Talk:Rafael Kubelík

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Czech Philharmonic Orchestra dates: the Czech Philharmonic's website gives Kubelik's dates as 1942-1948 and says nothing about 1936-39, which is assigned to Vaclav Talich. Is there any reference supporting Kubelik leading the Czech Phil in 1936-9? Grover cleveland 09:10, 12 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Britannica says 36-39 he was conductor at Czech filharmonia but not the leading one, an article on (typically reliable) Czech radio website (in English) says He succeeded Vaclav Talich as chief conductor at the age of 28. Pavel Vozenilek 22:36, 12 January 2006 (UTC)


 * The biography on website http://www.kubelik.org/ says more less the same. Pavel Vozenilek 22:38, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

The biography on www.kubelik.org is still in construction. It will be soon checked by Kubelik's son.

Curious the discography lists none of the celebrated CSO recordings engineered by Robert Fine. They were miles ahead of the competition in sound quality and popular as demos in audio stores. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Barnaby the Scrivener (talk • contribs) 19:18, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

"He insisted on using nine different orchestras"
A citation is needed for this claim in the Recordings section. There's no substantiation in either the AllMovie guide or in his online bio that this was the case. It's just as likely he was simply already signed on for those particular orchestras during that period of time, and he recorded frequently, so he chose to record the Beethoven symphonies with them. Softlavender (talk) 03:33, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Latest edit
I am very baffled by the addition of the "People prosecuted under anti-homosexuality laws" category added. The article plainly states he had two wives and at least one child. I am well aware that the two are not necessarily mutually exclusive, but silently adding this—especially without any supporting evidence—seems a little questionable to me. Any clarifications or explanations available? --Wspencer11 (talk to me...) 17:09, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
The article, except in the discography, fails to mention Kubelik's long association with The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks), an organization that held Kubelik in very high esteem and with which he made many, many fine recordings over some years.

The Wikipedia article on this orchestra clearly mentions Kubelik was their longest-served chief conductor from 1961 to 1979.

The Bavarian Radio Symphony OrchestraIt was named the 6th best orchestra in Europe in a survey for Le Monde de la Musique and 6th best orchestra in the world by The Gramophone magazine in 2008.

While I cannot personally verify this as a choice, there is no question as to the uniform greatness and overall excellence of the recordings made by this orchestra under Maestro Kubelik; this was probably his finest long-term association.

Satchmo Sings (talk) 01:45, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

Dvořák's 9th and Mozart's Prague Symphony
This recordings are not from the Prague Spring Festival 1990. The concert was recorded in October or November 1991, it's the last Kubelík's performance with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in Czechoslovakia. --Jarba (talk) 19:52, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Is it "He also recorded the Mozart "Prague" Symphony and Antonín Dvořák's "New World" Symphony at the Festival." that is wrong? Can you suggest alternative wording? AWhiteC (talk) 17:52, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

Missing item in discography.
In the discography, there is at least one missing item by Dvorak. (Sorry, I don't know how to get the proper accents on his name.) Where "The Noon Witch", "The Water Goblin", and "The Wild Dove" are mentioned, "The Golden Spinning Wheel" should also be added - the four tone poems appeared on two L.P. records which I bought years ago. But I don't know the details (date, etc.), so I can't add it myself.

Perhaps someone who knows the necessary details could please add this - thanks. (It was definitely D.G.G., and I think the same orchestra - but I don't know about the date.) M.J.E. (talk) 10:15, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Also missing is a recording of Dvorak's New World Symphony; incorrectly titled as No. 5, with the Vienna Philharmonic, for London Records (# 6020). Unfortunately, London Records had a habit of providing very little recording data, so I don't know the year of issue — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.180.49.26 (talk) 23:42, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

The original text of this article seems to have been composed by (or translated by) a German speaker, not an English speaker. The German word "Konzert" has wider applications than the English "concerto". Hindemith's various "Konzertmusiken" are not usually works for solo instrument (or instruments) and orchestra, but simply compositions to be played at concerts. In other words "Concert-music". English speaking programmes usually - out of respect for Hindemith and the German language more often than not use the German title, and did even when Hindemith himself conducted them in Edinburgh in 1955. (I was there). "Die Jakobsleiter" is in English (and as far as I remember also in German) an "oratorio". Diese kleine Dingen.....Delahays (talk) 17:43, 25 January 2023 (UTC)