SLOVAK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

The Slovak Philharmonic was founded in 1949 as the first Slovak professional state symphony orchestra. Its personal development was directed, dramaturgically built and interpretationally formed by important personalities of the international music life Vaclav Talich (in 1949-1952 he was the composer-in-chief of SP, he has worked mainly with the chamber orchestra SP), Ludovít Rajter (in SP in 1949-1976, with a short break in 1952-1953, when Tibor Frešo was the conductor-in-chief). Art profile of the orchestra has been formed by further conductors-in-chief and important artists - Ladislav Slovák (1961-1981), later Libor Pešek, Vladimír Verbickij, Bystrik Režucha a Aldo Ceccato. Since the beginning of the 1991-1992 season Ondrej Lenárd is the conductor-in-chief of the Slovak Philharmonic.

Many important foreign conductors have been at the head of the SP - as guests - during many years: C. Abbado, J. Belohlávek, S. Celbidache, J. Conlon, Ch. v. Dohnányi, V. Fedosejev, M. Jansons, P. Keuschnig, F. Konwitschny, Z. Košler, A. Lombard, K. Masur, Sir Y. Menuhin, R. Muti, V. Neumann, A. Pedrotti, A. Rahbari, K. Sanderling, L. Slatkin, O. Suitner, R. Weikert, C. Zecchi and many others. Also composers as interprets of their own works - K. Penderecki and A. Chacaturian.

The Slovak Philharmonic is a regular guest of important European music festivals. Within its numerous foreign tours it has performed in 18 European countries, in Japan, on Cyprus, in Turkey and in the USA. Slovak Philharmonic has recorded extensively for Naxos and other labels and for radio, television and film companies.

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Albums featuring this artist are available for download from ClassicsOnline.com
101 GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS, Vol. 1	8.551141
101 GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS, Vol. 2	8.551142
101 GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS, Vol. 3	8.551143
101 GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS, Vol. 4	8.551144
101 GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS, Vol. 5	8.551145
101 GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS, Vol. 7	8.551147
101 GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS, Vol. 8	8.551148
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 to Z of Classical Music	8.553362
A TO Z OF CLASSICAL MUSIC	8.555319-20
ADAGIO	7168
ADAGIO - The Ultimate Collection	8.570015-16
ADAGIO 1	8.550994
ALBINONI / BARBER / HANDEL (UK)	8.554584
Alphorn Concertos	8.223101
ALPHORN CONCERTOS	8.555978
ANDANTE - Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556606
Around The World In 80 Minutes	8.223003
Art & Music: Cezanne - Music of His Time	8.558179
Art & Music: Degas - Music of His Time	8.558144
Art & Music: Klimt - Music of His Time	8.558146
Art & Music: Monet - Music of His Time	8.558058
Art & Music: Turner - Music of His Time	8.558116
BALLET FAVORITES	8.571082
BAX: Sinfonietta / Overture, Elegy and Rondo	8.223102
BAX: Sinfonietta / Overture, Elegy and Rondo	8.555109
BEETHOVEN (THE BEST OF)	8.556651
BEETHOVEN (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552105-06
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS: Favourite Overtures	8.553262
BEETHOVEN : Symphony No. 3	DVDI 1014
BEETHOVEN: Adagio	8.552240
BEETHOVEN: Best of Beethoven (The)	8.551101
BEETHOVEN: Overtures, Vol. 1	8.550072
BEETHOVEN: Romantic Beethoven (The)	8.552213
BEETHOVEN: Romantic Beethoven (The)	8.570078
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 / SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8	8.553223
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 / SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8	8.550289
BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto / Romances Nos. 1 and 2	8.550149
BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto / Sextet	8.571008
BENEDICTUS - CLASSICAL MUSIC FOR REFLECTION AND MEDITATION	8.556705
BEST OF NAXOS 1	8.550001
BEST OF NAXOS 2	8.550002
BEST OF NAXOS 3	8.550003
BEST OF NAXOS 5	8.550005
BEST OF NAXOS 6	8.550006
BEST OF NAXOS 7	8.550007
BEST OF OPERA I	8.571079
BEST OF OPERA, VOL. 5	8.554683
BIZET (THE BEST OF)	8.556671
BIZET: Carmen Suites Nos. 1 and 2 / L'arlesienne Suites Nos. 1 and 2	8.550061
BIZET: Carmen Suites Nos. 1 and 2 / L'arlesienne Suites Nos. 1 and 2	8.550061DX
