SLOVAK STATE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, KOSICE

The Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice was established in 1968 as the second professional symphonic orchestra in Slovakia. It is based in Košice, the capital of Eastern Slovakia, a city with a population of over a quarter of a million. The city is also a seat of the Constitutional Court, and has four universities, numerous research institutes, theatres, galleries and museums.

The first concert of the newly founded orchestra was given in April 1969 under the then chief conductor Bystrík Režucha. In a short time the orchestra won wide recognition among both professional and general audiences and became one of the leading representatives of Slovak music in Slovakia and abroad. The nearly ninety-strong ensemble includes professional musicians who are graduates of conservatories and famous music academies.

Great success has been achieved with concerts in many European countries and also in leading cities in Asia. The orchestra has performed at international music festivals held in important cultural centres of the world, including Vienna, Salzburg, Berlin, Budapest, Prague, Antwerp, Lisbon, Barcelona, Athens, Rheims, Hong Kong, Luxemburg, and New York. In 1994 the orchestra undertook a month-long tour of the United States, marking the first appearance of the orchestra in America.

In addition to performance for radio and television, there have been more than 130 compact disc recordings, many of them for Naxos and Marco Polo, and often including rare repertoire, as well as participating in the Marco Polo recordings of the complete instrumental work of the younger Johann Strauss and of his brother Josef Strauss. There has been collaboration with leading soloists and conductors in a repertoire that ranges from the baroque to the contemporary.

Since 1991 the Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice has been the only orchestra in the Slovak republic to hold two international festivals, the Košice Music Spring Festival and the International Organ Festival of Ivan Sokol. Since 2003 the orchestra has also organized the Festival of Contemporary Art. The music director of the orchestra is Jerzy Swoboda.

Albums featuring this artist are available for download from ClassicsOnline.com
101 CLASSICS - The Best Loved Classical Melodies	8.508004
101 GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS, Vol. 5	8.551145
101 GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS, Vol. 10	8.551150
20 YEARS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC: Naxos Anniversary Collection (Naxos Denmark)	8.570598
21ST CENTURY CINEMA CLASSICS	8.556698
A LA DECOUVERTE DU CLASSIQUE	8.550037-38
A NEW YEAR'S CONCERT	8.571097
A to Z of Classical Music	8.553362
A Viennese New Year	8.554466-67
ADAGIO	7168
ADAGIO 2	8.553841
ANDANTE - Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556606
Art & Music: Klimt - Music of His Time	8.558146
Art & Music: Turner - Music of His Time	8.558116
BALLADE - Classics Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556604
BALLET FAVORITES	8.571082
BANTOCK: Hebridean Symphony / Old English Suite	8.223274
BANTOCK: Hebridean Symphony / Old English Suite	8.555473
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5, "Emperor" / TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1	7122
BEST OF AMADIS (THE), Vol. 2	7802
BEST OF AMADIS (THE), VOL. 1	7801
Best of British Light Music, Vol. 4	8.554712
BEST OF NAXOS 3	8.550003
BEST OF NAXOS 7	8.550007
BEST OF OPERETTA, Vol. 1	8.550941
BEST OF OPERETTA, VOL. 1	8.570049
BEST OF OPERETTA, Vol. 2	8.550942
BEST OF OPERETTA, Vol. 3	8.550943
BRAHMS / MENDELSSOHN: Piano Concertos	8.554675
BRIDE'S GUIDE TO WEDDING MUSIC (A)	8.503134
CAN-CAN AND OTHER DANCES FROM THE OPERA	8.550924
CENTRE (THE), Vol. 1	8.554901-02DX
CENTRE (THE), Vol. 2	8.554903-04DX
Children's Classics Vol. 1	8.554571
CHILL WITH CHOPIN	8.556784
CHILL WITH TCHAIKOVSKY	8.556785
CHOPIN (THE BEST OF)	8.556654
CHOPIN (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552107-08
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Fantasia on Polish Airs / Andante Spianato	8.550368
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Allegro de concert / Andante spianato and Grand Polonaise	8.571021
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 2 / FIELD: Piano Concerto No. 1	8.554680
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Krakowiak	8.550369
CHOPIN: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2	8.554540
