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Digital Audio Effector SONY SDP-1000
Lexicon 480L – Digital Effect System
Digital D-A Converter dCS 900
CEDAR – restoration system
Remastered by Stanislav Sýkora, SR Studio Prague
Executive Producers Jana Gonda & Petr Kadlec & Petr Vít
Supraphon a. s.
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Special Edition
Supraphon is releasing a new series of recordings devoted to
Václav Talich – the legendary chief conductor of the Czech
Philharmonic Orchestra from 1919 to 1941, who created that
ensemble’s specific symphonic sound and established its
worldwide reputation. The seventeen compact discs in the
planned set are assembled primarily from recordings made
for Supraphon with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra from
1948 to 1955 – a period that brought a tragic paradox into
Talich’s life. After the Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia
in February 1948 this great master was not allowed to appear
publicly in the Czech lands. Work with the Slovak Philharmonic
Orchestra in Bratislava from 1949 to 1952 helped him recover
from this shock. Meanwhile, in Prague he was at least allowed
to make occasional recordings with the Czech Philharmonic
Orchestra, but he could not give concerts with the ensemble
until March 1954.
As though in defiance of these absurd and dark days, it is
precisely the recordings from this period that combine Talich’s
supreme mastery with superb playing by the Czech
Philharmonic Orchestra to yield unique artistic creations – and
not only in works of Antonín Dvořák, who is the bestrepresented composer in the Talich edition, but also in music
by Mozart, Smetana, Suk, Janáček, Bach, Tchaikovsky, and
others. Soloists who shared in these recordings include
Mstislav Rostropovich and Sviatoslav Richter among many
other outstanding artists. Some unique recordings in which
Talich speaks during rehearsals with the Czech Philharmonic
Orchestra will be released here for the first time. Each compact
disc will be accompanied by reproductions of photographs
and documents from Talich’s archive.
This set of recordings by Václav Talich will confirm that he was
one of the greatest conductors of the twentieth century, and
provide exceptional encounters with treasures of Czech
interpretational art.
2005
1
SU 3821-2 Dvořák Slavonic Dances Opp. 46 & 72 (B 83 & B 147)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
2
SU 3822-2 Smetana Czech Song /Česká píseň/
Suk A Fairy Tale – concert suite from ‘Radúz a Mahulena’, Op. 16
Novák Moravian-Slovak Suite
Prague Philharmonic Choir, Jan Kühn, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
3
SU 3823-2 Janáček Taras Bulba, Suk The Ripening, Op. 34
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
4
SU 3824-2 Mozart Sinfonia concertante in E flat major for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn
and orchestra, K 297b, Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K 543
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
5
SU 3825-2 Dvořák Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G minor, Op. 33 (B 63)
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor, Op. 104 (B 191)
František Maxián – piano, Mstislav Rostropovich – cello, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
6
SU 3826-2 Smetana My country
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
7
SU 3827-2 Dvořák The Water Goblin (Vodník), Op. 107 (B 195), The Noon Witch (Polednice)
Op. 108 (B 196), The Golden Spinning-Wheel (Zlatý kolovrat), Op. 109 (B 197)
The Wild Dove (Holoubek), Op. 110 (B 198) – Symphonic poems
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
8
SU 3828-2 Wagner Tristan und Isolde, Prelude
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 ‘Pathétique’ in B minor, Op. 74
Prague Radio Symphonic Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
9
SU 3829-2 Mozart Le nozze di Figaro, K 492 – Overture, Symphony No. 33 in B flat major, K 319
Symphony No. 38 ‘Prague‘ in D major, K 504
Tchaikovsky Suite No. 4 ‘Mozartiana’ in G major, Op. 61
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
10 SU 3830-2 Dvořák Stabat Mater, Op. 58, B 71
Suk Asrael – symphony, Op. 27 (+ Bonus Talich speaking), 2 CD
Drahomíra Tikalová, Marta Krásová, Beno Blachut, Karel Kalaš,
Prague Philharmonic Choir, Jan Kühn, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
11 SU 3831-2 Dvořák Concert overtures – In Nature’s Realm, Op. 91 (B 168), Carnival, Op. 92 (B 169)
Othello, Op. 93 (B 174), 2 Waltzes for String Orchestra, Op. 54 (B 105), Polonaise in E flat
major (B 100), Polonaise (from the opera Rusalka, 2nd Act), Op. 114 (B 203)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Soloists Orchestra
2007
12 SU 3832-2 Dvořák Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60 (B 112), Symphony No. 7 in D minor
Op. 70 (B 141), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
13 SU 3833-2 Dvořák Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88 (B 163), Symphony No. 9
‘From the New World’, Op. 95 (B 178)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
14 SU 3834-2 Haendel Concerto for oboe and string orchestra in G minor, HWV 287
Bach Orchestral Suite in D major, BWV 1068, Concerto for Harpsichord (Piano)
and Orchestra in D minor, BWV 1052
Sviatoslav Richter, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
15 SU 3835-2 Mozart Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in No. 4 in D major, K 218, Concerto for Clarinet
and Orchestra in A major, K 622, Serenade No. 10 ‘Gran Partita‘ in B flat major for 13 wind
instruments, K 361/370a (+ Bonus Talich speaking)
Jiří Novák – violin, Vladimír Říha – clarinet, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
16 SU 3836-2 Benda Sinfonia in B major,
Dvořák Serenade in E major for String Orchestra, Op. 22 (B 52)
Suk Serenade in E flat major for String Orchestra, Op. 6
Tchaikovsky Andante cantabile from String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Soloists Orchestra
Slovak Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
17 SU 3837-2 Janáček The Cunning Little Vixen – Suite from the opera (arr. V. Talich)
Smetana My Country (part of recording from 1929)
Kovařovic Miners polka for orchestra (Havířská polka)
Blodek In the Well (V studni) – Overture
Smetana Libuše – Overture, Our lasses (Našim děvám),
Prague Carnival – introduction and polonaise
Tchaikovsky Song without Words,
recording of part of rehearsal Dvořák Cello concerto, Mstislav Rostropovich,
recording of part of rehearsal Dvořák Symphony No. 9., and others, 2 CD
special edition
special edition
Talich
Václav
2006