchester - Erschienen bei VMS Musical Treasures am 06.09.2020
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Valses célèbres (Mono Version)
Symfonický orchestr hlavního města Prahy FOK, Vaclav Smetacek
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1962
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Delibes: Suite No. 1 de Coppélia, extraits (Mono Version)
Vaclav Smetacek, Orchestr Smetanova divadla v Praze
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1959
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo