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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Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4-6
Capella Istropolitana, Bohdan Warchal
Concertos - Released by Naxos on 19 Oct 2016
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Italian Concerti Grossi
Capella Istropolitana, Jaroslav Krcek
Classical - Released by Naxos on 23 Feb 1994
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Christmas Concertos
Capella Istropolitana, Jiri Stivin, Jaroslav Krcek
Classical - Released by Naxos on 20 Nov 1991
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The Essentials: Mozart
Classical - Released by Unclassified on 29 Apr 2016
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Baroque Favourites
Capella Istropolitana, Alexander Jablokov, Jozef Cejka, Richard Edlinger
Classical - Released by Naxos on 30 Jun 1988
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Baroque Festival
Capella Istropolitana, Richard Edlinger
Classical - Released by Naxos on 15 Jun 1989
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BERCEUSE - MUSIC OF PEACE AND CALM
Classical - Released by Naxos on 26 May 1999
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Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3 and 5
Takako Nishizaki, Capella Istropolitana, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Classical - Released by Naxos on 29 Dec 1990
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Concerti Grossi, Vol. 1
Classical - Released by Naxos on 4 Feb 1997
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Mozart: Operatic Arias and Duets
Donna Robin, Andrea Martin, Vienna Mozart Orchestra, Konrad Leitner, Capella Istropolitana, Johannes Wildner
Opera - Released by Naxos on 19 Dec 1990
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MOZART: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2
Takako Nishizaki, Capella Istropolitana, Johannes Wildner
Violin Concertos - Released by Naxos on 6 Nov 1990
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Takako Nishizaki, Capella Istropolitana, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Classical - Released by Unclassified on 3 Mar 2017
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Fånga dagen
Classical - Released by Carpe Diem (Sweden) on 15 Mar 2011
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Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 40, 28 and 31
Capella Istropolitana, Barry Wordsworth
Classical - Released by Naxos on 15 Oct 1988
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Concerti Grossi Op. 1, Nos. 1- 6
Capella Istropolitana, Jaroslav Krcek
Classical - Released by Naxos on 29 Apr 1996
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ADAGIO - The Ultimate Collection
Classical - Released by Naxos on 24 Feb 2009
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MANFREDINI: Concerti Grossi Op. 3, Nos. 1-12
Classical - Released by Naxos on 17 Aug 1999
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Italian Baroque Favourites
Classical - Released by Naxos on 24 Jun 1996
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Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D Major, Hob. I:104 "London"
Capella Istropolitana, Barry Wordsworth
Classical - Released by Naxos Special Projects on 1 Jun 2015
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Bach, C.P.E.: Hamburg Sinfonias Nos. 1 - 6, Wq. 182
Classical - Released by Naxos on 22 Apr 1997
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