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CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)

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CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) · The Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, in Slovak Symfonický orchester Slovenského rozhlasu, is a radio orchestra from Bratislava. It was previously called the Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra and the CSR Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra was founded in 1929 to provide music for Slovak radio. As a result, it developed a special bond with Slovak composers, in particular Alexander Moyzes, Eugen Suchoň and Ján Cikker.

Music and breakthrough

The first principal conductor was František Dyk. Among those who later stood in front of the orchestra were Krešimir Baranović, Ľudovít Rajter, Ladislav Slovák, Václav Jiráček, Otakar Trhlík and Bystrík Režucha. Ondrej Lenárd led it from 1977 to 1990 and Róbert Stankovský from 1990 to 2001. Later principal conductors included Charles Olivieri-Munroe, Oliver von Dohnányi, Mario Košik and Peter Valentovič. In 2019 Lenárd returned as principal conductor.

Influence

Abroad, the orchestra became known through its broadcasts and recordings, especially for the label Naxos Records. It is thus an example of an orchestra that, through radio and inexpensive CDs of classical music, could be heard far beyond its own country. On those recordings it plays both the well-known symphonic repertoire and works by Eastern European composers.

Listening

Listening tip. Listen to a recording of the orchestra on the Naxos label and notice the sound of the ensemble as a whole. Can you hear which section of the orchestra, strings or winds, carries the melody?

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