CHOPIN: Romantic Chopin (The)	8.552214
CHOPIN: Romantic Chopin (The)	8.570079
CHRISTMAS CHILL - The Essential Collection	8.578013-14
Christmas Goes Baroque	DVDI 0998
Christmas Goes Baroque 1	8.550301
CHRISTMAS Merry Christmas / Frohliche Weihnachten / Joyeux Noel	8.550188
CINEMA CLASSICS 1997	8.551181
CINEMA CLASSICS 1999	8.551183
CINEMA CLASSICS 2006	8.556833
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 8	8.556628
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 10	8.551160
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 10	8.556630
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 11	8.551171
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 11	8.556631
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 12	8.556632
CLASSICAL FAVOURITES	8.550521
CLASSICAL FAVOURITES (Den Klassiske Onskekonserten)	8.503129
CLASSICAL MOMENTS 4: Classical Music for the Home	8.555360
CLASSICAL MOMENTS 5: Classical Music to Dine to	8.555361
CLASSICAL MOMENTS 6: Classical Music to Study to	8.555362
Classical Music From TV Advert	8.554589
Classical Music Start-Up Kit, Vol. 2: 1825-1945	8.550835
Classics at the Movies: Comedy 2	8.556812
Classics at the Movies: Love	8.556805
CLASSICS FOR LOVERS	8.570013-14
Classics from the Movies	8.554576
COWEN: Symphony No. 3 / Indian Rhapsody	8.223273
DISCOVER CLASSICAL MUSIC	8.550008-09
Discover Music of the Twentieth Century	8.558168-69
Discover the Classics, Vol. 2	8.554246-47
DISCOVER THE CLASSICS, VOL. 1	8.550035-36
DVORAK: Opera Overtures and Preludes	8.223272
Etude: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556611
Everlasting Chinese Love Songs: Message from the Moon	8.223426
FAMOUS OPERETTA OVERTURES	8.550468
FAMOUS OVERTURES	8.553627
FOOD OF LOVE (THE)	8.554590
French Saxophone Concertos	8.225127
FURTWANGLER: Piano Concerto in B Minor	8.223333
FURTWANGLER: Symphony in D Major / Symphony in B Minor	8.223645
FURTWANGLER: Symphony No. 1	8.223295
GODARD: Violin Concerto No. 2 / Concerto romantique / Scenes poetiques	8.570554
GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS 5 (Australia)	8.570040
GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS 10 (Australia)	8.570045
Great Waltzes	8.553337
GRECHANINOV: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2	8.223163
GRECHANINOV: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2	8.555410
GRIEG (THE BEST OF)	8.556658
GRIEG (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552123-24
GRIEG : Piano Concerto	DVDI 1002
GRIEG: Lyric Pieces / RAVEL: Mother Goose / NIELSEN, C.: Alladin Suite / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Mlada / PROKOFIEV: Cinderella Suite	8.557953DK
GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 & 2	DVDI 1023
GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 and 2	8.571029
GUITAR FAVOURITES	7189
Intermezzo: Intermezzi from Operas	8.554703
Intermezzo: Intermezzos from Carmen, Cavalleria Rusiticana, Pagliacci and more	8.570046
JACK-IN-THE-BOX - A Collection of Amusic and Entertaining Works by Classical Composers	8.570124-25
KLASSIK HIGHLIGHTS - Music for the 20th Anniversary of Naxos	8.550020
LACHNER: Symphony No. 5, 'Passionata'	8.223502
LACHNER: Symphony No. 8 / Ball-Suite	8.223594
LARGO	7169
LISTEN, LEARN AND GROW: Playtime Fun and Games	8.555812
Locomotiv-Musik 1: A Musical Train Ride	8.223470
Locomotiv-Musik 2: A Musical Train Ride	8.223471
MARSCHNER: Overtures	8.223342
MENDELSSOHN (THE BEST OF)	8.556660
MENDELSSOHN / LISZT / GRIEG: Piano Concertos	8.553267
MENDELSSOHN : The Best Of Mendelssohn	8.551110
MENDELSSOHN: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Capriccio Brillant / Rondo Brillant	8.550681
MERRY X'MAS	8.554906DX
MOONLIGHT CLASSICS	8.550223DX
MOSONYI: Piano Concerto / Symphony No. 1	8.223539
MYSTERY OF AUTUMN (THE)	8.557791
NAXOS SELECTION: Highlights	8.571000
NEUJAHR IN WIEN (New Year in Vienna) - Musical Bonbons by Strauss I and II, Lanner and Ziehrer	8.552006
NIGHT MUSIC 4	8.556818
NIGHT MUSIC, VOL. 4	8.551124
Night Music, Vol. 11	8.551131
NIGHT MUSIC, VOL. 6	8.556820
NIGHT MUSIC, VOL. 7	8.556821
NIGHT MUSIC, VOL. 8	8.556822
ONCE UPON A TIME	8.557953-54
OPERA WITHOUT WORDS - The Most Famous Overtures, Preludes, and Interludes in Opera	8.557945-46
PANDA CLASSICS - Issue No. 4: Toon Time	8.578011-12
PANDA CLASSICS - Issue Nos. 1-3 (3CD box set)	8.503204
PASTORALE - Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556608
Polish Heart (The)	8.554774
Prelude: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556607
