Emil Viklicky Trio Sinfonietta

Emil Viklicky Trio - Sinfonietta: The Janacek Of Jazz (2009) [Japan 2018] SACD ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDAtall at April 30, 2021

Leos Janácek (1854-1928) is considered to rank with Antonin Dvorak and Bedrich Smetana as one of the most important Czech composers. Janácek was inspired by Moravian and Slavic folk music, which he incorporated in a modern, highly original synthesis. His work attained its mature form first in the 1904 opera Jenufa (often called the 'Moravian national opera'), and later with the symphonic poem Sinfonietta, and other chamber works and operas. A century later, Chech pianist Emil Viklicky, like Janácek, has taken the music of his native Moravia and melded it into a larger mainstream, in this case American-style jazz. In fact, Emil has written jazz arrangements of several Janácek compositions, three of which are heard in this collection: the two previously mentioned and a third, 'In the Mists.' The other tracks are a combination of traditional Moravian folksong (re-worked into a jazz context) and Emil's own compositions.

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Emil Viklicky Trio - Sinfonietta - The Janacek of Jazz (2009) Music

Posted by gribovar at July 13, 2021

Emil Viklicky Trio - Sinfonietta - The Janacek of Jazz (2009)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 494 MB | Covers - 6 MB
Genre: Contemporary Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Venus Records (VHCD-78172)

Emil Vicklický is the acknowledged "Patriarch of Czech Jazz Piano." Known for combining the melodism and tonalities of Moravian folk music with modern jazz harmonies and classical orchestration in a distinctly individual style, Vicklický grew up in the former Czechoslovakia, where his father was a university art professor. He graduated in 1971 from Palacky University with a degree in mathematics. He composes straight-ahead jazz as well as chamber and orchestral works, often utilizing a combination of classical and jazz performers.
Leos Janácek (1854-1928) is considered to rank with Antonin Dvorak and Bedrich Smetana as one of the most important Czech composers. Janácek was inspired by Moravian and Slavic folk music, which he incorporated in a modern, highly original synthesis…

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Scott Robinson & Emil Viklicky Trio - Summertime (2005) Music

Posted by gribovar at Jan. 16, 2022

Multiple reed and brass player Scott Robinson journeyed to Prague in 2003 to reunite with his old Berklee classmate, Czech pianist Emil Viklicky, for this extraordinary record date. Though Robinson is well known for his work on baritone sax on dates by others, tenor sax is his favorite instrument and it is heard extensively on this date. With Viklicky's regular bassist (Frantisek Uhlir) and drummer Laco Tropp, they kick off with a striking rendition of "Summertime" that finds Robinson alternating between tenor sax and muted trumpet, with Viklicky darkening the mood by his compelling choice of chords…

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Emil Viklicky Trio - Kafka On The Shore (2011) [Japan 2016] SACD ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDAtall at July 2, 2024

Emil Viklicky's second release from Venus is an unique concept album. It's a tribute to the internationally renowned Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami, whose recent work featured Janacek's Sinfonietta as an important device. Viklicky met Murakami in 2010 and was surprised how well the writer was versed with the music of Janacek. A while later, he decided to dedicate his second album for Venus to Murakami, who is also known as a jazz afficionado. The program consists of Viklicky's originals inspired by the literary works of Murakami, a Beatles tune ("Eleanor Rigby") and several well known jazz tunes.

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Emil Viklicky Trio - Kafka On The Shore (2011) [Japan 2016] SACD ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDAtall at July 2, 2024

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Emil Viklicky Trio - Kafka On The Shore (2011) [Japan 2016] SACD ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDAtall at July 2, 2024

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Emil Viklický, Miroslav Bukovský & John Russell Mackey - Wangaratta (2021) [Official Digital Download 24/48] Vinyl & HR

Posted by delpotro at Aug. 29, 2021

Emil Viklický, Miroslav Bukovský & John Russell Mackey - Wangaratta (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 55:26 minutes | 545 MB
Jazz, Post-Bop | Label: ABC Jazz, Official Digital Download

Miroslav Bukovsky and Emile Viklicky Czech into the Wangaratta Jazz Festival with John Mackey; Dave Liebman revisits Miles Davis and the influence of the African diaspora via Haiti and New Orleans inspires saxophonist Godwin Lewis.

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George Mraz & Emil Viklicky - Together Again (2014) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by Pisulik at Dec. 25, 2018

George Mraz & Emil Viklicky - Together Again (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 51:43 minutes | 953 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

A little while ago, the British 'Guardian' wrote that ACT was on a mission to sign the best European pianists to its label. Creative virtuosos like Yaron Herman, Leszek Mozdzer and Gwilym Simcock bear witness to the fact that these pianists do not have to come from Scandinavia. And that they don't have to be young is now proven by the Emil Viklicky ACT debut 'Together Again'. The 65 year-old Czech national has perhaps stayed too down-to-earth for us to have discovered him earlier for what he is: the 'patriarch of Czech jazz piano', as the London Evening Standard put it. And 'one of the best contemporary pianists, whose touch, voicing and chords have a lot in common with the grand masters of taste the likes of Tommy Flanagan and Jimmy Rowles,' as the American periodical Jazz Time wrote of him in 2004.

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