Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra - The Essential Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (2024)

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Title: The Essential Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Year Of Release: 2024
Label: Naxos
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 143:58 min
Total Size: 572 MB
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Tracklist:

01. Fanfare for the Common Man
02. Carmina Burana: No. 1, O Fortuna (Featured in "Excalibur")
03. Tale of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumble Bee (Featured in "Casino")
04. Sylvia: Pizzicato
05. Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro
06. Sicilienne, Op. 78 (Arr. for Orchestra)
07. Vremena goda, Op. 67: Ice
08. Salut d'amour, Op. 12 (Version for Orchestra)
09. Giselle, Act I: Pas seul - Pas de deux
10. La pentola magica, P. 129: Preludio
11. The Westminster Waltz
12. La traviata: Libiamo ne' lieti calici
13. Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: XIII. The Swan
14. Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo
15. The Stars and Stripes Forever
16. Sailing By
17. Il Talismano
18. The Yellow River Piano Concerto: II. Ode to the Yellow River (Original Version)
19. Little Serenade
20. Le roi s'amuse: Pavane
21. Symphony No. 3 in B-Flat Major, Op. 17a "Malá symfónia": II. Variazioni. Larghetto
22. Carmen, WD 31: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle
23. Where the Rainbow Ends Suite: No. 1a Rainbow Land (Version for orchestra)
24. 3 Gymnopedies (Orch. Debussy): Gymnopedie No. 2
25. Madama Butterfly, SC 74: Humming Chorus
26. Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica": Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55, :Eroica:: III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
27. The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Act I: Valse
28. March (From "The Dam Busters")
29. Suite bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune
30. Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47: II. Allegretto
31. Israel: I. Lent et solennel
32. Nabucco: Va, pensiero "Chorus of Hebrew Slaves"
33. Symphony No. 2 in B Minor: I. Allegro
34. Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Ride of the Valkyries
35. In a Persian Market
36. Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14, H. 48: II. Un bal: Allegro non troppo
37. The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14: Waltz of the Flowers
38. Danse macabre

The Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, in Slovak Symfonický orchester Slovenského rozhlasu, or SOSR, was the first professional orchestra established in what is now the country of Slovakia. It remains one of the country's most prominent ensembles, and its recordings for Western labels have propelled it to international fame.

The Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra was established in 1929 to serve the needs of the new Slovak Radio network. Its first conductor was Frantisek Dyk. Another key figure during the orchestra's early years was composer Alexander Moyzes, a champion of Slovak music who, at the time, was teaching at the Music and Drama Academy for Slovakia in Bratislava. Moyzes worked to raise the orchestra's musical level, a process that continued after he joined the faculty at the Bratislava Conservatory in 1941 until he was forced to resign during the Communist takeover of Czechoslovakia in 1948. By that time, the orchestra had begun to attract a line of talented conductors, including Ondrej Lenard (1970-1991), Róbert Stankovský (1991-2001), and its present leader, Peter Valentovic. The orchestra has also welcomed internationally prominent guest conductors including, Charles Mackerras, Neeme Järvi, and Kirk Trevor, as well as such soloists as Anna Netrebko and Boris Berezovsky. The Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra has toured abroad, performing at the Musikverein in Vienna as well as venues as far afield as Spain and Japan. Its activities also include recording soundtrack music for Slovak films.

The orchestra has been perhaps most notable for its recordings, which include the world premiere of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's I gioielli della Madonna (The Jewels of the Madonna). The SOSR has recorded extensively, and mostly outside of Slovakia, for the Marco Polo and MMC labels, and most of all for Naxos. The group has continued to specialize in Slovak music, and in 2018 they re-released a cycle (originally made for Marco Polo) of Moyzes' 12 symphonies; two volumes in the cycle were released on Naxos in 2019, with Ladislav Slovak conducting. ~ James Manheim