Luogo e data di registrazione		Dvorak Hall of the Rudolfinum, Prague (Repubblica Ceca): - 3-8 ottobre 1979 (Symphony No. 1) - 11-16 giugno 1980 (Symphony No. 2) - 16-19 dicembre 1981 (Symphony No. 3) - 13-17 ottobre 1980 (Symphony No. 4) - 31 gennaio - 2, 7, 16 Febbraio 1977 (Symphony No. 5) - 24-28 aprile 1979 (Symphony No. 6) - 11 novembre 1977 - 23 gennaio 1978 (Symphony No. 7) - 10-14 febbraio 1982 (Symphony No. 8) - 12-16 gennaio 1982 (Symphony No. 9) - 27 febbraio 1976 (Symphony No. 10)
	Registrazione: live / studio		studio
	Recording directors		Milan Slavický (Nos. 1, 3, 5-9) Pavel Kühn (No. 2, 10) Jeroslav Krček (No. 4)
	Recording engineers		Stanislav Sýkora (Nos. 1, 2-6, 8-9) Miloslav Kulhan (Nos. 7, 10) Václav Roubal (No. 7)
	Prime Edizione LP		Supraphon - 1410 2963 - (1 LP) - durata 51' 03" - (p) 1982 - ADD - (No. 1) Supraphon - 1410 3441-42 - (2 LP's) - durata 38' 43" & 36' 32" - (p) 1982 - ADD - (No. 2) Supraphon - 1110 3871-72 - (2 LP's) - durata 56' 15" & 34' 31" - (p) 1983 - DDD - (No. 3) Supraphon - 1110 3188 - (1 LP) - durata 55' 52" - (p) 1983 - ADD - (No. 4) Supraphon - 1410 2511-12 - (2 LP's) - durata 43' 20" & 46' 10" - (p) 1978 - ADD - (Nos. 5 & Lieder) Supraphon - 1410 3141-42 - (2 LP's) - durata 48' 09" & 53' 16" - (p) 1980 - ADD - (No. 6 & 10) Supraphon - 1410 2721-22 - (2 LP's) - durata 45' 58" & 45' 05" - (p) 1980 - ADD - (No. 7) Supraphon - 1110 3881-82 - (2 LP's) - durata 45' 31" & 33' 30" - (p) 1983 - DDD - (No. 8) Supraphon - 1110 3891-92 - (2 LP's) - durata 40' 17" & 36' 42" - (p) 1983 - DDD - (No. 9)
	Edizione CD		Supraphon - SU 3880-2 - (11 CD's) - (c) 2006 - ADD/DDD
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In the spring of 1948 when Vaclav Neumann (1920-1995) took the stage with the Czech Philharmonic for the first time, his musical resumé was still quite short: he was a graduate of Josef Micka’s violin studio at Prague Conservatory, where he had also studied conducting under Metod Doležil and Pavel Dĕdeček; he and his classmates had founded a string quartet which was later to become the famous Smetana Quartet; he had become a violist in the Czech Philharmonic. He had quickly given up a career as a chamber musician because the conductor's baton attracted him more and more, and when Rafael Kubelík emigrated after February of 1948, the orchestra didn’t have to look far to find his successor. Thus it was that in 1949 Václav Neumann joined Karel Šejna as conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, and by fall of 1950 he had directed a number of significant premieres. Thanks to Kubelík the orchestra was an exceptionally flexible musical ensemble with excellent individuals in key positions. In October 1950 Karel Ančerl was named artistic director of the Czech Philharmonic and Neumann went to Karlovy Vary to gain more experience. He later became artistic director of the Brno Regional Symphony Orchestra (1954-1956), eventually leaving to take the post of principal conductor of the Prague Symphony Orchestra. He continued to maintain his working relationship with the Czech Philharmonic, however, appearing at their concerts as a guest conductor. In 1955 he began to work at the Comic Opera of Berlin, where he created a number of unforgettable productions with director Walter Felsenstein. It was at this time that he also received his first Grand Recording Prize of the Charles Cros Academy (Grand Prix du Disque Académie Charles Cros) for his recording of Janáček's opera The Cunning Little Vixen. In June 1964 he was named general artistic director in Leipzig and boldly made his mark on the history of the famous Gewandhausorchestr and the Leipzig Opera. He left this prestigious post as a protest against the occupation of Czechoslovakia in August 1968, and when Karel Ančerl emigrated to Canada, became the most qualified successor to the conductor’s podium of the Czech Philharmonic. Once again he stood at the helm of that orchestra, which by then had become world-famous, ranking among the best ensembles of its kind. It was the beginning of an immensely fruitful and inspiring symbiosis which came to an end on September 30, 1990 with Neumann's retirement. Václav Neumann succeeded in maintaining the orchestra at a high standard of performance throughout the entire period, achieving extraordinary success with the ensemble on concert tours of Japan and the USA, as well as in performances at the leading European music festivals. His activities in the recording studios of the Czechoslovak music labels Supraphon and Panton were particularly noteworthy. His work for Supraphon includes roughly four hundred recordings of the symphonic and operatic literature (some works in more than one version) by Czech and international composers. Of particular interest in his discography are the complete symphonic works of Antonín Dvořák, Gustav Mahler and Bohuslav Martinů, which received many international awards. Although Neumann felt that the center of his musical work was his devoted service to Czech music, the scope of his repertoire was extremely broad and also included the works of contemporary composers.