PRAGUE CLASSICS

After more than eighty years, Supraphon has revived its historical sublabel bearing the name of ARTONA and released its first title: PRAGUE CLASSICS – A Musical Souvenir from Prague. Originally, ARTONA was a sublabel of the ULTRAPHON gramophone company, predecessor of today’s Supraphon publishing house. For the first time this label appeared in the spring of 1932 bearing the supplementary characteristics of “local product”. The main reason for establishing the side label was Ultraphon’s effort to come up with recordings that might appeal to the general public both by their contents and price. Supraphon now re-introduces this sublabel with the aim of publishing compilations that will please the lovers of the most famous and popular melodies offered by classical music.