Vocal, Martinů (composer)
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Special offer. Czech Songs
RecommendedMagdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
There are some real gems in this wide-ranging and carefully chosen selection of Czech songs. Dvořák’s Evening Songs are delightful with an unaffected simplicity that Kožená captures without... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th June 2024
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Shortlist, Voice & Ensemble
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A charm of lullabies, or an excess? If anyone could convince you that mostly slow and soft can work as an album sequence, it would be sonic magician Bertrand Chamayou...Within the narrow compass... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th October 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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There is much here to surprise and delight in this well-recorded issue. —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2021, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Winner - Vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
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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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Gramophone Awards, 2001, Winner - Vocal
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Martinu: Nipponari, Magic Nights & Czech Rhapsody
Recorded 1985-88
Dagmar Pecková (soprano), Lubica Rybarská (soprano) & Ivan Kusnjer (baritone)
Kühn Mixed Choir & Prague Symphony Orchestra, Jirí Belohlávek
Notwithstanding the unfamiliar repertoire, the sopranos Dagmar Pecková and Lubica Rybárska deliver superbly idiomatic renditions of the songs with Belohlávek shapes the cantata with persuasive... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2009, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Historical
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Hommage à Rossini
Raphaela Gromes (cello), Julian Riem (piano), WDR Funkhausorchester, Enrico Delamboye
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Johanna Martzy, Vol. 3
Johanna Martzy (violin), Adolph Hallis (piano), István Hajdu (piano)
Netherlands Radio Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Stuttgart Radio Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Willem van Otterloo, André Cluytens, Hans Müller-Kray, George Szell
The rediscovery of gifted Hungarian Martzy (1924-79) continues apace with this selection of live broadcasts and concerts including sparkling Mozart and a stunning Bartok Rhapsody. —
