Michal Kaňka

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Michal Kaňka

kankamichal

Wihan Quartet

ex Martinů Quartet, Prazak Quartet, Beethoven String Trio

Classical cellist, born 1960 in Prague.

ALBUMS

Michal Kaňka

“Cello Mosaic”

2015, CD, Live Notes, Nami Records (2),

Dvořák*, Guarneri Trio Prague, Duo Ardašev*, Josef Suk, Pavel Šporcl, Michal Kaňka, Panocha Quartet

Chamber Works II

2013, 7x CD, Box Set,

Romantic

Antonín Kraft, Antonín Vranický, Carl Stamitz - Michal Kaňka, Prague Chamber Orchestra

Cello Concertos

2012, CD, Album, Supraphon,

Classical

Richard Strauss - Pražák Quartet*, Miguel Borges Coelho, Michal Kaňka

Piano Quartet Op.13 - Cello Sonata Op.6 - Capriccio: String Sextet

2011, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Praga Digitals

Maurice Ravel / Sasha Rozhdestvensky, Josiane Marfurt, Michal Kaňka

Chamber Works For Violin

2011, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Praga Digitals,

Impressionist

Ernest Bloch, Michal Kaňka, Miguel Borges Coelho

From Jewish Life / Cello Works

2010, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Praga Digitals

Mieczysław Weinberg – Michal Kaňka, Miguel Borges Coelho, Beethoven String Trio

Cello Sonatas Opp.21, 63, 72 • String Trio Op.48

2009, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Praga Digitals

Ernő Dohnányi* - Kocian Quartet, Michal Kaňka, Jaromír Klepáč

Chamber Music II: Piano Quintets (2), Cello Sonata

2008, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Praga Digitals

César Franck, Camille Saint-Saëns, Léon Boëllmann, Michal Kaňka, Ivan Klánský

French Romantic Cello Sonatas

2008, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Praga Digitals,

Romantic

Frederic Chopin* / Edvard Grieg, Michal Kaňka, Jaromír Klepáč

Sonata Op. 65 / Introduction Et Polonaise / Brillante Op. 3/ Sonata, Op. 36

2006, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, DSD, Praga Digitals, Praga Digitals

Alexander Borodin, Kocian Quartet, Michal Kaňka

String Quartet No. 1 / String Quintet

2006, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Praga Digitals

Jindřich Feld, Michal Kaňka, Marine Jašvili*, Jiří Krejčí

Tři Koncerty / Three Concertos

2005, CD, Comp, RM, Radioservis

Johannes Brahms, Michal Kaňka, Ivan Klánský

The Two Cello Sonatas

2005, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, DSD, Praga Digitals

Anton Rubinstein, Michal Kaňka, Jaromír Klepáč

Cello Sonatas Opp. 18, 39 / Pieces Op.11/2

2004, 2xSACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Praga Digitals

Joseph Haydn, Michal Kaňka, Prague Chamber Orchestra

Cello Concertos & Symphony No. 22 "Der Philosoph"

2004, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Praga Digitals

Michal Kaňka, Jaromír Klepáč

Russian Cello Sonatas, Vol. II (Borodin: Cello Sonata - Stravinsky: Italian Suite)

2003, CD, Praga Digitals, Harmonia Mundi Distribution,

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Ivan Klánský, Prague Wind Quintet, Kocian Quartet, Josef Klusoň, Michal Kaňka

Quintets for Piano And Winds / String Sextet

2003, CD,

Brahms* - Kocian Quartet, Josef Klusoň, Michal Kaňka, Jean-François Heisser

String Sextet No. 1, Op. 18 / Theme And Variations In D Minor (Piano)

2002, CD, Praga Digitals,

Romantic

Sergey Rachmaninov* - Nikolay Myaskovsky* - Michal Kaňka, Jaromír Klepáč

Russian Cello Sonatas • Sonate Op. 19 / Cello Sonatas • Op. 12 & Op. 81

2002, CD,

Neo-Romantic

Bohuslav Martinů - Pavel Hůla, Michal Kaňka, Josef Klusoň

Duos And Trios For Strings (Complete Set)