BIZET: Symphony in C Major / L'Arlesienne / Jeux d'Enfants	8.553278
BLOCH: Symphony in C Sharp Minor	8.223103
BRAHMS (THE BEST OF)	8.556659
BRAHMS / BRUCH: Violin Concertos	8.550195
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 / Academic Festival Overture	7027
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 / Academic Festival Overture	8.550130
BRAHMS: The Best of Brahms	8.551109
BRAHMS: Violin Concerto / BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy	8.571016
BRIAN: Symphony No. 1, 'Gothic'	8.223280-81
BRIAN: Symphony No. 1, 'The Gothic'	8.557418-19
BRIDE'S GUIDE TO WEDDING MUSIC (A)	8.503134
BRIDE'S GUIDE TO WEDDING MUSIC (A)	8.557246-47
BRIDE'S GUIDE TO WEDDING MUSIC FOR CIVIL CEREMONIES (A)	8.570227-28
CAN-CAN AND OTHER DANCES FROM THE OPERA	8.550924
CANTABILE - CLASSICS FOR RELAXING AND DREAMING	8.556605
CENTRE (THE), Vol. 1	8.554901-02DX
CENTRE (THE), Vol. 2	8.554903-04DX
Children's Classics Vol. 1	8.554571
CHILL WITH BEETHOVEN	8.556790
CHILL WITH MOZART	8.556780
CHILL WITH SCHUBERT	8.556791
CHILL WITH TCHAIKOVSKY	8.556785
CHORAL MASTERPIECES	8.550827
CHRISTMAS - A Classic Christmas: For Your Family	8.555291
CHRISTMAS (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.570344-45
CINEMA CLASSICS	8.571090
CINEMA CLASSICS 1998	8.551182
CINEMA CLASSICS 2006	8.556833
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 1	8.551151
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 1	8.556621
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 5	8.556625
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 6	8.556626
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 7	8.556627
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 8	8.556628
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 10	8.551160
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 10	8.556630
CIURLIONIS: Sea (The) / In the Forest / Five Preludes	8.223323
CLASSICAL CHILLOUT - The Essential Collection	8.570223-24
CLASSICAL FAVOURITES	8.550521
CLASSICAL INSPIRATIONS, Vol. 2	8.551236
CLASSICAL MARCHES	8.550532DX
CLASSICAL MOMENTS 2: Classical Music for Love	8.555358
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: DIVAS	8.556806
Classics at the Movies: Sci-Fi	8.556801
Classics at the Movies: Thrillers	8.556809
Classics Explained: DVORAK - Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World' (Siepmann)	8.558065-66
Classics from the Movies	8.554576
CONCERTO COLLECTION (THE)	7202
DELIBES: Best of French Ballet	8.550080
DELIUS: American Rhapsody / Paa Vidderne / Spring Morning	8.220452
DISCOVER CLASSICAL MUSIC	8.550008-09
Discover Music of the Romantic Era	8.558155-56
Discover the Classics, Vol. 2	8.554246-47
DISCOVER THE CLASSICS, VOL. 1	8.550035-36
DISCOVER THE CLASSICS, VOL. 3: The Concerto	8.554486-87
DISCOVER THE SYMPHONY (1998 edition)	8.554337-38
DISCOVER THE SYMPHONY (2008 edition)	8.558208-09
DVORAK (THE BEST OF)	8.556661
DVORAK (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552139-40
DVORAK / TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concertos	7084
DVORAK : Best Of Dvorak (The)	8.551111
DVORAK : Slavonic Dances	8.223129
DVORAK : SYMPHONY 9/SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS	8.550271DX
DVORAK: Rhapsody Op. 14 / Overtures	8.220420
DVORAK: Slavonic Dances, Op. 72 / Slavonic Rhapsody	8.223131
DVORAK: Slavonic Dances, Opp. 46 and 72	8.550143
DVORAK: Slavonic Rhapsodies Op. 45, Nos. 1 - 3	8.550610
DVORAK: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 6	8.550268
DVORAK: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 8	8.550269
DVORAK: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 7	8.550270
DVORAK: Symphony No. 1 / Legends Op. 59, Nos. 1-5	8.550266
DVORAK: Symphony No. 2 / Legends Op. 59, Nos. 6-10	8.550267
DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 / BORODIN: Symphony No. 2	8.553229
DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 / Legends	8.571025
DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 / Symphonic Variations	8.550271
ENKELIN AANIN (Angel's Voices)	8.503147
EXPLOSIVE CLASSICS	8.554581
EXTREME CLASSICS	8.557941-42
FAMOUS MARCHES	8.571074
FAMOUS OVERTURES	8.553627
Fantasia	8.551166
FLAGELLO: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3 / Credendum	AR-0002-2
GERSHWIN (THE BEST OF)	8.556686
GERSHWIN: An American in Paris / Porgy and Bess / Rhapsody in Blue	8.571028
GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue / Piano Concerto	8.550295
