News Archive
June 2018
MARKÉTA CUKROVÁ
MORAVIAN DUETS IS THE RECORDING I'VE DREAMED ABOUT FOR SEVERAL YEARS
18th June An interview with the mezzo-soprano Markéta Cukrová, one of the soloist of Antonín Dvořák's Moravian Duets, which were released two months…
JAN BARTOŠ
HAS RECORDED AN ALBUM OF BEETHOVEN’S PIANO SONATAS
15th June Jan Bartoš ranks among the most exciting young Czech pianists. Backed up by Alfred Brendel, one of the world’s most accomplished pianists,…
5* FOR MARTINŮ'S MADRIGALS
IN BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE
14th June Another great review for the vocal ensemble Martinů Voices and Lukáš Vasilek for their recording of Bohuslav Martinů's Madrigals. This…
May 2018
JIŘÍ BĚLOHLÁVEK'S RECOLLECTION
ON BBC RADIO 3 RECORD REVIEW
28th May On Saturday 26th May a couple of recordings (especially previously unreleased on CD) from the new box-set Jiří Bělohlávek: Recollection as…
DIAPASON D´OR
FOR MARTINŮ MADRIGALS
24th May Not long after receiving the Gramophone Editor's Choice (March 2018), the vocal ensemble Martinů Voices with their choirmaster Lukáš…
PRAGUE CLASSICS
A MUSICAL SOUVENIR FROM PRAGUE
23rd May After more than eighty years, Supraphon has revived its historical sublabel bearing the name of ARTONA and released its first title: PRAGUE…
SUPRAPHON TO HONOUR JIŘÍ BĚLOHLÁVEK’S LEGACY
RELEASING RECOLLECTION, A SET OF 8CD
14th May On 18 May 2018, Supraphon will release an exquisite set of Jiří Bělohlávek’s pivotal and unknown recordings alike. Made up of 8 CDs, the…
IDA KELAROVÁ, ČHAVORENGE AND CZECH PHILHARMONIC
MAKE THE REMARKABLE SUPRAPHON ALBUM “HEY ROMALE”
4th May Supraphon is to release an album that is the fruit of the collaboration between the Czech Philharmonic and the singer Ida Kelarová within a…
April 2018
MORAVIAN DUETS
ON DVOŘÁK’S PIANO
18th April With support from the State Fund of Culture and the National Museum, Supraphon is releasing an extraordinary album of Antonín Dvořák’s…
MARTINŮ'S BOUQUET OF FLOWERS
RECORDING OF THE MONTH ON MWI
17th April For those who love Czech music, this is a highly valuable disc. For those, like me, passionate about Martinů, it is indispensable…
IVAN MORAVEC
PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED RECORDINGS MADE BY THE LEGENDARY PIANIST
16th April Supraphon has supplemented the internationally acclaimed discography of the legendary pianist Ivan Moravec with other gems from the Czech…
MILAN ŠKAMPA
ACCLAIMED VIOLIST HAS PASSED AWAY
16th April On 14th April, Milan Škampa, the acclaimed violist and member of the Smetana Quartet, died at the age of 89.
NEW PAVEL HAAS QUARTET LINE-UP
TO GIVE DEBUT CONCERT IN PRAGUE
12th April After a year, the Pavel Haas Quartet will return to the La Fabrika culture centre in Prague, where they will give a concert on 4 May 2018…
KAREL ANČERL
110TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY
11th April Today we celebrate the 110th birth anniversary of the legendary conductor Karel Ančerl.
