Stjepan Sulek

[Latvian]

Here are details on the works and performances I've posted in the Downloads folder:

Stjepan Sulek (1914-1986)

Symphony No. 1 (1944)
I.   Allegro
II.  Adagio
III. Allegro moderato

Symphony No. 2 "Eroica" (1946)
I.   Allegro
II.  Adagio
III. Scherzo

both works performed by:
Croatian Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra
Pavle Despalj, conductor

Symphony No. 4 (1954) [movements played without pause]
I.   Prologue (un poco sostenuto)
II.  Allegro con fuoco
III. Adagio -- Presto -- Adagio
IV. Allegro con brio

Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra
Kresimir Baranovic, conductor

None of these works have ever received commercial recordings. These are dubs from concert broadcasts.

[eschiss1]

Wikipedia claims, anyway, that the dates (of composition? publication?) of symphonies 1, 2 and 4 are 1944, 1946 and 1954.  Amazon.com claims symphony 4 was published in 1961... (some of this may be possible, if not necessarily from the internet solely , to work out...) edit: it was published in 1961 - evidence from a 1962 issue of Music & Letters (one needs permission to read further into the issue, though. Once had that permission as a staff member at university; no longer do. though one can find the issue in a library- it is July 1962, vol.43 no.3.) Oh- sorry- my mistake... is 1965 the year of broadcast? also, the dates for 2 seem to be 1944 to 1946. Wikipedia's source for some of those dates may have been this PDF- Croatian PDF article (in English, sorry, based on a Croatian server) by Eva Sedak (entitled Stjepan Sulek- the Antiprogressive?)

[Latvian]

Thanks for the clarification, eschiss1. I'm not sure where I came up with for the dates, but clearly they're wrong. Yes, 1965 may have been the broadcast date, but unfortunately I don't have additional data on the broadcasts.

According to New Grove in Oxford Music Online, dates for the symphonies should be:
1: 1944
2: 1946
3: 1948
4: 1954
5: 1963
6: 1966
7: 1979
8: 1981
I'll make corrections in the previous posting.

I've also now uploaded the 3rd Symphony, information for which is as follows:

Symphony No. 3 (1948)

I   Allegro
II  Scherzo
III Larghetto

Croatian Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra
Pavle Despalj, conductor

[Mark Thomas]

Thanks for these Latvian, but I can only find the First and Second Symphonies. No sign of Nos.3 and 4.

[eschiss1]

that's a good point... ah, ok, there now...

[fyrexia]

Thank you very much for these sulek symphonies. I believe i only had 1 symphony, but cant find it anywhere ! So thanks again.

Tony

[fyrexia]

I can upload the Sulek Symphonies No.6 and 7, if anyone would be interested

I believe both from lp.

Tony

[oldman]

Yes please do!

[eschiss1]

according to a scan at eBay of the back cover of the LP of symphony 6 (premiered 23 May 1966), the movement headings are
I. Adagio non troppo - Allegro moderato - Allegretto (Quasi una marcia fantastica)
II. Adagio- Presto.

The notes can also be read there until the seller removes or relists the item. The composer is conducting the Zagreb Radio-Television Symphony.

[lechner1110]

Thank you very much to upload.
I was surprised to these powerful symphonies .
Symphony No. 2　recalls me Erwin Schulhoff's symphony.

Regards                                         
                                                                  lechner1110(from Japan)


                                             

[Mark Thomas]

Welcome to UC, Lechner

[Balapoel]

Thanks Fyrexia for the Sulek symphonies. Maybe my browser is in error, but the 7th symphony is marked 'private only' and cannot be downloaded.

Balapoel

[fyrexia]

Just got it public again. Will disactivate in 24 hrs.

Tony

[eschiss1]

Symphony 7 - forget if this already has been posted - conductor possibly Pavle Dešpalj , Zagrebačkom filharmonija (series Hrvatski skladatelji = "Croatian composers" no.4) , from a 1980s (1980??) Jugoton LP (LSY 66087).

Once again taking advantage of someone who has this listed on ebay and has the LP image scanned, the movements of symphony 7 (1973?) are:

Side A. I. Moderato- Poco meno (Allegro moderato)
II. Adagio non troppo.

Side B. III. Allegro non troppo
IV. Presto - Allegro vivo (Pochetissimo meno)

[TerraEpon]

Unfortunetly the links for 6 and 7 (http://www.mediafire.com/?qjli3fx5yqli9lm and http://www.mediafire.com/?2q08pvr2dhz8yep) both seem to be set private.