Štilec, Marek

Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice & Marek Štilec - Wranitzky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 6 (2023)

Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice & Marek Štilec - Wranitzky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 6 (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 290 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 163 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:09:24
Classical | Label: Naxos Records

Vienna’s music scene at the end of the 18th century was home to many renowned composers, including Paul Wranitzky, who was a respected colleague of Mozart and Haydn and was frequently tasked with providing incidental music for the considerable number of newly written plays. The three pieces heard on this album demonstrate not only Wranitzky’s compositional diversity but a gift for symphonically conceived works featuring battle music, solemn polyphonic elements, and the popular Turkish style with its characteristic janissary percussion.
Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra & Marek Štilec - Foerster: Orchestral Works (2022)

Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra & Marek Štilec - Foerster: Orchestral Works (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 258 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 148 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:04:06
Classical | Label: Naxos Records

Josef Bohuslav Foerster was the successor to Dvorák as organist in Prague, a lifelong friend of Mahler, and a pivotal figure in Czech music, whose almost 200 compositions take in all the major genres. The three selected works here offer an overview of his orchestral music. Recalling several equally majestic pieces by Smetana, the arresting Festive Overture combines Czech flair with Viennese elegance, while From Shakespeare explores characterization with warmth and resourceful orchestration. The early Symphony No.1 in D minor offers a darkness-to-light trajectory suffused with rich mid-Romantic colors.
Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra & Marek Štilec - Foerster: Orchestral Works (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra & Marek Štilec - Foerster: Orchestral Works (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 64:06 minutes | 1,05 GB
Classical | Label: Naxos Records, Official Digital Download

Josef Bohuslav Foerster was the successor to Dvorák as organist in Prague, a lifelong friend of Mahler, and a pivotal figure in Czech music, whose almost 200 compositions take in all the major genres. The three selected works here offer an overview of his orchestral music. Recalling several equally majestic pieces by Smetana, the arresting Festive Overture combines Czech flair with Viennese elegance, while From Shakespeare explores characterization with warmth and resourceful orchestration. The early Symphony No.1 in D minor offers a darkness-to-light trajectory suffused with rich mid-Romantic colors.
Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice & Marek Štilec - Wranitzky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 (2021)

Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice & Marek Štilec - Wranitzky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 295 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 162 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:08:46
Classical | Label: Naxos Records

Paul Wranitzky moved to Vienna from his native Moravia at the age of 20, mixing with the likes of Haydn and Mozart. As the most important symphonist in Vienna in the late 1790s, his style influenced the early symphonies of Beethoven. The Symphony in D major ‘La Chasse’ reflects the popularity of hunting music, and is heard here for the first time in its expanded version. The overtures to Mitgefühl and Die gute Mutter represent Wranitzky’s skill as a composer for the theatre, as does the masterfully scored Symphony in C major in which the composer repurposes some incidental and ballet music.
Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice & Marek Štilec - Wranitzky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 (2021)

Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice & Marek Štilec - Wranitzky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 282 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 161 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:08:47
Classical | Label: Naxos Records

"Czech-born Paul Wranitzky, a contemporary of Mozart, was the most important symphonist in Vienna at the turn of the 18th century. To mark the ascension to the throne of Franz II in 1792, Wranitzky wrote the grand Symphony in C major, a work of regal quality and festive exuberance. Wranitzky's mature symphonic style is on display in the Symphony in B flat major, with its expanded orchestral forces, contrasting textures and broad musical invention. Overtures from two operas offer a sampling of Wranitzky's dramatic writing for the stage."
Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice & Marek Štilec - Koželuch: Symphonies, Vol. 3 (2019)

Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice & Marek Štilec - Koželuch: Symphonies, Vol. 3 (2019)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 376 MB | Tracks: 16 | 77:47 min
Style: Classical | Label: Naxos

In addition to his influence as a pianist and leading keyboard composer in Vienna, the Bohemian Leopold Kozeluch wrote an important body of symphonies that rank among the most significant of their time. The four examples here, heard in original, corrected editions, show consummate mastery of proportion, instrumental control and thematic development and all exude characteristic freshness and sophistication. The 'Symphony in B-flat', titled 'L'Irrésolu' is especially noteworthy not only as his most unusual work in the genre but for its sheer boldness of expression.
Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice & Marek Štilec - Wranitzky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 (2021) [24/96]

Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice & Marek Štilec - Wranitzky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 68:47 minutes | 2,22 GB
Classical | Label: Naxos Records, Official Digital Download

"Czech-born Paul Wranitzky, a contemporary of Mozart, was the most important symphonist in Vienna at the turn of the 18th century. To mark the ascension to the throne of Franz II in 1792, Wranitzky wrote the grand Symphony in C major, a work of regal quality and festive exuberance. Wranitzky's mature symphonic style is on display in the Symphony in B flat major, with its expanded orchestral forces, contrasting textures and broad musical invention. Overtures from two operas offer a sampling of Wranitzky's dramatic writing for the stage."
Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice & Marek Štilec - Wranitzky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 (2021) [24/96]

Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice & Marek Štilec - Wranitzky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 68:46 minutes | 1,2 GB
Classical | Label: Naxos Records, Official Digital Download

Paul Wranitzky moved to Vienna from his native Moravia at the age of 20, mixing with the likes of Haydn and Mozart. As the most important symphonist in Vienna in the late 1790s, his style influenced the early symphonies of Beethoven. The Symphony in D major ‘La Chasse’ reflects the popularity of hunting music, and is heard here for the first time in its expanded version. The overtures to Mitgefühl and Die gute Mutter represent Wranitzky’s skill as a composer for the theatre, as does the masterfully scored Symphony in C major in which the composer repurposes some incidental and ballet music.
Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra & Marek Štilec - Novák - Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 (2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra & Marek Štilec - Novák - Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 (2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 56:08 minutes | 933 MB
Classical | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

Vítězslav Novák, a composition student of Dvořák, rose to prominence with a series of increasingly ambitious orchestral works that reflect his very personal amalgam of folk music elements, impressionism and late Romanticism.
Heiko Mathias Förster, Marek Stilec - Antonín Dvorák: Alfred (2015)

Heiko Mathias Förster, Marek Stilec - Antonín Dvorák: Alfred (2015)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 02:05:10 | 646 MB
Genre: Classical, Opera | Label: Arco Diva | Catalog: UP 0140-2 612

The early opera of Antonín Dvorák recorded here definitely falls into the historical oddity category. It's in German, not Czech, set to a libretto by a poet long dead by 1870, when the work was composed, and it is unknown why Dvorák would have undertaken such a sizable project. The subject is a British king, Alfred the Great, who also inspired the opera by Thomas Arne that contains Rule, Brittania, and even shows up in the Vikings television miniseries.