Karel Ančerl
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Ančerl was born into a prosperous Jewish family in the village of Tučapy in southern Bohemia. After graduating from the Prague Conservatory, he pursued his conducting studies under Hermann Scherchen and Václav Talich. He was the assistant conductor at the Munich premiere of Alois Hába's quarter-tone opera ''Mother'' (1931) and conducted the orchestra of the avant-garde theatre ''Osvobozené divadlo'' in Prague (1931–1933). Conducting work for Czechoslovak radio was interrupted by World War II which resulted in his being imprisoned with his family in the Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1942 and then sent to Auschwitz in 1944. Unlike his wife and young son, Ančerl survived Auschwitz.
After the war, Ančerl conducted for Radio Prague until 1950, when he became artistic director of the Czech Philharmonic, a post he held successfully for eighteen years. Following the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia, Ančerl emigrated to Toronto, Canada, where he worked as music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra until his death in 1973.
As a conductor, Ančerl helped foster a distinctly Czech orchestral sound, both within the Czech Philharmonic and elsewhere. Highly regarded also as a studio artist, Ančerl made a wide range of recordings on the Supraphon label, including repertoire by various Czech composers (remastered in the Karel Ančerl Gold Edition). Provided by Wikipedia
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Published 1995
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Published 1996
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Published 1995
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Published 1993
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Published 2008
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12by Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911, Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911, Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911, Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911Other Authors: “...Ančerl, Karel, 1908-1973...”
Published 2004
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13by Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975Other Authors: “...Ančerl, Karel, 1908-1973...”
Published 1960
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14by Smetana, Bedřich, 1824-1884, Smetana, Bedřich, 1824-1884, Smetana, Bedřich, 1824-1884Other Authors: “...Ančerl, Karel, 1908-1973...”
Published 2002
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15by Smetana, Bedřich, 1824-1884, Smetana, Bedřich, 1824-1884, Smetana, Bedřich, 1824-1884Other Authors: “...Ančerl, Karel, 1908-1973...”
Published 1966
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17by Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953Other Authors: “...Ančerl, Karel, 1908-1973...”
Published 1960
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Published 1960
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20by Bořkovec, Pavel, 1894-1972Other Authors: “...Ančerl, Karel, 1908-1973...”
Published 1957
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