To mark Libor Pesek'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 Pesek's career, are featured alongside paramount Impressionist pieces La mer and Ravel's Suites from the ballet Daphnis et Chloe. Pesek's recording of Bruckner's Symphony No. 7 and Suk's lesser-known suite Under the Apple Tree are album also includes recordings of two concertos Scriabin's Piano Concerto, with Garrick Ohlsson. Within the illustrious career of Libor Pesek, a great 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 Roy recordings bear witness to Pesek's remarkably nuanced work with the orchestral sound and sense for the great lines of Romantic orchestral scores.

Tracklist:

De L'aube A Midi Sur la Mer
Jeux de Vagues
Dialogue Du Vent Et de la Mer
Voices of Life and Consolation
Midday
Intermezzo. Blind Musicians
In the Power of Phantoms
Night
BolÃ©ro 1
Nocturne 1
Interlude 1
Danse GuerriÃ¨re 1
Lever Du Jour 1
Pantomime 1
Andante Con Moto 1
Allegro Ma Non Troppo E Grazioso 1
Adagio 1
Allegro Giocoso Ma Non Troppo Presto 2
Adagio. Moderato - Michaela Fukacova/Brno Philharmonic Orchestra 2
Lento. Alegro Molto - Michaela Fukacova/Brno Philharmonic Orchestra 2
Adagio - Michaela Fukacova/Brno Philharmonic Orchestra 2
Allegro. Moderato - Michaela Fukacova/Brno Philharmonic Orchestra 2
Allegro - Garrick Ohlsson/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra 2
Andante - Garrick Ohlsson/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra 2
Allegro Moderato - Garrick Ohlsson/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra 2
Introduction 2
Song of Danica 'You Blue River' 2
Bacchanale 3
Song of Danica 'A Dark Shadow Fell' 3
Epilogue 3
About the Faithful Love of RadÃºz and Mahulena and Their Sorrows 3
Funeral Music 3
Allegro Moderato 3
Adagio. Sehr Feierlich Und Langsam 3
Scherzo. Sehr Schnell 3
Finale. Bewegt, Doch Nicht Zu Schnell

UPC: 099925413224
Label: Supraphon
Release Date: 5.28.13
Format: CD

Debussy / Fukacova / Cpo / Pesek - Libor Pesek: The Gold Collection (CD)