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This orchestra
has been together since 1968 when it was conducted by Bystrik
Rezucha.
Since then, it has been led by Stanislav Macura, Ladislav Slovak, and
Richard Zimmer.
It has toured
extensively throughout Europe and is a mainstay at the Contemporary Art
Festival, the Kosice International Organ Festival and Kosice Musical
Spring.
Recordings on
which the Slovak State Philharmonic appears include Christmas Goes Baroque 1, Grieg: Peer Gynt
Suites Nos. 1 and 2/3 Orchestral Pieces from Sigurd
Jorsalfar, Romantic French Music for Guitar and Orchestra, and Southern France: A Musical Tour of Provence, Cote
d’Azur and Camarge. They also took on the ambitious task
of recording the complete instrumental works of Johann Strauss II and Josef
Strauss on the Marco Polo label.
Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice (CSSR)
recordings
Naxos 8.550301 (CD: Christmas Goes Baroque 1)
Adeste Fidelis (John
Francis Wade)
Sources:
- http://www.naxosdirect.com/title/8.550090
- http://www.naxos.com/person/CSSR_State_Philharmonic_Orchestra,_Kosice/46146.htm
- http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.550301
- http://www.slovakia.culturalprofiles.net/?id=3462
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