News Archive
November 2019
TWO SUPERB REVIEWS
FOR CZECH SONG CYCLES BY VILÉM PŘIBYL
14th November The reissue of three extraordinary Czech song cycles – Janáček's The Diary of One Who Disappeared, Dvořák's Biblical Songs and Smetana's…
ANOTHER FANTASTIC REVIEWS
FOR PAVEL HAAS QUARTET AND THEIR SHOSTAKOVICH
8th November The Pavel Haas Quartet's new album featuring Shostakovich's String Quartets Nos. 2, 7, 8 received another fantastic reviews on The Classic…
CRITIC'S CHOICE IN OPERA NEWS
FOR MARTINŮ SONGS
4th November The album of Bohuslav Martinů's Songs recorded by Martina Janková, Tomáš Král and Ivo Kahánek is the Critic's Choice in Opera News …
PRESTO RECORDING OF THE WEEK
FOR PAVEL HAAS QUARTET AND THEIR SHOSTAKOVICH
1st November The Pavel Haas Quartet's new album featuring Shostakovich's String Quartets Nos. 2, 7, 8 has been selected as the Recording of the Week on…
October 2019
ROMAN VÁLEK ABOUT THE NEW CZECH ENSEMBLE BAROQUE'S ALBUM
GENERIC INTERVIEW
31st October On 25th October, Supraphon released the new album by Czech Ensemble Baroque, a professional ensemble specialising in historically informed…
SMETANA'S STRING QUARTETS BY PAVEL HAAS QUARTET
FOR THE FIRST TIME ON VINYL
23rd October On 25th October, SUPRAPHON will issue a vinyl recording of the critically acclaimed 2015 CD of Bedřich Smetana’s String Quartets …
PAVEL HAAS QUARTET ABOUT THEIR SHOSTAKOVICH
GENERIC INTERVIEW
17th October On 25th October, Supraphon will be releasing the album by the internationally renowned ensemble Pavel Haas Quartet featuring Shostakovich's…
CZECH ENSEMBLE BAROQUE
TO RELEASE F. X. RICHTER’S PSALMS, REDISCOVERED AFTER 250 YEARS
15th October In their fourth recording of Franz Xaver Richter’s music, Czech Ensemble Baroque discover the yet to be mapped legacy of the distinguished…
PAVEL HAAS QUARTET’S EAGERLY AWAITED ALBUM
OF SHOSTAKOVICH’S QUARTETS
7th October After two recordings solely featuring Czech music (Dvořák’s Quintets, Opp. 81 & 97, 2017; and Smetana’s String Quartets, 2015), the…
September 2019
THE ARUNDO QUARTET'S GOLDBERG VARIATIONS
ALBUM OF THE WEEK ON CLASSIC FM NEDERLAND
24th September The legendary Goldberg Variations in the arrangement for wind quartet as performed by the Arundo Quartet which were released in April was…
DVOŘÁK'S AND MARTINŮ'S PIANO CONCERTOS
AS PERFORMED BY AN EXTRAORDINARY CONSTELLATION OF MUSICIANS
23rd September On 27 September 2019, Supraphon will release the album featuring Antonín Dvořák's and Bohuslav Martinů's Piano Concertos, as performed by…
BELFIATO QUINTET
TO RELEASE AN ALBUM OF ANTONÍN REJCHA’S WIND QUINTETS
16th September Following their critically acclaimed debut album, the Belfiato Quintet have gone back a century in time, to the „father of the wind…
CAPPELLA MARIANA
IN THE HEART OF RENAISSANCE EUROPE
9th September Two centuries after the prosperous era of Charles IV, Prague evidently enjoyed its second Golden Age, under the reign of the art-loving…
IVO KAHÁNEK, BAMBERGER SYMPHONIKER AND JAKUB HRŮŠA
TO RELEASE ONE OF THIS YEAR’S MAJOR ALBUMS
5th September At first glance, it is evident that an extraordinary constellation of artists is one the most significant attributes of the new recording…
August 2019
CAPPELLA MARIANA’S NEW ABUM
FEATURES MUSIC OF RENAISSANCE PRAGUE
30th August The internationally renowned chamber choir Cappella Mariana specialises in medieval and Renaissance polyphony and early Baroque vocal…
CZECH SONG CYCLES BY JANÁČEK, DVOŘÁK AND SMETANA
AS PERFORMED BY VILÉM PŘIBYL
19th August On Friday 30 August 2019, Supraphon will release a reissue of three extraordinary Czech song cycles made in 1978 and 1988 by the…
GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE
FOR JANÁČEK'S PIANO WORKS
12th August The Jan Bartoš's new album featuring Janáček's Piano Works has received a wonderful review together with Editor's Choice in Gramophone…
JAN BARTOŠ'S NEW ALBUM
REVIEWED IN PIZZICATO
5th August The Jan Bartoš's new album featuring Janáček's Piano Works, which was released by the end of May, has received a very positive review in…
July 2019
PRESTO CLASSICAL RECORDING OF THE WEEK
FOR KAREL KOVAŘOVIC'S STRING QUARTETS
15th July The Stamic Quartet's new album featuring the world premiere recording of Karel Kovařovic's Complete String Quartets has been reviewed and…
VIVACE SPRING / SUMMER 2019
CLASSICAL MUSIC REVIEW IN SUPRAPHON RECORDINGS
10th July Enjoy the SUPRAPHON classical music bulletin containing new releases info, artists' interviews, videos etc.
