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MORAVIAN DUETS. Antonín Dvořák
RKM 014-2 231
STUDIO 2015
  • Antonín Dvořák: Moravian Duets, Op. 29 ... 8:44
  • Antonín Dvořák: Moravian Duets, Op. 32 ... 23:22
  • Antonín Dvořák: Four Duets, Op. 38 ... 7:59
  • Bonus: Duets from operas: Lakmé by Léo Delibes, Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini, La Clemenza di Tito by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach

Simona Procházková, soprano, Jana Sýkorová, contralto, Bronislav Procházka, piano
Introduction by Dan Jäger, Czech Broadcasting Authority 2016-01-08, in Czech 

Total time 53:34
1 CD  -  DDD
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Listen to # 8 Skromná - Op. 32, # 3 ... 1:45  
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FROM THE HOMELAND. The best of Czech music for violin and piano
RKM 001-2 131
STUDIO 1993

  • Bedřich Smetana: "From the Homeland". Two duets for violin and piano ...12:08
  • Antonín Dvořák: Sonata, Op. 57 ... 22:51
  • Antonín Dvořák: Mazurka, Op. 49 ... 5:54
  • Bohuslav Martinů: Sonatina for violin and piano ... 8:33
  • Luboš Fišer: "The Hands". Sonata for violin and piano ...11:58

Pavel Eret, violin, Jaroslava Vítová, piano

The Best of Czech Music for Violin and Piano: Smetana, Dvořák, Martinů Fišer
Total time 61:55
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J. B. Foesrster Female Chamber Choir
RKM 009-2 231
STUDIO 2001
  • Zoltán Kodály: Quattro Madrigali ...10:51, Jan Hanuš: Magnificat ...4:29
  • Otmar Mácha: Hymnus "Ceadant arma togae" ...5:07
  • Vladimír Sommer: Three Female Choruses ...7:07
  • Bohuslav Martinů: Czech Nursery Rhymes (selection) ...4:58
  • Antonín Tučapský: The White Goose ...3:35, Zdeněk Lukáš: Wedding Ritual ...3:57
  • Vadim Petrov: The Maple Fiddle ...11:29

J. B. Foester Female Chamber Choir, Lukáš Vasilek, choirmaster

J. B. Foerster Female Chamber Choir
Total time 68:17
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Brilliant compositions for horn and strings
RKM 004-2 131
STUDIO 1994
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for violin, horn, two violas and violoncello in E Flat Major, K. 407 ...l6:54
  • Jan Václav Stich-Punto: Quartet for violin, horn, viola and violoncello, Op. 18, Nr. 1 ...l7.35 WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING
  • Jan Václav Stich-Punto: Quartet for violin, horn, viola and violoncello, Op. l8 Nr. 2 ...l4:37 WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING

Jindřich Kolář, French horn, members of the Pražák String Quartet Vlastimil Holek, violin, Josef Klusoň, viola and Michal Kaňka, violoncello; Libor Kaňka, viola (Mozart)

Brilliant compositions for horn and strings
Total time 49:26
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Brilliant compositions for six horns
RKM 005-2 131
STUDIO 1995
  • Georg Friedrich Händel: Six pieces from the Water Music (arrangement) ...9:42
  • Louis François Dauprat: Sextuor pour six cors en différents tons - "Le Grand Sextuor" ...38:19
  • Variations on a Venetian folk song (arrangement) ...3:50
  • Czech Polkas (arrangement) ...4:15

Zdeněk Tylšar, Jindřich Kolář, Petr Hernych, Petr Kotlán, Bedřich Tylšar and Radek Baborák, French horns

Brilliant compositions for six horns
Total time 56:33
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Gaetano Bardini, tenor. The best of Prague recordings
RKM 006-2 631
STUDIO (1975, 1970, 1968 - licensed by Supraphon. Digitally remastered)
  • VERDI Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Forza del Destino, Aida
  • PUCCINI Madama Butterfly, La Fanciulla del West, Manon Lescaut, La Boheme, Tosca
  • DONIZETTI Elisir d'Amore, MASSENET Manon, Werther, BIZET Carmen
  • GIORDANO Fedora, MASCAGNI La Cavalleria Rusticana, Isabeau
  • PONCHIELLI La Gioconda

Gaetano Bardini, tenor, Prague Smetana Theatre Orchestra, Brno State Opera Orchestra, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Jan Štych and Ino Savini, conductors

Gaetano Bardini, tenor
Total time 68:17
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Suk - Martinů. Foerster Female Chamber Choir
RKM 011-2 211
STUDIO 1998
  • Josef Suk: Ten Songs, op. 15, for ffemale choir with piano accompaniment for four hands set to Slavonic folk song lyrics...20:06
  • Bohuslav Martinů: The Opening of the Wels (H. 354) for soprano, alto and baritone solo, female choir, reciter, two violins, viola and piano set to lyrics by Miloslav Bureš...21:14

