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THE PRAGUE RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA UNDER PETR POPELKA

HAVE RECORDED BEDŘICH SMETANA’S COMPLETE SYMPHONIC WORKS

13th December Within a mere few years, Petr Popelka has established himself as one of the world’s most exciting young conductors. Currently serving as…

PRESTO MUSIC AWARDS 2024

FOR TRIO BOHÉMO AND SMETANA'S COMPLETE OPERAS

6th December On 5th December, the Presto Music Awards ceremony took place  at the Leamington Spa store in the UK. The  Presto editorial team decided on…

PAVEL HAAS QUARTET AND CZECH PHILHARMONIC

AT CARNEGIE HALL

4th December The famous Carnegie Hall in New York offers a series of three residencies to the best artists in the world only. The Pavel Haas Quartet and…

THE ALBUM PILGRIMAGE BY CAPPELLA MARIANA AND CONSTANTINOPLE

RECOMMENDED ON MUSICWEB INTERNATIONAL

29th November The new album titled Pilgrimage, as performed by Cappella Mariana with its artistic director Vojtěch Semerád, and Constantinople with its…

CLASSICA CHOC DE L'ANNÉE

FOR GILTBURG –⁠ JARŮŠKOVÁ –⁠ JARŮŠEK AND THEIR DVOŘÁK PIANO TRIOS

28th November Today, the renowned French music magazine CLASSICA revealed the 20 most remarkable albums of 2024. The CLASSICA CHOC de'l Année award was…

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF CZECH ENSEMBLE BAROQUE ROMAN VÁLEK

GENERIC INTERVIEW

21st November Czech Ensemble Baroque is one of the leading European specialists in authentic performance of music of bygone stylistic eras, Baroque and…

LIMELIGHT EDITOR'S CHOICE

FOR JANÁČEK'S OPERA THE EXCURSIONS OF MR. BROUČEK

14th November The new studio recording of Leoš Janáček’s opera The Excursions of Mr. Brouček, made by distinguished soloists, chorus and orchestra of the…

A NEW CZECH ENSEMBLE BAROQUE ALBUM

FEATURING FRANTIŠEK IGNÁC ANTONÍN TŮMA’S MUSIC

13th November Czech Ensemble Baroque, one of the leading European specialists in authentic early music performance, has added another instalment to its…

THE BENNEWITZ QUARTET'S NEW ALBUM AN EVENING IN VIENNA 1784

REVIEWED IN GRAMOPHONE

11th November The new album of the Bennewitz Quartet, tilted An Evening in Vienna 1784, featuring works by four composers Haydn, Mozart, Dittersdorf,…

GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE

FOR JIŘÍ VODIČKA WITH DAVID MAREČEK AND THEIR DVOŘÁK

7th November The album featuring Antonín Dvořák’s complete works for violin and piano played by Czech Philharmonic concertmaster Jiří Vodička…

FIVE STAR REVIEW IN CLASSICA

FOR MAREK KOZÁK AND HIS ALBUM TITLED FORGOTTEN CZECH PIANO CONCERTOS

5th November The album titled Forgotten Czech Piano Concertos, containing three piano concertos by Karel Kovařovic, Pavel Bořkovec and Vítězslava…

FIVE STAR REVIEW IN CLASSICA

FOR TRIO BOHÉMO AND THEIR DEBUT ALBUM

5th November The debut album of the youthful Trio Bohémo featuring Piano Trios by Smetana and Schubert has received a wonderful 5 star review in the…

CHOC DE CLASSICA AND 5 DIAPASONS

FOR JIŘÍ VODIČKA WITH DAVID MAREČEK AND THEIR DVOŘÁK

29th October The album with Antonín Dvořák’s complete works for violin and piano played by Czech Philharmonic concertmaster Jiří Vodička sensitively…

ALBUM OF THE WEEK ON NPO KLASSIEK

FOR THE BENEWITZ QUARTET AND THEIR NEW RELELASE

23rd October The new album of one of the world’s elite chamber music ensembles Bennewitz Quartet, tilted An Evening in Vienna 1784, featuring works by…

KRYŠTOF HARANT’S REMARKABLE MUSICAL PILGRIMAGE TO JERUSALEM

WITH CAPPELLA MARIANA AND CONSTANTINOPLE

15th October The collaboration between Cappella Mariana, specialising in Renaissance polyphony, and Constantinople, an ensemble pursuing the Middle…

FIVE STAR REVIEW IN CLASSICA

FOR JAN ČIŽMÁŘ AND HIS ALBUM OF LUTE MUSIC BY LOSY AND WEISS

10th October The album titled Losy, Weiss: Lute Music in Prague and Vienna, circa 1700, made by lutenist, teacher, researcher and producer Jan Čižmář…

THE BENNEWITZ QUARTET

OUR ALBUM GOES BACK TO AN UNPARALLELED MOMENT IN MUSIC HISTORY!

