Jan Saudek V Pekle Svých Vásní, Ráj v Nedohlednu

Josef Mysliveček byl ve své době oceňován především jako operní skladatel (Bellerofonte, Olympiade, Nitteti, Ipermestra…). Jeho úspěchy a popularita byly celá sedmdesátá léta 18. století značné. Přátelství s Wolfgangem Amadeem Mozartem je pak dalším významným kamínkem v mozaice, která tvoří Myslivečkovu osobnost a kompoziční směřování.

Though in step with its time, this release suffers from excessive reliance on ambient synthesizers, which litter much of the recording, rendering it only slightly more interesting than many of the Windham Hill new age recordings of the same era. Unfortunate, because the disc opens with strength and gradually peters out by the end. The disc opens with "He Came From the North," which features a melody based on a traditional Lapp joik from the artist's native Norway and progresses into a longer section with an interplay that is both sparse and rhythmic. The sax line here is astonishingly beautiful. The second piece, "Alchuri, the Song Man," a sax and percussion piece, is energetic and lively as well. And from here the energy gradually diminishes. Much can be attributed to popular styles of the time, but this release simply does not stand up to other music of its genre that came later.

Johannes Brahms is an icon. Say Johannes, and you know you are talking about Brahms. The successor to Beethoven, the sober man who valued seriousness, the champion of classical traditions, a close friend of the Schumanns. But how well do we really know Brahms? How close does he let us get to him in his music? In his Requiem we go in search of the human Brahms and in the music of his mentor and good friend Robert Schumann.