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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Smetana: Má Vlast. Complete Orchestral Works
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Brilliant Classics le 10 janv. 2008
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Rachmaninoff : Piano Concerto No.3, Corelli Variations, Piano Sonata No.2
Michael Korstick, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitry Liss
Concertos pour clavier - Paru chez Oehms Classics le 14 sept. 2018
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Suppé: Die Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen (Version Without Narration)
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Dario Salvi
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 23 sept. 2022
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Dvorak: Symphonic Poems & Overtures
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Brilliant Classics le 1 mars 2005
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Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Kakadu Variations - Vořišek: Grand Rondo Concertante
Lobkowicz Trio, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Popelka
Musique concertante - Paru chez RUBICON le 25 mars 2022
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Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Anna Shelest, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Niels Muus
Classique - Paru chez Sorel Classics le 24 juin 2016
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The Moldau
Theodore Kuchar, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Brilliant Classics le 27 juil. 2022
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Badings: Symphonies Nos. 2, 7 and 12
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, David Porcelijn
Classique - Paru chez CPO le 1 janv. 2007
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Dimensions, Vol. 2
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Navona le 11 oct. 2019
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Auber: Overtures, Vol. 5
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Dario Salvi
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 3 déc. 2021
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Foerster: Orchestral Works
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Marek Stilec
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 14 oct. 2022
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Suppé: Mozart – Incidental Music
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Julie Svěcená, Pavel Rybka, Dario Salvi
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 27 mai 2022
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Fibich: Orchestral Works
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Marek Stilec
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 12 juin 2020
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Antonin Dvorak: Serenade for Strings, Op. 22
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Roberta Carpenter
Musique de chambre - Paru chez Zenith Music International le 3 juin 2017
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My Symphonic Poems: Orchestral Images
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Anthony Armore
Classique - Paru chez Navona le 12 oct. 2018
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Smetana: The Moldau - Dvořák: Czech Suite & Nature, Life, Love
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra
Musique symphonique - Paru chez Berlin Classics le 17 mai 2013
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Mark John McEncroe: Dark Clouds in Life
Helen Kennedy, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Anthony Armore
Classique - Paru chez Navona le 10 mars 2017
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 (Live)
Opéra - Paru chez Navona le 20 nov. 2020
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VIEUXTEMPS: Violin Concertos Nos. 2 and 3
Misha Keylin, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Dennis Burkh
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 22 avr. 1997
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Symphonies (Intégrale)
Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra & Theodore Kuchar
Classique - Paru chez Brilliant Classics le 28 févr. 2006
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In Flanders' Fields Vol. 71: Music of August De Boeck
Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Ivo Venkov, Jozef de Beenhouwer
Classique - Paru chez Phaedra le 11 oct. 2011
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