3rd October Today, the Bennewitz Quartet is one of the world’s elite chamber music ensembles, giving concerts on prestigious stages worldwide, and…

CAPPELLA MARIANA AND CONSTANTINOPLE

ON A MUSICAL JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM IN KRYŠTOF HARANT’S FOOTSTEPS

1st October The theme of interaction between different cultures and seeking a common language in the current globalised world is more topical than ever…

KATEŘINA KNĚŽÍKOVÁ AND JAKUB HRŮŠA

GENERIC INTERVIEW

24th September Kateřina Kněžíková and the Bamberg Symphony led by the conductor Jakub Hrůša have recorded an album with a sensitive selection spanning…

THE NEW BENNEWITZ QUARTET ALBUM

A MUSICAL ENCOUNTER BETWEEN FOUR MAJOR COMPOSERS

19th September Today, the Bennewitz Quartet is one of the world’s elite chamber music ensembles, giving concerts on prestigious stages worldwide and…

FIVE STAR REVIEW IN CLASSICA

FOR JANÁČEK'S OPERA THE EXCURSIONS OF MR. BROUČEK

10th September The new studio recording of Leoš Janáček’s opera The Excursions of Mr. Brouček, made by the ensemble of the Prague National Theatre…

JIŘÍ VODIČKA AND DAVID MAREČEK

OUR COMPLETE SET IS UNIQUE WORLDWIDE

9th September Supraphon released a remarkable double album with Antonín Dvořák’s complete works for violin and piano played by Czech Philharmonic…

TRIO BOHÉMO

OUR MOST IMPORTANT MILESTONE WAS MEETING EACH OTHER AT ALL!

5th September Passion for seeking deeper meaning in music is the foundation of artistic expression for the young group Trio Bohémo, who are now…

KATEŘINA KNĚŽÍKOVÁ AND JAKUB HRŮŠA HAVE RECORDED AN ALBUM OF SONGS BY RICHARD STRAUSS

IN COLLABORATION WITH THE BAMBERGER SYMPHONIKER

4th September Soprano Kateřina Kněžíková is a star both in today’s world of opera and on concert stages (BBC SO, Bamberger Symphoniker, Czech…

RELEASE OF DVOŘÁK’S COMPLETE WORKS FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO

PLAYED BY VIOLIN VIRTUOSO JIŘÍ VODIČKA AND PIANIST DAVID MAREČEK

29th August On 23 August 2024, Supraphon released a double album with Antonín Dvořák’s complete works for violin and piano played by Czech Philharmonic…

CLASSICAL RECORDING OF THE WEEK

FOR TRIO BOHÉMO AND THEIR DEBUT ALBUM

27th August The debut album of the youthful Trio Bohémo featuring Piano Trios by Smetana and Schubert has been selected as the Classical Album of the…

TRIO BOHÉMO FINALLY RELEASES ITS DEBUT ALBUM

AFTER A SERIES OF INTERNATIONAL SUCCESSES!

22nd August On 23 August 2024, the youthful Trio Bohémo, having already enjoyed several years of success at prestigious competitions and concert venues…

FIVE STAR REVIEW IN CLASSICA

FOR COMPOSER AND CONDUCTOR VIKTOR KALABIS

19th August The album titled Viktor Kalabis / Composer & Conductor, containing three Kalabis's works dating from between 1948 and 1951, recorded in the…

GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE

FOR JANÁČEK'S OPERA THE EXCURSIONS OF MR. BROUČEK

14th August The new studio recording of Leoš Janáček’s opera The Excursions of Mr. Brouček, made by distinguished soloists, chorus and orchestra of the…

PAVEL HAAS QUARTET

AS A PART OF THE CULMINATING CELEBRATIONS OF THE YEAR OF CZECH MUSIC

31st July The world-renowned Pavel Haas Quartet will open the upcoming concert season again after a year at the La Skala Amphitheatre in the…

RECORD OF THE WEEK ON BBC RADIO 3

FOR JANÁČEK'S OPERA THE EXCURSIONS OF MR. BROUČEK

16th July The new studio recording of Leoš Janáček’s opera The Excursions of Mr. Brouček, made by distinguished soloists, chorus and orchestra of the…

ALBUM OF THE WEEK ON EUROPADISC

FOR JANÁČEK'S OPERA THE EXCURSIONS OF MR. BROUČEK

8th July The new studio recording of Leoš Janáček’s opera The Excursions of Mr. Brouček, made by distinguished soloists, chorus and orchestra of the…

JANÁČEK'S OPERA THE EXCURSIONS OF MR. BROUČEK

REVIEWED IN THE GUARDIAN

5th July The new double album containing a new studio recording of Leoš Janáček’s opera The Excursions of Mr. Brouček, made by distinguished…

BEDŘICH SMETANA

THE COMPLETE OPERAS

26th June The Supraphon label is joining the celebrations of the 200 th anniversary of Bedřich Smetana’s birth with a special edition of selected…

A NEW STUDIO RECORDING OF JANÁČEK’S OPERA THE EXCURSIONS OF MR. BROUČEK

PERFORMED BY PRAGUE NATIONAL THEATRE

17th June On Friday 21 June 2024, Supraphon and the National Theatre in Prague, in collaboration with the Leoš Janáček Foundation, will release a…

