The Eternal Gospel (Janáček)
from Janáček: Orchestral Music (CDA67517)
1 And so it will pass, as written in the scriptures! [3'17]
2 See the angel flying, silently soaring [5'25]
3 O hearken, you whose heart is faint and wilted! [7'03]
4 All this the angel told me at my vigil [2'56]
18 minutes 41 seconds 4 tracks
‘The gifted young Israeli conductor Ilan Volkov masterminds a laudably disciplined and full-throated account of this bracing rarity … Hyperion's glowing natural sound-frame (courtesy of the Keene ...
‘Elizabeth Layton contributes silvery violin solos, and under its young Chief Conductor Ilan Volkov, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is idiomatic and incisive … warmly recommended’ (BBC Music ...
‘The Eternal Gospel dates from 1913, and so is mature Janáček, sharing much with the sound world of his operas. As this sympathetic performance shows, it's a piece that has been cruelly neglected’ (Th ...