GLIERE: Symphony No. 1 / The Sirens	8.550898
GLIERE: Symphony No. 1 / The Sirens	8.220349
GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS 1 (Australia)	8.570036
GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS 2 (Australia)	8.570037
GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS 3 (Australia)	8.570038
GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS 4 (Australia)	8.570039
GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS 5 (Australia)	8.570040
GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS 7 (Australia)	8.570042
GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS 8 (Australia)	8.570043
GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS 10 (Australia)	8.570045
HALLELUJAH! SACRED ARIAS AND CHORUSES	8.571095
IMMORTAL BEETHOVEN	8.551165
Intermezzo: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556616
INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL NZ 2001	8.555883
JANACEK: Danube / Moravian Dances / Suite Op. 3	8.220362
JANACEK: Danube / Moravian Dances / Suite Op. 3	8.555245
JESUS CHRIST IN MUSIC	8.557161
Lark Ascending (The): Violin Showpieces	8.553509
LIADOV: Baba Yaga / Enchanted Lake / Kikimora	8.220348
LIADOV: Baba Yaga / Enchanted Lake / Kikimora	8.555242
Liebesleid: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556615
MACABRE MASTERPIECES	8.557930-31
MAHLER: Symphony No. 1, "Titan"	7155
MAHLER: Symphony No. 1, 'Titan'	8.550120
Majestic Marches	8.550370
MARCHES (FAMOUS)	8.553596
Marco Polo - The Label of Discovery: Sampler 1	8.223001
MARSCHNER: Hans Heiling	8.223306-07
MARTINU: Epic of Gilgamesh (The)	8.555138
MENDELSSOHN (THE BEST OF)	8.556660
MENDELSSOHN / BRUCH: Violin Concertos	8.550111
MENDELSSOHN : The Best Of Mendelssohn	8.551110
MENDELSSOHN: Midsummer Night's Dream (A) / Overtures	8.554433
MENDELSSOHN: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 4	8.571038
MENDELSSOHN: Symphonies Nos. 3, "Scottish" and 4, "Italian"	7179
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 3 / A Midsummer Night's Dream (excerpts)	8.571039
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4 / A Midsummer Night's Dream (excerpts)	8.550055
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4 / TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6, 'Pathetique'	8.553230
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor / BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1	7026
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor / BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1	8.571037
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E Minor / TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D Major	8.550153
MOZART / MENDELSSOHN: Famous Overtures	8.553261
MOZART FOR MEDITATION	8.557548
MOZART, W.A.: Requiem in D minor	8.550235
MOZART: Ave verum corpus / Sacred Music	8.571102
MOZART: Colours of Mozart	8.551238
MOZART: Requiem / Exultate, Jubilate / Laudate Dominum	8.553259
MOZART: Requiem in D minor	8.571051
MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 3 / BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D Major	8.553232
Music and Video Club Vol. 1(UK only)	8.555081
MUSIC TO DIE FOR	8.557411
MUSSORGSKY : PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION	8.550051DX
MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition	DVDI 0999
MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition / BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances	8.550051
MYASKOVSKY: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 10	8.223113
MYSTIC VOICES - Divine Music from the Heavens	8.570169-70
NAXOS SELECTION: Highlights	8.571000
NIGHT MUSIC 2	8.556816
NIGHT MUSIC VOL. 2	DVDI 1025
NIGHT MUSIC, VOL. 3	8.551123
NIGHT MUSIC, VOL. 5	8.556819
NIGHT MUSIC, VOL. 6	8.556820
NIGHT MUSIC, VOL. 7	8.556821
NIGHT MUSIC, VOL. 8	8.556822
NIGHT MUSIC, VOL. 9	8.556823
Nocturne: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556620
NOVAK: Pan, Op 43	8.223325
ONCE UPON A TIME	8.557953-54
OPERA WITHOUT WORDS - The Most Famous Overtures, Preludes, and Interludes in Opera	8.557945-46
PASTORALE - Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556608
PAVANE - Classics Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556603
PERRY: Innocents Abroad (The) and other Mark Twain films, 1980-1985	8.570200
Prelude: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556607
PROKOFIEV: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 5	8.553218