CD DES MONATS FOR MARTINŮ'S SONGS
IN OPERNWELT
8th July The album of Bohuslav Martinů's Songs performed by Martina Janková, Tomáš Král and Ivo Kahánek has been chosen as CD des Monats in the July…
June 2019
KAREL KOVAŘOVIC’S STRING QUARTETS
RECORDED BY STAMIC QUARTET
13th June Following the revelatory premiere recording of Josef Bohuslav Foerster’s quartets (Supraphon 2010) and the highly acclaimed album of Sofia…
JAN BARTOŠ ABOUT HIS NEW ALBUM FEATURING JANÁČEK'S WORKS
GENERIC INTERVIEW
13th June Jan Bartoš is a holder of the Professional Studies Diploma from the Manhattan School of Music in New York and a doctorate from the Academy…
THE RADEK BABORÁK'S MOZART ALBUM
REVIEWED IN FANFARE
12th June There is a very positive review in Fanfare magazine (March/April issue) for the Radek Baborák's album featuring Mozart's Sinfonia…
5 DIAPASONS FOR THE SMETANA TRIO'S NEW ALBUM
IN DIAPASON MAGAZINE
11th June The Smetana Trio's new album featuring three piano trios by Zemlinsky, Rachmaninov and Arensky has already received a number of great…
RUSSIAN ROMANCES
AS PERFORMED BY JOZEF BENCI
11th June On 14 June 2019, Supraphon will release the album Russian Romances, as performed by the superb Slovak bass Jozef Benci, accompanied by the…
DISC OF THE WEEK ON EUROPADISC
FOR JAN BARTOŠ'S NEW ALBUM
10th June The Jan Bartoš's new album featuring Janáček's Piano Works, which was released by the end of May, has been reviewed and selected as the…
LE DISQUE CLASSIC DU JOUR
FOR THE SMETANA TRIO'S NEW ALBUM
7th June The Smetana Trio's new album featuring three piano trios by Zemlinsky, Rachmaninov and Arensky was chosen as „Le Disque classic du jour“ on…
5 DIAPASONS FOR KALABIS'S PIANO WORKS
IN DIAPASON MAGAZINE
6th June The album of Viktor Kalabis's Complete Piano Works recorded by Ivo Kahánek, which was released in March, received a very positive review…
JAN BARTOŠ'S NEW ALBUM
ON TOP POSITIONS ON DIGITAL SERVICES
5th June The new album of Janáček's Piano Works recorded by Jan Bartoš which was released last week has amazing results on digital services…
May 2019
THE SMETANA TRIO'S NEW ALBUM
REVIEWED IN GRAMOPHONE
31st May There is a beautiful review in Gramophone June issue for the Smetana Trio's new album featuring piano trios by Zemlinsky, Rachmaninov and…
JAN BARTOŠ HAS MADE A NEW ALBUM
FEATURING JANÁČEK’S MUSIC
30th May On Friday 31 May 2019, Supraphon will release a new album made by the pianist Jan Bartoš, featuring Leoš Janáček’s piano works.
