VAČKÁŘ D.C. (1906-1984) SMOKING SYMFONIE AND OTHER WORKS / various Czech soloists and Orch

Dalibor C. Vačkář (1906-1984)

CD1

1. Concerto for String Quartet 26:44

I. Larghetto energico

II. Andante

III. Intermezzo

IV. Variationen and Fuga

Suk Quartet (Antonín Novák, Vojtěch Jouza, Karel Řehák, Jan Štros) (Czech Radio, 1978)

2. Appelatio for Orchestra and Choir 20:38

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Zděněk Košler, Prague Philharmonic Choir (Rudolfinum, 1977)

3. Monograms 12:14

Two Poems for Piano Solo

František Rauch piano (1984)

4. Extempore 84 16:43

Three Essays for Orchestra

Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, Vít Micka (Julius Fučík Hall, Olomouc, 1986)

CD2

1. Songs for Sewing Time 9:53

Prague Madrigalists, Miroslav Venhoda (live 1981?)

2. Smoking Symphony No. 3 e min 28:52

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Karel Ančerl (Rudolfinum, 1962)

3. A Prayer for a Dead Soldier 3:29

Jaroslav Tvrzský organ, Miroslav Kejmar trumpet (Rudolfinum, 1988)

4. Concerto for Harpsichord, Wind Instruments and Percussions "The Legend of Man" 22:24

Gunther Radhuber harpsichord, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alois Klíma (Czech Radio, 1967)

5. Rozvíjej se, poupátko / Unfold Oh Flower (from Movie Pyšná princezna) 3:56

Bea Littmanová, Dance Orchestra of Czechoslovak Radio in Bratislava, Vieroslav Matušík (1958)

6. Přípitek na přátelství / A Toast to Friendship 3:38

Traditional Jazz Studio, Pavel Smetáček (Czech Radio Studio Ústí nad Labem, 1978)