The Leos Janácek fan-in-training cannot help but note the high number of apparently sacred choral and organ pieces found in the earlier part of his worklist. This proves surprising to some, as Janácek is well known for his openly pantheistic stance, expressed in such works as the Glagolithic Mass, at a time when most of his fellow Europeans opposed such a view. A good number of Janácek's admirers have found his music for this very reason. Nonetheless, early in his career Janácek supported himself as a choir director, ...
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The Leos Janácek fan-in-training cannot help but note the high number of apparently sacred choral and organ pieces found in the earlier part of his worklist. This proves surprising to some, as Janácek is well known for his openly pantheistic stance, expressed in such works as the Glagolithic Mass, at a time when most of his fellow Europeans opposed such a view. A good number of Janácek's admirers have found his music for this very reason. Nonetheless, early in his career Janácek supported himself as a choir director, organist, and conductor of sacred music and even founded an organization called the "Society for the Promotion of Church Music in Moravia." The Griffin CD Leos Janácek: The Lord's Prayer provides a nice cross section of Janácek's early sacred music, up through the period where his mature style begins to evolve, and presents the first recording of an oddball arrangement of Franz Liszt's Missa pro organo to which Janácek added text but no music.The disc features Stephen Darlington and the...
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