Czech Music articles from November 2003

Czech Music archives from November 2003

Magdalena, you're a devil!(Cover Story)
November 1, 2003... I doubt that I need to introduce MAGDALENA KOZENA to anyone. She is the most successful Czech musician in the world and records at least two CDs annually for a top company, something her competitors must certainly envy here in the current...

Vaclav Talich: a man can work under any circumstances.
November 1, 2003... Vaclav Talich is to Czech performance what Smetana or Dvorak is to Czech composing. He took the great tradition of Czech 19th-century music and gave it the shape that remains modern to this day. When we look at his activity in the Czech...

The Talich archive.
November 1, 2003... I hope that the Supraphon won't be annoyed at the "borrowing" of this title. Years ago it was the title of three albums, at that time still vinyl records, of re-editions of Vaclav Talich recordings. The first was devoted solely to recordings of...

The electronic worlds of michal rataj.
November 1, 2003... Michal Rataj (1975) is not only a composer, but also a musicologist and a radio producer. When he talks about music it is clear that he doesn't just create it but also reads a great deal about it and thinks about in on a theoretical level. He...

A Marathon of variegated music: new music Marathon 2003.
November 1, 2003... The "newness" of the music is a problematic criterion. The festival's title may give some people the impression that it is a festival of world premieres, which it is not. Nor is it a showcase of new trends. It tries to offer new things in the...

Vitezslava Kapralova songs: Dana Buresova soprano Timothy Cheek piano; Forever Kapralova.
November 1, 2003... SUPRAPHON Vitezslava Kapralova (1915-1940) was, despite her short life, prolific and original composer. It is not much known about her work and also not much was released yet. Supraphon is now filling one of the gaps. Kapralova once wrote...