PROKOFIEV, S.: Orchestral Suites (Slovak State Philharmonic, Mogrelia)	8.550381
PROKOFIEV: Cinderella Suites / TCHAIKOVSKY: Sleeping Beauty (Children's Classics)	8.554610
PROKOFIEV: Romeo and Juliet (Highlights)	8.550380
PROKOFIEV: Romeo and Juliet (Highlights) / Cinderella Suite No. 1	8.553273
PROKOFIEV: Romeo and Juliet Suites Nos. 1-3 (excerpts)	7175
PROKOFIEV: Sergey Prokofiev - A Portrait (HART)	8.558202-03
PROKOFIEV: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 5	8.553218
RAFF: Aus Thuringen / Italian Suite	8.223194
RAFF: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 10	8.223321
RAFF: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 10	8.555491
RAFF: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 11	8.223529
RAFF: Symphonies Nos. 8 and 9	8.223362
RAFF: Symphony No. 2 / Macbeth / Romeo and Juliet	8.223630
RAFF: Symphony No. 5, 'Lenore'	8.223455
RAFF: Symphony No. 6 / Jubel-Overture / Festmarsch	8.223638
RAFF: Symphony No. 7 / Concert Overture, Op. 123	8.223506
RODRIGO : Concierto de Aranjuez	8.550220
RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez / GRANADOS: 12 Danzas espanolas (excerpts)	8.571057
RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez / GRANADOS: Spanish Dances (excerpts)	7139
ROMANCE	8.553216
Romantic French Music for Guitar and Orchestra	8.550480
RUBINSTEIN : Symphony No. 1	8.223277
RUBINSTEIN: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2	8.223456
RUBINSTEIN: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 and 4	8.223382
RUBINSTEIN: Symphony No. 1 / Ivan the Terrible	8.555476
RUBINSTEIN: Symphony No. 4, 'Dramatic'	8.223319
RUBINSTEIN: Symphony No. 4, 'Dramatic'	8.555979
Sarabande: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556613
Scandinavian Festival	8.550090
SCANDINAVIAN FESTIVAL	8.571098
SCHILLINGS: Violin Concerto Op. 25 / Moloch / King Oedipus	8.223324
SCHUMANN, R.: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 4	8.550471
SCHUMANN: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 4	7138
SEASON'S GREETING	8.550588DX
Serenade: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556619
SLAVONIC FESTIVAL	8.550376
SMETANA: Ma Vlast	8.571063
SMETANA: Ma vlast (My Fatherland)	7146
SMETANA: Orchestral Highlights from Operas	8.223326
SPOHR: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 and 3 / Potpourri, Op. 80	8.550688
SPOHR: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 5	8.223363
SPOHR: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 9, 'The Seasons'	8.223454
SPOHR: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 6	8.223439
SPOHR: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8	8.223432
STOR MUSIK FOR SMA ORON (Big Music for Little Ears) - Children's Music Compilation	8.503156
STRAUSS I, J.: Orchestral Works	8.223617
STRAUSS II / LEHAR / TCHAIKOVSKY: Great Waltzes	8.571076
STRAUSS II, J (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552115-16
STRAUSS II, J.: 100 Most Famous Works, Vol. 1	8.554517
STRAUSS II, J.: 100 Most Famous Works, Vol. 10	8.554526
STRAUSS II, J.: 100 Most Famous Works, Vol. 2	8.554518
STRAUSS II, J.: 100 Most Famous Works, Vol. 3	8.554519
STRAUSS II, J.: 100 Most Famous Works, Vol. 4	8.554520
STRAUSS II, J.: 100 Most Famous Works, Vol. 5	8.554521
STRAUSS II, J.: 100 Most Famous Works, Vol. 6	8.554522
STRAUSS II, J.: 100 Most Famous Works, Vol. 7	8.554523
STRAUSS II, J.: 100 Most Famous Works, Vol. 8	8.554524
STRAUSS II, J.: 100 Most Famous Works, Vol. 9	8.554525
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 1	8.223201
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 2	8.223202
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 20	8.223220
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 3	8.223203
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 30	8.223230
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 4	8.223204
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 5	8.223205
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 6	8.223206
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 11	8.223211
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 12	8.223212
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 13	8.223213
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 14	8.223214
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 16	8.223216
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 18	8.223218
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 19	8.223219
