Czech Music Direct

Czech Music Direct are the leading UK distributors of independent labels from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The music they offer ranges from Baroque to cutting edge Contemporary, Jazz, Electronica and Folk. With some artists mixing all these elements! Our labels from the Czech Republic are - Arco Diva, Arta, Cube Bohemia, Music Vars, Orchestral Concert CDs and Vixen. From Slovakia - Hevhetia, Hev-Het Tune, Music Centre, Music Fund and Pavlik. We also have labels from other parts of Eastern Europe and our website lists many well known labels from Europe and America. We also support UK Jazz and recordings made in multi-channel surround-sound SACD format.

LABEL PROFILES
ARCO DIVA - Here you will find music from the Baroque to Contemporary. Composers include - Dvorak, Janacek, Otmar Macha, Zdenek Lukas, Lubos Fiser, Sylvie Bodorova, Martinu, Korngold, Grieg and Samuel Barber. Artists include - Jiri Belohlavek, Marek Stilec, Vladimir Valek, conductors, Pavel Sporcl, Martina Bacova, Martin Valek, violin, Jitka Hosprova, viola, Martin Kasik, piano, Wihan Quartet, Martinu Quartet, Czech Trio, Puella Trio, Artemiss Trio, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra.

CUBE BOHEMIA - Artists include - Smetana Trio, Monika Knoblochova, harpsichord, Apollon Quartet, Silvie Hessova, violin, Daniel Wiesner, piano, Ivo Kahanek, piano, Marek Zvolanek, trumpet. And Jazz from - NajPonk, solo piano and with His Trio, Milan Svoboda Big Band, Iva Bittova, vocal, Emil Viklicky, piano, George Mraz, bass, Ondrej Pivec, Hammond B3.

ORCHESTRAL CONCERT CDs - Historical recordings made by Geoffrey Terry in the 1960s featuring Eastern European musicians in UK venues (Royal Festival Hall, London). Never previously available in any audio fomat. Artists include - Prague Symphony Orchestra, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra, Vaclav Smetacek, Jiri Waldhans, Janos Ferencsik, conductors, Alfredo Campoli, violin, Peter Katin, piano, Czech Trio - Josef Palenicek, piano, Ivan Strauss, violin, Sasa Vectomoc, cello.

VIXEN - Rare organ works by Czech composers, choral music by Dvorak and Foerster, Guitar Sonatas by Paganini and Schubert's Death and the Maiden Quartet orchestrated by Mahler, from the smallest of our Czech labels.

HEVHETIA - The most important independent label in Slovakia. Composers - Andrej Seban, Vladimir Godar, Peter Breiner, Joseph Kolkovich, Lubica Salamon-Cekovska, John Cage, Bach, Oskar Rozsa, Jaroslav Kocian. Artists include - Miki Skuta, Nora Skuta, piano, David McQueen, Peter Breiner, conductors, Pavel Ryba, fretless bass guitar, Pavol Bodnar, piano, Peter Katina, accordion, PaCoRa Trio, Nothing But Swing Trio, Stano Paluch, violin, Slovak Sinfonietta Zilina.

MUSIC CENTRE (Bratislava) - Are devoted to researching the Slovakian musical heritage. They have made pioneering recordings of Baroque master Anton Zimmermann - a contemporary of Haydn - Jan Levoslav Bella and Eugen Suchon (1908-1993). There is also Jazz from - Erik Rothenstein, baritone, sax, Milo Suchomel Quartet and L'ubos Sramek and the East European Artsemble.

MUSIC FUND - Promote Slovakian Contemporary music. Composers include - Miro Bazlik, Roman Berger, Vladimir Bokes, Ilya Zeljenka, Egon Krak, Jozef Sixta, Peter Zagar, Iris Szeghy, Ivan Parik. There's Jazz too from Juraj Bartos, trumpet and Hot House.

UK JAZZ
Many UK Jazz musicians run their own labels and we are pleased to support 33 RECORDS and BABEL LABEL, and musicians who include - Jonathan Cohen, composer and pianist, John Law, piano, Alex Hutton Trio, Theo Travis, tenor sax. Joan Viskant and Zoe Gilby, singers.

Selected CDs from our labels are available to download from our mp3 Store.