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« Reply #150 on: August 23, 2015, 05:17:37 pm »

Ilja Hurník

Musica da Camera

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/6or5m0tvpdzlr8q/Hurnik_Musica_da_camera.m4a

Prague Chamber Soloists, Eduard Fischer

1. Allegro Risoluto
2. Andante
3. Prestissimo con brio
4. Polka Allegretto
5. Allegro Drammatico
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« Reply #151 on: August 29, 2015, 10:03:13 pm »

Pavel Bořkovec

String Quartet No 1

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/u8hc7a51yba9782/Borkovec_Quartet_1.m4a

Vlach Quartet
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« Reply #152 on: September 01, 2015, 01:12:18 pm »

Karel Husa- Concerto for Orchestra

From the collection of Karl Miller

http://www.mediafire.com/download/n5c442e7l299ieq/Husa.zip

Concerto for Orchestra
Cadence
Interlude I
Fantasy
In Memoriam
Interlude II
Game




New York Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta, conductor
 


Biography from Music Sales Classical
Karel Husa
Born: 1921
Nationality: American
Publisher: AMP
Karel Husa, winner of the 1993 Grawemeyer Award and the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Music, is an internationally known composer and conductor. An American citizen since 1959, Husa was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, on August 7, 1921. After completing studies at the Prague Conservatory and, later, the Academy of Music, he went to Paris where he received diplomas from the Paris National Conservatory and the Ecole normale de musique. Among his teachers were Arthur Honegger, Nadia Boulanger, Jaroslav Ridky, and conductor Andre Cluytens. In 1954, Husa was appointed to the faculty of Cornell University where he was Kappa Alpha Professor until his retirement in 1992. He was elected Associate Member of the Royal Belgian Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1974 and has received honorary degrees of Doctor of Music from several institutions, including Coe College, the Cleveland Institute of Music, Ithaca College, and Baldwin Wallace College.

Among numerous honors, Husa has received a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation; awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, UNESCO, and the National Endowment for the Arts; Koussevitzky Foundation commissions; the Czech Academy for the Arts and Sciences Prize; the Czech Medal of Merit, First Class, from President Vaclav Havel; and the Lili Boulanger award. Recordings of his music have been issued on CBS Masterworks, Vox, Everest, Louisville, CRI, Orion, Grenadilla, and Phoenix Records, among others. Husa's String Quartet No. 3 received the 1969 Pulitzer Prize, and his Cello Concerto the 1993 Grawemeyer Award. Music for Prague 1968, with over 7000 performances worldwide, has become part of the modern repertory.

On February 13, 1990, Husa realized a long-time dream when he conducted the orchestral version of Music for Prague 1968 in Prague. Another well-known work of his, Apotheosis of This Earth, is called by Husa a "manifest" against pollution and destruction. Among other works, Husa has composed The Trojan Women, a ballet commissioned by the Louisville Ballet and Orchestra; Recollections for Wind Quintet and Piano, commissioned to celebrate the 200th anniversary of friendly relations between the United States and Holland and premiered in October 1982 at the Library of Congress in Washington DC; and Concerto for Wind Ensemble, performed in December 1982 and recipient of the first Sudler prize in 1983.

Some of Husa's more recent works include: Cheetah, premiered in March 2007 by the University of Louisville Wind Symphony in a set of performances that included Carnegie Hall; Les Couleurs Fauves, premiered in 1996 by the Northwestern University Wind Ensemble; Violin Concerto (1993), commissioned for the 150th Anniversary of the New York Philharmonic and premiered by concertmaster Glenn Dicterow; String Quartet No. 4 (1991), commissioned for the consortium of Colorado, Alard, and Blair Quartets by the National Endowment for the Arts; Concerto for Orchestra (1986), commissioned by the New York Philharmonic and Zubin Mehta; and two works premiered during the 1987-1988 season, Concerto for Organ, commissioned by the Michelson-Morley Centennial Celebration in Cleveland for Karel Paukert, and Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra, commissioned by the Chicago Symphony for Adolph Herseth and Sir Georg Solti.

