Suk: Asrael - Krejci: Serenada / Ancerl, Southwest German Radio Symphony Baden-Baden
Details
- Composer
- KREJCI SUK
- Artist
- Ancerl, Swf-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden
- Format
- CD
- Label
- SWR
- Released
- Feb 09, 2018
- Catalog #
- SWR19055CD
- UPC
- 747313905584
About
This is the only available official recording of Karel Ancerl conducting Josef Suk’s Asrael. Asrael is central to Josef Suk’s oeuvre and an outstanding work in the Czech music repertoire. The prominent standing of the conductor Karel Ancerl is due mainly to his success in establishing the Czech Philharmonic as one of the world’s most eminent and successful orchestras in only a few years’ time. Under his great predecessor Vaclav Talich, the most significant Czech conductor of the twentieth century, the orchestra was able to flourish primarily in its home country, yet under Ancerl it became, despite the restrictions of the Cold War, an orchestra that was celebrated everywhere, whose 1959 world tour went down in history as the longest and most extensive ever up to that time. A stirring intepretation of the Südwestfunk-Orchestra of Baden-Baden, digitally remastered from the SWR original tapes!
REVIEW:
Firstly, it is doubtful the orchestra was familiar with either score prior to this recording. Secondly, it appears that this was the conductor’s first engagement with them—though, unsurprisingly, he was invited back in 1969. To achieve such committed, marvellously played and eloquent performances of unfamiliar repertoire when conductor and orchestra had no prior relationship is a remarkable achievement.
The sound is pretty impressive, wearing its five decades lightly. It presents a very realistic aural picture of Ančerl’s interpretations. N,o one buying this disc will be disappointed on sonic grounds. What you will definitely get if you buy this disc is a memorable performance of a great Czech symphony. This an important release and a major addition to the Ančerl discography.
Tracklist 8 tracks
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1 Part I: I. Andante sostenuto - Andante con moto e resoluto - Più pesante e maestoso - 14:41
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Part I: I. Andante sostenuto - Andante con moto e resoluto - Più pesante e maestoso -
- Duration
- 14:41
- Composer
- Josef Suk II
- Ensemble
- SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks
- Conductor
- Karel Ančerl
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2 Part I: II. Andante - 07:29
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Part I: II. Andante -
- Duration
- 07:29
- Composer
- Josef Suk II
- Ensemble
- SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks
- Conductor
- Karel Ančerl
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3 Part I: III. Vivace - Andante sostenuto - Appassionato - Maestoso 12:10
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Part I: III. Vivace - Andante sostenuto - Appassionato - Maestoso
- Duration
- 12:10
- Composer
- Josef Suk II
- Ensemble
- SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks
- Conductor
- Karel Ančerl
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4 Part II: IV. Adagio 10:03
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Part II: IV. Adagio
- Duration
- 10:03
- Composer
- Josef Suk II
- Ensemble
- SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks
- Conductor
- Karel Ančerl
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5 Part II: V. Adagio e maestoso - Allegro appassionato - Adagio e maestoso - Andante maestoso - Adagio e mesto 13:11
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Part II: V. Adagio e maestoso - Allegro appassionato - Adagio e maestoso - Andante maestoso - Adagio e mesto
- Duration
- 13:11
- Composer
- Josef Suk II
- Ensemble
- SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks
- Conductor
- Karel Ančerl
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6 I. Allegro 06:18
- Track
- 6
- Title
- I. Allegro
- Duration
- 06:18
- Composer
- Iša Krejčí
- Ensemble
- SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks
- Conductor
- Karel Ančerl
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7 II. Andante quasi Allegretto 06:35
- Track
- 7
- Title
- II. Andante quasi Allegretto
- Duration
- 06:35
- Composer
- Iša Krejčí
- Ensemble
- SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks
- Conductor
- Karel Ančerl
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8 III. Presto 03:56
- Track
- 8
- Title
- III. Presto
- Duration
- 03:56
- Composer
- Iša Krejčí
- Ensemble
- SWR Sinfonieorchester des Südwestrundfunks
- Conductor
- Karel Ančerl