News Archive
July 2025
MATEJČA AND SCHULMEISTER
GENERIC INTERVIEW
3rd July Two exceptionally talented young musicians, violinist Daniel Matejča (*2005) and pianist Jan Schulmeister (*2006), have joined forces in…
5 DIAPASONS FOR MIROSLAV BEINHAUER
AND HIS ALBUM FEATURING HÁBA'S COMPLETE PIANO WORKS
2nd July The new double album by pianist Miroslav Beinhauer, featuring the first recording of Alois Hába’s complete piano works for “ordinary” piano…
ALBUM OF THE WEEK ON EUROPADISC
FOR DANIEL MATEJČA AND JAN SCHULMEISTER
1st July The new album by two young Czech virtuosi, violinist Daniel Matejča and pianist Jan Schulmeister, featuring unique interpretations of works…
June 2025
STAMIC QUARTET
THE COMPLETE STRING QUARTETS OF VÍTĚZSLAV NOVÁK
30th June The Stamic Quartet is celebrating an impressive four decades of artistic activity with a special gift for chamber music lovers – the first…
DIAPASON D'OR
FOR LOVRO VON MATAČIĆ AND HIS COMPLETE EDITION OF SUPRAPHON RECORDINGS
29th June The first complete edition of unique historical recordings of the Czech Philharmonic led by the legendary conductor Lovro von Matačić has…
VILÉM VLČEK AND DENIS LINNIK
MARTINŮ’S COMPLETE WORKS FOR CELLO AND PIANO
20th June The Basel Academy of Music became the site of an extraordinary musical statement celebrating one of the most important Czech composers of…
YOUNG CZECH VIRTUOSI MATEJČA AND SCHULMEISTER
RELEASE AN ALBUM OF 20TH-CENTURY CZECH COMPOSITIONS
11th June Violinist Daniel Matejča (*2005) and pianist Jan Schulmeister (*2006), two leading figures of the youngest generation of Czech musicians,…
May 2025
TOMÁŠ VRÁNA
A VIRTUOSO WHO CONVERSES WITH BARTÓK
28th May The piano virtuoso Tomáš Vrána (*1994) is releasing Béla Bartók’s complete piano concertos recorded with the Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava…
BARTÓK’S THREE PIANO CONCERTOS
TOMÁŠ VRÁNA’S EXCITING DEBUT
21st May Béla Bartók the uncompromising individualist, the architect, and the poet – it is these very aspects of the great composer’s personality…
MICHAELA KOUDELKOVÁ
GENERIC INTERVIEW
19th May Michaela Koudelková is a noted Czech flautist who specialises in the nterpretation of early music and plays copies of period instruments.…
MUSIC AND 80 YEARS SINCE THE END OF WORLD WAR II
MUSICAL HERITAGE IN THE SUPRAPHON CATALOGUE
8th May Today we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War – a conflict that changed the world and left indelible…
THE INTERNATIONALLY SUCCESSFUL VIRTUOSO MICHAELA KOUDELKOVÁ
A DEBUT ALBUM OF SONATAS BY CORELLI AND HANDEL
7th May On 9 May 2025, the young Czech virtuoso Michaela Koudelková is making her Supraphon debut with a combination of masterpieces by George…
April 2025
DIAPASON D'OR
FOR KAREL ANČERL LIVE RECORDINGS / CONCERTOS
28th April The new 7-CD box set Karel Ančerl Live Recordings / Concertos, containing live recordings from the Czech Radio archive with the Czech…
MIROSLAV BEINHAUER
GENERIC INTERVIEW
17th April Alois Hába, a major composer of the 20 th century, became famous for his pioneering experiments with microintervallic music, while his…
MIROSLAV BEINHAUER’S UNIQUE PROJECT
THE FIRST RECORDING OF HÁBA’S COMPLETE PIANO WORKS WITHOUT MICROINTERVALS
9th April Miroslav Beinhauer (*1993), the distinguished pianist from Ostrava, focuses on music of the 20th and 21st centuries. The young artist…
TOMÁŠ ŠELC & JANA SEMERÁDOVÁ
GENERIC INTERVIEW
2nd April In the music of Jana Dismas Zelenka, Tomáš Šelc seems to have found where he is most immanently at home. Therefore, the choice of…
DIAPASON D'OR ARTE
FOR PETR POPELKA WITH PRAGUE RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND THEIR SMETANA
