Label: SUPRAPHON FL 0380
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The BUTTERFLY that STAMPED (Ballet in 1 Act): Kuhn Mixed Chorus (female section); Prague Symphony Orchestra; Belohlavek, cond.

Label: SUPRAPHON FL 1802
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Les JEUX de MARIA (The MIRACLE of OUR LADY) - Cycle of 4 Operas: M. Mrazova; J. Markova; A. Kratochvilova; E. Depoltova; V. Zitek; I. Kusnjer; D. Jedlicka; K. Prusa, et.al.; Prague Radio Chorus; Bambini di Praga; Prague Symphony Orchestra; J. Belohlavek, cond. ( 2CD )

Label: SUPRAPHON FL 2155
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FREIMAURERKANTATEN and LIEDER (Free Mason Cantatas and Songs) - K.148, 429, 468, 471, 477, 483, 484, 619, 623, 623a: Vladimir Dolezal (tenor); Josef Ksica (organ); and other soloists; Czech Philharmonic Chorus; Prague Chamber Orchestra; P. Kuhn, cond.

Label: SUPRAPHON FL 3554
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Ludmila Peterkova (clarinet); N. Baldeyrou (basset horn); A. Besa (viola); The Prague Philharmonia; Belohlavek - Concert Piece in D Minor for Clarinet, Basset Horn and Orchestra, Nos 1, Op. 113; 2, Op. 114; Introd

Label: SUPRAPHON FL 3611
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The GREEK PASSION - Opera in 4 Acts: John Mitchinson; Helen Field; John Tomlinson; Philip Joll, et.al.; Czech Philharmonic Chorus; Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra; Sir Charles Mackerras, cond. ( 2CD )

Label: SUPRAPHON FL 3928
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BOHUSLAV MARTINU (1890 – 1959): Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2, H 286 (1941); Variations on a Theme of Rossini for Cello and Piano, H 290 (1942); LEOS JANACEK (1854 – 1928): Fairy Tale for Cello and Piano (1910); MILOSLAV KABELAC (1908 – 1979): Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 9

Tomas Jamnik, cello; Ivo Kahanek, piano
After a number of other successes including master classes with Jirí Bárta, Heinrich Schiff and Steven Isserlis, young Czech cellist Tomáš Jamník (b. 1985) proved the extent of his talent by winning the 2006 Prague Spring International Competition. This student of Josef Chuchro chose 20th century Czech works for his first Supraphon recording, and Martinu holds a privileged position in his repertoire. His surprisingly mature rendition of the Sonata No. 2 and Variations evince a deep understanding of the personality and musical language of the composer. His youthful temperament finds a voice in Janácek’s Fairy Tale, then melds the individual compositional structure of Kabelác’s Sonata with its lyric and character. Pianist Ivo Kahánek (b. 1979), winner of the Prague Spring International Competition in 2004, far surpasses the bounds of a mere accompanist, and is rather Jamník’s equal and partner. We believe that after you hear this recording, you will remember the names of these promising young musicians for some time to come!

Label: SUPRAPHON FL 3947
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BOHUSLAV MARTINU (1890 – 1959): Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 3; Variations on a Slovak Folk Song
PETR EBEN (1929 – 2007): Suita balladica for Cello and Piano
LUBOS SLUKA (*1928): Sonata for Cello and Piano

Tomas Jamnik, cello; Ivo Kahanek, piano
Tomáš Jamník and Ivo Kahánek’s first album (Martinu – Janácek – Kabelác) was hailed by Harmonie magazine as the debut of the decade, while the Classics Today server gave it a rating of 10/10 and designated it as one of the best cello recitals of recent years. For their second album, the young artists have chosen compositions that originated within a short period of time, between 1952 and 1959. Martinu’s Sonata and Variations resound with yearning for the homeland he is never to return to, the composer employing a simple and cordial language. Suita balladica by the twenty-six-year-old Petr Eben is characterized by a similar inosculation of joyful, dance music with an almost ghostlike grief connected with the author’s personal wartime experiences. Sluka’s most frequently performed piece, the musically simple and lucid Sonata for violoncello and piano, serves to soothe the heightened emotions evoked by the previous compositions and ends the CD on a note of reconciliation. The two musicians play with an ebullience and engagement commensurate to their tender years, yet at the same time manifest a remarkable maturity and understanding of the weighty themes of the compositions. An intimate, communicative album.