PROKOFIEV: Symphonies Nos. 1, "Classical" and 5	7190
PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 1, 'Classical' / Symphony No. 5	8.550237
PUCCINI (THE BEST OF)	8.556670
REQUIEM - Music to Die For	8.554574
Requiem: Classical Music for Reflection and Meditation	8.556703
RESPIGHI: Sinfonia Drammatica	8.220418
RESPIGHI: Sinfonia Drammatica	8.550951
RHAPSODY	8.550327
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Night on Mount Triglav / Pan Voyevoda	8.220438
ROMANCE	8.553216
Romanza: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556618
RUBINSTEIN : Symphony No. 2, "Ocean "	8.220449
RUBINSTEIN: Feramors / The Demon / Nero	8.220451
RUBINSTEIN: Symphony No. 2, 'Ocean'	8.555392
RUBINSTEIN: Violin Concerto / CUI: Suite Concertante	8.555244
RUBINSTEIN: Violin Concerto, Op. 46 / Don Quixote, Op. 87	8.220359
RUSSIAN FAVORITES	8.571094
Russian Favourites	8.553249
Russian Fireworks	8.550328
Russian Spectacular	8.553242
SAINT-SAENS (THE BEST OF)	8.556675
SAINT-SAENS : Carnival of the Animals	DVDI 1013
Sanctus: Classical Music for Reflection and Meditation	8.556704
SCARY MASTERPIECES - Music by Grieg, Liszt, Dvorak, Franck, Ducas, Saint-Saens	8.570362
SCHREKER : Overture / Preludes	8.220392
SCHREKER: Overtures	8.555246
SCHUBERT (THE BEST OF)	8.556666
SCHUBERT: Best of Schubert (The)	8.551116
SCHUBERT: Romantic Schubert (The)	8.552215
SCHUBERT: Romantic Schubert (The)	8.570080
SCHUBERT: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 8 / Rosamunde	8.550145
Serenade: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556619
SIBELIUS (THE BEST OF)	8.556677
SIBELIUS (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552135-36
SIBELIUS: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 6	8.550197
SIBELIUS: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 7	8.550198
SIBELIUS: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4	8.550199
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 5	8.550200
SLAVONIC FESTIVAL	8.550376
SMETANA / DVORAK : Moldau, Slavonic Dances	8.550033
SOMMER	8.503045
SONATA - CLASSICS FOR RELAXING AND DREAMING	8.556609
SORCERER'S APPRENTICE AND OTHER ORCHESTRAL FAVOURITES	8.554066
STOR MUSIK FOR SMA ORON (Big Music for Little Ears) - Children's Music Compilation	8.503156
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, R.: Also Sprach Zarathustra / Salome's Dance	8.550182
STRAUSS, R.: Aus Italien / Die Liebe der Danae	8.550342
STRAUSS, R.: Don Juan / Till Eulenspiegel / Also Sprach Zarathustra	8.553244
STRAUSS, R.: Don Juan / Till Eulenspiegel / Death and Transfiguration	8.550250
STRAUSS, R.: Symphony No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 12	8.220358
SUCHON : Metamorphosis / Suite Balladesque	8.223130
SVEN GORAN ERIKSSONS - Klassiska Favoriter	8.503135
SVENSKA FOLKETS ONSKEKONSERT	8.557192
SYMPHONIC COLLECTION (THE)	7201
TCHAIKOVSKY (THE BEST OF)	8.556652
TCHAIKOVSKY (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552117-18
TCHAIKOVSKY / DVORAK: Violin Concertos	8.571067
TCHAIKOVSKY : Violin Concerto	DVDI 1006
TCHAIKOVSKY: Highlights from Nutcracker and Swan Lake	8.571069
TCHAIKOVSKY: Nutcracker (The) / Swan Lake (excerpts)	8.550050
TCHAIKOVSKY: Nutcracker (The) / Swan Lake (excerpts)	8.550050DX
TCHAIKOVSKY: Nutcracker (The) / Swan Lake / Sleeping Beauty (Highlights)	8.553271
TCHAIKOVSKY: Nutcracker / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Christmas Eve (Children's Classics)	8.555342
TCHAIKOVSKY: Romantic Tchaikovsky (The)	8.552216
TCHAIKOVSKY: Romantic Tchaikovsky (The)	8.570081
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5 / Marche slave (Slavonic March)	8.550191
TCHAIKOVSKY: The Best Of Tchaikovsky	8.551102
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D Major / Serenade Melancolique / Souvenir d'un lieu cher	8.550124
Ten Years Of Success	8.554103
The Art of Takako Nishizaki	8.223996-97
THE ULTIMATE LULLABY COLLECTION	8.570514-15
VARIOUS : Favourite Overtures	8.553263
VOCALISE - Classics Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556602
Voices of Angels	8.503071
WAGNER / LISZT / RAVEL / TCHAIKOVSKY: Orchestral Spectacular	8.571081
WAGNER : The Best of Wagner	8.551107
WAGNER, R. (THE BEST OF)	8.556657
WAGNER, R.: Orchestral Highlights from Operas	8.550136
WAGNER: Orchestral Highlights	8.571073
WITH LOVE TO YOU	8.557789
ZEMLINSKY : Symphony in B flat major	8.220391
ZEMLINSKY: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2	8.557008