Kaprálová
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New. She Composed - 53 Piano Pieces by Women Composers
Yami CruzMontero, Karla Martínez, Serena Chillemi, Johanna Henschel, Marie Sophie Hauzel (piano), Débora Halász (piano), Iván Rolón, Jelena Stojkovic, Sonja Uhlmann, Dmitry Mayboroda, Markus Bellheim
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Vítězslava Kaprálová: The Completed Orchestral Works
Veronika Rovná (soprano), Tomáš Vrána (piano), Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, Alena Hron
In turns tempestuous and rhapsodic, eerie and excitable, the Piano Concerto is the most substantial piece here, though there is also a lot to enjoy in the likes of the boisterous Suita Rustica... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Shortlist, Orchestral
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2025, Project Artistique
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Special offer. Charmes
RecommendedSongs by Viardot-García, Schumann, Mahler & Kaprálová
Olena Tokar (soprano), Igor Gryshyn (piano)
The luxuriant bloom of Tokar’s voice is perfectly matched by Gryshyn’s old-fashioned, elastic piano accompaniments. Tempo choices are generous and unhurried...Tokar and Gryshyn fully inhabit... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Nicholas Phan, who has gotten mixed reviews in these pages, sings with an infectious ardor, and Amy I-Lin Cheng knocks off the Piano Concerto with aplomb. Through it all, conductor Kenneth Kiesler... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Sparks From Ashes
RecommendedSongs by Dvořák, Kaprálová, Bartók and Křička
Nicky Spence (tenor), Dylan Perez (piano)
They plumb the emotions of youthful ardour from elation to despair with focused, idiomatic intensity. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th August 2025
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Vocal Music
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The starting point for this delicious and distinctive Bohemian programme was Janácek’s Pohádka...Laura van der Heijden and Jâms Coleman unleash its power in this big-boned reading, with its... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2022
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There’s no forgetting Oyarzabal’s enthralling performance, or indeed his sublime programme of piano works by women composers from Fanny Mendelssohn to Ruth Crawford Seeger. What a treat. —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Young Talent
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Forsberg has long been a master programme planner...This is no exception...With a recording as fine as the pianism, this is a terrific disc, heartily recommended. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2016, Editor's Choice
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