Karel Ančerl Gold Edition
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The Karel Ančerl Gold Edition is the collection of 42 reissued and remastered albums, recorded by Czech conductor Karel Ančerl
from 1950 until 1968, when the artist left Czechoslovakia
in the wake of the Soviet invasion. The CDs were released by the Supraphon
label between 2002 and 2005.
In 2006, this set was awarded the most prestigious prize by Grand Prix du Disque
de l'Académie de Charles Cros due to the exceptional artistic and technical level of the classical music
recordings. After 2005, Supraphon released the last four discs of the collection, linked as no. 43 of the set.
Karel Ancerl
Karel Ančerl , was a Czech conductor, known for his performances of contemporary music and for his interpretations of music by Czech composers...
from 1950 until 1968, when the artist left Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
in the wake of the Soviet invasion. The CDs were released by the Supraphon
Supraphon
Supraphon Music Publishing is a Czech record label, it is oriented mainly towards publishing classical music, with an emphasis on Czech and Slovak composers.- History :...
label between 2002 and 2005.
In 2006, this set was awarded the most prestigious prize by Grand Prix du Disque
Grand Prix du Disque
The Grand Prix du Disque is the premier French award for musical recordings. The award was inaugurated by l'Académie Charles Cros in 1948 and offers prizes in various categories. The categories vary from year to year, and multiple awards are often made in any one category in the same year...
de l'Académie de Charles Cros due to the exceptional artistic and technical level of the classical music
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
recordings. After 2005, Supraphon released the last four discs of the collection, linked as no. 43 of the set.
- Ančerl Gold 1: Bedřich SmetanaBedrich SmetanaBedřich Smetana was a Czech composer who pioneered the development of a musical style which became closely identified with his country's aspirations to independent statehood. He is thus widely regarded in his homeland as the father of Czech music...
- Má vlastMá vlastMá vlast is a set of six symphonic poems composed between 1874 and 1879 by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana. While it is often presented as a single work in six movements and – with the exception of Vltava– is almost always recorded that way, the six pieces were conceived as individual works...
(Czech Philharmonic), SU 3661-2 011 - Ančerl Gold 2: Antonín DvořákAntonín DvorákAntonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer of late Romantic music, who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák’s own style is sometimes called "romantic-classicist synthesis". His works include symphonic, choral and chamber music, concerti, operas and many...
- Symphony No. 9 "From The New World"Symphony No. 9 (Dvorák)The Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World", Op. 95, B. 178 , popularly known as the New World Symphony, was composed by Antonín Dvořák in 1893 during his visit to the United States from 1892 to 1895. It is by far his most popular symphony, and one of the most popular in the modern repertoire...
, In the Nature Realms, Othello Overture (Czech Philharmonic), SU 3662-2 011 - Ančerl Gold 3: Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, BruchMax BruchMax Christian Friedrich Bruch , also known as Max Karl August Bruch, was a German Romantic composer and conductor who wrote over 200 works, including three violin concertos, the first of which has become a staple of the violin repertoire.-Life:Bruch was born in Cologne, Rhine Province, where he...
, BergAlban BergAlban Maria Johannes Berg was an Austrian composer. He was a member of the Second Viennese School with Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern, and produced compositions that combined Mahlerian Romanticism with a personal adaptation of Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique.-Early life:Berg was born in...
- Concertos for violin and orchestra (Josef SukJosef Suk (violinist)Josef Suk was a Czech violinist, violist, chamber musician and conductor, the grandson of Josef Suk, the composer and violinist, and great-grandson of Antonín Dvořák. In his home country he carried the title of National Artist....
, Czech Philharmonic), SU 3663-2 011 - Ančerl Gold 4: MussorgskyMussorgskyMussorgsky can refer to:*The Mussorgsky family of Russian nobility;*Modest Mussorgsky, a Russian composer belonging to that family.*Mussorgsky , a 1950 Soviet film about the composer...
/ BorodinAlexander BorodinAlexander Porfiryevich Borodin was a Russian Romantic composer and chemist of Georgian–Russian parentage. He was a member of the group of composers called The Five , who were dedicated to producing a specifically Russian kind of art music...
/ Rimski-Korsakov - Pictures At An ExhibitionPictures at an ExhibitionPictures at an Exhibition is a suite in ten movements composed for piano by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky in 1874.The suite is Mussorgsky's most famous piano composition, and has become a showpiece for virtuoso pianists...
, Night on Bald MountainNight on Bald MountainNight on Bald Mountain is a composition by Modest Mussorgsky that exists in, at least, two versions—a seldom performed 1867 version or a later and very popular "fantasy for orchestra" arranged by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, A Night on the Bare Mountain , based on the vocal score of the "Dream Vision...
/ In the Steppes of Central AsiaIn the Steppes of Central AsiaOn the Steppes of Central Asia is the common English title for a "musical tableau" by Alexander Borodin, composed in 1880....
/ Capriccio EspagnolCapriccio espagnolCapriccio espagnol, Op. 34, is the common Western title for an orchestral work based on Spanish folk melodies and written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1887. Rimsky-Korsakov originally intended to write the work for a solo violin with orchestra, but later decided that a purely orchestral work...
