Browse: Supraphon (label)

Whatever happened to Czech music after Janácek? Martinu is one answer; Ladislav Vycpálek is another, barely known outside his own country. Yet Karel Ancerl conducts this sombre dramatisation... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2007 More…

Even in 2020’s crowded field of Beethoven recordings, this one by the Smetana Trio stands out...all four works come across with vibrant, persuasive energy in the warm but clean acoustic of the... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The string quintets emerge as near-orchestral giants, hard to categorise...The finest performance here is undoubtedly the perfectly-integrated sound of piano (Olga Vinokur, superlative) and string... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Foerster’s little-known chamber oeuvre comes as a revelation, especially in performances as committed as these. The Bohemian melodic inspiration is unmistakable, as is the autumnal wistfulness... — Financial Times, 11th September 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Tomás Brauner and the Prague Symphony Orchestra on this well-recorded disc capture Husa’s attenuated orchestral textures with passion and insight; only the finale of Music for Prague 1968 seems... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

This landmark performance should convert many. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2008 More…

…Jirí Bárta… plays with a warm, unselfconscious expressiveness that connects with all three works, and the Prague Philharmonia is with him every step of the way. — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2009 More…