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Bedřich Smetana String Quartets No 1 and 2

Wihan Quartet (Leoš Čepický - violin, Jan Schulmeister - violin, Jiří Žigmund - viola, Aleš Kaspřík - cello)

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Janáček Quartet (Miloš Vacek - violin, Vítězslav Zavadilík - violin, Ladislav Kyselák - viola, Břetislav Vybíral - violoncello)

The texts on the motifs of the Gospel and those of the poet Jaroslav Durych were written and recited by - Alfred Strejček

Bedřich Smetana Overture/ The Bartered Bride
Leoš Janáček I.Introduction/ Glagolitic Mass
Antonín Dvořák Slavonic Dance No.1
Antonín Dvořák III.Scherzo.Vivace/ Serenade in E major
Bedřich Smetana III.Finale.Presto/ Piano trio in G minor
Leoš Janáček III.Andantino/ In the Mists
Josef Suk Longing/ Spring
Antonín Dvořák Piano Quintet No.2 in A major
Antonín Dvořák Biblical Song No.8
Antonín Dvořák Slavonic Dance No.10
Bedřich Smetana Why Shouldn´t We Be Happy/ The Bartered Bride

Various Soloists
Moravian Philharmonic Olomouc - Milan Kaňák, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra - Leoš Svárovský, Kristina Kasíková, Martin Kasík, Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice - Leoš Svárovský, Czech Trio, Tomáš Víšek, Wihan Quartet, Sergej Koptchak, Aleš Bárta, Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno, Czech Chamber Soloists - Petr Fiala

Jiří Berkovec Sonatina No. 1 in One Movement for   String Orchestra
Ilja Hurník Variations on a Theme of Pergolesi for    Piano Four Hand
Luboš Sluka Sonata for Violoncello and Piano
Jan F. Fischer Aria for Two Harps
Oldřich F. Korte Philosophical Dialogues for Violin    and Piano
Štěpán Lucký Ottetto per archi
Jiří Berkovec Cottage and a Green

Various Soloists
Moravian Philharmonic Ostrava, Ilja Hurník, Jana Hurník, Jan Polášek, Aleš Bílek, Jana Boušková, Kateřina Englichová, Shizuka Ishikawa, Oldřich F. Korte, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Prague Radio Orchestra, Vlasta Burian

Bohuslav Martinů String Quartet No 5
Vítězslava Kaprálová String Quartet, Op. 8
Josef Suk Meditation on the Old Czech
Chorale "St. Wenceslas", Op. 35a
´St Wenceslas´Choral

Kapralova Quartet (Rita Čepurčenko, Simona Hurníková, Světlana Jahodová, Margit Klepáčová)

Slovak and Hungarian Songs

Mikuláš Schneider-Trnavský, Béla Bartók and Sylvie Bodorová

Štefan Margita - tenor
Gabriela Beňačková - soprano
Katarína Bachmannová - piano
Kateřina Englichová - harp

Slovak Songs

Mikuláš Schneider-Trnavský and Sylvie Bodorová

Gabriela Beňačková - soprano
Štefan Margita - tenor
Katarína Bachmannová - piano
Kateřina Englichová - harp

George Enescu 3eme Sonate pour Piano et Violon
Franz Schubert Sonate für Violine und Klavier in a-Moll
Arnold Schönberg Phantasy for Violin with Piano Accompaniment
Hans Werner Henze Fünf Nachtstücke für Violine und Klavier

Barbara Doll - violin
Cristina Marton - piano

Bohuslav Martinů Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola and Orchstra
Zdeněk Lukáš Concerto for Viola and Orchestra
Carl Stamitz Concerto for Viola and Orchestra in D major

Jitka Hosprová - viola
Prague Chamber Orchestra

Pavel Trojan Astoriana
Radek Rejšek Eight Windows of Loretta Spire
Jindřich Feld Quintet for Saxophone and String     Quartet
Miroslav Pelikán Sonata for Violoncello and Piano
Karel Janovický Sonata for Harp

Various soloists
Václava Černohorská, Petr Prause, Kateřina Englichová, Duo BeNe, Jana Macharáčková, Hanuš Bartoň, Pražák´s Quartet