Dvoark Serenade

Mozart - Haffner Serenade, Divertimento No.6 - Josef Suk, Libor Hlavacek (1988)
EAC Rip | FLAC (img + cue), LOG | TT 69:34 | Covers (jpg 300 dpi) | RAR 339 MB (3% Recovery)
Supraphon | Czechoslovakia | 11 0635-2 011 | 1988

Josef Suk (1929) is the direct heir of the musical genius of two great Czech composers - Antonin Dvorak and Josef Suk - from whom he is directly descended. Since 1960 he has won the Grand Prix of the Parisian Charles Cros Academy four times; and from this time he is soloist with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1972 he was awarded the Edison Prize for his recording of J. S. Bach's Sonatas and Partitas, and in 1974 he received the "Wiener Flotenuhr" for his recording of Mozart's Violin Concertos. Since 1980 he is a Professor at the Vienna Academy of Music.

With the arrival of Benjamin Britten on the international music scene, many felt that English music gained its greatest genius since Purcell. A composer of wide-ranging talents, Britten found in the human voice an especial source of inspiration, an affinity that resulted in a remarkable body of work, ranging from operas like Peter Grimes (1944-1945) and Death in Venice (1973) to song cycles like the Serenade for tenor, horn, and strings (1943) to the massive choral work War Requiem (1961). He also produced much music for orchestra and chamber ensembles, including symphonies, concerti, and chamber and solo works. Britten's father was a prosperous oral surgeon in the town of Lowestoft, Suffolk; his mother was a leader in the local ……
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