KAREL ANCERL, HENRYK SZERYNG: Smetena and Beethoven - Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (SUPRAPHON)

 
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Recorded in 1968, the year Czechoslovakia was invaded by the Soviet Union and began twenty-three years of occupation and repression. Includes a a moving documentary of how the Jewish conductor endured the Nazi concentration camps at Terezin and Auschwitz during World War II and anti-semitism during his career along with his triumphs as an artist as music director of the Czech Philharmonic and Toronto Symphony and guest conductor in Europe and North America.

Contents

  • Smetana: Má Vlast
  • Beethoven: Violin Concerto, D major, Op. 61