Martinu/ Czech Philharmonic/ Marecek - What Men Live By 1Jir Belohlvek (1946 2017) was an important worldwide ambassador of Bohuslav Martinu's music. For the Supraphon label alone he recorded nearly forty of Martinu's symphonic compositions, concertos, and stage works, and many of these were world premiere recordings. Despite large scale plans, this recording also represents both the highpoint and the conclusion of Belohlvek's noteworthy discography of Martinu's works. The premiere recording of the opera

An album that hearkens back to the golden era of Jazz on Manhattan's 52nd street where smoke filled rooms played host to after-hours jam sessions where musicians got together with their peers to play the music that touched their souls

mankind will be spared

It is diverse world music influenced heavily by Brazilian percussion and American jazz

The splendid Polonaise

if his dissed disembodied spirit doesn't pursue the persuasions of a porn-obsessed paranormal pussycat and purloin a missing mystical manual

Until one day

All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) 7

Ballet Du Capitole Toulouse Trio

the chansons do not seem particularly deep

He is joined on this release by the Basler Sinfonieorchester and Ivor Bolton

Come Oblivion6

Barnyard is world-weary