
Hard as it may be to believe, until this reissue the Dvorák Wind Serenade has been absent from the Supraphon catalog. The (conductorless) Czech Philharmonic
Antonín Dvorák’s 1874 one-act comedy, The Stubborn Lovers (“Tvrde Palice” in Czech), is a slim-lined, delightful work that despite its predictable plot still surprises and
Previously available in the West on Deutsche Grammophon, this 1961 recording of Dvorák’s Stabat Mater surfaces again in greatly improved sound. Supraphon’s engineers have removed
Wen-Sinn Yang is hardly a household name, or even one high on classical radio play lists, but he turns in a first-rate performance of Dvorák’s
The Op. 81 Quintet is the more popular of these two A major quintets, but the Op. 5, written in 1872, has much to recommend
Pavel Šporcl boldly plunges into the dauntingly crowded sea of recorded Tchaikovsky Violin Concertos and rather than sleep with the fishes, ends up swimming with
Despite strong competition from Mackerras/Fleming/Heppner, this Supraphon production remains the Rusalka of choice. Gabriela Benacková, whose purer, lighter voice is ideally suited to the unearthly
Václav Neumann concludes his remarkable Dvorák symphony cycle on a high note, turning in what is arguably the finest and most consistent set of the
Václav Neumann’s Dvorák cycle certainly stands with the classic sets by Kubelik, Kertesz, and Rowicki, and it’s better recorded (by far) than any of them.
This central panel in Václav Neumann’s excellent Dvorák symphony cycle starts out with the inestimable advantage of the Czech Philharmonic in top form, but it