(Viktoria Postnikova, piano; Orchestre de Paris members, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, conductor; Erato). Janacek: Piano music: Sonata, ”In the Mist,” ”A Recollection ...

You don't turn on Janacek for lively dances or lilting melodies ... The staccato rhythms of the Moravian dialect had as much a part to play in his creativity as the songs that were sung.

The Lachian and Moravian Dances celebrate vanished traditions, while his orchestral rhapsody on Taras Bulba depicts the violent life of the Cossack leader, Following hot on the heels of his Wit ...

We take you into the heart of Belgrade to hear the Belgrade Radio-Television Symphony play a pair of light-hearted dances by Leos Janacek. They're called "Kozacel," and "Serbian Kolo." Christian ...

The long drought is over. With next week's production of "Jenufa," and additional projects set for the next two seasons, the works of Leos Janacek, perhaps the most singularly moving legacy of ...

The spirit of Czech nationalism underpins Josef Suk's Meditation, and the Skampa Quartet's founder violinist, Pavel Fischer, channels Moravian folk music in his first string quartet. Janacek's ...

Yenufa is an outstanding phenomenon in the music of the 20th century Drawing on Moravian folklore Janáček faithfully and deeply conveyed the drama of a peasant girl The composer followed the ...

The occasion was the opening of Janacek's "Jenufa," in a vivid ... that many associate with the operatic stage. Set in a small Moravian town toward the end of the 19th century, it is rich with ...