PRESS OVERVIEW 2018
THE BEST REVIEWS OF NEW RELEASES 2018
15th May SUPRAPHON introduce an overview of new releases 2018's reviews that were published in renowned international classical music magazines,…
BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE CHAMBER CHOICE
FOR SMETANA TRIO'S NEW ALBUM
14th May The Smetana Trio's new album containing three piano trios by Zemlinsky, Rachmaninov and Arensky has been selected as the BBC Music Magazine…
PRESTO CLASSICAL EDITOR'S CHOICE
FOR BENNEWITZ QUARTET'S NEW ALBUM
10th May The Bennewitz Quartet's new album containing string quartets by the Theresienstadt composers Ullmann, Krása, Schulhoff and Haas has been…
MARTINŮ'S SONGS REVIEWED
IN GRAMOPHONE
9th May There is a beautiful review in Gramophone May issue for Bohuslav Martinů's Songs performed by Martina Janková, Tomáš Král and Ivo Kahánek.
5 DIAPASONS FOR SCHUBERT'S WINTERREISE
IN DIAPASON MAGAZINE
3rd May In September 2018, Supraphon released the album of Franz Schubert's Winterreise beautifully performed by Jan Martiník and the pianist…
ARUNDO QUARTET
ON BBC RADIO 3 RECORD REVIEW
2nd May On Saturday 27th April a couple of pieces from the new Arundo Quartet's album containing Bach's Goldberg Variations were played on BBC…
April 2019
CHOC DE CLASSICA
FOR DVOŘÁK PIANO QUARTET
30th April Dvořák Piano Quartet have received a fantastic review in Classica magazine together with the highest evaluation Choc de Classica (May issue…
ARUNDO QUARTET
GOLDBERG VARIATIONS
29th April The legendary Goldberg Variations are among the most frequently recorded Johann Sebastian Bach works; besides numerous versions for piano…
THE BENNEWITZ QUARTET TO RELEASE AN ALBUM
OF MUSIC BY THE THERESIENSTADT COMPOSERS
23rd April The fates of the composers whose works are featured in the Bennewitz Quartet’s new album were linked with the musical life in…
IMMERSING IN VIKTOR KALABIS’S MUSIC
WITH THE PIANIST IVO KAHÁNEK
18th April The very first complete recording of Viktor Kalabis’s piano works – just as the previous album featuring his three sonatas (SU4210–2,…
DISC OF THE WEEK ON EUROPADISC
FOR THE BENNEWITZ QUARTET NEW ALBUM
15th April The Bennewitz Quartet’s new album containing music by the Theresienstadt composers Ullmann, Krása, Schulhoff and Haas has been reviewed and…
ANOTHER REVIEW FOR MARTINŮ'S SONGS
IN DAS OPERNGLAS
11th April There is a great review for Bohuslav Martinů's Songs recorded by Martina Janková, Tomáš Král and Ivo Kahánek in the April issue of Das…
SMETANA TRIO ABOUT THEIR NEW ALBUM
GENERIC INTERVIEW
9th April The internationally acclaimed Smetana Trio made a new recording of three piano trios by Zemlinsky, Rachmaninov and Arensky. We asked the…
MARTINŮ'S SONGS REVIEWED
ON MUSICWEB INTERNATIONAL
4th April There is a great review on MusicWeb International for Bohuslav Martinů's Songs performed by Martina Janková, Tomáš Král and Ivo Kahánek.
THE NEW BELFIATO QUINTET VIDEO CLIP
SHROUDED IN THE MYSTIQUE OF PAVEL HAAS’S MUSIC
1st April In 2017, the Belfiato Quintet had their debut album released on Supraphon. Featuring three pivotal Czech works for wind quintet, Leoš…
March 2019
DIAPASON D'OR
FOR BOHUSLAV MARTINŮ'S SONGS
28th March The album of Bohuslav Martinů's Songs recorded by three renowned artists Martina Janková, Tomáš Král and Ivo Kahánek received a great…
IVO KAHÁNEK PERFORMS ON THE FIRST COMPLETE RECORDING
OF VIKTOR KALABIS’S PIANO MUSIC
27th March As a performer of exceptional emotional power and depth, Ivo Kahánek, who turns forty this year, has earned a reputation as one of the most…
THREE GEMS OF CHAMBER MUSIC IN A NEW RECORDING
BY THE SMETANA TRIO
22nd March The three compositions that the Smetana Trio has chosen for its next recording were written within the span of just four years, but they…
5 DIAPASONS FOR KALABIS'S SONATAS
IN DIAPASON MAGAZINE
