ALBUMMozart: Serenade in E-Flat Major, K 375, Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat Major, K 191/186eKarel Bidlo, Karel Ančerl, Pražské dechové komorní sdružení & Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
ALBUMSmetana: The Bartered BrideBedřich Smetana, Zdeněk Košler & Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
ALBUMR. Schumann: Complete SymphoniesCzech Philharmonic Orchestra & Lawrence Foster
ALBUMDvořák: Requiem, Biblical Songs, Te DeumCzech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jakub Hrůša, Jiří Bělohlávek, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Jan Martiník, Ailyn Pérez, Christianne Stotijn, Michael Spyres & Svatopluk Sem
ALBUMThe Masterpieces, Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37Václav Neumann, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra & Russell Sherman
ALBUMFrench AriasPetr Nekoranec, Christopher Franklin & Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
ALBUMViolin Masterpieces: Josef Suk Plays Beethoven & Mozart (2019 Remaster)Josef Suk, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Konwitschny & Kurt Redel
ALBUMHej RomaleMarko Ivanovic, Ida Kelarovà, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra & Čhavorenge
ALBUMVáclav Riedlbauch: ReminiscenceKocian Quartet, Jan Riedlbauch, Miloslav Klaus, Václav Rabas, Iuventus Paedagogica, Due Boemi di Praga, Collegium Musicum Pragense & Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
ALBUMSmetana: Má VlastJiří Bělohlávek & Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
ALBUMLeoš Janáček: Hospodine, Glagolitic Mass, Diary of One Who DisappearedCzech Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Choir & Václav Neumann
ALBUMTribute to Zdeněk Košler [Smetana, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Bartók…]Zdenek Kosler, Boris Krajny, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra & Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
ALBUMAntonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 7, The Heirs of the White Mountain, Symphonic Poems, Opp. 107, 108, 109, 110 & 111Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Zdenek Kosler, Zdeněk Chalabala & Alois Klima
ALBUMDmitri Shostakovich: The PioneerCzech Philharmonic Orchestra, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Igor Blazhkov & Václav Smetáček
ALBUMRimsky-Korsakov: ScheherazadeBruno Bělčík, Oskar Danon & Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
ALBUMTchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathétique", Romeo & Juliet Fantasy OvertureSemyon Bychkov & Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
ALBUMLeoš Janáček: From the House of the Dead, Amarus & The Cunning Little VixenVáclav Neumann, Vera Soukupova, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra & František Jílek
ALBUMKarl Böhm Conducts Beethoven - Mozart - SchumannEmil Gilels, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra & Karl Böhm
ALBUMDvořákAlisa Weilerstein, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek & Anna Polonsky
ALBUMDvořák: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104Alisa Weilerstein, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek & Anna Polonsky
ALBUMDvořák: Complete Symphonies & ConcertosJiří Bělohlávek, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Garrick Ohlsson, Alisa Weilerstein & Frank Peter Zimmermann
ALBUMThe Art of Leoš JanáčekPro Arte Orchestra, Eduard Haken, Libuse Domaninska, Karel Ančerl, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Singers' Chgorus, Vera Soukupova, Jaroslav Vodrážka, Sir Charles Mackerras & Beno Blachut
ALBUML'art de Karel AncerlKarel Ančerl & Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
ALBUML'Art De Vaclav Talich: Bach, Mozart, Dvorak & TchaikovskySlovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Václav Talich & Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
ALBUMReiner: Cello Concerto - Sonata Brevis - Elegy and Capriccio - VersesZdenek Macal, Sebastian Foron, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra & Matti Raekallio
ALBUMDvorak: Svata LudmilaPrague Philharmonic Chorus, Jiří Bělohlávek, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernarda Fink, Peter Mikuláš, Bambini di Praga, Stanislav Matis, Ales Briscein & Eva Urbanova
ALBUMSlovak SongsKatarína Bachmannová, Gabriela Benackova, Kateřina Englichová, Štefan Margita, Bohumil Gregor & Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
ALBUMAntonio Vivaldi, Leonardo Leo, Ferrucio Busoni & Wilhelm Blodek: ConcertosScarlatti Orchestra Di Napoli, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Giovanni Sisillo, Franco Caracciolo, Karel Hanzl, Václav Smetáček, Giuseppe Peloso, Francesco Ranzani & Unknown Orchestra
ALBUMIgor Stravinsky: The Firebird, Symphony in C Major, The Wedding, L'Histoire du soldat, Three Pieces & Concertino for String Quartet, Shakespeare SongsCzech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Václav Neumann, Zdenek Kosler & Tokyo String Quartet
ALBUMBohuslav Martinu: Concerto for Two Strings Orchestras, Piano and Trimpani “Double Concerto” / Three FrescosCzech Philharmonic Orchestra
More than most orchestras, the Czech Philharmonic has been buffeted by the changing political and economic fortunes of its native country. From the outset, though, its artistic credentials were high. The orchestra’s first concert in 1896 was conducted by the great Czech composer Antonin Dvořák, and in 1908 Gustav Mahler led it in the premiere of his Seventh Symphony. The key figure in the Philharmonic’s development was, however, Czech conductor Václav Talich. From the founding of the Czech Republic in 1918, Talich’s 22 years as chief conductor raised the orchestra to international prominence, developing its trademark blend of burnished tone and vibrant rhythmic flexibility. World War Two brought predictable upheaval, the Philharmonic at one point being forced to play in Germany by the Nazi authorities. Another outstanding Czech conductor, Rafael Kubelík, led the Philharmonic through the immediate postwar period, before defecting in 1948 following the Communist takeover of the government. The Velvet Revolution restored democracy in 1989, since when the Philharmonic has gradually rebuilt its financial and artistic position. The Russian-born Semyon Bychkov became chief conductor in 2018: his acclaimed recordings of symphonies by Tchaikovsky and Mahler have confirmed the Czech Philharmonic’s status as one of the world’s leading orchestras.
Hometown
Prague, Czech Republic
Genre
Classical
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