Novák, V
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Magdalena Kožená - Songs My Mother Taught Me
RecommendedMagdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Michael Freimuth (lute and guitar) & Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Beautifully recorded and accompanied, this is not just a showpiece for an exceptional voice, but a fascinating conspectus of Czech song, with a Moravian twist. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd September 2008
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Solo Vocal
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2008, Editor's Choice
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Víteslav Novák was a keen walker and each piece on this absorbing CD testifies to his vivid sense of outdoors. He was also fascinated by the female psyche and two of the works programmed bring... — More…
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Kodály's Solo Cello Sonata is among the strongest, most searching of all his works, arguably the finest of all works for unaccompanied cello since Bach's suites, and here it receives a performance... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2004, Editor's Choice
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Novák: Piano Concerto & Toman and the Wood Nymph
Jan Bartoš (piano), Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jakub Hruša
Composed ten years later, Toman and the Wood Nymph is far more original and confident than the concerto...Hrůša and the orchestra respond well to its turbulent passions in a captivating performance... — More…
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These are sound and sympathetic performances in eloquent recordings by Tim Handley. Even so, those who have caught the Novák bug should also add the classic Šejna recordings to their listening... — More…
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a recording which is both realistic and vibrant, these performances are a magnificent tribute to the excellent state of Czech chamber music today. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2005, Chamber Choice
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To describe this as ‘pleasant’ is not to damn with faint praise – as one might expect from the great Hungarian champion of song, earcatching lyricism than blood and thunder are the hallmarks... — More…
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Novák: South Bohemian Suite, In the Tatras & Eight Nocturnes
Daniela Straková (soprano)
Carlsbad Symphony Orchestra, Douglas Bostock
Throughout, the Carlsbad Symphony Orchestra plays with a rich patina of tone. Douglas Bostock obviously love this repertoire, as well as being at one with Novak's music. The well-balanced recording... — More…
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