Supraphon

A bristling, incisive look at four Martinů string quartets [JW]

(Déjà Review) The Vranický in particular is a real winner [JW]

Another excellent entrant in the Martinů Cello Sonata lists but this time offering ‘The Complete Works’ [JW]

Vítězslav Novák’s string quartets presented with thoughtful care [JW]

A fine disc of Czech violin works performed by a youthful duo [JW]

Two very fine performances [MC]

A new, enjoyable recording of Barók’s three piano concertos [MBu]

Concertos from Prague in a 7-CD box of Ančerl-directed broadcasts [JW]

A Czech pioneer of microtonal music heard in more traditional solo piano music [JW]

Treasures from the guitar repertory masterfully played [ZT]

A tribute to a great and versatile conductor containing some superb and some less successful performances [RMo]

A comic Czech opera recorded in 1959 heard for the first time in stereo [JW]

Vodička and Mareček bring this Dvořák collection to life [MC]

(Déjà Review) Surreal music drama defying operatic convention, illuminated by Martinů’s gorgeous yet poetically fastidious palette [RB]

Smetana’s dynamism brought out by a conductor of clarity and subtlety [JW]

(Déjà Review) Enthusiastically recommended to lovers of romantic symphonies [CH]

(Déjà Review) Resplendent digital remasterings of these classics of the gramophone [RB]

A unique coming together of Czech and Turkish renaissance music [GH]

A disc of Strauss songs that’s fine, but unremarkable in light of the competition [ST]

Repeated listening to these Schulhoff scores offers revelatory rewards [MC]

Trio Bohémo play with both passion but also precision, they listen to one another and they clearly love this music [SB]

(Déjà Review) This is a recording which instilled in me a love of the opera which has so far not died; it will surely do the same for many new listeners [CH]

(Déjà Review) This has an unmistakably authentic feel about it [TH]

Attractive though not world-beating recordings of little-remembered Czech Piano Concertos [JW]