Janáček's Sinfonietta was inspired by hearing a military band and was initially commissioned for fanfares for the Sokol Gymnastic Festival, reflecting his belief in the Czechoslovak nation.
Performer Biography
Antoni Wit, one of the conductors on this album, has made over 200 recordings and received six GRAMMY® nominations for his work, including for Penderecki's St Luke Passion and A Polish Requiem.
Compositional Technique
The Sinfonietta is scored for one of Janáček's largest orchestras, featuring an additional nine trumpets, two bass trumpets, and two tenor tubas in its opening and final movements.
Composition History
The Glagolitic Mass eschews the traditional Latin text, instead using Old Church Slavonic, a language devised in 9th-century Moravia by missionaries Cyril and Methodius, whose distinctive script gives the piece its title.
Performer Biography
The Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, founded in 1952, has a repertoire of over 150 oratorios and choral works, and has performed at prestigious venues like La Scala, Milan, and for Pope John Paul II at the Vatican.
Performer Biography
The Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Poland, was founded in 1901 and has toured extensively, receiving six GRAMMY® nominations for its recordings.
Composer Biography
Leoš Janáček's mature musical language, as heard in the Glagolitic Mass and Sinfonietta, developed in his final decade after the success of his opera Jenůfa and the establishment of an independent Czechoslovakia.
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