A Festival of Fučík

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Järvi and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra deliver this excellently recorded anthology with great enthusiasm, throwing themselves into these brightly coloured scores without a hint of condescension... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2015 More…

Release Date: 28th Aug 2015
Catalogue No: CHSA5158
Label: Chandos
Length: 79 minutes

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Fucik: Marinarella, Op. 215

Work length11:00

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Järvi
Recorded: 16-17 February 2015
Recording Venue: Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, UK

Fucik: Onkel Teddy (Uncle Teddy), Op. 239 (version for orchestra)

Work length4:54

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Järvi
Recorded: 16-17 February 2015
Recording Venue: Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, UK

Fucik: Donausagen, Op. 233

Work length10:18

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Järvi
Recorded: 16-17 February 2015
Recording Venue: Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, UK

Andantino

Track length3:05

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I. Tempo di valse

Track length1:47

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II. Con dolcezza

Track length1:51

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III.

Track length1:25

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Coda

Track length2:10

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Fucik: Die lustigen Dorfschmiede, Op. 218

Work length2:37

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Järvi
Recorded: 16-17 February 2015
Recording Venue: Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, UK

Fucik: Der alte Brummbar, Op. 210

Work length5:02

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David Hubbard (bassoon)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Järvi
Recorded: 16-17 February 2015
Recording Venue: Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, UK

Fucik: Entry of the Gladiators

Work length2:39

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Järvi
Recorded: 16-17 February 2015
Recording Venue: Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, UK

Fucik: Miramare, Op. 247

Work length7:50

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Järvi
Recorded: 16-17 February 2015
Recording Venue: Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, UK

Fucik: Florentiner Marsch

Work length5:22

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Järvi
Recorded: 16-17 February 2015
Recording Venue: Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, UK

Fucik: Wintersturme (Winter Storms), Op. 184 (arr. P. Stanek for orchestra)

Work length9:23

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Aleksei Kiseliov (cello)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Järvi
Recorded: 16-17 February 2015
Recording Venue: Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, UK

Fucik: Hercegovac, Op. 235

Work length2:59

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Järvi
Recorded: 16-17 February 2015
Recording Venue: Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, UK

Fucik: Regimentskinder (Children of the Regiment), Op. 169

Work length3:03

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Järvi
Recorded: 16-17 February 2015
Recording Venue: Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, UK

Fucik: Ballettratten, Op. 226

Work length8:06

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Järvi
Recorded: 16-17 February 2015
Recording Venue: Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, UK

Allegretto

Track length1:25

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I. Tempo di valse

Track length1:48

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II. Meno con delicatezza

Track length1:23

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III. Meno mosso

Track length1:36

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Coda

Track length1:54

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Fucik: The Mississippi River, Op. 160 (161)

Work length2:47

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Järvi
Recorded: 16-17 February 2015
Recording Venue: Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, UK

Fucik: Unter der Admiralsflagge (Under the Admiral's Flag), Op. 82

Work length3:46

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Järvi
Recorded: 16-17 February 2015
Recording Venue: Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, UK

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Thirty years after having recorded Dvořák’s complete Symphonies on Chandos, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and its laureate conductor Neeme Järvi tackle another romantic Czech composer: Julius Fučík, famous for his more than 400 polkas, marches, and waltzes, some of the best of which are featured here.

Fučík studied violin in his early years, switching later to the bassoon, with a subsidiary in percussion and timpani. Playing in Austrian regiments, he gained invaluable experience of writing for military band and became a very prolific composer of marches. The most famous of these is of course Entry of the Gladiators, completed in 1899 and performed throughout the world ever since.

Full of energetic, effervescent Bohemian crossrhythms, tuneful brass melodies (often now associated with a circus atmosphere), but also more lyrical expressions, this album is a festival in itself.

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December 2015

Järvi and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra deliver this excellently recorded anthology with great enthusiasm, throwing themselves into these brightly coloured scores without a hint of condescension or irony…this is a highly enjoyable reminder of the delights of Romanticism's popular side.

Awards Issue 2015

Nicely crafted and highly enjoyable music, played with all the life and fizz it requires by Järvi and his Scottish-based colleagues. What he lacks in memorable melody he makes up for with swagger, immense charm and foot-tapping brio – and, my goodness, this career bandmaster certainly knew how to orchestrate. The sound picture is a Chandos spectacular.

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