Label: SUPRAPHON FL 3971
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MUSIC FROM EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY PRAGUE
VACLAV GUNTHER JACOB (1685 – 1734): Missa Dei Filii (1725); Dixit Dominus (1714); Vezirius Turcicus (1717); Offertorium de Sancto Adalberto (1719)
VALENTIN RATHGEBER (1682 – 1750): Concerto No. 1 in C, No. 3 in F, Op. XIX (1738); Concerto in D, Op. VI, No. 6 (1728)

Hana Blažíková, Barbora Sojková, soprano; Petra Noskaiová, mezzo-soprano; Sylva Cmugrová, contralto; Hasan El Dunia, Ondrej Šmíd, tenor; Tomáš Král, Jaromír Nosek, bass

Capella Regia Praha/Robert Hugo
Throughout the 18th century, Prague was a significant European centre. When it comes to music, it fused in a singular manner influences primarily from Dresden, Vienna and Italy with the famous Czech musicality and folk culture. In a superlative and historically knowledgeable interpretation, the newly originating cycle “Music from Eighteen-Century Prague” will map the-yet-to-be-appreciated wealth which is still being discovered in Prague, Czech and foreign archives and which directly reflects the variegated picture of the musical life of the capital. Václav Gunther Jacob’s “Missa Dei Filii”, which in world premiere opens this series, is an example of the creation of one of the most popular composers from the Czech lands in the first third of the 18th century. Jacob was primarily synonymous with the Benedictine Monastery of Saint Nicholas in Prague’s Old Town, yet thanks to several printed music collections his fame spread far beyond the country’s borders (prints have been preserved in, for example, Munich and Bologna) and earned him a number of commissions from abroad. Through this CD, the remarkable work of the stylistically highly original composer has for the first time in centuries the opportunity to draw the attention it deserves and be listened to by lovers of Baroque music. The recording is noteworthy for its vivacity and stylistic purity – attributes characteristic of Capella Regia Praha.
The world premiere of V. G. Jacob’s Baroque mass opens the new edition series Music from Eighteen-Century Prague.

Label: SUPRAPHON FL 3989
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BOHUSLAV MARTINU (1890 – 1959): Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 1, H 196 (1955)
JOSEF BOHUSLAV FOERSTER (1859 – 1951): Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 143 (1931)*
JAN NOVAK (1921 – 1984): Capriccio for Cello and Small Orchestra (1958)

Jiri Barta, cello

Prague Philharmonia/Jakub Hrusa
Jirí Bárta, who for a number of years has been considered one of the finest cellists both at home and abroad, has certainly not chosen the three concertos on this CD at random. Bohuslav Martinu’s first concerto, in the definitive 1955 version, is among the works Bárta most cherishes and performs most frequently. At the same time, this opus bridges the imaginary space between the other compositions. Its first version originated in 1930, at the time when J. B. Foerster was completing his one and only cello concerto. This work of a composer with a Czech soul and European experience has its world premiere on this recording. From an entirely different world is Jan Novák’s syncopated Capriccio, a piece with distinct jazz elements in which the solo instrument is accompanied by a big band. Novák, sharing with his teacher Martinu the fate of an émigré who would never again see his homeland, completed Capriccio a short time after Martinu, in the twilight of his life, gave his first concerto its definitive form. Capriccio too is released here for the first time on CD and features Jirí Bárta accompanied by the best Czech chamber orchestra under its chief conductor, the rising star Jakub Hruša.

Label: SUPRAPHON FL 4092
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ARTISTS: Škampa Quartet (Helena Ji?íkovská, Daniela Sou?ková – violin, Radim Sedmidubský – viola, Lukáš Polák – cello), Iva Bittová, Pavel Fischer (vocals)