The latest entry on Europadisc's The Spin Doctor (https://www.europadisc.co.uk/blog/80/In-memoriam%3A-Libor-Pe%9Aek-%281933%962022%29.htm) informs us that Libor Pešek has died. A great loss.
He had a long life, though. He was 89.
Thanks for pointing out his age. What I meant was that he made some greatly appreciated recordings of un(der)represented repertoire.
He did indeed. And was a distinguished conductor. I am very grateful to him.
His Suk/Asrael Symphony was a fine recording. He largely flew under the radar, I think, but he certainly knew his craft.
I think he may have recorded that symphony a few times, but soon after Gramophone had an article on the Asrael symphony sometime around 1990 I saw the (1991?) recording he made on Virgin Classics which I acquired and enjoyed very much. (I haven't yet heard his followups with the other parts of that polyptych.) (Additionally, some of our downloads are well-conducted by him...)
A quick check on Worldcat reminds me that he also conducted some Spohr concertos for Marco Polo, among many other discs in a very large discography. (Not to forget his live broadcasts for BBC in the 1990s with the BBC Philharmonic, which I have at best mostly not heard but which are listed at CADENSA and seem to have been interesting in character also...)