Ondřej Vrabec lead the first tour of the Prague Philharmonia to South Korea in October this year!!! Ondřej Vrabec performed the Hamburg Concerto by G. Ligetti in Czech premiere performance - audio samples are available in the Audiogallery!!! Two great brittish composers finished their new horn concertos dedicated to Ondřej Vrabec. The concerto for horn and symphony orchestra by Andrew Downes will be performed in a world premiere performance in November 2012 in Birmingham, the Double Concerto for hornplayer and conductor in one person by Peter Seabourne will be performed in February 2012 with the Moravian Philharmonic!!!      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.

 

!! Video channel of Ondřej Vrabec on youtube.com !!

 

From recent concerts...

(periodically actualised)

 

R. Gliére : Concerto for horn and orchestra
(State Philharmonic Košice, Ondřej Vrabec - horn, Zbyněk Müller - conductor. House of Arts, Košice, Slovakia, 12.1. 2012)

 

A. Dvořák : Czech suite - Pastorale, Polka, Sousedská, Romance, Furiant

L. v. Beethoven : Symphony No. 7 in A Major - 1st & 2nd movement, 3rd & 4th movement

L. v. Beethoven : Symphony No. 4. in B Major - 1st & 2nd movement, 3rd & 4th movement

W. A. Mozart : Marriage of Figaro - Ouverture

G. Rossini : Italian in Algeri - Ouverture

A. Dvořák : Slavonic dance No. 10 in e minor

(Prague Philharmonia, Ondřej Vrabec - conductor. Seoul Arts Center, Korea, 22nd/23rd of October 2011)

 

L. Vlach - Pieta. Three marian plancts - 1, 2, 3 (world premiere performance, dedicated to Brahms Trio Prague)

J. Brahms : Trio in E flat Major, op. 40 - 1, 2

(Brahms Trio Prague, Philharmonic Hall, Lviv, Ukraine, 1. 10. 2011)

 

P. Mascagni : Messa di Gloria - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

(Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, T. Kořínek - tenor, M. Gurbaľ - basbaryton, Ondřej Vrabec - conductor, Ostrava, 21. 9. 2011)

 

G. Ligetti : Hamburg Concerto - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
(Ondřej Vrabec - non tempered French Horn and Natural Horn, D. Costello, S. Most, J. Mollinger, J. Garláthy - non tempered Natural Horns, Ostravská Banda, Johannes Kalitzke - conductor, Ostrava, 29. 8. 2011)

 

Selection of solo recordings :

 

R. Strauss : Concerto No. 2 in E flat major - 1st movement, 2nd movement, 3rd movement (full piece recording)

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

 

P. I. Tchaikovski : 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

 

Ch. Dickhut : Adagio in A, Rondo, Adagio in D, Andante con Variazioni
Žofie Vokálková - flute, Lubomír Brabec - guitar (Spanish synagogue, Prague, 2010) 

 

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 :

 

J. Haydn : Symphony No. 93 in D major - 1st & 2nd movement, 3rd & 4th movement (full piece video take)
(Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, 2010)

 

A. Dvořák : Symphony No. 9 in E minor "From the New World" - 1st movement, 2nd movement, 3rd movement, 4th movement (full piece video take)

(Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, 2010)

 

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)