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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Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony in C minor, Op. 110a
Classique - Paru chez K&K Verlagsanstalt le 1 mai 2011
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A Bride's Guide to Wedding Music for Civil Ceremonies
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 1 mai 2006
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 and 21, "Elvira Madigan"
Peter Lang, Capella Istropolitana, Christoph Eberle
Classique - Paru chez Amadis le 19 déc. 2016
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Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 34, 35 and 39
Capella Istropolitana, Barry Wordsworth
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 1 janv. 1989
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MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 3 / BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D Major
Takako Nishizaki, Capella Istropolitana, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Kenneth Jean
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 10 juil. 1995
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Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232
Capella Istropolitana, Christian Brembeck, Hartmut Elbert and Slovenský filharmonický zbor
Classique - Paru chez SMOOTH CLASSICAL le 21 oct. 2016
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Bach: Air on the G String – Orchestral Suites
Capella Istropolitana, Jaroslav Dvorak
Classique - Paru chez Naxos Special Projects le 14 oct. 2016
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Concerti Grossi, Vol. 2
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 21 août 1998
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A Guided Tour of the Baroque Era, Vol. 4
Classique - Paru chez Naxos Special Projects le 16 avr. 2013
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CLAIR DE LUNE - Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 1 juin 1998
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Serenade ,Eine kleine
Capella Istropolitana, Wolfgang Sobotka, Harald Nerat
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 1 janv. 2007
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HANDEL : The Best of Handel
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 24 févr. 1993
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MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 4 / Sinfonia Concertante
Takako Nishizaki, Capella Istropolitana, Ladislav Kyselak, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Concertos pour violon - Paru chez Naxos le 1 avr. 1990
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SIBELIUS (THE BEST OF)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Capella Istropolitana, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Dong-Suk Kang, Kenneth Schermerhorn, Adrian Leaper
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 2 juin 1997
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MOZART: Tenor Arias
John Dickie, Capella Istropolitana, Johannes Wildner
Opéra - Paru chez Naxos le 11 oct. 1990
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SIBELIUS COLLECTION
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Dong-Suk Kang, Capella Istropolitana, Kenneth Schermerhorn, Adrian Leaper
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 17 mai 1994
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Vivaldi: Wind and Brass Concertos
Jiri Valek, Gabriela Krckova, Miroslav Kejmar, Frantisek Herman, Capella Istropolitana, Jaroslav Krcek
Musique concertante - Paru chez Naxos le 28 mai 1990
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Music For The Millions Vol. 28 - Georg Friedrich Händel
Capella Istropolitana, Bratislava Chamber Orchestra
Pop - Paru chez DA MUSIC-MEDIAPHON le 12 févr. 2010
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Suk / Dvorak: Serenades for Strings
Capella Istropolitana, Jaroslav Krcek
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 1 mars 1991
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Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks / Water Music
Capella Istropolitana, Bohdan Warchal
Classique - Paru chez Naxos le 21 nov. 2016
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