NEUMANN'S LEGENDARY RECORDING
OF THE NEW WORLD SYMPHONY ON LP
9th April On April 20th 2018, Supraphon will release a legendary recording of the Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 „From the New World“ with Czech…
March 2018
MAHLER / RIEHN: DAS LIED VON DER ERDE REVIEW
BRIGHTNESS AND IMMEDIACY
26th March „There’s a bright immediacy to everything about this new version from Prague, conducted very capably by Petr Altrichter. Perhaps the focus…
ROMAN VÁLEK
THE MUSIC OF F. X. RICHTER INSPIRES ME MORE THAN PURE ROCOCO
21st March Although both the life and work of the composer Franz Xaver Richter were rather varied and eventful, neither of them has been fully…
DAGMAR PECKOVÁ ON MAHLER’S DAS LIED VON DER ERDE
IT ENABLED ME TO BECOME A MEDIUM BETWEEN THE COMPOSER AND THE AUDIENCE
14th March On March 16th 2018, Supraphon will release an album of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde with Dagmar Pecková, Richard Samek and Schoenberg…
LUKÁŠ VASILEK
YOU MUST TAMPER WITH MARTINŮ’S CHORAL MUSIC
13th March „Performances are outstanding throughout. The voices are fresh and responsive, and Lukáš Vasilek once again proves that he is a true master…
GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE
FOR MARTINŮ MADRIGALS
8th March „Performances are outstanding throughout. The voices are fresh and responsive, and Lukáš Vasilek once again proves that he is a true master…
RICHTER'S TE DEUM 1781 PLAYED AND REVIEWED
ON BBC RADIO 3 RECORD REVIEW
5th March On Saturday 3rd March two parts from the Richter's Te Deum 1781, recorded by Czech Ensemble Baroque Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Roman…
February 2018
VILÉM VEVERKA
ZELENKA CYCLE IS A TRUE “OPUS MAGNUM” OF BAROQUE MUSIC
27th February Reinhard Goebel, an esteemed Baroque music connoisseur, ranks Zelenka (along with J. S. Bach and Handel) among the five best composers of…
CZECH ENSEMBLE BAROQUE
THE VERY FIRST REVIEW OF THEIR NEW ALBUM
15th February „The composer cannot take all the credit, though; this is a team effort, and Válek and his excellent musicians (the choir has four singers…
PRESS OVERVIEW 2017
THE BEST REVIEWS OF NEW RELEASES 2017
14th February This is an overview of SUPRAPHON new releases 2017 reviews that were published in renowned international (not only) classical music…
CZECH ENSEMBLE BAROQUE’S NEW ALBUM
FEATURES DISCOVERED TREASURES FROM FRANZ XAVER RICHTER’S OVERLOOKED OEUVRE
12th February On 16th February 2018, Supraphon will release an album of F. X. Richter’s Te Deum 1781, Exsultate Deo and Oboe Concerto, for the very first…
HUNTING MUSIC
OF OLD CZECH MASTERS
12th February On 16th January 2018, Supraphon will release an album called Hunting Music of Old Czech Masters.
DIAPASON D´OR
FOR TWO SUPRAPHON RECORDINGS
6th February Two SUPRAPHON recordings – Dvořák Quintets (Pavel Haas Quartet) and The Epic of Gilgamesh (Prague Philharmonic Choir, Czech Philharmonic,…
MARTINŮ'S BOUQUET OF FLOWERS REVIEW
IN GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE
1st February There is a great review in this month’s edition of Gramophone:
January 2018
BBC RADIO 3 RECORD REVIEW BUILDING A LIBRARY
THE TOP RECOMMENDATION FOR SUPRAPHON RECORDING
30th January On this Saturday’s BBC Radio 3 Record Review Building a Library was on Dvořák's Serenade for Strings in E major.
THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH REVIEW
IN BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE
29th January From 1940 until his death in 1959, having lost both his Czech homeland and his beloved composer-muse Vítězslava Kaprálová who died aged…
MARTINŮ'S CANTATAS IN THE OUTSTANDING INTERPRETATION OF THE PRAGUE PHILHARMONIC CHOIR
HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE AWARD
22nd January Since its publishing, the recording of Martinů’s complete Cantatas from the Czech Highlands created by The Prague Philharmonic Choir under…
MARTINŮ’S MADRIGALS
IN FABULOUS INTERPRETATION OF MARTINŮ VOICES HAVE COME OUT
18th January The new recording created by the Martinů Voices choir under the leadership of Lukáš Vasilek presents a collection of choral works by…
ENSEMBLE BERLIN PRAG
ZELENKA: TRIO SONATAS ZWV 181
18th January On 19 January 2018, Supraphon will release a double album made by the international Ensemble Berlin Prag, featuring six sonatas for two…
PAVEL HAAS QUARTET
ARE SETTING OFF FOR THEIR TOUR OF EUROPE AND ASIA
17th January After publishing a new album of Dvořák’s quintets that won critical acclaim, Pavel Haas Quartet are preparing for the second half of the…
MUSICWEB INTERNATIONAL
RECORDINGS OF THE YEAR 2017
16th January MusicWeb International is the largest non-commercial classical music resource on the web. Reviewers of the website has nominated their…
OUTHERE DISTRIBUTION
A NEW DISTRIBUTOR IN BENELUX
12th January Since November 2017, Supraphon has started to co-operate with Outhere Distribution, a new distributor in Benelux.
MOZART PIANO CONCERTOS
ANOTHER SUCCESS OF JAN BARTOŠ'S SUPRAPHON DEBUT
8th January In August 2017 SUPRAPHON released an album containing two Mozart's Piano Concertos recorded by the superb pianist Jan Bartoš and the Czech…
BBC RADIO 3 RECORD REVIEW DISCS OF THE YEAR 2017
PAVEL HAAS QUARTET AMONG THE BEST RECORDINGS
4th January Andrew McGregor is joined in the studio by Natasha Loges, Elin Manahan Thomas and Andrew Mellor to discuss which new releases they have…
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