Novák, V
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Magdalena Kožená - Songs My Mother Taught Me
RecommendedMagdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Michael Freimuth (lute and guitar) & Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Beautifully recorded and accompanied, this is not just a showpiece for an exceptional voice, but a fascinating conspectus of Czech song, with a Moravian twist. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd September 2008
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Solo Vocal
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2008, Editor's Choice
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Novák: Piano Concerto
Signorina Gioventu Suite - Nikotina Suite
Oliver Triendl (piano), Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, Łukasz Borowicz
Soloist Oliver Triendl is on sparkling form, as are the Janáček Philharmonic in the two characterful suites that follow. —
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Kodály's Solo Cello Sonata is among the strongest, most searching of all his works, arguably the finest of all works for unaccompanied cello since Bach's suites, and here it receives a performance... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2004, Editor's Choice
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Sadly, none of these superb quartets is familiar concert fare, even in Prague these days, but the Stamic Quartet provide consistently idiomatic, involved performances...overall these are exemplary... —
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These are sound and sympathetic performances in eloquent recordings by Tim Handley. Even so, those who have caught the Novák bug should also add the classic Šejna recordings to their listening... —
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a recording which is both realistic and vibrant, these performances are a magnificent tribute to the excellent state of Czech chamber music today. —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2005, Chamber Choice
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Víteslav Novák was a keen walker and each piece on this absorbing CD testifies to his vivid sense of outdoors. He was also fascinated by the female psyche and two of the works programmed bring... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Historical
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Novák: Piano Concerto & Toman and the Wood Nymph
Jan Bartoš (piano), Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jakub Hruša
Composed ten years later, Toman and the Wood Nymph is far more original and confident than the concerto...Hrůša and the orchestra respond well to its turbulent passions in a captivating performance... —
