Karel Ančerl - Live Recordings / Concertos

Beethoven, Ludwig van, Chopin, Fryderyk, Dvorak, Antonin, Liszt, Franz, Poulenc, Francis, Prokofiev, Sergey, Ravel, Maurice, różni kompozytorzy, Schumann, Robert, Sibelius, Jean, Stravinsky, Igor, Tchaikovsky, Piotr

Ančerl, Karel, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Gilels, Emil, Haendel, Ida, Kempff, Wilhelm, Moravec, Ivan, Oistrakh, David, Richter, Sviatoslav, Rostropovich, Mstislav, Szeryng, Henryk

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Karel Ančerl in the special company of world-famous soloists

The great success of the 15-CD set Ančerl Live Recordings (2022 – Choc de Classica, Diapason d’Or etc.) and of the series Ančerl Gold Edition (2002–2008) is indicative of Karel Ančerl’s firm standing among the most important conductors of the post-war world.

The list of soloists he invited for collaboration is imposing. Predominant among these names are world-famous artists from the Soviet Union, to which Czechoslovakia was allied in those days, with Prague serving as the Eastern Bloc’s gateway to the West.

The greatest treasures are the two oldest recordings: unique documentation of Dvořák’s Violin Concerto with David Oistrakh (1950), which played a major part in the choice of Ančerlas the chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic after Kubelík’s emigration, and the oldest recording of Dvořák’s Cello Concerto with Rostropovich, issued here for the first time, made two weeks before Rostropovich’s legendary studio recording with Václav Talich.

The album authentically captures the unrepeatable performances of soloists and orchestra. All of these recordings have been carefully remastered from the original analogue tapes. Lovers of historical recordings will not hesitate.

Works:

•Ludwig van Beethoven: Klavierkonzerte Nr. 1 & 3 (Svjatoslav Richter, 1956 & 1962)
•Ludwig van Beethoven: Violinkonzert op. 61 (2 Einspielungen: Henryk Szeryng, 1966 & Ida Haendel, 1957)
•Robert Schumann: Klavierkonzert op. 54 (Jan Panenka, 1955)
•Jean Sibelius: Violinkonzert op. 47 (Ida Haendel, 1957)
•Franz Liszt: Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 (Svjatoslav Richter, 1954)
•Frederic Chopin: Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 (Wilhelm Kempff, 1959)
•Antonin Dvorak: Cellokonzert Nr. 2 (Mstislav Rostropovitch, 1952)
•Antonin Dvorak: Violinkonzert op. 53 (David Oistrach, 1950)
•Tchaikowsky: Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 (Emil Gilels, 1853)
•Maurice Ravel: Klavierkonzert G-Dur (Eva Bernathova, 1959)
•Francis Poulenc: Konzert für 2 Klaviere & Orchester (Juliane Lerche & Ingeborg Herkomer, 1960)
•Igor Strawinsky: Violinkonzert (Ida Haendel, 1962)
•Prokofiev: Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 (Ivan Moravec, 1962)

CD x 7

Supraphon

4.03.2025

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