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: The Nutcracker & Swan Lake Suites
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Halasz
Classica - Pubblicato da Naxos il 1 ago 2006
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Ballet Music - 50 of the Best
Classica - Pubblicato da Naxos Special Projects il 1 ago 2012
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Classic for You: Träumerei
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Bohdan Warchal
Classica - Pubblicato da Bella Musica Edition il 24 mag 2013
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Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 "Organ Symphony"- Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 7
Classica - Pubblicato da Digital Masterworks il 4 apr 2023
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Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
Seattle Symphony, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz, Zdenek Kosler
Classica - Pubblicato da Unclassified il 9 giu 2017
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Classical Music at the Movies: Sci-Fi, Thrillers & Suspense
Musiche per il cinema - Pubblicato da Naxos Special Projects il 15 mag 2012
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Tchaikovsky: Nussknacker-Suite - Klavierkonzert No. 1
The London Festival Orchestra, Alberto Lizzio, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Bystrík Režucha
Musica sinfonica - Pubblicato da Bella Musica Edition il 1 gen 1991
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Wagner, R.: Orchestral Highlights From Operas
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Halasz
Classica - Pubblicato da Naxos il 6 ott 1988
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Russian Fireworks
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Hayman, Kenneth Jean, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Michael Halasz
Classica - Pubblicato da Naxos il 15 mar 1990
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Carmen - L'Arlésienne (suites)
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Anthony Bramall
Classica - Pubblicato da Naxos il 5 feb 1988
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BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 / SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8
Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Edlinger, Michael Halasz
Classica - Pubblicato da Naxos il 1 gen 1989
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Smetana: Swedish Symphonic Poems
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Leos Svarovsky
Classica - Pubblicato da Naxos il 11 gen 2019
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(MOZART A BEETHOVEN)
Bratislava Chamber Ensemble, Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Classica - Pubblicato da Pierre Verany il 1 gen 2010
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Greig's Piano Concerto: Concerto in A Minor for Piano and Orchestra · Suites from "Peer Gynt"
Classica - Pubblicato da Inspired Studios il 2 gen 2019
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Strauss, R.: Also Sprach Zarathustra / Salome's Dance
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Zdenek Kosler
Classica - Pubblicato da Naxos il 15 dic 1988
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Mozart: Requiem in D Minor
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Zdenek Kosler, Magdaléna Hajóssyová and Slovenský filharmonický zbor
Classica - Pubblicato da SMOOTH CLASSICAL il 21 dic 2016
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Beautiful music for bedtime by the world’s greatest composers
Classica - Pubblicato da Naxos il 1 gen 2000
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DVORAK: Slavonic Rhapsodies Op. 45, Nos. 1 - 3
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek, Zdenek Kosler
Classica - Pubblicato da Naxos il 15 gen 1993
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BIZET: Symphony in C Major / L'Arlesienne / Jeux d'Enfants
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Donald Johanos, Anthony Bramall
Classica - Pubblicato da Naxos il 1 gen 1997
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Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 "New World Symphony" (Digitally Remastered)
Classica - Pubblicato da EMG Classical il 9 lug 2013
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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Nazareth
Classica - Pubblicato da Naxos il 19 dic 2016
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