1st April The new album of the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra and its principal conductor Petr Popelka featuring Smetana's Má vlast and other…
March 2025
KONRAD RAGOSSNIG
A RARE ARCHIVAL RECORDING OF THE IMPORTANT AUSTRIAN GUITARIST
26th March For four days in October 1969, Supraphon’s legendary Domovina Studio became the home for Konrad Ragossnig, who was 37 years old at the time…
TOMÁŠ ŠELC’S UNMISTAKABLE BASS VOICE
ON A NEW ALBUM OF COLLEGIUM MARIANUM
20th March Tomáš Šelc, a renowned interpreter of cantatas and oratorios of the 18th – 20th centuries, romantic lieder, and opera, is issuing his…
PAVEL HAAS QUARTET
IS PREPARING A NEW ALBUM FOR SUPRAPHON
17th March In early March, the internationally acclaimed Pavel Haas Quartet departed for a six-stop tour of the USA and Canada. They will delight…
February 2025
JOKER ABSOLU BY CRESCENDO MAGAZINE
FOR KATEŘINA KNĚŽÍKOVÁ, JAKUB HRŮŠA AND THEIR STRAUSS
25th February The album titled Tag und Nacht featuring songs by Richard Strauss, beautifully performed by soprano Kateřina Kněžíková, Jakub Hrůša as…
IN MEMORIAM MAESTRO LOVRO VON MATAČIĆ
THE FIRST COMPLETE EDITION OF SUPRAPHON RECORDINGS
24th February On 28 February 2025, Supraphon will release the first complete edition of unique historical recordings of the Czech Philharmonic led by the…
KAREL ANČERL LIVE RECORDINGS / CONCERTOS
ANČERL IN THE SPECIAL COMPANY OF WORLD-FAMOUS SOLOISTS
11th February Karel Ančerl (*11 April 1908 Tučapy – †3 July 1973 Toronto), one of the most important conductors of post-war Europe, was a man who…
January 2025
GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE
FOR PETR POPELKA WITH PRAGUE RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND THEIR SMETANA
27th January The new album of the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra and its principal conductor Petr Popelka featuring Smetana's Má vlast and other…
VILÉM BLODEK’S OPERA IN THE WELL
SUPRAPHON’S FIRST RELEASE IN STEREO OF A UNIQUE RECORDING
24th January For the occasion of the 150 th anniversary of the death of the Czech composer Vilém Blodek, Supraphon has prepared a real treat for opera…
THE KOLA (KEEP ON LISTENING AWARD)
FOR JAN NOVÁK'S CONCERTOS
22nd January In October 2023, Supraphon released a remarkable album of Jan Novák‘s concertos, made by the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by…
SONY MUSIC ACQUIRES SUPRAPHON IN CZECH REPUBLIC
ACQUISITION OF CZECH REPUBLIC’S LARGEST INDEPENDENT RECORD LABEL
14th January Sony Music Entertainment (SME) announced today the acquisition of Supraphon, one of the Czech Republic’s most dynamic and influential music…
SMETANA'S MÁ VLAST BY PRSO AND PETR POPELKA
IN DOLBY ATMOS
10th January Just before Christmas, Supraphon released a triple album with the complete symphonic works of Bedřich Smetana, recorded by the Prague Radio…
5 DIAPASONS FOR THE SMETANA'S COMPLETE OPERAS
IN THE DECEMBER ISSUE OF DIAPASON MAGAZINE
8th January The complete edition of Smetana’s operas, which was released on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Smetana’s birth, has received a…
THE CZECH ENSEMBLE BAROQUE'S NEW ALBUM
REVIEWED IN GRAMOPHONE
6th January The new album of the Czech Ensemble Baroque titled Vesperae, featuring specific liturgical pieces from the later creative period of…
FIVE STAR REVIEW IN THE TIMES
FOR PETR POPELKA WITH PRAGUE RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND THEIR SMETANA
3rd January The new album of the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra and its principal conductor Petr Popelka featuring Smetana's Má vlast and other…