Chamber, Sextets, Wind Sextets
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Janáček: From the House of the Dead
RecommendedDalibor Jedlicka (Goryantchikov), Jiri Zahradnicek (Luka Morosoff), Jaroslava Janská (Alyeya), Václav Zitek (Shishkov), Antonin Svorc (Old Prisoner), Ivo Zidek (Skuratov)
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
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Gramophone Awards, 1980, Recording of the Year
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Grammy Awards, 24th Awards (1981), Best Opera Recording
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A beguiling album of music for wind quintet and sextet. Flutes flutter, bassoons and clarinets march and bustle. — More…
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Janáček: From the House of the Dead
RecommendedJiri Zahradnicek, Ivo Zidek, Dalibor Jedlicka
Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Mackerras
From the House of the Dead (the 1980 Gramophone Record of the Year) was here recorded for the first time in its proper, original version; and this revealed it as even more of a masterpiece... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1980, Record of the Year
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Grammy Awards, 24th Awards (1981), Best Opera Recording
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This disc offers an hour of some of the most wonderful music, wind or otherwise, you will ever hear. — More…
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Building a Library, January 2002, First Choice
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One wouldn’t normally expect late-18th-century aristocratic entertainment music to survive the test of time, but this really does speak across the ages…The horn writing is especially ear-catching:... — More…
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Janacek: Sinfonietta
RecommendedBell (flute/piccolo), Craxton (oboe), Pay (clarinet), Harris (bass clarinet), Gatt (bassoon), Eastop (horn), Paul Crossley (piano)
Vienna Philharmonic, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Sir Charles Mackerras, François Huybrechts, Neville Marriner,...
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Building a Library, April 2005, Modern Choice
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Building a Library, July 2017, Also Recommended
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Beethoven: Egmont, Wellington's Victory & Military Marches
RecommendedBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble, Herbert von Karajan
I won't claim that Wellington's Victory is Beethoven's greatest composition ever, but Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic give the piece just the right amount of knowing tongue-in-cheek,... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Miloslav Kabeláč - Complete Chamber Music
Jelka Weber; Jan Vogler; Markéta Janoušková; Albrecht Mayer; Andre Schoch; Kathi Wagner; Stefan Dohr; Robert Kolinsky
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Mládí
with Marion Reinhard (bassoon), Manfred Preis (bass clarinet) & Hendrik Heilmann (piano)
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
It will hardly come as a surprise that this is ensemble playing of the highest standard from performers of immense experience - one is seldom conscious of such trifles as chording and intonation... — More…
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