, SU 3664-2 011 - Ančerl Gold 5: Stravinsky - Petrouchka, The Rite of SpringThe Rite of SpringThe Rite of Spring, original French title Le sacre du printemps , is a ballet with music by Igor Stravinsky; choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky; and concept, set design and costumes by Nicholas Roerich...
(Czech Philharmonic), SU 3665-2 011 - Ančerl Gold 6: MahlerGustav MahlerGustav Mahler was a late-Romantic Austrian composer and one of the leading conductors of his generation. He was born in the village of Kalischt, Bohemia, in what was then Austria-Hungary, now Kaliště in the Czech Republic...
/ StraussRichard StraussRichard Georg Strauss was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is known for his operas, which include Der Rosenkavalier and Salome; his Lieder, especially his Four Last Songs; and his tone poems and orchestral works, such as Death and Transfiguration, Till...
- Symphony No.1Symphony No. 1 (Mahler)The Symphony No. 1 in D major by Gustav Mahler was mainly composed between late 1887 and March 1888, though it incorporates music Mahler had composed for previous works. It was composed while Mahler was second conductor at the Leipzig Opera, Germany...
/ Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks (Czech Philharmonic), SU 3666-2 011 - Ančerl Gold 7: Janáček - Glagolitic MassGlagolitic MassThe Glagolitic Mass is a composition for soloists , double chorus, organ and orchestra by Leoš Janáček. The work was completed on 15 October 1926...
, Taras BulbaTaras Bulba (rhapsody)Taras Bulba is a rhapsody for orchestra by the Czech composer Leoš Janáček. It was composed in 1918 and belongs to the most powerful of Janáček's scores. It is based on the novel by Gogol....
(Czech Philharmonic and choir, soloists), SU 3667-2 911 - Ančerl Gold 8: Antonín Dvořák / Josef SukJosef Suk (composer)Josef Suk was a Czech composer and violinist.- Life :Suk was born in Křečovice. He studied at Prague Conservatory from 1885 to 1892, where he was a pupil of Antonín Dvořák and Antonín Bennewitz. In 1898, he married Dvořák's eldest daughter, Otilie Dvořáková , affectionately known as Otilka...
- ConcertoViolin Concerto (Dvorák)Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 is a concerto for violin and orchestra composed by Antonín Dvořák in 1879. The concerto was premiered in 1883 by František Ondříček in Prague. He also gave the premieres in Vienna and London...
and Romance for violin and orchestra / Phantasy for violin and orchestra (C.P.Orchestra, J.Suk-violin), SU 3668-2 011 - Ančerl Gold 9 Brahms, J./Beethoven, L.v. Symfonie č. 1 c moll - Symfonie č. 1 C dur/ČF/SU 3669-2 011
- Ančerl Gold 10 Prokofiev, S. Symfonie č. 1 D dur, Koncerty pro klavír a orchestr č. 1 a 2 /S.Richter, FOK/D.Baloghová, ČF/SU 3670-2 011
- Ančerl Gold 11 Kabeláč, M./Jan HanušJan HanušJan Hanuš was a prolific Czech composer of the 20th century. Almost every category of composition is represented among his works, many of which are overtly political, expressing in turn anti-Nazi, anti-Fascist and anti-Communist sentiments.-Biography:Hanuš studied composition independently with...
. Mysterium času - Hamletovská improvizace - Koncertantní symfonie /ČF/K.Ančerl SU 3671-2 011 - Ančerl Gold 12 Martinů, B. Koncert pro klavír a orchestr č. 3, Kytice /J.Páleníček, L.Domanínská, S.Červená, ...PFS/J.Kühn, KDS/ČF/SU 3672-2 901
- Ančerl Gold 13 DvořákAntonín DvorákAntonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer of late Romantic music, who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák’s own style is sometimes called "romantic-classicist synthesis". His works include symphonic, choral and chamber music, concerti, operas and many...
- RequiemRequiem (Dvorák)Antonín Dvořák's Requiem in B-flat minor, Op. 89, B. 165, is a funeral mass for soloists, choir and orchestra, composed in 1890.- Background :...
(Czech Philharmonic, Prague Philharmonic Choir and soloists, 2 CD, SU 3673-2 212 - Ančerl Gold 14 Stravinsky, Oedipus Rex, Žalmová symfonie /PFS/J.Veselka /ČF/SU 3674-2 211
- Ančerl Gold 15 Brahms, J. Koncert pro klavír d moll, Tragická předehra /E.Then-Bergh/ČF/SU 3675-2 001
- Ančerl Gold 16 Prokofjev, S. Romeo a Julie, Péťa a vlk /E.Shilling /ČF/SU 3676-2 011
- Ančerl Gold 17 Ravel, M. /Lalo, E./Hartmann, K.A. Tzigane-Španělská symfonie-Smuteční koncert /I.Haendelová, A.Gertler /ČF/SU 3677-2 011
- Ančerl Gold 18 Mozart, W.A./Voříšek, J.H.V. Koncerty - Symfonie D dur /ČF/SU 3678-2 001
- Ančerl Gold 19 Dvořák, A. Symfonie č. 6 D dur, Můj domov, Husitská, Karneval /ČF/SU 3679-2 011
- Ančerl Gold 20 Tchaikovsky. Koncert pro klavír a orch. b moll, Italské capriccio, Slavnostní předehra /S.Richter/ČF/SU 3680-2 001
- Ančerl Gold 21 Vycpálek, L./Mácha, O. Czech Requiem / Variations on a Theme and on the Death of Jan RychlíkJan RychlíkJan Rychlík was a Czech composer and music theorist. He was one of the most important exponents of the Czech New Music in the 1950s and 1960s.- Biography :...
