ArcoDiva’s Czech Contemporary Music for Oboe features compositions by four of the finest senior composing figures in contemporary Czech music: Jiří Teml (b. 1935), Jaroslav Krček (b. 1939), Zdeněk Šesták (b. 1925) and Jan Málek (b. 1938). Performing these works on both oboe d’amore and English horn is Gabriela Krčková, an outstanding Czech oboist and musician to whom many of the works were dedicated. Supporting Ms. Krčková on this CD release is Musica Bohemica, Prague, a chamber ensemble with an almost thirty year tradition and more than three-dozen releases to date.

Outstanding soprano Anda-Louise Bogza is known for performing on world opera stages. She has recorded on this new release the repertoire of the most prominent representatives of Italian opera including Bellini, Verdi, Puccini. These songs are sung in original Italian in unmistakably perfect and emotionally strong interpretations. Pianist Ladislav Vondrácková joins Bogza for this recording. Anda-Louise Bogza studied at the “George Enescu” Conservatory and at the Academy of Music in Bucharestand Prague. Since then she has performed in all of the most renowned opera houses throughout Europe and overseas, including the Vienna State Opera, Berlin State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, and Opera Leipzig. She has also received first prize and the audience award at the Vienna International Singing Competition and the Thalia Award for her role of Minnie in Puccini’s “La Fanciulla Del West.”

The Kapralova Quartet (named in honor of the Czech composer Vitezslava Kapralova) in a new program of chamber pieces by Mendelssohn, Verdi and and Josef Suk's "Meditation on St. Wenceslas Chorale," inspired by and based upon one of Czechoslovakia's beloved national hymns and almost became that country's national anthem.

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Petr Fiala (b. 1943), whose life’s jubilee is being celebrated by this disc, is an important and versatile personality of Czech and international musical life. In 1996 Cardinal Miloslav Vlk bestowed on him the Order of Sts Cyril and Methodius Honour to Czech Saints for his concerts of sacred music. He has been devoting himself for over 30 years to chorus mastering and conducting. Except for the Rondo for Viola and Piano, the the works on this CD are vocal works to Latin texts. The selection ranges from works written in the 1970s (A Song for the Yet Unborn) up to his latest De amicitia (2011).

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This Brand New Arcodiva Recording Features the Sound of a Newly Restored Organ (A Copy of An Original 17th C. Baroque Instrument) Housed in the Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul's in Me?Lni?K, a Historical Town in Middle Bohemia. The Prominent Czech Organist Ales? Ba?Rta Has Been Heard Throughout Europe, the USA and Japan. Mr. Ba?Rta Is a Frequent Guest Artist in His Country and Abroad, and His Discography Includes a Complete Traversal of J.S. Bach's Organ Works, Recorded in Japan. The Varied Program Organized for This Release Contains Organ Works By Czech, German and Other Baroque Masters.

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The Czech Trio gives concerts at prestigious venues and at festivals all over Europe and the USA, Japan, Argentina, Columbia, Peru, Turkey, Kuwait, Egypt, South Korea and other countries. Dana Vlachová plays on a rare historical violin by the “Czech Stradivarius” Kaspar Strnad, dating from 1797. “The works which I offer you on this compact disc do not, with the exception of the Duo by Sylvie Bodorová, belong to the novelties of the chamber music repertoire. They are my declaration of love for Czech music and its jewels to which I always return in humility and respect, rediscovering their beauty again and again.” - Dana Vlachová

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