Death of a label owner
mainWe hear sad news of the passing of Pierre Barbier, founder of the Praga and Praga Digitalis labels and a huge enthusiast for Czech music.
He was also a prolific critic for Diapason.
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Sad news. Praga Digitals was an excellent label. I particularly value my copy of Mravinsky conducting Sibelius.
Yes, it was a good label. Good editions of Kondrashin conducting Shostakovich and of Mravinsky conducting Prokofiev, too.