2001, CD, Praga Digitals,

Modern

Bohuslav Martinů - Michal Kaňka, Jaromír Klepáč

Small Pieces For Cello And Piano

2001, CD, Praga Digitals,

Modern

Ludwig van Beethoven, Ivan Klánský, Michal Kaňka

Sonatas For Piano And Cello Op.5 (Variations WoO 45/46, Op.66)

2001, CD, Album, Praga Digitals

Zoltán Kodály - Pavel Hůla, Michal Kaňka, Jaromír Klepáč

Cello Sonatas Op.4, Op.8; Duo Violin-cello Op.7

2000, CD, Album, Praga Digitals

Alexander Borodin, Pražák Quartet*, Michal Kaňka, Jaromír Klepáč

String Quartet N° 2 / Cello Sonata In B Minor / Piano Quintet In C Minor

2000

Michal Kaňka, Luigi Boccherini

Sonate A Violoncello Solo E Basso

1999, CD, Praga Digitals

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Antonín Dvořák, Josef Klusoň, Kocian Quartet, Michal Kaňka

Two Slavonic String Sextets: Souvenir De Florence Op.70 / String Sextet Op.48

1998, CD, Praga Digitals,

Romantic

Fryderyk Chopin* - František Malý, Michal Kaňka, Peter Toperczer

Piano Works & Cello Sonata

1997, CD, Comp, Bonton,

Romantic

Vivaldi*, Michal Kaňka, Prague Chamber Orchestra

Concertos For Cello And Orchestra R. 404, 418, 421, 422, 424, 547 / For 2 Cellos And Orchestra R. 531

1994, CD, Supraphon,

Bohuslav Martinů, Michal Kaňka, Jaromír Klepáč

Sonatas For Cello And Piano

1992, CD, Album, Bonton

Dvořák*, Panocha Quartet, Josef Klusoň, Michal Kaňka, Pavel Nejtek

String Quintet No. 2; String Sextet; Intermezzo

1992, CD, Album, Supraphon,

Romantic

Schubert*, Franck*, Michal Kaňka, Riccardo Caramella

Sonata For Arpeggione And Piano D 821, Sonata For Violoncello And Piano

1989, LP, NUOVA ERA

Frédéric Chopin, Igor Stravinsky, Michal Kaňka, Peter Toperczer

Sonata For Cello And Piano, Suite Italienne

1985, LP, Panton

Bohuslav Martinů, Kocian Quartet, Boris Krajný, Daniel Wiesner, Josef Klusoň, Olga Svobodová (2), Michal Kaňka

Paris, Spring Of 1932 - Two Dances, Violinsonata No. 2, Ritournelles, Two Violins Sonata, Deux Chansons, Serenade No. 2, String Sextett

CD, Album, Praga Digitals

Prazak Quartet

EAGON 12th Concert

2001, CD, Album, Eagon

APPEARANCES +

Bohuslav Martinů

Bohuslav Martinů Days 2022

2023, CD, Promo, Nadace Bohuslava Martinů,

Bohuslav Martinů

Bohuslav Martinů Days 2021

2022, CD, Promo, Nadace Bohuslava Martinů,

Modern/Classical

Dvořák*, Talich Quartet

American Quartet - Waltzes

2022, CD, Album, La Dolce Volta,

Romantic

Bedřich Smetana, Pražák Quartet*, Nathalia Milstein

String Quartets (2)

2018, SACD, Multichannel, Album, Praga Digitals,

Romantic

Brahms*, Talich Quartet

String Sextet No.1 In B Flat Major, Op.18 / String Sextet No.2 In G Major, Op. 36

