Browse: Prague Philharmonic Choir (choir)
This page lists all recordings performed by Prague Philharmonic Choir.
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Martinu: Cantatas
Pavla Vykopalova (soprano), Ludmila Hudeckova (contralto), Martin Slavik (tenor), Jiri Bruckler (baritone), Petr Svoboda (baritone), Jaromir Meduna (recitation) & Ivo Kahanek (piano)
Members of the Bennewitz Quartet & Prague Philharmonic Choir, Lukas Vasilek
Baritone Jirí Brückler is superb here, and the top-quality professional Prague Philharmonic Choir master the most harmonically rich cantata of the four, a tale of a girl who doesn’t recognise... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2017, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2017, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Finalist - Choral
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection' Christiane Karg (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (mezzo-soprano), Prague Philharmonic Choir, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov
There is superlative individual and collective quality in every orchestral department, with fine solo and choral singing to match. And the recording, made in the Dvořák Hall in Prague’s Rudolf... — More…
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Record Review, 8th April 2023, Record of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Martinů: The Epic of Gilgamesh
Lucy Crowe (soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), Derek Welton (bass-baritone), Jan Martiník (bass), Simon Callow (narrator)
Czech Philharmonic Prague, Philharmonic Choir Vasilek, Manfred Honeck
All life is here in compressed mastery. Idiomatically conducted by Manfred Honeck and vividly recorded live in Prague’s Rudolfinum, this is the definitive performance of a 20th-century choral... — More…
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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Record Review, 4th November 2017, Recording of the Week
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Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims
RecommendedKatia Ricciarelli (Madame Cortese), Lucia Valentini Terrani (Marchesa Melibea), Lella Cuberli (Contessa di Folleville), Cecilia Gasdia (Corinna), Eduardo Giménez (Cavalier Belfiore), Francisco Araiza (Conte di Libenskof), Samuel Ramey (Lord Sidney), Ruggero Raimondi (Don Profondo), Enzo Dara (Baron...
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Recording of the Year
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Dvořák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58
RecommendedEri Nakamura (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (contralto), Michael Spyres (tenor), Jongmin Park (bass)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Jiří Bělohlávek
They bring a depth and richness of warm colours to a score still insufficiently appreciated…Bělohlávek is the authoritative interpreter leading his forces through the piece with confidence and,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th May 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2017, Winner - Musique Sacrée
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[Bělohlávek] could get under the skin of Janacek’s music, drawing out its folk roots and speech rhythms, its soul-searching and truthfulness, its sheer humanity. The main work here is the Glagolitic... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st August 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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Building a Library, June 2019, Also Recommended
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Life with Czech Music - Janacek & Martinu
RecommendedElisabeth Söderström (soprano), Drahomira Drobkova (contralto), Frantisek Livora (tenor), Richard Novak (bass), Jan Hora (organ), Kvetoslava Nemeckova (soprano), Leo Marian Vodicka (tenor), Vaclav Zitek (baritone), Josef Ruzicka (piano), Jan Bouse (timpani), Eva Urbanova (soprano), Bernarda Fink (contralto),...
Even the recording acoustic is warm, enough sometimes to curl the music’s edges and smudge away little details. But Mackerras’s handling of this repertoire is so fresh, so responsive to the folk-music... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Choral
4 CDs + DVD Video
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Smetana: The Bartered Bride
RecommendedGabriela Benackova-Capova (Marenka), Peter Dvorsky (Jenik), Richard Novak (Kecal), Jaroslav Horacek (Micha), Marie Mrazova (Hata), Miroslav Kopp (Vasek)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra & Prague Philharmonic Choir, Zdenek Kosler
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Building a Library, May 2023, Also Recommended
2 CDs
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 Ingeborg Wenglor (soprano), Annelies Burmeister (alto), Martin Ritzmann (tenor) & Rolf Kühne (bass)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra & Prague Philharmonic Choir, Paul Kletzki
The Czech Phil’s sound here is charismatic and idiomatic, with a rich, muscular string timbre cushioning highly distinctive wind and brass playing...The interpretations hold up very well – Kletzki’s... — More…
6 CDs
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The Many Loves of Antonin Dvorak
Kühn Mixed Choir, Pavel Kühn, Stanislav Bogunia, Panocha Quartet (string quartet), Radoslav Kvapil (piano), Leo Marian Vodička, Lívia Ághová, Smetana Trio, Alois Klíma, Dvořák Quartet, František Pošta, Drahomíra Drobková, Josef Kšica, Josef Suk (violin), Alfréd Holeček, Mstislav Rostropovich (cello),...
Most orchestral tracks are with the Czech Philharmonic, and Lambert has written very informed and readable booklet notes. I’d recommend settling down to listen ‘blind’, so that each rarity can... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2022, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
3 CDs
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