Capella Istropolitana
The Capella Istropolitana is a Bratislava-based chamber orchestra whose activity in the recording studio places it among the most recorded ensembles of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Buyers browsing the bins of a record store or shopping online will find this seemingly ubiquitous ensemble on more than 250 CD releases. Actually, by 2008 the Capella Istropolitana had made over 90 recordings, but many of the performances appear on reissues, often in theme-oriented albums or series, like Cinema Classics (12 volumes), Chill with Bach, Chill with Beethoven, Best of Opera, and many others. But the ensemble is no mere peddler of popular or generic music for quick sale; they have been involved in highly successful Haydn and Mozart projects, and have recorded the Bach Brandenburg Concertos, the five Beethoven piano concertos, and large chunks of the output of Vivaldi, Handel, and others. Their repertory reaches well beyond the Baroque and Classical periods, both on recordings and in concert, taking in works by Brahms, Dvorák, Elgar, Britten, Respighi, Prokofiev, Bartók, Stravinsky, and Barber. Most of their recordings have been issued on the Naxos label, but others have appeared on Erato, Brilliant Classics, Bridge, and Claves.
Established in 1983 by members of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, the Capella Istropolitana has performed under various conductors over the years and has regularly toured Europe, North America, the Far East, New Zealand, and Israel. The ensemble has never had a music director or chief conductor. In its early years it consisted of about 15 players, but eventually augmented its membership to accommodate performances of larger works, like the Beethoven symphonies.
The group's first Bach recordings appeared in the late '80s with general acclaim, and by the early '90s the group had achieved recognition both at home and abroad: in 1991 the Bratislava City Council honored the ensemble with a decree naming it Chamber Orchestra of the City of Bratislava; that same year Naxos began issuing the first CDs in the group's Haydn and Mozart symphony projects.
Throughout the 1990s and the first decade of the new century, the Capella Istropolitana remained extremely active in the recording studio, achieving great popularity with two platinum discs. The group also maintained a busy schedule of concerts, touring the U.S., Canada, and almost every European country. Its 2007 schedule, for instance, included numerous concerts in Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, France, and Switzerland.
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Haydn: Symphonies, Vol. 4 (Nos. 45, 48, 102)
Capella Istropolitana, Barry Wordsworth
Classical - Released by Naxos on 22 Aug 1990
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The Essentials: Greatest Classics, Vol. 1
Classical - Released by Unclassified on 17 Jun 2016
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Bach, J.S.: Violin Concertos, Bwv 1041-1043
Takako Nishizaki, Capella Istropolitana, Alexander Jablokov, Oliver von Dohnanyi
Concertos - Released by Naxos on 12 Apr 1990
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Corelli: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, Nos. 1-6
Anna Holbling, Quido Holbling, Ludovit Kanta, Capella Istropolitana, Daniela Ruso, Jaroslav Krcek
Classical - Released by Naxos on 12 Dec 1990
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50 of the Best: Haydn
Classical - Released by Naxos Special Projects on 15 Nov 2011
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Bach, J.S.: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-3
Capella Istropolitana, Bohdan Warchal
Classical - Released by Naxos on 1 Jan 1985
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Concerti Grossi Op. 1, Nos. 7-12
Capella Istropolitana, Jaroslav Krcek
Classical - Released by Naxos on 5 Jul 1996
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BACH, J.S.: Orchestral Suites Nos. 1-4, BWV 1066-1069
Capella Istropolitana, Jaroslav Dvorak
Classical - Released by Naxos on 1 Jul 1997
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Haydn: Symphonies, Vol. 3 (Nos. 44, 88, 104)
Capella Istropolitana, Barry Wordsworth
Classical - Released by Naxos on 15 Mar 1990
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Haydn: Symphonies, Vol. 2 (Nos. 83, 94, 101)
Capella Istropolitana, Barry Wordsworth
Classical - Released by Naxos on 15 Mar 1989
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Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 25, 32 and 41
Capella Istropolitana, Barry Wordsworth
Classical - Released by Naxos on 30 Jun 1988
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Bach, J.S.: Orchestral Suites Nos. 3-5, Bwv 1068-1070
Capella Istropolitana, Jaroslav Dvorak
Classical - Released by Naxos on 14 Oct 2016
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VIVALDI, A.: 4 Seasons (The) / Concerto alla Rustica (Nishizaki, Gunzenhauser)
Takako Nishizaki, Capella Istropolitana, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Concertos - Released by Naxos on 5 Feb 1988
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HAYDN: Symphonies, Vol. 5 (Nos. 85, 92, 103)
Capella Istropolitana, Barry Wordsworth
Symphonic Music - Released by Naxos on 12 Dec 1990
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Mozart: German Dances
Classical - Released by Naxos on 12 Sep 1990
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Great Classical Symphonies
Classical - Released by Naxos on 26 Mar 2012
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Albinoni / Mozart / Bach: Famous Adagios
Chamber Music - Released by Naxos on 1 Jan 2007
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Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Serenata Notturna - Divertimenti
Capella Istropolitana, Wolfgang Sobotka, Richard Edlinger, Martin Turnovsky
Classical - Released by Naxos on 5 Feb 1988
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Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 1-4 / Rondo in E-Flat Major
Milos Stevove, Capella Istropolitana, Jozef Kopelman
Concertos - Released by Naxos on 22 Dec 2016
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Haydn: Symphonies, Vol. 1 (Nos. 82, 96, 100)
Capella Istropolitana, Barry Wordsworth
Classical - Released by Naxos on 6 Oct 1988
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Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4-6
Capella Istropolitana, Bohdan Warchal
Concertos - Released by Naxos on 19 Oct 2016
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