CD 1
Claude Debussy (1862-1918) - La mer. Trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre (1905) 23:31
1. I. De l'aube a midi sur la mer 8:56
2. II. Jeux de vagus 6:14
3. III. Dialogue du vent et de la mer 8:17
Josef Suk (1874-1935) - A Summer's Tale. Symphonic Poem for Large Orchestra, Op. 29 (1907-09) 52:21
4. I. Voices of Life and Consolation 14:30
5. II. Midday 5:52
6. III. Intermezzo. Blind Musicians 4:58
7. IV. In the Power of Phantoms 11:23
8. V. Night 15:28
CD 2
1. Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) - Boléro. Pocme choréographique (1928) 14:42
Daphnis et Chloé. Fragments symphoniques - Suite No. 1 12:36
2. I. Nocturne (att.) 5:43
3. II. Interlude (att.) 3:07
4. III. Danse guerricre 3:44
Maurice Ravel - Suite No. 2 17:11
5. I. Lever du jour (att.) 5:31
6. II. Pantomime (att.) 6:47
7. III. Danse générale 4:52
Josef Suk - Serenade in E flat major for String Orchestra, Op. 6 (1892) 29:56
8. I. Andante con moto 6:07
9. II. Allegro ma non troppo e grazioso 5:52
10. III. Adagio 10:11
11. IV. Allegro giocoso ma non troppo presto 7:38
CD 3
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) - Concerto in E minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 85 (1918-19) 28:45
1. I. Adagio. Modetaro (att.) 7:51
2. II. Lento. Alegro molto 4:14
3. III. Adagio 5:35
4. IV. Allegro. Moderato 10:59
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) - Concerto in F sharp minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 20 (1896) 29:55
5. I. Allegro 8:24
6. II. Andante 8:43
7. III. Allegro moderato 12:42
Josef Suk - Under the Apple Tree - Suite from the music to Julius Zeyer's dramatic legend, Op. 20 (1911-12) 23:34
8. I. Introduction 7:01
9. II. Song of Danica "You Blue River" 4:58
10. III. Bacchanale 3:34
11. IV. Song of Danica "A Dark Shadow Fell" 3:46
12. V. Epilogue 4:08
CD 4
Josef Suk - Fairy Tale (extracts) - Suite from the music to Zeyer's tale Radúz and Mahulena, Op. 16 (1899-1900) 18:20
1. I. About the Faithful Love of Radúz and Mahulena and Their Sorrows. Adagio, ma non troppo 10:38
2. II. Funeral Music. Andante sostenuto 7:40
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) - Symphony No. 7 in E major (1881-1883) 60:33
3. I. Allegro moderato 19:31
4. II. Adagio. Sehr feierlich und langsam 18:38
5. III. Scherzo. Sehr schnell 9:35
6. IV. Finale. Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell 12:40
Michaela Fukačová - cello (CD 3 / 1-4), Garrick Ohlsson - piano (CD 3 / 5-7), Eva Děpoltová - soprano (CD 3 / 9, 11), Petr Škvor - violin (CD 4 / 1) Kühn Mixed Chorus (CD 2 / 3, 4, 5, 7), chorus master Pavel Kühn
Brno Philharmonic Orchestra (CD 3 / 1-4) Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Libor Pešek
Recorded at the Rudolfinum Prague, February 2 and 3, 1988 (La Mer), February 14-20, 1984 (A Summmer's Tale), November 7 - 9, 1983 (Dafnis et Chloé), February 9, 1985 (Boléro), November 25-29, 1983 (Serenade in E flat major), January 18, 1986 (Concerto in F sharp minor), September 10-11, 1985 (Under the Apple Tree), November 9-10, 1981 (Fairy Tale), and January 14-29, 1986 (Symphony No. 7), the Stadion Studio Brno, June 2-4, 1989 (Concerto in E minor).
To mark Libor Pešek's eightieth birthday, Supraphon presents a representative selection of large orchestral recordings he made from 1981 to 1989. Compositions by Josef Suk, who has occupied a privileged position in Pešek's career, are featured alongside paramount Impressionist pieces - Debussy's La mer and Ravel's Suites from the ballet Daphnis et Chloé. Pešek's recording of Bruckner's Symphony No. 7 and Suk's lesser-known suite Under the Apple Tree are being released on CD for the very first time. The album also includes recordings of two concertos - Elgar's Cello Concerto, with Michaela Fukačová, and Scriabin's Piano Concerto, with Garrick Ohlsson. Within the illustrious career of Libor Pešek, a great and groundbreaking figure among Czech conductors, the period documented on this CD represents one of his peaks, the time of his most intensive collaboration with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, preceding his assuming the post of music director of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. These digitally remastered recordings bear witness to Pešek's remarkably nuanced work with the orchestral sound and sense for the great lines of Romantic orchestral scores.
A living portrait of a major Czech conductor.
(Supraphon 2013)
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