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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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Classical - Released by Digital Masterworks on 25 Apr 2023
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Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op.55
Libor Pešek, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by NEW WORLD CLASSIC (LC 95656) on 21 Jul 2023
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J. Strauss, Jr: The Waltz King
Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by Digital Masterworks on 31 Mar 2023
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Peer gynt - au temps des holberg
Classical - Released by Music square on 6 Jan 2007
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SCHUBERT: Romantic Schubert (The)
Classical - Released by Naxos on 20 Jun 1996
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Mozart: Requiem in D minor, for Solo Voices, Choir, Orchestra and Organ
Classical - Released by Digital Masterworks on 2 Jun 2023
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Alphorn Concertos
Jozsef Molnar, Miroslav Kral, Capella Istropolitana, Urs Schneider, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by Naxos on 13 May 1991
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B.O. de Films 2006
Classical - Released by Naxos on 20 Jun 2006
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DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 / Symphonic Variations
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Classical - Released by Naxos on 1 Apr 1990
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MENDELSSOHN / BRUCH: Violin Concertos
Mariko Honda, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Keith Clark
Classical - Released by Naxos on 1 Jan 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 - Released by PMI Collins Classics on 1 Feb 2019
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Brahms' Second & Third Symphonies: Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D · Symphony No. 3 in F
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, "Scottish" - The Hebrides - Meeresstille Und Gluckliche Fahrt
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra and Oliver von Dohnányi
Classical - Released by SMOOTH CLASSICAL on 23 Dec 2016
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Invitation to the Dance
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra, Salzburg Consort
Classical - Released by Blaricum CD Company (B.C.D.) B.V. on 9 Jul 2014
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Grieg: "From Holberg's Time" Suite in G Major, Op. 40 (Digitally Remastered)
Classical - Released by EMG Classical on 6 Aug 2013
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Ouvertüren
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Béla Drahos
Classical - Released by Naxos on 1 Jan 1995
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BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 / SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Halasz
Classical - Released by Naxos on 5 Apr 1995
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Respighi: Sinfonia Drammatica
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Nazareth
Classical - Released by Marco-Polo on 31 Dec 1986
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Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 "Organ Symphony"; Carnival of the Animals
Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by Blaricum CD Company (B.C.D.) B.V. on 13 Jan 2014
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Romance in F Minor for Violin and Orchestra
Mikhail Pochekin, Daniel Raiskin, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Released by haenssler CLASSIC on 22 Dec 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 - Released by Naxos on 2 Feb 1993
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