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Release Date: 05/27/2008 Label: Supraphon Catalog #: 3944 Spars Code: n/a Composer: Benjamin Britten, Vaclav Dobias, Viktor Kalabis, Ilja Hurník, Seidl, Ivan Jirko, Petr Eben, Pavel Borkovec, Jan Kapr, Julius Kalas Performer: Eric Shilling, Václav Snítil, Vikterie Svihllikova, Frantisek Rauch, Jan Soumar, Géza Novák Conductor: Karel Ancerl Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Singers Chorus, Kuhn Children's Chorus, Prague Radio Chorus
Number of Discs: 4 |
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| On the occasion of the centenary of the birth of the conductor Karel Ancerl the “final word” remains to be said within the Ancerl Gold Edition. The four CDs sum up the work of Ancerl’s contemporaries, with the exception of Britten’s “The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra”, that of Czech composers. The set bears unprecedented witness to the 1950s and 1960s, the period when the Communist powers decided on taste and composition trends, and when the criterion for acceptance or rejection of a work was its “mass appeal” and the degree of consonance with the “Socialist Realism” style. The excellent Czech Philharmonic Orchestra with its internationally sought-after conductor is here involuntarily in the services of propagandist kitsch (Dobiáš’s cantata “Build Up Your Country to Reinforce the Peace”, Kapr’s panegyric cantata “In the Soviet Country”). However, concurrently originating were also a number of recordings of remarkable works by composers who were able to withstand ideological pressures. Alongside folklore inspiration (evident, for example, in the ballet “Ondráš” by Ilja Hurník and Seidl’s oboe concerto), neoclassical influences and “genetic” linkages to the work of Janácek, Dvorák, Suk and Novák were still palpable, while also present was the seeking of a singular and contemporary musical language (Eben, Borkovec, Kalabis). Paradoxically, today’s young composers could envy their counterparts of half a century ago – many a time their compositions experienced paramount concert performance and recording within a short time from the last note drying out in the score. The 4 CD set mapping the post-February 1948 Czech compositional scene rounds off the Ancerl Gold Edition – a testimony of an epoch of our modern musical history. | |||||
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Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 by Benjamin Britten |
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Performer:
Eric Shilling (Narrator)
Conductor: Karel Ancerl Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1946; England |
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Date of Recording: 1946 |
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Build your country, strengthen peace by Vaclav Dobias |
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Conductor:
Karel Ancerl
Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Singers Chorus, Kuhn Children's Chorus Period: 20th Century Written: 1950 |
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Date of Recording: 5/24/1951 |
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Concerto for Violin no 1, Op. 17 by Viktor Kalabis |
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Performer:
Václav Snítil (Violin)
Conductor: Karel Ancerl Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1959; Czech Republic |
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Date of Recording: 1962 |
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The Four Seasons by Ilja Hurník |
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Conductor:
Karel Ancerl
Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century |
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Date of Recording: 1954 |
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Ondras by Ilja Hurník |
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Conductor:
Karel Ancerl
Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century |
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Date of Recording: 1956 |
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Concerto for Oboe by Seidl |
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Conductor:
Karel Ancerl
Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century |
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Date of Recording: 1956 |
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Concerto for Piano no 3 by Ivan Jirko |
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Performer:
Vikterie Svihllikova (Piano)
Conductor: Karel Ancerl Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1957-1958 |
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Date of Recording: 1961 |
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Concerto for Piano by Petr Eben |
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Performer:
Frantisek Rauch (Piano)
Conductor: Karel Ancerl Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1960-1961 |
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Date of Recording: 1/1963 |
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Symphony no 2 by Pavel Borkovec |
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Conductor:
Karel Ancerl
Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1955 |
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Date of Recording: 1957 |
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In the Soviet Land by Jan Kapr |
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Performer:
Jan Soumar (Bass)
Conductor: Karel Ancerl Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Radio Chorus Period: 20th Century |
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Date of Recording: 6/1951 |
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The Nightingale and the Rose by Julius Kalas |
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Performer:
Géza Novák (Flute)
Conductor: Karel Ancerl Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Singers Chorus Period: 20th Century Written: 1956 |
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Date of Recording: 9/12/1960 |
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