Derek Welton reviews
Beethoven - Symphonies Nos 1-9 (Malmö)
Malmö Symphhony Orchestra and Chorus/Robert Trevino, et al (Ondine)
Honeck directs The Epic of Gilgamesh
From 1940 until his death in 1959, having lost both his Czech homeland and his beloved composer-muse Vitezslava Kaprálová who died aged only 25, Bohuslav Martinů was preoccupied with thoughts of death and possible transfiguration.