FIVE STAR REVIEW IN CLASSICA

FOR ANNA PAULOVÁ AND HER ALBUM TITLED MUSIC FOR CLARINET

30th May The debut album by young Czech clarinettist Anna Paulová, featuring works by Bohuslav Martinů and Karel Husa, made together with top-class…

LUTENIST JAN ČIŽMÁŘ’S UNIQUE ALBUM

OF JAN ANTONÍN LOSY’S MUSIC

22nd May The album, which is being released by Supraphon in its Music of the 18 th -century Prague series, is focused on works by the important…

PAVEL KLIKAR

ABOUT THE MYSTERY OF EARLY BAROQUE MUSIC

6th May In its time (1982–1997), the Musica Antiqua Praha was one of the most important European ensembles specialising in historically informed…

CHOC DE CLASSICA

FOR THE ALBUM VILLAGE STORIES

2nd May The album titled Village Stories, made by the world-renowned Prague Philharmonic Choir, led by Lukáš Vasilek, and featuring Stravinsky’s…

MUSICA ANTIQUA PRAHA

MYSTERY OF EARLY BAROQUE

24th April In 1988–1996, the Musica Antiqua Praha recorded five albums for Supraphon, including a wide repertoire ranging from the Italian Early…

PRAGUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

GENERIC INTERVIEW

22nd April On the occasion of the Prague Symphony Orchestra's celebration of their jubilee 90th season, Supraphon released further album dedicated to…

THE CLARINET FACTORY

WRITE ANOTHER CHAPTER OF THEIR SONIC EXPLORATION

19th April How can an artist move forward and keep finding new ways of creativity and not stagnate? This question is as old as art itself but those…

SMETANA200

YEAR OF CZECH MUSIC 2024

17th April On the occasion of the Year of Czech Music and the Smetana200 project, the Supraphon label has prepared several new titles with recordings…

THE PRAGUE SYMPONY ORCHESTRA IS CELEBRATING ITS JUBILEE 90TH SEASON

A SPECIAL NEW ALBUM INSPIRED BY PRAGUE

10th April The story of the Prague Symphony Orchestra is closely linked to the history of the Czech capital, and that history has left an impression…

EXCELLENT RESPONSES TO THE ALBUM OF DVOŘÁK’S COMPLETE PIANO TRIOS

MADE BY THE GILTBURG – JARŮŠKOVÁ – JARŮŠEK TRIO

28th March Three musicians in an incredible interplay. This is how one could briefly characterise the collaboration of leading artists of world renown…

MAREK KOZÁK

SHARING PASSION FOR MUSIC IS WONDERFUL!

21st March Czech 19th- and 20th-century music is not only about Dvořák and Martinů… That is proved by a new album containing three piano concertos…

VIKTOR KALABIS

COMPOSER & CONDUCTOR

18th March Supraphon’s 2013 album Symphonies & Concertos, mapping mature and late music by Viktor Kalabis (1923–2006), has met with an enthusiastic…

5 DIAPASONS FOR THE PRAGUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

AND THEIR SLAVONIC DANCES

11th March Under their chief conductor Tomáš Brauner, the Prague Symphony Orchestra recorded an album featuring Antonín Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances,…

BEDŘICH SMETANA

200TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY

4th March On 2nd March 200 years ago, a world-class Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, among others author of the operas Libuše, Hubička, The Bartered…

FORGOTTEN CZECH PIANO CONCERTOS

PERFORMED BY MAREK KOZÁK AND PRSO

26th February Marek Kozák, one of the most talented young Czech pianists of today, releases a new album called Forgotten Czech Piano Concertos…

CHOC DE CLASSICA PLUS LA PRISE DE SON DU MOIS

FOR GILTBURG –⁠ JARŮŠKOVÁ –⁠ JARŮŠEK AND THEIR DVOŘÁK PIANO TRIOS

6th February Another great success for Boris Giltburg and two principal members of the Pavel Haas Quartet, Veronika and Peter Jarůšek, and their…

MUSICWEB INTERNATIONAL RECORDINGS OF THE YEAR 2023

JISTEBNICKÝ KANCIONÁL BY TIBURTINA ENSEMBLE

25th January The album by the internationally renowned Tiburtina Ensemble of female voices, headed by Barbora Kabátková, featuring a recording of the…

ALBUM OF THE WEEK ON NPO KLASSIEK

FOR SLAVONIC DANCES BY PRAGUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

15th January The brand-new recording of Dvořák's famous Slavonic Dances, performed by Prague Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Tomáš Brauner, has been…

DIAPASON D'OR

FOR GILTBURG –⁠ JARŮŠKOVÁ –⁠ JARŮŠEK AND THEIR DVOŘÁK PIANO TRIOS

11th January The album of The Dvořák Complete Piano Trios, made by three globally celebrated artists Boris Giltburg and two principal members of the…

YEAR OF CZECH MUSIC 2024

HAS STARTED

4th January Years ending with four have a great significance in Czech music. Strangely enough, they often coincide with the anniversaries of the birth,…