Following the extremely successful Dvorák string quartets set (SU 3815-2), the internationally renowned Panocha Quartet – celebrating this year its incredible 40th anniversary of performing in the original line-up – plays the main role in this set too.

The four CDs comprise piano quartets and quintets, string quintets and a string sextet. In terms of Dvorák’s oeuvre, this selection virtually spans his entire creative lifetime, from the composition the author designated with the opus number 1 (String Quintet in A minor, B 7) to pieces from the composer’s late period.

On these recordings, which we can safely say are truly timeless, the Panocha Quartet is supported by artists of the calibre of Josef Suk, Jan Panenka, Josef Hála and Josef Chuchro. This is chamber Dvorák as he is well known at home, in America and Japan.

Supraphon - SU39212

(CD - 4 discs)

£16.49 (£14.03 ex. VAT)

Scheduled for release on 18 August 2008. Order it now and we will deliver it as soon as it is available.

Schubert:

String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D810 'Death and the Maiden'

arranged by Mahler

Sonata in A minor 'Arpeggione', D821

Michal Kanka (cello)

Praga Camerata, Pavel Hula

Two transcriptions: one, by Mahler and published in 1984, of Death and the Maiden, of which he completed only the second movement, and conducted in concert. It charms in a similar way as the orchestral arrangements of Schönberg's Verklärte Nacht or Berg's Lyric Suite. The other of the Arpeggione Sonata is in Michal Kanka's own version for cello and strings, of which this is the first recording.

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Hybrid Multi-channel

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Praga - DSD250246

(SACD)

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Brahms - String Sextets

Brahms:

String Sextet No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 18

String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36

Michal Kanka (viola) & Joseph Kluson (cello)

Quatuor Talich

Calliope - CAL9369

(CD)

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Borodin:

String Quartet No. 1 in A major

String Quintet

Michal Kanka (cello)

Kocian Quartet

Praga - DSD250222

(CD)

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Brahms - Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2

Brahms:

Cello Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38

Scherzo

Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99

Michal Kańka (cello) & Ivan Klánsk˙ (piano)

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Praga - DSD250214

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Russian Works for Cello and Piano

Borodin:	Cello Sonata in B minor
Miaskovsky:	Cello Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12 Cello Sonata No. 2 in A minor, Op. 81
Prokofiev:	Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 119 Ballade for Cello and Piano in C minor, Op. 15 (from Cinderella) Adagio from the ballet Cinderella, Op. 97
Rachmaninov:	Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19
Rubinstein:	Cello Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 18 Three Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op. 11 No. 3 Cello Sonata No. 2 in G major, Op. 39
Shostakovich:	Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40
Stravinsky:	Suite italienne