Slovak Philarmonic Orchestra, Libor Pesek

Top Songs

1		Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: Anitra's Dance
2		Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: Death of Åse
3		Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: Morning Mood
4		Symphonie No. 9 für Orchester in E Minor, Op. 95 "Aus der neuen Welt": IV. Allegro con fuoco
5		Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morning Mood

Albums

Grieg: Peer Gynt
Mar 2013 • 8 songs
Grieg: Du temps de Holberg - Suite, Op. 40
Mar 2013 • 5 songs
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E Flat major, Op. 55
May 2010 • 4 songs

About

Slovak Philarmonic Orchestra, Libor Pesek

Biography

The Slovak Philharmonic (in Slovak, Slovenská filharmónia) is one of the youngest among Europe's great symphonic ensembles, yet it has gained international renown in the 1990s and early 2000s. The orchestra has recorded extensively and has attracted top-notch international collaborators. The Slovak Philharmonic was founded in Bratislava, then part of Czechoslovakia, in 1949. Its first conductor, Vaclav Talich, and first music director, Ludovit Ratjer, were key figures in the orchestra's formation and emergence. In the 1950s, the orchestra began giving concerts in the handsome ...