[A re-post, in memoriam Libor Pešek, 1933-2022] These are excellent […]
Supraphon has finally released Václav Neumann’s 1970s Dvorák symphony cycle,
Martinu composed his brief, one-act Ariane (1958) in a neo-baroque
Make no mistake about it, the late Ivan Moravec ranked
Zuzana Ruzicková was a force of nature. Interned in multiple
One of the problems with recommending reference recordings for composers
If Martinu’s splendid violin concertos have gradually been making it
Václav Neumann’s 1967 Ma Vlast receives the luxury treatment in Berlin Classics’ new reissue, with the CD case packaged in a felt-covered, gold-stamped box, and
It’s interesting to speculate, as the misguided partisans of Horenstein and Mitropoulos attempt to rewrite history by claiming far more significance for those artists as
This album of Old Czech Marches (old in the sense of being classics of their kind) serves to illustrate just how little the form varied