Karel Husa has conducted many major orchestras including those in Paris, London, Prague, Zurich, Hong Kong, Singapore, New York, Boston, and Washington. Among numerous recordings including his own works, he made the first European disc of Bartók's Miraculous Mandarin with the Centi Soli Orchestra in Paris. Every year, Husa visits university campuses to guest-conduct and lecture on his music. He has conducted in all 50 American states. Recent publications include Five Poems for Wind Quintet (50483459) and Sonatina for Flute and Piano (50485074).
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« Reply #153 on: October 14, 2015, 06:21:54 pm »

Czech music for winds

Jiří Jaroch - Metamorphoses for 12 winds

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/odaowfyst2l35sr/Jaroch-Metamorphoses.m4a

Chamber Harmony ensemble

Ivan Jirko - Sonata for 14 winds and timpani

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/vyjecfokajibx96/Jirko-sonata.m4a

1. Andante
2. Allegro con brio
3. Andante - allegro assai

Czech Phil. Wind Instruments Ensemble, cond. Vladimir Černý

Karel Janeček - Grand Symposium, chamber music for 15 solists


http://www.mediafire.com/listen/01md0lv7604ln5l/KJanacek-Symposium.m4a

1. Introduction
2. Stories
3. Meditation
4. To action


Czech Phil. Wind Instruments Ensemble, cond. Vladimir Černý

From Panton  11 0301 LP
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« Reply #154 on: October 27, 2015, 12:35:53 am »

A live video broadcast of the opera Moses und Aron by the Bohemian composer Arnold Schönberg. This is the version in two acts, as he left it after 1932. The staging here is done by a Frenchman and I doubt it has much to do with what the composer intended. It is sung in German, with French subtitles.

Synopsis:
Time: Thirteenth century B.C.
Place: Egypt and the desert.

Act 1
Moses, in the presence of the burning bush, reluctantly receives from God the order to become a prophet and free Israel from bondage in Egypt. Moses asks to be spared such a task, he is old and though he can think, he cannot speak. God assures him that he will put words in his heart and orders him to find his brother Aron.

In the desert Moses greets Aron, who will have to serve as his spokesman, explaining his difficult ideas in terms the people can understand. Soon they start misunderstanding each other: Moses assures him that love is the key to unlocking this mystery, but Aron praises God for hearing prayers and receiving offerings. Moses cautions that the purification of one's own thinking is the only reward to be expected from tributes.

In the Israelite community there are many who claim to have seen God in different manifestations. A young couple discusses Moses' having been chosen to lead the Israelites. The elders are afraid that because he killed an Egyptian guard, bringing retribution on his people, he will get them into further trouble. One man expresses hope that the new idea of a single God will prove stronger than Egypt's multiple gods, stronger than Pharaoh's grip. The people reiterate this hope, looking at the arriving Moses and Aron, who keep changing roles so that it is difficult to distinguish one from the
other. Trying to explain how God can be perceived only within oneself, Moses grows frustrated by Aron's glibness, which seems to weaken his idea. Aron defies Moses, seizing his rod and throwing it down, whereupon it turns into a serpent; this, says Aron, shows how a rigid idea can be made flexible. The people wonder how this new God can help them against Pharaoh's might. Aron shows them another wonder: Moses' hand, which appears leprous, is healed when he places it over his heart, wherein God dwells. The people now believe God will strengthen their own hands: they will throw off their shackles and escape into the wilderness, where Moses says purity of thought will provide the only sustenance they need. Pouring Nile water, which appears to change into blood, Aron interprets the sign, saying they will no longer sweat blood for the Egyptians but will be free. When the water appears clear again, Aron says Pharaoh will drown in it. Promised a land of milk and honey, the people pledge their allegiance to this new God.

Act 2
INTERLUDE. Moses has been gone for forty days and the people are left in the desert waiting. Unnerved by his long absence, the people wonder whether God and Moses have abandoned them.

At the foot of the mountain, Aron, a priest and a group of elders wonder why Moses has been gone so long, as licentiousness and disorder prevail among the people. Aron assures them that once Moses has assimilated God's intent, he will present it in a form the people can grasp. To the anxious people who flock to him for advice, however, he admits that Moses may have defected or be in danger. Seeing them unruly and ready to kill their priests, Aron tries to calm them by giving them back their other gods: he will let them have an image they can worship. A golden calf is set up and offerings are brought, including self-sacrifices at the altar. An emaciated youth who protests the false image is killed by tribal leaders. Priests sacrifice four virgins, and the people, who have been drinking and dancing, turn wild and orgiastic. When they have worn themselves out, and many have fallen asleep, a lookout sees Moses returning from the mountain. Destroying the golden calf, Moses demands an accounting from Aron, who justifies his indulgence of the people by saying that no word had come from Moses. While Moses' love is entirely for his idea of God, Aron says, the people too need his love and cannot survive without it. In despair Moses smashes the tablets of the laws he has brought down from the mountain. Aron denounces him as fainthearted, saying he himself keeps Moses' idea alive by trying to explain it. Led by a pillar of fire in the darkness, which turns to a pillar of cloud by day, the people come forth, encouraged once more to follow God's sign to the Promised Land. Moses distrusts the pillar as another vain image, but Aron says it guides them truly. As Aron joins the people in their exodus, Moses feels defeated. By putting words and images to what cannot be expressed, Aron has falsified Moses' absolute perception of God, lamenting that he lacks the capability to speak.

