Václav Neumann, born on September 29, 1920 in Prague, was a Czech conductor, violinist, and violist. He studied at the Conservatoire of Prague and co-founded the Smetana Quartet in 1943, playing violin and viola before leaving the ensemble in 1947 to focus on conducting. He served as interim chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra until 1950, and became closely associated with the Komische Oper Berlin from 1956 to 1962. He was chief conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra from 1964 to 1968, but resigned in August 1968 following the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. He returned to Prague to succeed Karel Ančerl as chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic, a position he held until 1990. His recorded repertoire included the complete symphonies of Antonín Dvořák and Bohuslav Martinů, as well as works by Gustav Mahler and Ludwig van Beethoven. He received the Gold Medal of the International Gustav Mahler Society in 1982 and died on September 2, 1995 in Vienna.
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Železný: Violin Concerto, Concerto for Flute, Strings and Piano
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Mahler
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Václav Neumann conducts Dvořák & Smetana (Live)
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
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Mahler: Sinfonie No. 9
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Mahler: Sinfonie No. 7
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Smetana: Mein Vaterland (Zyklus sinfonischer Dichtungen)
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The Masterpieces - Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37
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Vanhal: Missa Solemnis in E-Flat Major, Stabat Mater in F Major & Symphony in D Major, Bryan D4
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Česká filharmonie hraje a hovoří
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Leoš Janáček: Hospodine, Glagolitic Mass, Diary of One Who Disappeared
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| Suk: Orchestral Works |
| KUK Festkonzert, Vol. 2 |
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Dvořák: Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203 (Live)
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| KUK Festkonzert, Vol. 1 |