COMPOSERS: Mozart,Musorgsky,Schubert et al,Tchaikovsky,Wagner
LABELS: Supraphon
ALBUM TITLE: Richard Novák
WORKS: Portrait: Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Musorgsky, Wagner, Schubert et al
PERFORMER: Richard Novák (bass); Gerhard Zeller (piano); Brno Janácek Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Brno Phil/Jilek, Honka, Stych, Kyzlink; Prague Phil/Tomas Hanus
CATALOGUE NO: SU 4206-2 (1978-83)
Still singing in 2016 at the age of 85, the distinguished Czech bass is caught in his prime in this ample and wide-ranging two-disc survey, which displays his intelligent interpretation to advantage.
George Hall