Prague Philharmonic Choir reviews
Dvořák: Requiem, Biblical Songs, Te Deum
Prague Philharmonic Choir; Czech Philharmonic/Jakub Hrusa, et al (Decca)
Bruch: Die Loreley
Michaela Kaune, Magdalena Hinterdobler, Danae Kontora, Thomas Morhr et al; Prague Philharmonic Choir; Munich Radio Orchestra/Stefan Blunier (CPO)
Janáček: Glagolitic Mass; Sinfonietta, Taras Bulba & The Fiddler’s Child
Hibla Gerzmava, Veronika Hajnová, Stuart Neill, Jan Martiník, Aleš Bárta; Prague Philharmonic Choir; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Jiří Bělohlávek (Decca)
Verdi: Rigoletto
Prague Philharmonic Choir; Vienna Symphony Orchestra/Enrique Mazzola, et al (C Major / DVD)
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.