STANKOVSKY, ROBERT

“These performances are totally convincing. I like it just the way it is.” Fanfare magazine review of Smetana's Short Orchestral Pieces recorded by Robert Stankovsky on Marco Polo.

Robert Stankovsky was born in Bratislava in 1964.

He graduated from the Conservatory in his home town, top of his class in piano and conducting, and subsequently gained the Rector's Prize from the University of Music and Dramatic Arts.

Robert Stankovsky then won a scholarship to further his musical education in Paris where he attended master courses under Gerard Devos. Within a short space of time he was also appointed to conduct the Chamber Opera in Bratislava, the State Philharmonic Orchestra in Košice and the Chamber Philharmonia in Pardubice.

Stankovsky has been Chief Conductor of the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava as well as a conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, the Prague Symphony Orchestra and the Cologne Radio Orchestra. He has also been guest or touring conductor in the USA, Canada, Japan, South Korea, the former USSR, Germany, Holland, France, Austria, Portugal, Spain and Italy.

In addition to his many conducting engagements, Stankovsky holds the post of lecturer at the Conservatory in Bratislava.

For Naxos, Robert Stankovsky has above all been the agile orchestral coordinator behind a number of the label's well-received recordings of piano concertos by Chopin, Bach, Haydn, Mendelssohn and Alkan. On Marco Polo he has recorded lesser-known works by Smetana, Dvorak, Rubinstein, Miaskovsky and Mosonyi.

August 2001

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101 CLASSICS - The Best Loved Classical Melodies	8.508004
ADAGIO 2	8.553841
ALKAN: Piano Concerto, Op. 39 / Concerto da Camera, Nos. 1-3	8.553702
BACH FOR MEDITATION	8.557650
BACH, J.S. (THE BEST OF)	8.556656
BACH, J.S.: Adagio	8.552242
BACH, J.S.: Famous Works	8.553220
BACH, J.S.: Piano Concertos, Vol. 1 (BWV 1052-1054)	8.550422
BACH, J.S.: Piano Concertos, Vol. 2 (BWV 1055-1058)	8.550423
BACH, J.S.: Romantic Bach (The)	8.552212
BACH, J.S.: Romantic Bach (The)	8.570077
BAROQUE BLISS	8.578054
BAROQUE FAVOURITES	7173
BEST OF AMADIS (THE), VOL. 1	7801
BEST OF NAXOS 5	8.550005
BRAHMS / MENDELSSOHN: Piano Concertos	8.554675
CHILL WITH BACH	8.556786
CHILL WITH CHOPIN	8.556784
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
CINEMA CLASSICS	8.571090
CINEMA CLASSICS 1997	8.551181
CINEMA CLASSICS 1999	8.551183
CINEMA CLASSICS 2003	8.556696
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 1	8.551151
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 1	8.556621
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 8	8.556628
CLASSICAL FAVOURITES	8.550521
CLASSICAL MOMENTS 6: Classical Music to Study to	8.555362
Classics at the Movies: Comedy 1	8.556811
Classics at the Movies: Comedy 2	8.556812
Classics at the Movies: Drama	8.556807
CLASSICS FOR LOVERS	8.570013-14
CONCERTO COLLECTION (THE)	7202
CUI: Suites Nos. 2 and 4 / Le Flibustier	8.223400
DVORAK: Opera Overtures and Preludes	8.223272
GRIEG / SCHUMANN: Piano Concertos	7106
HAYDN (THE BEST OF)	8.556668
HAYDN, F.J.: Piano Concertos - Hob.XVIII:F1, 4, 9, 11	8.550713
HAYDN: The Best of Haydn	8.551118
KLASSIK HIGHLIGHTS - Music for the 20th Anniversary of Naxos	8.550020
KLASSISKT A-O (The A to Z of Classical Music)	8.553362
Largo	8.550950
Lunga Bla Timmar (Blue Hours)	8.503024
MENDELSSOHN (THE BEST OF)	8.556660
MENDELSSOHN / LISZT / GRIEG: Piano Concertos	8.553267
MENDELSSOHN: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Capriccio Brillant / Rondo Brillant	8.550681
MOSONYI: Piano Concerto / Symphony No. 1	8.223539
MOZART: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 and 21 / HAYDN: Piano Concerto No. 11	8.553265
MUSICAL JOURNEY (A) - CZECH REPUBLIC: A Musical Tour of the Country's Past and Present (NTSC)	2.110531
MUSICAL JOURNEY (A) - GERMANY: A Musical Tour of Bach's Homeland (NTSC)	2.110534
MUSICAL JOURNEY (A) - PRAGUE: A Musical Tour of the City's Past and Present (NTSC)	2.110503
MUSICAL JOURNEY (A) - ST PETERSBURG: Palaces of the Tsars (NTSC)	2.110511
MYASKOVSKY: Silence Op. 9 / Symphony No. 12	8.223302
MYASKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6	8.223301
MYASKOVSKY: Symphony No. 8	8.223297
NOCTURNE - Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556620
OPERA WITHOUT WORDS - The Most Famous Overtures, Preludes, and Interludes in Opera	8.557945-46
ORCHESTRAL SPECTACULAR	7111
Polish Heart (The)	8.554774
ROMANCE	8.553216
ROMANTIC BLISS	8.578050
RUBINSTEIN : Symphony No. 1	8.223277
RUBINSTEIN: Piano Concerto No. 5 / Caprice Russe	8.223489
RUBINSTEIN: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 and 4	8.223382
RUBINSTEIN: Symphony No. 1 / Ivan the Terrible	8.555476
RUBINSTEIN: Symphony No. 3 / Eroica Fantasia	8.223576
RUBINSTEIN: Symphony No. 3 / Eroica Fantasia	8.555590
RUBINSTEIN: Symphony No. 4, 'Dramatic'	8.223319
RUBINSTEIN: Symphony No. 4, 'Dramatic'	8.555979
SARABANDE - Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556613
SLAVONIC FESTIVAL	8.550376
SMETANA: Orchestral Highlights from Operas	8.223326
SMETANA: Wedding Scenes / Libuse's Judgement	8.223705
THE BEST OF HAYDN	8.551118DX
VARMA RODA STUNDER - Romantisk Klassisk Musik (Warm Red Hours - Romantic Classical Music) (3CD set)	8.503038
WITH LOVE TO YOU	8.557789