An original ‘miniature’ portrait of the enfant terrible of ‘cosmopolitan’ Russian music in the years of ‘freedom’ (1910-35), seemingly as unsentimental as capable of the most lyrical outbursts, an often-naive caricaturist respecting classical rules with the greatest formal strictness whilst making ‘the silly geese squawk’ with his irrepressible need to provoke every conformist fashion.
Soloists of the CZECH NONET
Aleš HUSTOLES, clarinet/Klarinette/clarinette, Jiří KREJČĺ, oboe/Oboe/hautbois, Pavel LANGPAUL, bassoon/Fagott/basson, Vladimíra KLÁNSKÁ, French horn/Horn/cor, Martin KOS, violin/Violine/violon, Jan NYKRÝN, viola/Bratsche/alto, Simona HEČOVÁ, cello/Violoncello/violoncelle, Radovan HEČ, double-bass/Kontrabass/contrebasse.
Soloists of the PRAGUE WIND QUINTET
Jurij LIKIN, English horn/Englischhorn/cor anglais, Vlastimil MAREŠ, clarinet/Klarinette/ clarinette, Jan VOBOŘIL, French horn/Horn/cor, Miloš WICHTERLE, bassoon/Fagott/ basson
PRD/DSD 250 216