2014, CD, Album, RM, La Dolce Volta

Johannes Brahms, Prazak Quartet, Petr Holman, Vladimír Fortin

String Sextet No. 1 In B Flat, Op. 18 - String Sextet No. 2 In G, Op. 36

2013, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Praga Digitals

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Slávka Pěchočová-Vernerová, Prazak Quartet, Pavel Nejtek

3 Piano Concerti A Quattro K. 413, 414, 415

2013, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Praga Digitals,

Classical

Alexander Tcherepnin

Complete works for cello and piano

2012, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Praga Digitals

Joseph Haydn, Pražák Quartet*

The Seven Last Words Of Our Saviour On The Cross Op.51b

2012, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Praga Digitals,

Classical

Joseph Haydn, Prazak Quartet

Apponyi' Quartets Op. 71

2012, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Praga Digitals

Prazak Quartet, Alda Caiello, Schoenberg*

Pierrot Lunaire Op. 21, Suite Op. 29

2012, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Praga Digitals

Schoenberg*, Prazak Quartet, Jaromír Klepáč

Scherzo / Presto / Chamber Symphony / String Quartet No. 3

2011, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Praga Digitals

Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Shostakovich - Cello Works

2010, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Praga Digitals

Eugene Rousseau

Eugene Rousseau & Friends

2010, CD, Album, Jeanné Digital Recordings

W. A. Mozart*, Pražák Quartet*

'Haydn' Quartets (1) K.421, K.458 'The Hunt', K.465 'Dissonant'

2008, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Praga Digitals,

Classical

Dvořák* / Panocha Quartet / Suk Trio & Guests*

Chamber Works - Piano Quartets & Quintets - String Quintets & Sextet

2008, 4x CD, Box Set,

Romantic

Ernő Dohnányi* - Kocian Quartet, Beethoven String Trio, Vladimíra Klánská, Jaromír Klepáč, Aleš Hustoleš*

Chamber Music

2007, SACD, Multichannel, Album, Praga Digitals,

Modern

Bohuslav Martinů - Beethoven String Trio

Duos And Trio For Strings = Duos & Trio Pour Cordes

2007, CD, Praga Da Camera,

Modern

Jindřich Feld, Pražák Quartet*, Raphaël Oleg*, Czech Radio Symphony Prague*, Vladimír Válek

Quartet No 4 - Clarinet Quintet - Two Pieces For Cello - Viola Concerto

2007, SACD, Praga Digitals,

Modern

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Ivan Klánský, Kocian Quartet

Quintets Piano-Winds • String Sextet In A

2007

Franz Schubert - Jean-François Heisser, Kocian Quartet, Prazak Quartet, Czech Nonet

Quintette D 661 "La Truite" - Trio D 581 - "Eine Kleine Trauermusik" D 79

2006, CD, Comp, RE, Dig, Praga Da Camera,

Romantic

Dvořák*

Dvořák (Romantic Music's Most Versatile Genius)

2005, 2xCD, Comp, Amadeus Press,

Romantic

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Prazak Quartet With Hatto Beyerle

String Quintets K516, K593

2005, CD, Album, Praga Digitals

Krzysztof Penderecki, Prazak Quartet

Piano Sextet - Chamber Music

2005, SACD, Hybrid, Praga Digitals

Ludwig van Beethoven - Prazak Quartet

The Complete String Quartets (Vol. IV) Opp.74 "Harp" & 95 "Quartetto Serioso"

2004, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Praga

Ludwig van Beethoven - Prazak Quartet

String Quartets Op. 18 (Vol. I) Dedicated To Prince Lobkowitz

2004, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Praga Digitals,

Romantic

Antonín Dvořák, Pražák Quartet*

String Quartet In C, Op. 61 - Cypresses (Complete)

2004

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Pascal Moraguès, Prazak Quartet, Frank Braley, Vladimir Mendelssohn

