The prestigious French label Praga boasts a critically acclaimed catalogue of more than 400 titles to date, specialising on one side in chamber music with a main focus on Czech music, and on the other side on historical recordings through outstanding remasterings.

The label was put on hold at the death of its founder Pierre-Emile Barbier in 2018. In 2021 the company Little Tribeca, umbrella of the labels Aparté and Evidence, bought the Praga catalogue. This year is also the 30th Anniversary of the Praga label and the celebrations start with this extraordinary box set of 30 CDs containing some of the most beautiful titles from the history of the label.

Featuring Prazak Quartet, Kocian Quartet, Guarneri Trio, Michel Kanka and more, alongside high quality remasterings of historical recordings by Richter, Furtwängler and Mravinsky, among many others.

Artists

Prazák Quartet (string quartet), Kocian Quartet (string quartet), Guarneri Trio Prague (piano trio), Ivan Klánsky (piano), Párkányi Quartet (string quartet), Evgeni Koroliov (piano), Zemlinsky Quartet (string quartet), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Oistrakh Trio, Smetana Quartet (string quartet), Géza Anda (piano), Végh Quartet (string quartet), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), David Oistrakh (violin), Lev Oborin (piano), Stanislav Knushevitzky (cello), Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)

Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Russian Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Evgeny Mravinsky, Kirill Kondrashin, Zdenek Kosler, Ferenc Fricsay, Václav Neumann, František Jílek, Igor Markevitch, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Otto Ackermann, André Cluytens, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Ettore Gracis