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“the Faust Cantata is fiendishly difficult to perform”
Reviewed at Forum Karlín, Prague on 24 May 2017
Schnittke, Faust Cantata: "Seid nüchtern und wachet"
Holst, The Planets, Op.32
Brno Philharmonic
Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno
Dennis Russell Davies, Conductor
Petr Fiala, Choirmaster / chorus director
Kateřina Jalovcová, Mezzo-soprano
Jan Mikušek, Tenor
Jaroslav Březina, Tenor
Svatopluk Sem, Baritone
From Moravia with love: the Brno Philharmonic at Cadogan Hall
****1
A modern mash-up at Prague Spring
****1
Heldenreisen im Wiener Konzert: die Brünner Philharmoniker unter Aleksandar Markovic
***11
Frühwerk trifft Meisterwerk
***11
Bychkov’s Mahler 8 makes a heavenly finale for Prague Spring
****1
A banner Bystrouška in Prague: The Cunning Little Vixen
*****
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