18th March In September 2018, Supraphon released the album of Viktor Kalabis's Sonatas for Cello, Clarinet, Violin and Piano recorded by four…
DVOŘÁK PIANO QUARTETS
REVIEWED BY GRAMOPHONE
6th March The album of Antonín Dvořák Piano Quartets Nos. 1&2 by Dvořák piano Quartet which was released in November 2018 has been reviewed in…
February 2019
RADEK BABORÁK'S MOZART ALBUM
REVIEWED ON THE ARTS DESK
25th February The album of Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante and Music for Frech Horn recorded by Radek Baborák and Baborák Ensemble which was released in…
MARTINA JANKOVÁ ABOUT MARTINŮ SONGS
GENERIC INTERVIEW
18th February Three renowned artists – the soprano Martina Janková, the baritone Tomáš Král and the pianist Ivo Kahánek – made a recording of Bohuslav…
PAVEL HAAS QUARTET
AMONG TOP 10 STRING QUARTETS ACCORDING TO GRAMOPHONE
14th February You can find Pavel Haas Quartet among top 10 string quartets according to the Gramophone list. And they are the only group to get two…
DISC OF THE MONTH FOR MARTINŮ'S WHAT MEN LIVE BY
IN OPERA MAGAZINE
11th February The Bohuslav Martinů's opera-pastoral What Men Live By recorded by Czech Philharmonic and Jiří Bělohlávek has been chosen as the Disc of…
GRAHAM MELVILLE-MASON
DIES AT 85
6th February On February 2nd, the UK Czech music expert, musicologist, journalist and music organizer Graham Melville-Mason died at the age of 85. He…
DAGMAR PECKOVÁ
TO OPEN THE RENOWNED KURT WEILL FEST IN DESSAU
5th February The prestigious Kurt Weill Fest first took place in 1993 in Dessau, the composer’s birthplace. This year, from 1 to 17 March, the town…
MARTINA JANKOVÁ, TOMÁŠ KRÁL AND IVO KAHÁNEK
RECORD BOHUSLAV MARTINŮ SONGS
4th February Folk songs are evidently one of the two major sources of inspiration that Bohuslav Martinů drew upon in his music. The composer would take…
January 2019
JITKA KONEČNÁ FROM i FLAUTISTI
GENERIC INTERVIEW
29th January On 11th January, SUPRAPHON released the album of i Flautisti – The London Recorder Quartet titled Douce Dame Jolie. We asked Jitka Konečná,…
BOHUSLAV MARTINŮ'S INCANTATION
PLAYED BY IVO KAHÁNEK
28th January On January 18th and 19th, Ivo Kahánek performed Martinů's Piano Concerto No. 4 „Incantation“ together with Bamberger Symphoniker under the…
ANOTHER REVIEW FOR DVOŘÁK PIANO QUARTET
IN BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE
24th January The album of Antonín Dvořák's Piano Quartets Nos 1 and 2 recorded by Dvořák Piano Quartet which was released in November 2018 has been…
THE PAVEL HAAS QUARTET TO TOUR EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
AND TO MAKE A NEW ALBUM IN MAY
18th January The globally renowned Pavel Haas Quartet have ahead of them a really busy second part of the concert season, during the course of which…
THE ALBUM OF DVOŘÁK PIANO QUARTET
REVIEWED IN SUNDAY TIMES
14th January There is a beautiful review of the ensemble Dvořák Piano Quartet and their album containing Dvořák's Piano Quartets Nos 1 and 2 in…
THE NEW ALBUM OF i FLAUTISTI
MARKING THE ENSEMBLE’S 10TH ANNIVERSARY
11th January i Flautisti – The London Recorder Quartet got together in 2009 at the Royal College of Music in London. „We deemed the title i Flautisti…
DIAPASON DÉCOUVERTE
FOR MARTINŮ'S WHAT MEN LIVE BY & SYMPHONY NO. 1
10th January The album of Bohuslav Martinů's opera-pastoral and Symphony No. 1 recorded by Czech Philharmonic and Jiří Bělohlávek received a Diapason…
MARTINŮ'S WHAT MEN LIVE BY & SYMPHONY NO. 1
REVIEWED IN GRAMOPHONE
8th January There is a very nice review of Bohuslav Martinů's opera-pastoral and Symphony No. 1 recorded by Czech Philharmonic and Jiří Bělohlávek in…
i FLAUTISTI - THE LONDON RECORDER QUARTET
A NEW ALBUM
7th January On the occasion of the ensemble's 10th anniversary, SUPRAPHON will release a new album of four virtuoso recorder players, i Flautisti – The…