Rafael KUBELIK Josef Suk MEDITATION Old Chorale St Wenceslas Czech Philharmonic

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Czech conductor RAFAEL KUBELIK (son of famous violinist Jan Kubelik) with the Czech Philharmonic ORCH in one of his first post war recordingsMeditace na staroceský chorál „Svatý Václave“, Op. 35a (1914) for String QuartetDedicated: Ferdinand PecírkaRafael Kubelik, direttoreCzech Philharmonic OrchestraPraha, 1948 Orig Issue Czech Supraphon 12" 78 rpm record Condition:EXCELLENT close to pristine, plays EXCEPTIONALLY quiet slight deformation in the master (heart shaped groove) may require a penny on the tonearmA GREAT COPYJosef Suk composed his Meditation on an Old Czech Hymn "St. Wenceslas" for string quartet, Op. 35, in August 1914. He wrote it to "strengthen the hope in the return of power to the hands of the Czech people, after the storms of wrath are over." Like many of his countrymen, Suk believed that World War I would result in the independence of his country from the Austrian-Hungarian empire. Toward this end, his work stresses the third section of the hymn "do not let us and future generations perish." The Czech String Quartet, in which Suk played second violin, premiered the work in 1914 and performed it in nearly every concert given for the duration of the war. The Meditation on an Old Czech Hymn "St. Wenceslas" opens, slowly and pensively, with overlapping entries of the hymn in the different instruments. The music deliberately and purposefully builds to an enormous climax that implores God's deliverance, then finds solace in ineffable tranquility. Suk also made transcriptions of the piece for piano and for string orchestra. The latter became a musical rallying cry for the Czech nation before and during the German occupation of the country during World War II. top conductor of large orchestral works of the late nineteenth century, Rafael Kubelik was born near Prague in 1914. The son of violinist Jan Kubelik (1880-1940), he studied violin, piano, composition, and conducting at the Prague Conservatory. He made his debut before the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra at age 19, and in 1939 became the music director of the National Opera in Brno, Czechoslovakia. In 1941, he became the music director of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, a post he held until 1948. In 1948, with the establishment of a Communist dictatorship in Czechoslovakia, Kubelik left his homeland and became an exile for the next 40 years. Kubelik's three years with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, beginning in 1950, were frustrating. A persuasive rather than a dictatorial figure and a diplomat rather than a martinet, he lacked the ability to control the orchestra. Additionally, Kubelik's musical sensibilities had been shaped in the early twentieth century rather than the late nineteenth, as had been the case with his immediate predecessors, and he programmed far too much modern music for the taste of critics and subscribers. Kubelik was fortunate that his appointment coincided with the orchestra making its first move into long-playing records for the Mercury label. Among his two dozen recordings with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra was a riveting performance of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition and one of Smetana's My Fatherland. Ultimately the fit just wasn't right between Kubelik and the orchestra, and he gave up the appointment. Kubelik served for three years, from 1955 through 1958, as music director of the Covent Garden Opera in London, where he conducted the British premieres of Janácek's Jenufa and Berlioz's Les troyens. From 1961 until 1979, he was music director of the Bavarian Radio Symphony in Munich, with which he also recorded extensively (for Deutsche Grammophon), and was the principal conductor of the Metropolitan Opera in New York during the 1973-1974 season as well. He was a most-welcomed guest conductor in Chicago on many occasions throughout his later career, appeared with virtually all of the world's major orchestras, and recorded extensively in England, America, and Germany. In 1973, he became a Swiss citizen. Rafael Kubelik embodied a tradition of robust post-Romantic music-making that was ideally suited to the recording medium as well as the concert hall. He was celebrated as a master of rich orchestral color, which was brought out most vividly in the late Romantic and post-Romantic scores for which he was most popular. This included much of the Russian repertory and virtually all of the nationalist music of the era, especially the work of his fellow countrymen Antonin Dvorák, Leos Janácek, and Bedrich Smetana. He recorded the latter's Má Vlast at least four times on as many different labels, the last at a live performance in Prague during 1990 at a concert commemorating the liberation of the country from Communist rule released on the Supraphon label. The sheer number of his recordings that remain in print, and their equal distribution between the "historical" and modern sections of classical music departments, speaks volumes about his enduring popularity and the validity of his performances and interpretations. His complete Beethoven and Mahler cycles remained in print for many years. Although relatively little of his operatic work was preserved on record, the small number of these are also well-regarded, especially his Rigoletto. With the fall of the Communist dictatorship, Kubelik, who had been intermittently ill for several years, returned to Czechoslovakia for the first time in four decades with the intention of resuming composing full-time. As it was, he had authored five operas, several symphonies, and various works for soloist and orchestra, vocal works, and chamber pieces. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide More Great Records on sale right now: CLICK ON THIS LINK TO SEE MORE GREAT RECORDS CLICK ON THIS LINK TO SEE ALL ITEMS - VINTAGE BOOKS, VICTROLA and TURNTABLE ITEMS, CDs, Books and DVDs http://shop.ebay.com/carsten_sf/m.html ==== A Quick NOTE ON GRADING AND SHIPPING: As you can see from my feedback, I try hard to earn your POSITIVE FEEDBACK and FIVE STAR RATINGS. If for any reason your transaction was NOT SATISFACTORY, pls contact me and I will work something out with you. YOU WILL NEVER HAVE A REASON TO GIVE ME A NEGATIVE RATING or a LOW STAR RATING. 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Artist: CLICK RIGHT ARROW > FOR CONDITION, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik, Czech Philharmonic

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Material: Shellac

Genre: Classical, Hymns & Marches, Opera, Religious & Devotional, World Music

Record Label: Supraphon

Record Size: 12"

Style: Allemande, Ballet, Cantata, Caprice, Ceremonial, Character Piece, Concerto, Educational, Elegy, Fanfare, Fantasia, Film Score/Soundtrack, France & Belgium, German music, Instrumental, Italian Music, Military Music, North American Music, Northern European music, Overture, Prelude, Rhapsody, Rondo, Russian Music, Serenade, Sinfonia, Swiss Music, Symphonic, Symphony, Western European Music

Speed: 78 RPM

Release Title: Suk: Meditation on the Old Chorale "Saint Wenceslas"

Language: Czech, German, Polish, Russian

Catalog Number: G22956, G 22956, G-22956