This recording is sponsored by The International Martinů Circle, The Martinů Foundation Prague, and the Mouvement Janáček.
Niponari, one of Martinů's early compositions, reveals a transition from late-Romanticism to impressionism, set to Japanese lyric poetry.
This recording was made at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano, Switzerland, on June 17, 2014.
Two of the song cycles on this album, Songs On One Page and Songs On Two Pages, were written by Martinů during his American exile.
Tracks 15-32 on this album are world premiere recordings.
