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An overgrown path to the opera suites

CAHANA JOEL | Haifa , Israel | 02/27/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Janacek opera suites present an unexplored new era because actually Janacek never have considered to write orchestral suites even to one of his seven operaeJanacek used to regard his operae as entities with a whole content of their own who did'nt need any refinement for orchestral listeners .Idiosincrastic and Whimsical are only few titles which tried to depict Janacek music. Dvorak did'nt even try to disclose his sheer detest of what he heard in it.We need however to admit that Janacek had managed to plant in our minds the seeds of affection and wonder eventhough from the first glimpse his music is not easy to digest.The opera suites emerged to the concert halls thanks to the courtesy of the famous Czech conductors Tallich, Jilek and Smolka who skillfuly arranged all these almost forgotten treasures which probably would have been lost in provincial Czech Opera casts without their fertile work. .This CD from the label of "Supraphon" Czech recording company, makes the best of these opera suites under the skillfull button of Jiri Belohlavek . It's only fault is that the sound as in most cases of "Supraphon" records is not in the highest level."