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- Original Release Date: 11 Mar 1996
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| Song Title | Artist | Time | Price | |||
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| Play | 1. Sinfonietta - 1. Allegretto - Allegro - Maestoso | Wiener Philharmoniker | 2:24 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 2. Sinfonietta - 2. Andante - Allegretto - Maestoso - Tempo I - Allegretto | Wiener Philharmoniker | 6:10 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 3. Sinfonietta - 3. Moderato - Con moto - Prestissimo - Tempo I - Moderato | Wiener Philharmoniker | 5:15 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 4. Sinfonietta - 4. Allegretto - Adagio - Presto - Andante - Presto - Prestissimo | Wiener Philharmoniker | 3:02 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 5. Sinfonietta - 5. Andante con moto - Maestoso - Tempo I - Allegretto - Allegro - Maestoso - Adagio | Wiener Philharmoniker | 7:13 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 6. Taras Bulba - 1. The death of Andri | Wiener Philharmoniker | 8:51 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 7. Taras Bulba - 2. The death of Ostap | Wiener Philharmoniker | 5:28 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 8. Taras Bulba - 3. The prophecy and the death of Taras Bulba | Wiener Philharmoniker | 9:00 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 9. Lachian Dances - 1. Starodávny I | London Philharmonic Orchestra | 6:31 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 10. Lachian Dances - 2. Pozehnany | London Philharmonic Orchestra | 2:25 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 11. Lachian Dances - 3. Dymák | London Philharmonic Orchestra | 2:12 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 12. Lachian Dances - 4. Starodávny II | London Philharmonic Orchestra | 5:52 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 13. Lachian Dances - 5. Celadensky | London Philharmonic Orchestra | 2:00 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 14. Lachian Dances - 6. Pilky | London Philharmonic Orchestra | 3:11 | £0.79 | ||
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| Song Title | Artist | Time | Price | |||
| Play | 1. Suite for string orchestra - Moderato | Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra | 4:40 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 2. Suite for string orchestra - Adagio | Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra | 3:42 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 3. Suite for string orchestra - Andante con moto | Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra | 1:22 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 4. Suite for string orchestra - Presto - Adagio - Presto | Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra | 2:41 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 5. Suite for string orchestra - Adagio | Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra | 3:12 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 6. Suite for string orchestra - Andante | Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra | 3:19 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 7. Mládi (Youth) for wind sextet - 1. Andante | Sebastian Bell | 3:45 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 8. Mládi (Youth) for wind sextet - 2. Moderato | Sebastian Bell | 5:04 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 9. Mládi (Youth) for wind sextet - 3. Allegro | Sebastian Bell | 3:41 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 10. Mládi (Youth) for wind sextet - 4. Con moto | Sebastian Bell | 4:20 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 11. Capriccio - 1. Allegro | Paul Crossley | 4:56 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 12. Capriccio - 2. Adagio | Paul Crossley | 5:56 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 13. Capriccio - 3. Allegretto | Paul Crossley | 3:33 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 14. Capriccio - 4. Andante | Paul Crossley | 6:24 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 15. Concertino for piano and chamber orchestra - 1. Moderato | London Sinfonietta | 5:58 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 16. Concertino for piano and chamber orchestra - 2. Più mosso | London Sinfonietta | 3:28 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 17. Concertino for piano and chamber orchestra - 3. Con moto | London Sinfonietta | 3:40 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 18. Concertino for piano and chamber orchestra - 4. Allegro | London Sinfonietta | 4:23 | £0.79 | ||
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
All the music on this set is good. An excellent introduction to Janacek.
Especially the pieces conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras are great, both as music and because of the way they have been performed and recorded: Târas Bulba and the Sinfonietta. A real bargain!
Janacek is a Czech composer of the first half of the 20th century. I would call his music expressionistic. Don't be put down by the difficult word. The music is good, warm and colourful.
Especially the pieces conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras are great, both as music and because of the way they have been performed and recorded: Târas Bulba and the Sinfonietta. A real bargain!
Janacek is a Czech composer of the first half of the 20th century. I would call his music expressionistic. Don't be put down by the difficult word. The music is good, warm and colourful.
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Janacek 101 and at a bargain price
1 Aug 2002
Format:Audio CD
This album is probably the best single introduction to the music of this major and highly distinctive composer. The recordings of the Sinfonietta and Taras Bulba by Mackerras (one of the most prominent interpreters of Janacek's operas and orchestral works) are among the best available, with very wide ranging sound that vividly captures the sound of the organ and bells (in Taras Bulba), and the powerful brass playing from the Vienna Philharmonic. The Lachian Dances and the Suite for string orchestra are early works, which strongly reflect the influence of Dvorak, and the chamber works on the second disc express a more intimate, quirky side of his individuality.
A final word; if you are turned on by the Sinfonietta and/or Taras Bulba, you should check out the Slavonic Mass, a large scale work (one of his last and greatest) for chorus and full orchestra, based upon the ancient slavonic (meaning that it is sung in the old slavonic church vernacular instead of latin) version of the Roman Catholic mass. I can recommend the recordings of both Ancerl on Supraphon and Kubelik on the DG Originals series, as both are mid priced, in good sound, and both conductors, along with Mackerras, are among the premiere interpreters of Janacek.
A final word; if you are turned on by the Sinfonietta and/or Taras Bulba, you should check out the Slavonic Mass, a large scale work (one of his last and greatest) for chorus and full orchestra, based upon the ancient slavonic (meaning that it is sung in the old slavonic church vernacular instead of latin) version of the Roman Catholic mass. I can recommend the recordings of both Ancerl on Supraphon and Kubelik on the DG Originals series, as both are mid priced, in good sound, and both conductors, along with Mackerras, are among the premiere interpreters of Janacek.
32 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Everyone should have this recording of the Sinfonietta!
30 Mar 1999
Format:Audio CD
I am only commenting on the Sinfonietta. Mackerras is unexcelled in one of my ultimate pieces. The Vienna Phil would seem intuitively all wrong for this music, but Mackerras transforms the glowing tone of this great orchestra such that it totally serves the music. V, the mov't that makes or breaks a performance in my opinion, is overwhelming--as it should be. The wind soloists, notably the clarinetist and an amazing piccolo player, are exceptional. The strings, of course, have a wonderful tone, and a clarity that Janacek's music screams for (especially all the trills that they are call upon to do). The trumpets (a dozen), are well-behaved, and the timpani, again, incredibly important to this music, is well recorded--and played with lots of excitement. The final impact is not one of only excitement and a huge adrenalin rush, but of something deeper, a sense of gratification that Janacek wrote such a masterpiece, and that Mackerras recorded it for us. The other four movements are in this same vein of gratifying, white-hot intensity and beauty. Recommended at any price as one of the truly great recordings of the century!!!
11 of 14 people found the following review helpful
an excellent introduction to Janacek's music
8 Jan 2001
Format:Audio CD
The first disk of this work is an excellent introduction to Janacek's music. Although it might seem odd that a British conductor leading the Vienna Phil would be the prime exponent of this body of work, Mackerras' recording of the Sinfonietta is probably the best on disk today, though Rattle's is also good. I have to admit a personal preference to the Kubelik DG recording, but, to my knowledge, it is only available on vinyl. The performance (and recording!) of Taras Bulba is excellent, as well.
My own preference would have been for a single disk recording. The Sinfonietta, Taras Bulba, and the Lachian Dances are probably sufficient, and the typical listener is not well-served by the additional disk (and additional cost!).
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