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The late, great Czech conductor Jiří Bělohlávek was active until shortly before his death in May of 2017, and record companies have realized the high quality of his recordings of Czech music during his last years and rushed to issue it. This double-CD set from Decca of Leos Janáček's music combines recordings from various sessions, although all were made at the Rudolfinium in Prague, a hall that Bělohlávek knew inside and out. There's nothing here to quite match Bělohlávek's shattering Ma Vlast with the Czech Philharmonic, also issued by Decca in 2018, and at some points in the symphonic poem Taras Bulba, based on Gogol's novel, the Czech Philharmonic strings lack their usual sheen. But all the virtues of Bělohlávek's conducting are on display here: his awesome attention to detail, his deliberate approach and way of making space for the long line, his profound Czech melodies. And you do get a joyous reading of the Sinfonietta, recorded just a few months before the conductor's death. The main attraction, the Glagolitic Mass, is recommended. There are many recordings of this work, one of the few to apply late Romantic idioms to sacred music effectively (the title refers to the alphabet used to write the Old Slavonic text of the mass), but Bělohlávek and the Czech Philharmonic give it great weight and depth. A bonus is the early and underexposed tone poem The Fiddler's child (1912), where you can almost sense Janáček straining to depart from Dvorák's example. Recommended.
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Glagolitic Mass, JW 3/9 (Leoš Janáček)
Leos Janácek, Composer - Jirí Belohlávek, Conductor - Czech Philharmonic, Orchestra
℗ 2018 Czech Philharmonic
Leos Janácek, Composer - Jirí Belohlávek, Conductor - Czech Philharmonic, Orchestra - Hibla Gerzmava, Soprano
℗ 2018 Czech Philharmonic
Leos Janácek, Composer - Jirí Belohlávek, Conductor - Czech Philharmonic, Orchestra - Prague Philharmonic Choir - Stuart Neill, Tenor - Hibla Gerzmava, Soprano
℗ 2018 Czech Philharmonic
Leos Janácek, Composer - Jirí Belohlávek, Conductor - Czech Philharmonic - Prague Philharmonic Choir - Stuart Neill, Tenor - Jan Martiník, Bass
℗ 2018 Czech Philharmonic
Leos Janácek, Composer - Jirí Belohlávek - Prague Philharmonic Choir - Stuart Neill, Tenor - Hibla Gerzmava, Soprano - Czech Philharmonic - Jan Martiník, Bass - Veronika Hajnová, Mezzo-Soprano
℗ 2018 Czech Philharmonic
Leos Janácek, Composer - Jirí Belohlávek - Prague Philharmonic Choir - Stuart Neill, Tenor - Hibla Gerzmava, Soprano - Czech Philharmonic, Orchestra - Jan Martiník, Bass - Veronika Hajnová, Mezzo-Soprano
℗ 2018 Czech Philharmonic
Leos Janácek, Composer - Ales Barta, Organ
℗ 2018 Czech Philharmonic
Leos Janácek, Composer - Jirí Belohlávek, Conductor - Czech Philharmonic, Orchestra
℗ 2018 Czech Philharmonic
Sinfonietta, JW 6/18 (Leoš Janáček)
Leos Janácek, Composer - Jirí Belohlávek, Conductor - Czech Philharmonic, Orchestra
℗ 2018 Czech Philharmonic
Leos Janácek, Composer - Jirí Belohlávek, Conductor - Czech Philharmonic, Orchestra
℗ 2018 Czech Philharmonic
Leos Janácek, Composer - Jirí Belohlávek, Conductor - Czech Philharmonic, Orchestra
℗ 2018 Czech Philharmonic
Leos Janácek, Composer - Jirí Belohlávek, Conductor - Czech Philharmonic, Orchestra
℗ 2018 Czech Philharmonic
Leos Janácek, Composer - Jirí Belohlávek, Conductor - Czech Philharmonic, Orchestra
℗ 2018 Czech Philharmonic
Taras Bulba, JW 6/15 (Leoš Janáček)
Leos Janácek, Composer - Jirí Belohlávek, Conductor - Czech Philharmonic, Orchestra
℗ 2018 Czech Philharmonic
Leos Janácek, Composer - Jirí Belohlávek, Conductor - Czech Philharmonic, Orchestra
℗ 2018 Czech Philharmonic
Leos Janácek, Composer - Jirí Belohlávek, Conductor - Czech Philharmonic, Orchestra
℗ 2018 Czech Philharmonic
Leos Janácek, Composer - Jirí Belohlávek, Conductor - Czech Philharmonic, Orchestra
℗ 2018 Czech Philharmonic
Album review
The late, great Czech conductor Jiří Bělohlávek was active until shortly before his death in May of 2017, and record companies have realized the high quality of his recordings of Czech music during his last years and rushed to issue it. This double-CD set from Decca of Leos Janáček's music combines recordings from various sessions, although all were made at the Rudolfinium in Prague, a hall that Bělohlávek knew inside and out. There's nothing here to quite match Bělohlávek's shattering Ma Vlast with the Czech Philharmonic, also issued by Decca in 2018, and at some points in the symphonic poem Taras Bulba, based on Gogol's novel, the Czech Philharmonic strings lack their usual sheen. But all the virtues of Bělohlávek's conducting are on display here: his awesome attention to detail, his deliberate approach and way of making space for the long line, his profound Czech melodies. And you do get a joyous reading of the Sinfonietta, recorded just a few months before the conductor's death. The main attraction, the Glagolitic Mass, is recommended. There are many recordings of this work, one of the few to apply late Romantic idioms to sacred music effectively (the title refers to the alphabet used to write the Old Slavonic text of the mass), but Bělohlávek and the Czech Philharmonic give it great weight and depth. A bonus is the early and underexposed tone poem The Fiddler's child (1912), where you can almost sense Janáček straining to depart from Dvorák's example. Recommended.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:40:09
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Jiří Bělohlávek Czech Philharmonic
- Composer: Leoš Janáček
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Classical Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred)
© 2018 Decca Music Group Limited ℗ 2018 Czech Philharmonic
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