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Fine My Country From The Country

David Hurwitz

Every Czech conductor has to record Smetana’s Má vlast as a rite of passage, but not all of them do it as well as Mark

CD From Hell: Stárek’s Mahler 7-Amateur Night At Czech Radio

David Hurwitz

Back in my college days when I played in the

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Under the Radar: A Great New Glagolitic Mass

David Hurwitz

Janácek’s Glagolitic Mass is one of the great “collectible” works,

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Czech Viola Concertos/Hosprová

Victor Carr Jr

Jitka Hosprová’s all-Czech program makes a fine showcase for the viola, as well as for her considerable technique and skill with the instrument. The Martinů

Martinu: Chamber Works w/flute

David Hurwitz

There’s always a risk in a mixed chamber music program by Martinu that 70 or so minutes of relentless perkiness will grow tiresome, but the

Mahler: Symphony No. 6

David Hurwitz

It’s nice that the Moravian Philharmonic can get itself together to put on a performance of Mahler’s Sixth, but the fact that such an event

Feld, Lukas, Kalabis: Orchestral works/Prague Chamber Orchestra

David Hurwitz

Here’s an imaginative disc–extremely well played and recorded–featuring music that will be new to, well, just about everyone. Jindrich Feld’s Musique concertante for flute, viola,

Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

Jed Distler

The old “apples and oranges” cliché rings true when comparing the Krkavcova and Kasik piano duo’s unassailable style and precision in Dvorák’s Slavonic Dances with