Leos Janácek: Lasské Tance -- Suita opus 3 is a collection of early works by the eminent Czech composer on the German label Orfeo conducted by Gerd Albrecht. Albrecht leads the WDR Sinfonie Orchester Köln in the Lachian Dances and in Janácek's Suita pro orchestr Op. 3, whereas he pilots a small group of singers, the NDR-Chor and the WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, through the choral works Hospodine! and Otcenás (Our Father). Most of this music dates from the 1890s when Janácek was hoping to get a foothold into the concert world ...
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Leos Janácek: Lasské Tance -- Suita opus 3 is a collection of early works by the eminent Czech composer on the German label Orfeo conducted by Gerd Albrecht. Albrecht leads the WDR Sinfonie Orchester Köln in the Lachian Dances and in Janácek's Suita pro orchestr Op. 3, whereas he pilots a small group of singers, the NDR-Chor and the WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, through the choral works Hospodine! and Otcenás (Our Father). Most of this music dates from the 1890s when Janácek was hoping to get a foothold into the concert world outside the provincial one in which he worked -- two decades more would pass before he finally made his breakthrough in London with Jenufa. Although the number of recordings of Janácek's music from his early years is steadily increasing, much of this literature is still obscure even to devotees of the composer. Most dyed-in-the-wool Janácekians seek out recordings like this one in order to find representation for seldom-recorded pieces, and this one has Hospodine!, which has only been...
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