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 21	8.223221
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 22	8.223222
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 23	8.223223
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 24	8.223224
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 25	8.223225
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 28	8.223228
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 29	8.223229
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 31	8.223231
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 32	8.223232
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 33	8.223233
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 35	8.223235
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 36	8.223236
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 37	8.223237
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 38	8.223238
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 39	8.223239
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 42	8.223242
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 43	8.223243
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 44	8.223244
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 45	8.223245
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 48	8.223249
STRAUSS II, J.: Edition - Vol. 49	8.223275
STRAUSS II, J.: Famous Overtures	8.553936
STRAUSS II, J.: Jabuka (Das Apfelfest)	8.660216-17
STRAUSS II, J.: On Stage with Johann Strauss, Vol. 1	8.225074
STRAUSS II, J.: On Stage with Johann Strauss, Vol. 2	8.225075
STRAUSS II, J.: Waltzes, Polkas, Marches and Overtures, Vol. 1	8.550336
STRAUSS II, J.: Waltzes, Polkas, Marches and Overtures, Vol. 2	8.550337
STRAUSS II, J.: Waltzes, Polkas, Marches and Overtures, Vol. 3	8.550338
STRAUSS II, J.: Waltzes, Polkas, Marches and Overtures, Vol. 4	8.550339
STRAUSS II, J.: Waltzes, Polkas, Marches and Overtures, Vol. 5	8.550340
STRAUSS II: Most Famous Waltzes, Polkas, and Marches, Vol. 2	8.571110
STRAUSS, Johann, Jr : Waltzes and Polkas	DVDI 1016
STRAUSS, Josef: Edition - Vol. 10	8.223570
STRAUSS, Josef: Edition - Vol. 20	8.223622
STRAUSS, Josef: Edition - Vol. 3	8.223563
STRAUSS, Josef: Edition - Vol. 5	8.223565
STRAUSS, Josef: Edition - Vol. 6	8.223566
STRAUSS, Josef: Edition - Vol. 7	8.223567
STRAUSS, Josef: Edition - Vol. 8	8.223568
STRAUSS, Josef: Edition - Vol. 9	8.223569
STRAUSS, Josef: Edition - Vol. 12	8.223572
STRAUSS, Josef: Edition - Vol. 13	8.223573
STRAUSS, Josef: Edition - Vol. 14	8.223574
STRAUSS, Josef: Edition - Vol. 15	8.223575
STRAUSS, Josef: Edition - Vol. 16	8.223618
STRAUSS, Josef: Edition - Vol. 17	8.223619
STRAUSS, Josef: Edition - Vol. 18	8.223620
STRAUSS, Josef: Edition - Vol. 19	8.223621
STRAUSS, Josef: Edition - Vol. 21	8.223623
STRAUSS, Josef: Edition - Vol. 22	8.223624
STRAUSS, Josef: Edition - Vol. 23	8.223625
STRAUSS, Josef: Edition - Vol. 24	8.223626
STRAUSS, Josef: Edition - Vol. 25	8.223664
STRAUSS, Josef: Edition - Vol. 26	8.223679
SUPPE: Famous Overtures	8.553935
SUPPE: Marches / Waltzes / Polkas	8.223864
SUPPE: Overtures, Vol. 1	8.223647
SUPPE: Overtures, Vol. 2	8.223648
SUPPE: Overtures, Vol. 3	8.223683
SUPPE: Overtures, Vol. 4	8.223730
SUPPE: Overtures, Vol. 5	8.223863
SUPPE: Overtures, Vol. 6	8.223865
SVENSKA FOLKETS ONSKEKONSERT	8.557192
TANSMAN: Symphony No. 5 / Four Movements	8.223379
TCHAIKOVSKY: Romantic Tchaikovsky (The)	8.552216
TCHAIKOVSKY: Romantic Tchaikovsky (The)	8.570081
TCHAIKOVSKY: Sleeping Beauty (The) (Complete Ballet)	8.550490-92
TCHEREPNIN, A.: Symphony No. 4 / Suite Op. 87 / Russian Dances	8.223380
THE BEST OF MARCO POLO	8.223002
Viennese Favourites, Vol. 1	8.553281
Viennese Favourites, Vol. 2	8.553282
WALDTEUFEL: Famous Waltzes	8.553956
WALDTEUFEL: The Best of Emile Waldteufel, Vol. 1	8.223433
WALDTEUFEL: The Best of Emile Waldteufel, Vol. 10	8.223688
WALDTEUFEL: The Best of Emile Waldteufel, Vol. 2	8.223438
WALDTEUFEL: The Best of Emile Waldteufel, Vol. 3	8.223441
WALDTEUFEL: The Best of Emile Waldteufel, Vol. 4	8.223450
WALDTEUFEL: The Best of Emile Waldteufel, Vol. 5	8.223451
WALDTEUFEL: The Best of Emile Waldteufel, Vol. 6	8.223684
WALDTEUFEL: The Best of Emile Waldteufel, Vol. 7	8.223685
WALDTEUFEL: The Best of Emile Waldteufel, Vol. 8	8.223686
WALDTEUFEL: The Best of Emile Waldteufel, Vol. 9	8.223687
WALDTEUFEL: The Best of Emile Waldteufel, Vol. 11	8.223692
WEBER (THE BEST OF)	8.556676
WEBER: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 and 2	8.550378
WINTER	8.557726
ZIEHRER: Operetta Overtures	8.225332