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First, let’s just state that no performance of Bartók’s Contrasts will ever match the authority of the original recording with Benny Goodman and Joseph Szigeti,
One of the supreme keyboard masters of our time, Ivan Moravec’s recordings are so few, and so fine, that each offers something to precious to
This duo-recital disc by two of the world’s leading Czech singers starts out poorly and zooms downhill. Dagmar Peckova is the better-known of the two.
Jirí Pavlica’s Missa Brevis is a work whose simplified, old-fashioned atmosphere will have immediate appeal for listeners outside of the basic classical audience. Its accessibility
Valentina Kameníková (1930-89) was one the more notable Czech musicians of the post-war era. She performed throughout Europe and was greatly admired for her interpretations
Zdenĕk Fibich began his life as a forester’s son, and grew up to become an important Czech Romantic composer, performer and educator in Prague, eventually
These Wagner performances sound a bit dated now (they come from 1960), but feature lively performances in that sensible, musicianly, middle-of-the-road German tradition of which
Getting past the Skampa Quartet’s pop idol posing on the CD booklet (I had to take a second glance to make sure my editor had
This lovely Schubert Ninth has been kicking around for a while, thanks to Supraphon’s policy in Cold War days of co-producing recordings with other labels,
The late Antonio de Almeida was, unsurprisingly, a terrific conductor of French music, and with the Czech Philharmonic’s proven credentials in this repertoire (remember its
