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	BEDRICH SMETANA; ANTONIN DVORAK: Label: SUPRAPHON DVD 7004 Our Price: $21.50 Quantity in Basket: none
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
	JARMILA NOVOTNA - A STAR OF THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: Label: SUPRAPHON DVD 7005 Our Price: $21.50 Quantity in Basket: none
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
	EMMY DESTINN - The Greatest Czech Soprano Label: SUPRAPHON DVD 7006 Our Price: $21.50 Quantity in Basket: none
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.
	DEO GRATIAS Label: SUPRAPHON DVD 7007 Our Price: $21.50 Quantity in Basket: none
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
	ANTONIN DVORAK: Rusalka Label: SUPRAPHON DVD 7008 Our Price: $21.50 Quantity in Basket: none
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
	LEOS JANACEK (1854 - 1829) Label: SUPRAPHON DVD 7009 Our Price: $21.50 Quantity in Basket: none
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,
	ANTONIN DVORAK: Slavonic Dances Ops. 46 & 72 Label: SUPRAPHON DVD 7010 Our Price: $21.50 Quantity in Basket: none
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.
	BEDRICH SMETANA (1824 - 1884): The Bartered Bride, opera in 3 acts Label: SUPRAPHON DVD 7011 Our Price: $21.50 Quantity in Basket: none
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
	WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Don Giovanni, Dramma giocoso in 2 acts Label: SUPRAPHON DVD 7012 Our Price: $31.00 Quantity in Basket: none
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
	JAKUB JAN RYBA (1765 - 1815): Czech Christmas Mass Label: SUPRAPHON DVD 7013 Our Price: $21.50 Quantity in Basket: none
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
	BOHUSLAV MARTINU (1890 – 1959): The Greek Passion, opera (Sung in English) Label: SUPRAPHON DVD 7014 Our Price: $21.50 Quantity in Basket: none
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.
	WHO IS KAREL ANCERL? - Documentary Label: SUPRAPHON DVD 7015 Our Price: $21.50 Quantity in Basket: none
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.
	VLASTIMIL HARAPES – PRIMO BALLERINO Label: SUPRAPHON DVD 7017 Our Price: $21.50 Quantity in Basket: none
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!