Foerster Female Chamber Choir conducted by Rudolf Zeman and Zdeněk Šulc
Dana Burešová, Helena Zachatová and Vladimír Kožušňík, vocal soloists
Ludmila Čermáková and Jaroslav Šaroun, pianos, Rudolf Pellar, reciter
Lubomír Havlák and Libor Kaňka, violins, Jan Jíša, viola

Total time 41:30
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Singing for Christmas
Foerster Female Chamber Choir

RKM 012-2 231
LIVE
  • Vadim Petrov: Christmass Singing...15:52
  • Jana Veverková: Five South Bohemian Carols...7:44
  • Evžen Zámečník: European Carols...21:18
  • Otomar Kvěch: Hear, hear, Little Shepherds...18:22

Foerster Female Chamber Choir
conducted by Lukáš Vasilek

Total time 50:13
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Jakub Jan Ryba: Czech Baroque Masses 
AC 0003-2
STUDIO
  • Missa in B ...17:57
  • Litaniae Lauretaneae in B ...8:51
  • Litaniae Lauretaneae in Es ...16:06

Dagmar Vaňkátová, soprano, Eva Zbytovská, alto, Vladimír Doležal, tenor (Missa in B), Vratislav Vinický, bass, Štefan Britvík, concerto clarinet (Missa in B) and choirmaster
Corus Carmeralis Pragensis, Orchestra Puellarum Pragensis
Leoš Svárovský, conductor

Jakub Jan Ryba: Missa in B, Litaniae Lauretaneae
Total time 43:07
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God's Simple Gifts. Folklore Children Ensemble Notičky
RKM 013-2 731
STUDIO 2005

          27 folk songs from South-West and Central Bohemia
          arranged for the Folklore Children Ensemble Notičky by Josef Fiala, Antonín Pecha,
          Lenka Kolářová, Jan Matoušek and Miroslav Šimandl

Folklore Children Ensemble Notičky
Barbora Kolářová, principal violin, Lenka Kolářová, artistic leader

God's Simple Gifts. Folklore Children Ensemble Notičky
Total time 55:25
1 CD  -  DDD
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Joyful Carols. Folklore Children Ensemble Notičky
RKM 010-2 731
STUDIO 2001

          23 folk Czech carols
          arranged for the Folklore Children Ensemble Notičky by Antonín Pecha, Josef Fiala
          and Lenka Kolářová

Folklore Children Ensemble Notičky
Barbora Kolářová, principal violin, Lenka Kolářová, artistic leader

Joyful Carols. Folklore Children Ensemble Notičky
Total time 50:13
1 CD  -  DDD
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Along the Berounka River. Folklore Children Ensemble Notičky
RKM 008-2 731
STUDIO 2000

          31 folk songs from South-West and Central Bohemia
          arranged for the Folklore Children Ensemble Notičky by Antonín Pecha, Josef Fiala
          and Lenka Kolářová

Folklore Children Ensemble Notičky
Barbora Kolářová, principal violin, Lenka Kolářová, artistic leader

Along the Berounka River. Folklore Children Ensemble Notičky
Total time 57:39
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Nadia Petrenko, soprano. Russian Romances. Golden Classic
RKM 007-2 231
STUDIO 1999
  • GLINKA Romances (selection)
  • TCHAIKOVSKY Romances (selection)
  • RAKHMANINOV Romances (selection)

Nadia Petrenko, soprano
Viktor Bytchek, tenor, Jaroslav Šaroun, piano

Nadia Petrenko, soprano
Total time 48:00
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Pergolesi Stabat Mater, Purcell Abdelazar
RKM 003-2 231
LIVE 1994
  • Henry Purcell: The King Abdelazar (suite) ...16:34
  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Stabat Mater ...38:51

Helena Janečková, soprano, Stanislava Moravová, alto
Foerster Female Chamber Choir, Dvořák District Chamber Orchestra
Václav Mazáček, conductor

Pergolesi Stabat Mater, Purcell Abdelazar
Total time 55:29
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Held, Dvořák, Strauss, Berg, Wolf:  Lieder
RKM 002-2 231
LIVE 1993
  • Jan Theobald Held: Six Rustic Songs ...8:29   WORLD PREMIERE
  • Antonín Dvořák: Love Songs, Op.83 ...18:56
  • Alban Berg: Sieben frühe Lieder ...14:14
  • Richard Strauss: Choice of Songs ...17:02
  • Hugo Wolf: Elfenlied ...1:52

Jiřina Marková, soprano, Mikael Eliassen, piano

Held, Dvořák, Strauss, Berg, Wolf - Lieder
Total time 62:26
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