Label: SUPRAPHON DVD 080
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Artists:
Pavel Šporcl, violin; Romano Stilo, František Rigo Sr., cimbalom; Nikola Šléz, violin; László Onodi, viola and guitar; Ján Rigo, double bass; František Rigo Jr., piano and cimbalom.

Tracks:
1. Opening
2. Johann Sebastian Bach – Gavotte en Rondeau (Partita BWV 1006)
3. Jenö Hubay – Hejre Kati
4. Russian Fantasy
5. Pablo de Sarasate – Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20
6. Johannes Brahms – Hungarian Danice No. 5 in G minor
7. Aram Il’yich Khachaturian – Sabre Dance
8. Cimbalom polka
9. Georgiu Dinicu – Titlark/Bedrich Smetana – Vltava, Faithful Love
10. John Williams – Schindler’s List
11. Jerry Bock – Fiddler on the Roof
12. Mama (Russian Folk Song)
13. Vladimir Cosma – Alexandre le Bienheureux
14. Vladimir Cosma – Le Grand Blond Avec Une Chaussure Noire
15. Georges Boulanger – Georgette in D Major
16. Georges Boulanger – Avant de Mourir
17. Transylvanian Fantasy in E minor
18. Gipsy Song “Náne Cócha”

Audio Format: Dolby Digital 2.0 | Format: NTSC, 16:9 | Subtitles: English | Running Time: 96 minutes

The new DVD featuring the violin virtuoso, Pavel Šporcl, captures one of his two unique open-air concerts at the Smetana Litomyšl festival with the Slovak Roma cimbalom band Romano Stilo that took place in the middle of June 2010 in the castle courtyard. While Pavel Šporcl regularly steps out from the domain of classical music to embrace zestfully other genres, Romano Stilo cannot be considered an orthodox cimbalom band either. In addition to Gypsy, Russian, Hungarian and Romanian folk music, they performed compositions by Pablo Sarasate, Johannes Brahms and Aram Khachaturian, as well as the film themes from Schindler’s List and The Fiddler on the Roof, all of them spiced with a soupçon of jazz.

Label: SUPRAPHON DVD 7004
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SMETANA QUARTET - BEDRICH SMETANA: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, “From My Life”; String Quartet No. 2 in D minor; ANTONIN DVORAK: Sextet in A Major, Op. 48 - Under the above eloquent title Supraphon is now releasing a DVD devoted to the legendary Smeta

Label: SUPRAPHON DVD 7005
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The legendary soprano Jarmila Novotná (1907-1994), longtime soloist of New York's Metropolitan Opera House, but also a Hollywood film star, ranks among those distinguished individuals whose whole lives have been filled to the brim with work in art. Her be

Label: SUPRAPHON DVD 7006
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The Solitude of My Soul – Documentary; Photogallery (26 photos); Biography; Archival Recordings – Opera Arias (18 arias + photos)
PCM & Dolby Digital Stereo; All Regions NTSC 4:3; Subtitled in English, Czech, German, French - Aprox: 60 mins.
Eva Destinnová (1878-1930) – was a prima donna assoluta whose talent was legendary throughout the world, a prominent member of the imperial court opera in Berlin (where she sang lead roles in 54 operas), and a soloist with the Covent Garden Opera (singing 150 triumphantly successful performances in 11 seasons). Her career took her through the most prestigious venues of Europe, then across the ocean, where she became one of the most famous singers at the Metropolitan Opera in New York (1908-1916), partnered with another great operatic legend, the tenor Enrico Caruso, and courted by one of the most famous conductors Arturo Toscanini. Her musical and adventure-filled life (during WWI she was imprisoned for anti-Austrian activity and working with the mafia) continues to fascinate opera lovers even today. This DVD, which contains a documentary film about Eva Destinnová, a selection of her recordings of world-famous arias, a biography with archival photographs and a photogallery of her life, will certainly interest admirers of this famous, unforgettable Czech singer. The DVD was prepared for Supraphon by BVA International in cooperation with the Municipal House in Prague.

