Quintets

STRING QUARTET No. 3 in B flat major, Op.67 (1876)

PIANO QUINTET in F minor, Op. 34 (1865)

PRAŽÁK QUARTET

Václav REMEŠ , Vlastimil HOLEK, violins/Violinen/violons, Josef KLUSOŇ, viola/Bratsche/alto, Michal KAŇKA, cello/Violoncello/violoncelle

IVAN KLÁNSKÝ, piano

PRD/DSD 250 220

EARLY WORKS FOR STRING QUARTET :

CD1

STRING QUARTET No. 5 in F minor, Op.9 B. 37 (1870)  -  STRING QUARTET MOVEMENT in A minor B 40a (1873)

STRING QUARTET No. 1 in A major, Op.2 B. 8 (1862)

CD2

STRING QUARTET No. 7 in A minor, Op.16 B. 45 (1874)  -  STRING QUARTET No. 2 in B flat major, B. 17 (1870)

CD3

QUINTET FOR TWO VIOLINS, TWO VIOLAS AND VIOLONCELLO in A, Op.1 B. 7   -  STRING QUARTET No. 3 in D major B. 18 (1870)

STRING QUARTET in F major B.120 (Fragment) (1881)

CD4

STRING QUARTET No. 6 in A minor, Op.12 B. 40 (1873)  -  STRING QUARTET No. 4 in E minor, B.19 (1870)

TWO WALTZES, Op.54 B. 105 (1880)

ZEMLINSKY QUARTET

František SOUČEK, Petr STŘĺŽEK, violins/Violinen/violons Petr HOLMAN, viola/Bratsche/alto - Vladimír FORTIN, cello/Violoncello/violoncelle

Josef KLUSOŇ, viola/Bratsche/alto (Op.1) (member of the Pražák Quartet)

PRD 350 028

STRING QUARTET No. 5 (1979), dedicated to Prague City Quartet

STRING QUINTET (two violas) (1972), dedicated to Smetana Quartet

STRING QUARTET No. 6 (1993), dedicated of the members of Pražák Quartet

PRAGUE CITY QUARTET

SMETANA QUARTET, Jan TALICH senior, viola

PRAŽÁK QUARTET

This disc is dedicated to the memory of Jindrich Feld with whom I worked from 1959 until his death July 8, 2007. We created together in 1992 the label PRAGA, we had devoted to the defense and illustration of the musical genius of Czech composers and performers. Are gathered here three concerts given in France in the presence of Jindrich Feld by the musicians dedicatees.

Pierre. E. BARBIER

PRD/DSD 350 037

DIVERTIMENTO no.11 in D K 251, »Nannerl-Septett« for two violins, viola, double-bas, oboe, horn and bassoon

QUARTET IN F, for oboe, violin, viola and cello K 370

ADAGIO IN C, for english horn, violin, viola and cello K 580a

HORN QUINTET IN E FLAT MAJOR K 407, for french horn and strings

CZECH NONET

Jirí KREJCÍ, oboe/Oboe/hautbois-English horn/cor anglais, Pavel LANGPAUL, bassoon/ Fagott/basson, Vladimíra KLÁNSKÁ, french horn/Horn/cor, Jana HERAJNOVÁ, violin/ Violine /violon, Jan NYKRÝN, viola/Bratsche/alto, Vladan KOCÍ, cello/Violoncello/ violoncelle, Michal RYCHLÝ, double-bass/Kontrabaß/contrebasse.

Associated soloists:

Pavel KUDELÁSEK, violin/Violine/violon (K 251), Vladimír LEIXNER, cello/Violoncello/violoncelle (K 407)

members of PRAZÁK QUARTET (K 407): Václav REMEŠ, violin/Violine/violon, Josef KLUSON, Vlastimil HOLEK, violas/Bratsche/altos

PRD 250 095

HUMORESQUE SCHERZO Op.12b, for 4 bassoons (1915)

SYMPHONY No. 1 IN D MAJOR Op.21, ‘Classical Symphony’ (1917), transcription for two pianos by Rikuya Terashima (1998)

OVERTURE on Hebrew themes, Op.34 in C minor (original version 1919), for piano, clarinet and string quartet

QUINTET IN G MINOR, Op. 39 (1924)

SUITE FROM ROMEO AND JULIET, arranged for wind octet by Andreas N.Tarkmann (1986)

Soloists of the CZECH NONET

Soloists of the PRAGUE WIND QUINTETMartin HRŠEL, Irina KONDRATENKO, pianos/Klaviere (2-5)

Guest soloists :

Tomáš BRAUNER, conductor/Dirigent/chef d’orchestre, Vladimir KLÁNSKÝ, violin/Violine/violon, Jaroslav KUBITA, Radek OLIVA, bassoons/Fagotte/ bassoons, Štěpán KOS, piano/Klavier

PRD/DSD 250 216