Ondřej Vrabec successfully passed the 1st level and 1st part of the 2nd level of the professional wine tasting examinations!!! Enjoy the new reports from Canadian wineries, Swiss UNESCO world heritage vineyards Lavaux and the Würzburg famous vineyard Stein!!! Listen the exclusivelly published complete recording of the 2nd Symphony by A. Honegger, performed with Pavel Haas Chamber Orchestra!!!     Don´t miss the oportunity to have the world unique CD of the Brahms Trio Prague in your collection. The CD has gained excelent reviews both in Czech and foreign newspapers (Fanfare - USA, The Horn Call - USA, Mundo Clasico - Spain, Hudební rozhledy and Harmonie - Czech republic)!!!    

Audiogallery


 

All samples except Sonata by E. Hlobil and concertos by C. Stamitz are live recordings from concerts or unedited studio takes.

 

From recent concerts...

(periodically actualised)

 

A. Pavlorek - Music for Trio, Hommage to S. Prokofiev (world premiere performance)

D. Soifer - Necesidad de un recuerdo (world premiere performance)

(Brahms Trio Prague, Radim Kresta - violin (quest), Audimax, Regensburg, Germany, 19. 4. 2010)

 

Ch. Dickhut : Adagio in A, Rondo, Adagio in D, Andante con Variazioni (Czech premiere performance)

(Žofie Vokálková - flute, Lubomír Brabec - guitar, Ondřej Vrabec - horn, Spanish synagogue, Praha, 14. 1. 2010)

 

A. Honegger : Symphony No. 2 - Molto moderato. Allegro, Adagio mesto, Vivace, non troppo. Presto

(Pavel Haas Chamber Orchestra, Ondřej Vrabec - conductor, Emauzy monastery, Prague, 16. 11. 2009) 

 

J. Pazour - Jiné časy, Probuzení perel (world premiere performance, dedicated to Brahms Trio Prague)

(Brahms Trio Prague, Jana Vonášková - violin (guest), Villa Bertramka, Prague, 23. 9. 2009)

 

J. Francaix - Concerto for bassoon and 11 strings - 1, 2

J. N. Hummel - Bassoon concerto - 1, 2

(Prague Chamber Orchestra, Václav Vonášek - bassoon, Ondřej Vrabec - conductor, Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, 14. 5. 2009

 


Selection of solo recordings :

 

R. Strauss : Concerto No. 2 in E flat major - 1st movement (a, b, c), 2nd movement, 3rd movement (a, b)
Augsburg Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor K. J. Edusei (Congress hall, Augsburg, Germany, 2009)

 

R. Strauss : Concerto No. 2 in E flat major – 1st movement, 3rd movement
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Ilan Volkov (Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, 2005)

 

R. Strauss : Concerto No. 2 in E flat major - 3rd movement
Philharmony Bohuslav Martinů Zlín, conductor Jakub Hrůša (House of Arts, Zlín, 2006)

 

R. Strauss : Concerto No. 1 in E flat major – 1st movement
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy (Minato Mirai Hall, Yokohama, Japan, 1999)

 

J. V. Stich - Punto : Concerto No. 7 in E flat major - Andante, un poco Adagio
Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Yoko Matsuo (Aichi Arts Center, Nagoya, Japan, 2009)

 

J. Matěj : Concerto for trumpet, horn and trombone – 1st movement (horn cadenza), 3rd movement
trumpet : Jaroslav Halíř, trombone : Břetislav Kotrba, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Vladimír Válek (Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, 2001)

 

B. Britten : Serenade for tenor, horn and strings - Pastoral, Nocturne, Elegy, Dirge, Hymn
Aleš Briscein - tenor, Czech Chamber Orchestra, conductor Andreas Sebastian Weiser (Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, 2008) 

 

W. A. Mozart : Concerto No. 3 in E flat major – Rondo
State Philharmonic Košice, conductor Jerczy Swoboda (House of Arts, Košice, Slovakia, 2006)

 

E. Hlobil : Sonata – 1st movement
piano : Jarmila Panochová (studio Domovina, 1997, recorded for Czech television)

 

J. Havlík : Concerto – 2nd movement (cadenza)
Westbohemian Symphony Orchestra Mariánské Lázně, conductor Norbert Baxa (St. Nicholaus Church, Prague 2004)

 

Selection of orchestral solos :

 

G. Mahler : Symphony No. 3 – 1st movement, 3rd movement, 4th movement
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Zdeněk Mácal, (Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, 2005)

 

A. Bruckner : Symphony No. 6 – 1st movement, 3rd movement
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Gerd Albrecht, (Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, 2004)

 

G. Mahler : Symphony No. 5 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Zdeněk Mácal, (Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, 2006)

 

P. I. Tschaikovski : Symphony No. 2 – 1st movement
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor K. I. Kobayashi, (Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, 2001)

 

P. I. Tschaikovski : Symphony No. 5 - 2nd movement
Czech Philharmonic, conductor Zdeněk Mácal, (Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, 2005)

 

G. Mahler : Symphony No. 5 - 1st movement, 3rd movement, 3rd movement
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Zdeněk Mácal, (Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, 2003)

 

Orchestral recordings published with kind permission of Octavia records company, Japan

 

Selection of chamber music :

 

J. Brahms, H. von Herzogenberg, A. Downes (world premiere recording, dedicated to Brahms Trio Prague) - !!!!EXLUSIVE MP3 SAMPLES!!!! from the profile CD

 

W. A. Mozart : Serenade in E flat major - 1st movement, 2nd movement, 3rd movement, 4th movement
PhilHarmonia Octet Prague (Suk Hall, Rudolfinum, 2007)

 

I. Krejčí : Wind quintet – 1st movement, 3rd movement
Juventus Quintet (Suk Hall, Rudolfinum, 2004)

 

L. Janáček : Wind sextet „ Youth“ – 3rd movement
Juventus Quintet, bassclarinet : Petr Daňhel (Suk Hall, Rudolfinum, 2004)

 

Selection of conductor´s recordings :

 

A. Dvořák - Legends No. No. 1 & No. 6
Prague Philharmonia (Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, 2009)

 

E. Elgar : „Enigma Variations“ op. 36 – „Ysobel“, „Nimrod“
Pilsen Philharmonic (Martinů Hall, Academy of the Performing Arts in Prague, 2005)

 

P. I . Tchaikovski : Romeo et Juliette - ouverture
Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava (House of Culture, Ostrava, 2009)

 

Carl Stamitz : Concerto in D major for viola – 3rd movement

Carl Stamitz : Concerto in A major for viola – 3rd movement

Carl Stamitz : Symphonia concertante in C major for violin and viola – 3rd movement
viola, violin (playback) : Gabriela Demeterová, Czech Philharmonic Collegium (studio Domovina, 2005, SUPRAPHON, SU 3814-2)