Live Recordings – 15 CD

This 15-CD classical music collection presents previously unreleased live recordings by Karel Anerl from the Czech Radio archives, most of them issued here for the first time. The repertoire includes works by Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Mussorgsky, Smetana, Dvok, Foerster, Novk, Suk, Debussy, Ravel, Strauss, Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Piston, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Hindemith, Lutosawski, Martin, Schulhoff, Kabel, Krej, Jeek, Novk, Pauer, Feld and Klusk. Featured soloists include Josef Suk, Josef Chuchro, Jan Panenka, Alexandr Plocek, Gza Novk, Karel Patras, Ladislav Mrz and Suzanne Danco, along with the Smetana Quartet and other performers. The recordings feature the Czech Philharmonic, the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Czech Choir, conducted by Karel Anerl. One of the most important conductors of post-war Europe, Anerl survived Nazi concentration camps and the overt antisemitism of communist Czechoslovakia. Through immense patience and dedication, he developed the Czech Philharmonic into a world-class orchestra and successfully introduced it to major concert halls. The contents are in Czech and include extensive classical repertoire and archival live performances.