[Act 3 - not composed: Aron is put under arrest, accused of fostering idle hopes with his imagery such as that of the Promised Land. Aron insists that Moses' word would mean nothing to the people unless interpreted in terms they can understand. Moses declares that such sophistry will win the people's allegiance to the imagery and not God; by misrepresenting the true nature of God, Aron keeps leading the people back into the wilderness. When Moses tells the soldiers to let Aron go free, Aron falls dead. Even in the wilderness, Moses says, the people will reach their destined goal — unity with God.]

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File name:  "Moses und Aron [1932] - Schönberg.mp4"

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Duration:  two hours four minutes

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« Reply #155 on: November 06, 2015, 07:22:14 pm »

Music of Vitezslava Kaprálová


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http://www.mediafire.com/download/2bgp8p59ibuygyu/kapralova.zip

Partita for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 29 (1939)
Jindrich Duras, piano
Plzensky roshlasovy orchestr/Josef Blacky
Source LP: Supraphon 119174BG

For Ever; What is my Sorrow? Hands; The Letter
Jill Gomez, soprano
John Constable, piano
[15 APril 1988]

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« Reply #156 on: November 06, 2015, 07:26:22 pm »

Bohuslav Martinu: Magic Nights

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Daniela Sounova, soprano
Prague RSO/Bostock
[24 September 1990]
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« Reply #157 on: November 06, 2015, 07:33:03 pm »

Milos Sokola: Variations on a Theme by Kapralova


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Prague National Theater Orchestra
Jaroslav Krombholic, conductor
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« Reply #158 on: November 06, 2015, 07:37:44 pm »

Klement Slavicky: Rhapsodic Variations for Orchestra



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Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Karel Anceri, conductor
Supraphon SUA 10056

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« Reply #159 on: May 01, 2016, 10:54:24 am »

Jiří Jaroch Symphony No 2

http://www.mediafire.com/download/yao44n47ei3e4p5/Jaroch_Symphony_No_2.mp3

Czech RSO cond. Alois Klima

From a mono LP in the Musica Nova Bohemica series by Supraphon
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« Reply #160 on: May 07, 2016, 10:03:08 pm »

Jiří Jaroch The Old Man and the Sea

http://www.mediafire.com/download/rl6335i2uw02gqg/The_Old_Man_and_the_Sea.mp3

Czech RSO cond. Alois Klima
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« Reply #161 on: December 04, 2018, 07:58:03 pm »

Vladimir Soukup (1930-2012)

Cello Concerto (1972)
I. Allegro ma non troppo II. Adagio III. Allegro con fuoco
Michaela Fukacova (cello), Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Vronsky

Supraphon LP

https://www.mediafire.com/file/jikqsaexc8q99ow/Soukup_Cello_Concerto_%281972%29___I._Allegro_ma_non_troppo_II._Adagio_III._Allegro_con_fuoco.m4a/file
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« Reply #162 on: December 30, 2018, 11:44:17 pm »

As requested, re-upload of Josef Matej Symphony No.3 "Sinfonia Drammatica", Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra(Josef Hrncir)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/1g6062o1eouc0xn/matej_sym3.wav/file
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« Reply #163 on: January 02, 2019, 11:37:21 am »

Jiří Jaroch – The Old Man And The Sea (Symphonic Poem After Ernest Hemingway) (1960)

Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alois Klíma, released on LP by Supraphon in 1965.
Ogg Vorbis 224 kbps stereo recording from the broadcast on CRo (Czech Radio) D-dur classical music station.

http://k007.kiwi6.com/hotlink/vp4siu8uzs/Jaroch_Jiri_-_The_Old_Man_and_the_Sea.ogg

Jiří Jaroch The Old Man and the Sea

http://www.mediafire.com/download/rl6335i2uw02gqg/The_Old_Man_and_the_Sea.mp3

Czech RSO cond. Alois Klima
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« Reply #164 on: February 05, 2019, 09:44:57 pm »

Eduard Nápravník (1839-1916)

Mazurka for orchestra

Plzeňský rozhlasový orchestr, Josef Blacký

recorded 1980

https://musicforeveryone.createaforum.com/downloads/eduard-napravnik-(1839-1916-russia-czech)-mazurka/

from Czech Radio archives

(I have no idea if this is from one of his operas, or a stand-alone piece.  I am posting this in both the Czech and the Russian folders.)

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