Clarinet Quintet K. 581 - 'Kegelstatt-Trio' K. 498

2003, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Praga Digitals

Franz Schubert, Johann Nepomuk Hummel

Cello Sonatas Arpeggione D. 821, Op104 & 54 - (Kanka, Itoh)

2003, CD, Album, Praga Digitals

Franz Schubert, Prazak Quartet

String Quartet D 94 - String Quartet D 956

2002, Box + 3xCD, Promo, Nadační Fond Pražský Podzim,

Neo-Classical/Post-Modern/Classical/Romantic

Antonín Dvořák, Prazak Quartet, Ivan Klánský

Piano Quintets in A, Op. 5 & Op. 81

2002, CD, Praga Digitals

Luboš Bárta, Vladimír Werner, Jan František Fischer*, Jaroslav Zich

Česká Soudobá Hudba - Koncertantní Skladby III

2001, CD, Comp, Radioservis,

Contemporary

Alban Berg / Anton Von Webern*, Pražák Quartet*, Vanda Tabery

String Quartets Op.3 - Lyric Suite / Quartet Op.28

2001, CD, Album, Praga Digitals,

Modern/Twelve-tone

Luigi Boccherini

Six Sonatas For Violoncello And Continuo (Vol 2)

2001, CD, Praga Digitals

Arnold Schoenberg, Gustav Mahler - Prazak Quartet

String Quartet In D Major, String Trio Op. 45, Phantasy For Violin Op. 47 / Piano Quartet

2001

Carl Maria von Weber, Pascal Moraguès, Mari Izuha, Prazak Quartet

Quintette OP. 34, Duo Concertant Op. 48, Variations Op. 33

2001

Schubert* - Kocian Quartet, Prazak Quartet, Czech Nonet

String Trio D581, StringQuartet No.14 D 810, Eine Kleine Trauermusik D 79

2000, CD, Comp, Praga Digitals

Alexander Borodin, Pražák Quartet*

String Quartet No. 2 / Cello Sonata / Piano Quintet In C Minor

2000, CD,

Romantic/Chamber Music/String Ensemble

Antonín Dvořák, Prazak Quartet

String Quartets No. 14 Op. 105, No. 12 Op. 96 "The American"

1999, CD, Album, Praga Digitals,

Romantic

Vivaldi A.*

Concerto Senza Fine

1999, CD, Comp, Koka Classic,

Baroque

Bedřich Smetana - Pražák Quartet*, Václav Remeš, Sachiko Kayahara

String Quartet No. 1 "From My Life" / String Quartet No. 2 In D Minor / From The Homeland

1999, CD, Album, Praga Digitals

Ravel* & Debussy*, Jana Boušková With Ludmila Peterková • Václav Kunt • Prazak Quartet

Solos For Harp

1999, CD, Supraphon,

Modern/Impressionist

Antonín Dvořák, Prazak Quartet

String Quartet No.12 Op. 96 B 179 "The American» - Terzetto Op. 74 B 148 - Bagatelles Op. 47 B 79

1998, CD, Praga Digitals,

Classical/Romantic

Pražák Quartet*, Christine Whittlesey, Arnold Schönberg*

String Quartets No. 1 Op. 7 / No.2 Op. 10

1997, CD, Album, Praga Digitals

Leoš Janáček - Pražák Quartet*

String Quartets 1 & 2 / Violin Sonata

1997, CD, Album, Praga Digitals,

Modern

Jiří Kalach, Jaromír Dadák, Jindřich Feld

Česká Soudobá Hudba - Koncertantní Skladby

1997, CD, Comp, Český Rozhlas,

Modern/Contemporary

Bohuslav Martinů / Czech Nonet, Pražák Quartet*

Chamber Music

1996, CD, Album, Praga,

Modern/Neo-Classical

Prazak Quartet, Jan Talich (2) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Anton Bruckner

String Quintet KV 516 / String Quintet In F

1996, CD, Album, Praga Digitals

Pavel Bořkovec, Miloslav Kabeláč, Jan F. Fischer, Jan Hanuš, Karel Husa, Jindřich Feld

