{"title":"Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra","description":"\u003cp\u003eb. 1929. orchestra.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSlovak Radio Symphony Orchestra is a mid-tier recording ensemble frequently used for budget-label recordings (notably Naxos). Sample repertoire skews toward light British orchestral music (Ketelbey, German, Farnon, Duncan, Coates), suggesting nostalgic and uplifting character.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"british-light-music-billy-mayerl-ball-carpenter-233684","title":"British Light Music - Billy Mayerl \/ Ball, Carpenter","description":"Mayerl: Aquarium Suite \/ 4 Aces Suite","brand":"Marco Polo","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":44626921717994,"sku":"730099351423","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/404426_1c2e530a-0e4e-47cf-9765-5fdeb8e90b54.jpg?v=1778343115"},{"product_id":"britten-peter-the-wolfyoung-persons-guide-234272","title":"Britten: Young Person's Guide; Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals; Prokofiev: Peter \u0026 The Wolf","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe French composer Camille Saint-Saëns was prolific and lived a long time, although by the time of his death in 1921 music had changed beyond anything he could have conceived. He was a gifted pianist and, in common with many other \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewell known\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e French composers, found employment and distinction as organist at one of the principal churches in Paris. The popular \u003cem\u003eCarnival of the Animals\u003c\/em\u003e, described as A Zoological Fantasy, was written in 1886, originally for two pianos and a small chamber orchestra, to celebrate that year's carnival. The composer forbade further performances of this occasional music, except for \u003cem\u003eThe Swan\u003c\/em\u003e, which enjoyed immediate and irresistible popularity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Soviet composer Sergey Prokofiev wrote his \u003cem\u003ePeter and the Wolf\u003c\/em\u003e in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1936 to introduce to children the instruments of the orchestra. He had taken\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehis two sons to see performances at the Moscow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChildren's Music Theatre and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eis had suggested to him the possibility of a composition of this kind. The\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eboy Peter, represented by the strings, is playing in the meadow, forbidden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eterritory. A \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ebird,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e shown by the flute, sings in a tree: a duck, the oboe, swims\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ein the pond, and a cat, the clarinet, comes onto the scene, sending the bird up\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eto a higher branch. Peter's grandfather, the bassoon, warns the boy not to\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eventure out, but meanwhile a wolf, the French horns, comes into the meadow,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand adventures ensue with spoken narration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTen years later, in 1946, the English composer Benjamin Britten was asked\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eto write music for an educational film introducing the instruments of the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eorchestra. For the purpose he chose a theme by the great 17th century\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEnglish composer Henry Purcell and wrote a set of variations, each of which\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eshows the characteristics of a particular instrument or group of instruments.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe alternative title of the work, Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eis an exact description. The other title, \u003cem\u003eThe Young Person's Guide to the\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOrchestra\u003c\/em\u003e, makes fun of the titles much \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efavored\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e by writers of moral tales in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethe 19th century, providing \"young persons\" with advice on how to regulate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eevery aspect of their lives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAt the most\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eexciting part of the concluding fugue, the brass instruments play again the original theme,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eleading to a grand conclusion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":259}' class=\"EOP SCXW153610335 BCX0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Naxos","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":44626921324778,"sku":"730099549929","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/126789.jpg?v=1778341616"},{"product_id":"dvorak-symphony-no-1-legends-stephen-gunzenhauser-234229","title":"Dvorák: Symphony No 1, Legends \/ Stephen Gunzenhauser","description":"Dvorák: Symphony No. 1 - 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Gunzenhauser, a fine conductor of Czech music, is equally at home in Copland’s folksy, cowboy idiom and all this music has plenty of colour and atmosphere. If some of the detail in \u003ci\u003eAppalachian Spring\u003c\/i\u003e is less sharply etched than with Bernstein, the closing pages are tenderly responsive. The recording is admirably colourful and vivid, with a fine hall ambience, and the spectacle of the Fanfare for the Common Man is worth anybody’s money. A bargain.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"dxeBase_PlasticBlue\"\u003e-- Penguin Guide\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Naxos","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":44625505157354,"sku":"730099528221","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/126650.jpg?v=1778381938"},{"product_id":"delibes-coppelia-la-source-mogrelia-slovak-rso-95257","title":"Delibes: Coppélia, La Source \/ Mogrelia, Slovak Rso","description":"1995 release. He Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) Andrerw Mogrelia, Conductor. Recorded at Concert Hall of the Slovak Radio at Bratislava, January 9-20, 1995.\"The Bratislava orchestra plays with characteristic finesse and grace and with glowing lyrical feeling. There is both drama and vitality in this Copp�lia. The recording is warm and spacious, with the orchestra set slightly back. 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