Label: SUPRAPHON DVD 7007
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A documentary about the famous Czech composer and
THE BEST OF ANTONIN DVORAK
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World": Allegro con fuoco: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Vaclav Neumann - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra i

Label: SUPRAPHON DVD 7008
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Milada Subrtova, soprano; Eduard Haken, bass; Ivo Zidek, tenor; Marie Ovcacikova, alto; et al.
Featuring soiosts, orchestra and choir of the National Theatre in Prague, Conducted by Zdenek Chalabala
TV film made in 1975 by Czech Television Prague, D

Label: SUPRAPHON DVD 7009
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Jealousy (1894, original prelude to Jenufa); Taras Bulba, Rhapsody for Orchestra, after Gogol (1915 - 18); Glagolitic Mass (1926, rev. 1928)
Eva Urabanova, soprano; Bernarda Fink, contralto; Leo Marian Vodicka, tenor;
Peter Mikulas, bass; Jan Hora,

Label: SUPRAPHON DVD 7010
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The DVD includes the documentary “Confidence and Humility”
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Vaclav Talich

The legendary conductor Václav Talich (1883–1961) who shaped the Czech Philharmonic over the course of entire decades, recorded Dvorák’s Slavonic Dances in 1955 at what was then Czechoslovak Television. It was his last work with the orchestra. Václav Talich said of his work: “We conductors are a strange combination of self-confidence and humility. We need self-confidence when we face the orchestra, then humility when we face the composer whose work we are studying…” Inspired by Talich’s life, director Martin Suchánek recorded the documentary Václav Talich, Self-confidence and Humility, in which he covers all the significant moments of the conductor’s personal and artistic life.

Label: SUPRAPHON DVD 7011
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Gabriela Benacková; Peter Dvorský; Richard Novák; Miroslav Kopp; Marie Veselá; Jindrich Jindrák; Marie Mrázová; Jaroslav Horácek; Jana Jonášová; Alfréd Hampl
Prague National Theatre Ballet
Prague National Theatre Opera Chorus
Prague Philharmonic

Label: SUPRAPHON DVD 7012
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Andrei Beschasny; Dalibor Jedlicka; Nadezhda Petrenko; Vladimír Doležal; Jirina Marková; Ludek Vele; Zdenek Harvánek; Alice Randová
Prague National Theatre Chorus and Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras

Label: SUPRAPHON DVD 7013
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Jitka Sobehartová; Marie Mrázová; Vladimír Doležal; Richard Novák
Dvorák Chamber Orchestra/Libor Pešek
Directed by Jan Bonaventura
CHRISTMAS FOLK SONGS:
I. Christmas Songs from the Krkonoše Region
II. Christmas Songs from the Hussite Er

Label: SUPRAPHON DVD 7014
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FIRST TIME ON DVD!!!
John Mitchinson; Helen Field; John Tomlinson; Catherine Savory; and other soloists of the Welsh National Opera Cardiff
Prague Philharmonic Choir/Josef Veselka
Kühn Children´s Chorus/Jirí Chvála
Brno Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Charles Mackerras
Recorded June 1-6, 1981, TV film Czech Television
NTSC All Region 4:3; Dolby Digital Stereo; Color. Subtitled in Czech, German & French
Martinu wrote his own libretto for the opera Greek Passion based on Christ Recrucified (1951), a novel by Nikos Kazantzakis. The opera was written in between 1955 – 1957 and it cost Martinu a lot of effort to achieve the final version. It was premiered in Zurich in 1961, after the death of the author. The story takes place in the Greek countryside; refugees from a village plundered by Turks come to the town-square and ask for asylum. However, they are wrathfully refused by most of the selfish villagers. This story line blends with the preparation of passion-play in the village. The roles of the approaching Passion raise the minds of the actors to another level and slowly change their lives. Typically for Martinu – the lines between reality and fantasy often become blurred and disappear. The intriguing film is based on the benchmark recording of Sir Charles Mackerras made in 1981 with number of excellent soloists mostly from the Welsh National Opera in Cardiff.

Label: SUPRAPHON DVD 7015
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BEDRICH SMETANA (1824 – 1884): Ma Vlast (My Country), A Cycle of Symphonic Poems

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Karel Ancerl
Recorded in the Smetana Hall of Prague’s Municipal House during the Prague Spring International Music Festival on May 12, 1968.
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770 – 1827): Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61

Henryk Szeryng, violin
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Karel Ancerl
Recorded in the Smetana Hall of Prague’s Municipal House during the Prague Spring International Music Festival on May 28, 1966.
NTSC All Region; Sound PCM; 4:3; Approx. 155 mins.; Subtitles in English, German & French.
In the year of the centenary of the birth of Karel Ancerl, one of the most distinguished conductors of the 20th century, this DVD is an invaluable and authentic document of magnificent artistic achievement and a turbulent life. The recording of the opening concert of Prague Spring 1968 captures Ancerl’s performance of Smetana’s My Country with the Czech Philharmonic which – over the 18 years he was at the helm – he managed to transform into one of the world’s finest symphony orchestras. Ancerl’s "harvest" of the fruit of many years of diligent work was in fact also the beginning of his leave-taking from his orchestra, as well as his homeland itself. At the time of the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968 the conductor found himself in Toronto. Save for a single guest appearance in Prague in 1969, he was never to return to his country. The second filmed concert shows Ancerl in action in 1966 with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and the outstanding Polish violinist Henryk Szeryng performing Beethoven’s violin concerto. The 1968 documentary is a unique encounter with Karel Ancerl. This compact picture of his true personality is supplemented by a comprehensive booklet containing a plethora of fascinating and not generally known biographical information.

