News Archive
December 2024
PAVEL HAAS QUARTET AS A GUEST OF THE CZECH DREAMS PROJECT
LIVE STREAM OF THE CONCERT ON YOUTUBE
19th December Just before Christmas, classical music lovers will have the opportunity to watch a live stream of the closing concert of the 5th year of…
PETR POPELKA
SMETANA’S MUSIC – STORIES BROUGHT TO LIFE IN TONES
19th December Popelka does not view Bedřich Smetana’s legacy as an obligatory Czech national classic, but rather as an object of love and vital artistic…
THE TRIO BOHÉMO'S DEBUT ALBUM
RECOMMENDED ON MUSICWEB INTERNATIONAL
16th December The debut album by youthful Trio Bohémo, featuring piano trios by Smetana and Schubert has been recommended on MusicWeb International.
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…
November 2024
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…
October 2024
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…
September 2024
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…
August 2024
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…
July 2024
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…
June 2024
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…
May 2024
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…
April 2024
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…
March 2024
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…
February 2024
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…
January 2024
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,…