Přitomnost - Česká Hudba 20, Stoleti = Contemporary Czech Music

1996, CD, Gramofonové Závody,

Modern/Neo-Romantic

Dvořák* - Czech Philharmonic Orchestra*, Václav Neumann

Symphony No. 9 "From The New World" In Nature's Realm

1996, CD,

Romantic

Franz Schubert, Prazak Quartet

"Rosamunde" - "Der Tod Und Das Madchen" String Quartets

1995

Prazak Quartet, Mozart*

Pruisische Kwartetten KV 575, 589, 590

1994, CD, Stichting Kamermuziek Amsterdam

Jindřich Feld

Musical Profile (1963-1969) : Symphony No. 1 - Three Frescoes - String Quartet No. 4 - Dramatic Fantasy "The Days Of August"

1993, CD, Comp, Praga,

Modern/Contemporary

Leos Janacek*, Prazak Quartet

Strijkkwartet Nr 2 'Intime Briefe', Nr 1

1993, CD, Album, Stichting Kamermuziek Amsterdam

Arnold Schönberg*, Alban Berg, Pražák String Quartet*

String Quartet No. 1 / Lyric Suite

1993, CD, Album, RE, Praga, Praga Productions, Le Chant Du Monde

Prasak Quartet

Mozart String Quartets KV 387 and KV 421

1991, CD, NUOVA ERA

Virtuosi Di Praga

Mozart - Concert - Prague

1991, CD,

Classical

Britten* - Jiří Krejčí (2), Pražák Quartet members*, Josef Hála

Phantasy Quartet • Six Metamorphoses After Ovid • Temporal Variations • Two Insect Pieces

1990, LP, Supraphon

Martinů Quartet - Debussy* / Martinů*

String Quartet / String Quartet No. 5

1987, LP, Panton

Viktor Kalabis / Vladimír Svatoš / Štěpán Lucký

Týden Nové Tvorby / '86 (V. Smyčcový Kvartet Op. 63 / II. Smyčcový Kvartet / Smyčcový Kvartet)

1986, LP, Comp, Panton,

Contemporary

Jeřábek* / Kvěch* / Tichý*

Sonáta Pro Violoncello A Klavír /Revoluční/ / IV. Smyčcový Kvartet / Symfonie Č. 2

1984, LP, Album, Panton,

Various

VII International Tchaikovsky Competition (Cello. 1) = VII Международный Конкурс Им. П.И. Чайковского (Виолончель. 1)

1982, LP, Мелодия

Mikhail Glinka*, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky*, Pražák Quartet*, Lukáš Klánský, Pavel Nejtek

Gran Sestetto Originale / Divertimento Brillante / String Quartet Op. 11

SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Praga Digitals,

Arthur Honegger

The Arthur Honegger Centenary Vol. 2

CD, Comp, Praga, Le Chant Du Monde,

Rubinstein*, Borodin*, Rachmaninoff*, Miaskovsky*, Stravinsky*, Prokofiev*, Shostakovich*

Russian Works For Cello And Piano

4xCD + Box, Praga Digitals, Praga Digitals, Praga Digitals, Praga Digitals, Praga Digitals

Antonín Dvořák, Panocha Quartet, Suk Trio, Josef Suk, Guarneri Trio Prague

Complete Chamber Works

15xCD, Comp + Box, Supraphon,

Schubert* / Brahms* / Dvorak* / Mendelssohn* / Beethoven* / Liszt* / Schumann* / Chopin* / ..*

Romantic (Chamber Music / Solo Piano)

2xCD, Comp, Koka Classic, Koka Classic,

Romantic

Jindřich Feld - Prague City Quartet*, Smetana Quartet, Pražák Quartet*

Chamber Music

SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, RE, Praga Digitals

Mozart*, Stich-Punto*

Brilliant Compositions For French Horn And Strings

CD, RKM (6),