Label: SUPRAPHON DVD 7017
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FIRST TIME ON DVD!
JEAN SIBELIUS (1865 – 1957): Land of a Thousand Lakes; PIOTR TCHAIKOVSKY (1840 – 1893): The Blue Bird; SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891 – 1953): Romeo and Juliet (Fragments); ADOLPH CHARLES ADAM (1803 – 1856): Giselle: Pas de Deux; CHARLES GOUNOD (1818 – 1893): The Walpurgis Night (Fragment from the Opera Faust); CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK (1714 – 1787): Achilles (Fragment); IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882 – 1971): Pulcinella (Fragment); LEOS JANACEK (1854 – 1928): The Kreutzer Sonata (Part); BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913 – 1976): Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10 (Allegro grazioso, Andante); GIOACCHINO ROSSINI (1792 – 1868): La Boutique Fantasque (Fragment); ARAM KHACHATURIAN (1903 – 1978): Spartacus; JOSEF SUK (1874 – 1935): Raduz and Mahulena; RODION SHCHEDRIN (*1932)/GEORGES BIZET (1838 – 1875): Passion (Carmen); VACLAV ZAHRADNIK (1942 – 2001): Contrasts; ALEXEI RYBNIKOV (*1945): Juno and Avos; JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685 – 1750): Prelude in C minor; MICHAEL KOCAB (*1954)/MICHAL HORACEK: Odysseus; PETR HAPKA (*1944)/MICHAL HORACEK: Denim Blue; BENNY ANDERSSON (*1946)/TIM RICE (*1944): Chess
Plus Bonus Material
NTSC All Region; 4:3; Dolby Digital 2.0; Approx. 145 mins.
In his day Vlastimil Harapes was one of the premier dancers of the international ballet scene. He was a star who shone on the stage of the National Theater for twenty years, and for thousands of ballet goers in dozens of countries his name was a synonym for dance. Ballet is the most fragile of arts, fading with the dancer’s youth, but recordings of Harapes’ artistry in the greatest works of the classical and modern ballet repertoire were preserved in the archives of Czech Television. They provided the material for this indisputably unique collection of performances immortalizing this personable, graceful dancer. Included are scenes from such famous ballets as Romeo and Juliet, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Achilles, Pulcinella, La Boutique Fantasque, and Spartacus, as well as works choreographed to music by Josef Suk (Radúz and Mahulena), Georges Bizet (Carmen), Leoš Janácek (The Kreutzer Sonata), Charles Gounod (Faust and Markéta), Johann Sebastian Bach (Prelude in C minor), and Petr Hapka (Denim Blue)… His partners in these scenes include soloists Marta Drottnerová, Hana Vlácilová and Ivanka Kubicová. Bonus scenes from the television shorts Runner (Bežec) and We Can Go On (Mužeme dál) round out the selection. Throughout these performances Harapes shines with the captivating charm of his artistry and the contagious joy of life. These are recordings of an art which is fleeting, but whose beauty is eternal. The legendary dancer in roles from classical and modern ballet!

Label: SUPRAPHON DVD 7018
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VLADIMIR FRANZ (*1959): Goldilocks (ballet fairy-tale)

Soloists and corps de ballet of the National Theatre

Martin Zborzek, singer

Berg Orchestra/Peter Vrábel

Ondrej Havelka, stage director; Jan Kodet, choreography

Ondrej Havelka, Jan Kodet, libretto

Booklet and Subtitles: English, German, French & Czech

Live recording of the performance at the Estates Theatre on 8 March 2008.
We invite you to the dance fairy-tale about the beautiful princess Goldilocks, the intrepid Jirík and a love that helps them overcome all the obstacles laid in their path. In the several years that have elapsed since its premiere, this extremely successful production of Prague’s National Theatre Ballet has packed the auditorium of the Estates Theatre, whose exquisite interior augments the inspired sets. The performance’s creators have managed to enter the fantasy world of the very youngest spectators, actively drawing them into the action and also warming up the auditorium – thanks to captivating expressional means, a singing narrator accompanying the audience throughout the entire fairy-tale, as well as Vladimír Franz’s subtle and comprehensible music written tenderly and with the sense for children’s ears. In the booklet you can read the fairy-tale in several languages. As a bonus feature, the DVD includes a film mapping the genesis and preparation of Goldilocks the ballet.