News Archive
November 2014
COLLEGIUM MARIANUM BRING CHRISTMAS MUSIC
FROM THE CHURCHES OF BAROQUE PRAGUE
25th November Supraphon release a Christmas album featuring previously unrecorded pieces. A remarkable debut of the Baroque composer Josef Antonín…
October 2014
JIŘÍ VODIČKA – VIOLINO SOLO
GENERIC INTERVIEW
27th October At the age of 20, Jiří Vodička won the European round of the Young Concert Artists competition; a year later he was runner-up at the final…
DAGMAR PECKOVÁ APPEARING ON STAGES WORDLWIDE
CELEBRATING ALBUM SUCCESS AND PREPARING A NEW DISC
22nd October The Czech mezzo-soprano Dagmar Pecková, holder of the prestigious Czech Thalia Award and world-famed diva, released in the spring an album…
PAVEL ŠPORCL: I’M NOT AFRAID OF STEPPING IN THE SAME RIVER
GENERIC INTERVIEW
20th October Six years after the release of the highly acclaimed Gipsy Way (SU 3951–2) album, the renowned violin virtuoso Pavel Šporcl has returned to…
September 2014
SUPRAPHON RELEASED A COLLEGIUM MARIANUM CD
GENERIC INTERVIEW with Jana Semerádová
30th September The emotive Old Testament Book of Lamentations, ascribed to the Prophet Jeremiah, has been the subject of a number of settings since the…
TOMÁŠ NETOPIL´S NEW ALBUM
"JANÁČEK’S WORK IS SO CONCISE AND POWERFUL, SO DRAMATIC AND DIRECT"
29th September In the wake of the highly acclaimed recording of Janáček’s symphonic works (Sinfonietta, Taras Bulba, etc., SU 4131; Orchestral Choice,…
August 2014
PAVEL HAAS QUARTET NOTCH UP THEIR THIRD GRAMOPHONE AWARD!
SU4110-2/ SCHUBERT
27th August On Wednesday 27 August 2014, Gramophone magazine announced the winners of the Gramophone Awards 2014. The Pavel Haas Quartet’s Supraphon…
June 2014
JITKA HOSPROVÁ: HINDEMITH IS MY ALLY
GENERIC INTERVIEW
16th June Jitka Hosprová is the first-ever high-profile female Czech solo violist. She launched her career with an instrument made by Gaspar Strnad…
IDA HAENDEL
PRAGUE RECORDINGS
13th June Ida Handel was a child prodigy, engraved in the memory of listeners as the „little one who played phenomenally“. At the age of five she…
VÁCLAV NEUMANN’S EARLY RECORDINGS
IN A 6CD PACK
9th June Supraphon is releasing a unique set comprising previously unknown recordings Václav Neumann made in the 1950s and 1960s, sensitively…
May 2014
MARTINŮ VOICES: A BREATH OF FRESH AIR
GENERIC INTERVIEW
27th May On the occasion of the release of Martinů Voices’s debut album, the ensemble’s chorus master Lukáš Vasilek answered a few questions.
April 2014
JAN KLUSÁK’S MUSICAL RIPENING
GENERIC INTERVIEW
24th April The Czech composer Jan Klusák is celebrating his 80th birthday. He has a lot to look back on. During his career, he has created numerous…
DAGMAR PECKOVÁ’S DREAMS
NEW DOUBLE ALBUM OUT SOON
15th April The acclaimed mezzo-soprano Dagmar Pecková will be releasing in April a new 2-CD collection titled Dreams (SU 4171–2), featuring songs by…
VERONIKA BÖHMOVÁ TO RELEASE HER DEBUT ALBUM
About a new CD...
7th April Veronika Böhmová immediately enchants you with her sheer vivacity – both when you meet her face to face and when seeing her playing the…
VIVAT TANGO!
GENERIC INTERVIEW
4th April The Tango Nuevo genre has captivated the accordionist Ladislav Horák and the cellist Petr Nouzovský, two superb Czech musicians of…
March 2014
SMETANA TRIO RELEASE A NEW SHOSTAKOVICH/RAVEL ALBUM
GENERIC INTERVIEW
7th March The Smetana Trio have made numerous albums for both Czech and foreign labels. Since 2000 they have regularly recorded for Supraphon. The…
February 2014
COLLEGIUM 1704’s NEW CD
INTERVIEW WITH VÁCLAV LUKS
21st February Within the Music from Eighteen-Century Prague series, Supraphon is releasing a new CD (SU 4160–2) recorded by Collegium 1704 featuring…
BRAHMS IS A HEARTFELT MATTER FOR THE VIOLINST JANA VONÁŠKOVÁ - NOVÁKOVÁ
GENERIC INTERVIEW
14th February Hot on the heels of the release of the complete Brahms piano trios (Smetana Trio, SU 4072–2), the violinist Jana Vonášková-Nováková has…
SUPRAPHON HONOURS THE DIVA JARMILA NOVOTNÁ!
RELEASED DATE: 10TH FEB
13th February On 9 February 2014, 20 years had passed since the death of the legendary Czech soprano Jarmila Novotná (b. 1907), a long-term soloist at…
January 2014
LENKA TORGERSEN DISCOVERS THE FASCINATING WORLD OF CZECH BAROQUE VIOLINISTS
GENERIC INTERVIEW
13th January **The new recording within the Supraphon Music from Eighteenth-Century Prague edition, titled Il Violino Boemo (SU 4151–2), presents 18th…