Czech Music articles from January 2007

Czech Music archives from January 2007

Dear readers.
January 1, 2007... As you have certainly already noticed, Czech Music Quarterly has been graphically reworked for 2007. We thought that the existing design needed freshening up, and I hope the new appearance of the magazine will give you the same pleasure that it...

The organ is quite a treacherous instrument.(Interview)
January 1, 2007... Unorthodoxy of approach to the performance of music of earlier and more recent epochs, imagination and passion, all characterise the organist and harpsichordist Jaroslav Tuma (*1956). His approach to music is comprehensive: he not only records...

Czech composers in the post-modern era, Czech Music CD series #1: chamber music.(theme)
January 1, 2007... The CD published as a supplement to this issue of the magazine could not possibly claim to illustrate the recent development of Czech music in full or even as a representative cross-section. It is far too small (someone important will always be...

Reflections on the most recent year of the Musica nova competition.(event)
January 1, 2007... Electro-acoustic (EA) music, defined as music composed and realised using electronic media (alone or in combination with acoustic instruments), is at the roots of what today is known also as "technical music", multifarious in genre but in most...

Jaroslav Jezek: co-creator of the Czech inter-war modern movement.(portrait)
January 1, 2007... At the beginning of autumn last year a hundred years had passed since the birth of the remarkable Czech composer, phenomenal pianist and elemental musician Jaroslav Jezek (25th September 1906-1st January 1942). 2006 was generally a year in...

The purity method: an interview with the young cellist Tomas Jamnik.(Interview)
January 1, 2007... What questions is a promising Czech cellist confronting in his first exciting season? We talked with Tomas Jamnik, winner of the 2006 Prague Spring Competition, about the process of forming his own conception, the context of the time, and...

Gustav Mahler and Prague.(history)(Biography)
January 1, 2007... The history of Mahler's relationship with Prague started in July 1885, when he was engaged by the Prague German Opera as a conductor at the young age of twenty-five. Prague was to prove an important milestone in Mahler's life, for it was here...

Antonin Dvorak.(Suite in A major, op. 98b)(Sound recording review)
January 1, 2007... Antonin Dvorak Suite in A major, op. 98b Josef Suk Serenade for Strings in E flat major, op. 6, Fantastic Scherzo, op. 25 Prague Chamber Philharmonic, Jakub Hrusa. Production: Petr Vit. Text: Eng., Ger., Fr., Cz. Recorded:...

Upside-Down or Bacchanalistica.(Sound recording review)
January 1, 2007... Upside-Down or Ba[c]chanalistica Ritornello, Michael Pospisil Production: Vitezslav Janda. Text: Cz., Eng. Recorded: 2/2006. Released: 2006. TT: 66: 30. DDD. 1 CD Arta F10145 (distribution 2HP Production). In their latest album...

Magdalena Kozena.(Enchantment)(Sound recording review)
January 1, 2007... Magdalena Kozena Enchantment (Gounod, Bizet, Mozart, Handel, Rameau, Conti, Bach, Myslivecek, Gluck, Massenet, Respighi, Shostakovich, Britten, Janacek, Dvorak) Magdalena Kozena. Production: D. Butchart. Text: Eng., Ger., Fr....

Johann Sebastian Bach.(Sonatas for viola da gamba)(Sound recording review)
January 1, 2007... Johann Sebastian Bach Sonatas for viola da gamba Petr Nouzovsky--violoncello, Monika Knoblochova--harpsichord. Production: Pavel Vlcek. Text: Eng., Cz. Recorded: 12/2005, Studio Martinek, Prague. Released: 2006. TT: 43:38. DDD. 1 CD...

Leos Janacek.(Sound recording review)
January 1, 2007... Leos Janacek Lasske tance [Lachian Dances], Suita pro smyccovy orchestr [Suite for String Orchestra], Idyla [Idyll] Brno Philharmonic, Frantisek Jilek. Production: music direction Jaroslav Rybar (1-6), Vladimir Koronthaly (7-17). Text:...

Bedrich Smetana.(The Bartered Bride)(Video recording review)
January 1, 2007... Bedrich Smetana The Bartered Bride Gabriela Benackova--soprano, Peter Dvorsky--tenor, Richard Novak--bass, Miroslav Kopp--tenor, the Prague Philharmonic Choir and the Choir of the National Theatre Opera company, Josef...

Jaroslav Tuma.(Sound recording review)
January 1, 2007... Jaroslav Tuma (Leos Janacek, Paul Hindemith, Jaroslav Tuma) Jaroslav Tuma--Organ. Production: Jaroslav Tuma, Jaromir Javurek, Vitezslav Janda. Text: Cz., Eng., Germ. Recorded: 4/2006, The Church of St. Nicholas in Ludgerovice....

Vaclav Talich.(Special Edition 10 Dvorak, Suk)(Sound recording review)
January 1, 2007... Vaclav Talich Special Edition 10 Dvorak, Suk Czech Philharmonic Choir, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Vaclav Talich--conductor. Production: Jana Gonda, Petr Kadlec, Petr Vit. Text: Eng., Ger., Fr., Cz. Recorded: January and May 1952,...

Vaclav Jan Tomasek.(Piano Concertos No. 1 in C Major and No. 2 in E Flat Major)(Sound recording review)
January 1, 2007... Vaclav Jan Tomasek Piano Concertos no. 1 in C major and no. 2 in E flat major Jan Simon--piano, the Symphony Orchestra of the Czech Radio in Prague, Vladimir Valek. Production: Petr Vit. Text: Jarmila Gabrielova. Recorded: 3, 4/2006,...

Jan Ignac Frantisek Vojta.(Sonatas I-III, Parthia amabilis, Anima mea dilecta, Arietta cordialis, Threnodia hujus temporis)(Sound recording review)
January 1, 2007... Jan Ignac Frantisek Vojta Sonatas I-III, Parthia amabilis, Anima mea dilecta, Arietta cordialis, Threnodia hujus temporis La Gambetta, Elen Machova. Production: V. Janda. Text: Cz., Eng., Ger. Recorded: 9/2005, the Church of the...

Bohuslav Martinu.
January 1, 2007... Bohuslav Martinu Choral Works Ceske madrigaly [Czech Madrigals], Ctyri pisne o Marii [Four Songs of the Virgin], Madrigaly pro pet hlasu [Five Voice Madrigals], Zbojnicke pisne [Brigand Songs], Romance z Pampelisek [Romance of the...