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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DVORAK: Piano Concerto in G minor / BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5, "Emperor"
Jenő Jandó, Stefan Vladar, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Capella Istropolitana, Antoni Wit, Barry Wordsworth
Classical - Released by Naxos on 11 Aug 2000
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Three Symphonies
Classical - Released by Digital Masterworks on 1 Oct 2021
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Così Fan Tutte (From "Better Call Saul")
Capella Istropolitana, L'Orchestra Cinematique
Film Soundtracks - Released by MD Digital Classical on 20 Mar 2015
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: German Dances - Minuets - Country Waltzes
Classical - Released by Digital Masterworks on 1 Oct 2021
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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21, Violin Concerto No. 2 & Serenade No. 13
Musica Viva Academic Chamber Orchestra Moscow, Moscow Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Capella Istropolitana
Classical - Released by Firefly Entertainment on 1 Jun 2013
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Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5, Divertimento in F and Divertimento No. 7
Moscow Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Capella Istropolitana
Classical - Released by Firefly Entertainment on 1 Jun 2013
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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453 (Live) - EP
Capella Istropolitana, Pawel Przytocki, Christoph Soldan
Classical - Released by Josef-Stefan Kindler and Andreas Otto Grimminger on 1 Aug 2002
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Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 1-4 / Rondo in E Flat Major
Milos Stevove, Capella Istropolitana, Jozef Kopelman
Classical - Released by Amadis on 14 Sep 1999
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MOZART: Serenade No. 9, 'Posthorn' / Notturno
Hans Gansch, Capella Istropolitana, Martin Turnovsky
Classical - Released by Naxos on 15 Mar 1990
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Dvořák: His Life In Music
Classical - Released by Naxos Special Projects on 15 Nov 2011
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Beyond Bach – other music from his time
Concertos - Released by Naxos Special Projects on 20 Mar 2012
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BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5 / Piano Sonata No. 15
Stefan Vladar, Jenő Jandó, Capella Istropolitana, Barry Wordsworth
Keyboard Concertos - Released by Naxos on 12 Apr 1990
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Asenjo: Odyssey (The) / Resonances / A Throw of the Dice
Capella Istropolitana, Kirk Trevor
Classical - Released by Albany on 1 Jan 2000
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Открытка из прошлого
Latvian Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Camerata Labacensis, Capella Istropolitana
International Pop - Released by Music Manager on 24 May 2017
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Postcard from the Past
Latvian Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Camerata Labacensis, Capella Istropolitana
International Pop - Released by Music Manager on 24 May 2017
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