/M.Řeháková, M.Mrázová, T.Šrubař/ČF/K.Ančerl, 2 CD, SU 3681-2 212 - Ančerl Gold 22 Bartók, B. Koncerty pro housle a orchestr /A.Gertler, E.Bernáthová/ČF/SU 3682-2 011
- Ančerl Gold 23 Shostakovich. Symfonie č. 7 Leningradská/ČF/SU 3683-2 001
- Ančerl Gold 24 Janáček, L./Martinů, B. Sinfonietta - Fresky Piera della Francesca, Paraboly / ČF/SU 3684-2 011
- Ančerl Gold 25 Beethoven, L.van Symfonie č. 5, Koncert pro klavír a orch.č.4, Romance pro housle a orch. č. 2 /J.Páleníček, D.Oistrach/ČF/SU 3685-2 001
- Ančerl Gold 26 Bartók, B. Koncert pro orch., Koncert pro violu a orch. /J.Karlovský/ČF/SU 3686-2 011
- Ančerl Gold 27 Bloch, E. Šelomo / Schumann, R. Koncert pro violocello a orch. / Respighi, O. Adagio con variazioni /A.Navarra/ČF/SU 3687-2 011
- Ančerl Gold 28 Novák, V. V Tatrách / Slavický, K. Moravské taneční fantazie, Rapsodické variace /ČF/SU 3688-2 001
- Ančerl Gold 29 Předehry - Mozart / Beethoven / Wagner / Smetana / Glinka / Berlioz / Rossini / Shostakovich / Weber /ČF/SU 3689-2 011
- Ančerl Gold 30 Hindemith, P. Koncert pro housle a orchestr, Koncert pro violoncello a orchestr / Bořkovec, P. Koncert pro klavír a orchestr č. 2 /A.Gertler, P.Tortelier, A.Jemelík/ČF/SU 3690-2 011
- Ančerl Gold 31 Brahms, J. Dvojkoncert a moll, op. 102, Symfonie č. 2 /J.Suk, A.Navarra, ČF/SU 3691-2 011
- Ančerl Gold 32 Stravinsky. Svatba (Les Noces), Kantáta, Mše /PFS, J.Veselka, ČF/SU 3692-2 211
- Ančerl Gold 33 Mahler, G. Symfonie č. 9 D dur /ČF/SU 3693-2 011
- Ančerl Gold 34 Martinů, B. Symfonie č. 5 a 6 (Symf. fantazie), Památník Lidicím /ČF/SU 3694-2 001
- Ančerl Gold 35 Vycpálek, L. Kantáta o posledních věcech člověka, Ostrčil, O. Suita c moll /sólisté, PFS, P.Kühn /ČF/SU 3695-2 901
- Ančerl Gold 36 Prokofjev, S. Alexandr Něvský. Kantáta, Symfonie - koncert pro violoncello a orch. /V.Soukupová, A.Navarra, PFS, J.Veselka/ČF/SU 3696-2 911
- Ančerl Gold 37 Krejčí, I. Serenáda, Symfonie č. 2 /Pauer, J. Koncert pro fagot /K.Bidlo, ČF/SU 3697-2 001
- Ančerl Gold 38 Mozart, W.A. Koncerty pro klavír K. 488, K. 271, lesní roh K. 447 /H.Czerny-Stefanska, H.Steurer, M.Štefek/ČF/SU 3698-2 001
- Ančerl Gold 39 Shostakovich. Symfonie č. 1 a 5 /ČF/SU 3699-2 011
- Ančerl Gold 40 Jarmil BurghauserJarmil BurghauserJarmil Michael Burghauser was a Czech composer, conductor, and musicologist....
. Sedm reliéfů / Dobiáš, V. Symfonie č. 2 / ČF/SU 3700-2 011 - Ančerl Gold 41 Hanuš. Sůl nad zlato, Symfonie č. 2 /ČF/SU 3701-2 001
- Ančerl Gold 42 Liszt, F Preludia / Bárta, L Koncert pro violu / Shostakovich, D. Koncert pro violoncello /J.Karlovský, M.Sádlo, ČF/SU 3702-2 011
- Ančerl Gold 43 Bořkovec, Britten, Dobiáš, Eben, Hurník, Jirko, Kalabis, Kalaš, Kapr, Seidel (Czech Philharmonic), 4 CD, SU 3944-2 011