Kabeláč - E fontibus Bohemicis

E fontibus Bohemicis, op.55 of Miloslav Kabeláč from 1965-72 is the sixmovement electro-acoustic composition "E fontibus Bohemicis", with the subtitle Six tableaux from Czech annals, finished in 1972, is the processing of the sound of the biggest bell of Prague "Sigismond", in the course of the work joined in by the oldest Czech chorale, by the organ version of the Hussite song , the fragment of the oldest Czech chronicle (by Cosmas), and by John Hus's words, the apex of the whole composition.

KFB

Hirsch - Symphonies Nos.2 & 3

Vladimír Hirsch's Symphony for integrated ensemble and electronics, op. 47, "Defensa" (1997) and "Sinfonia integra per orchestra, organo e percussione", op.52 (1998). Performed by Czech Integrated Ensemble with soloists Martina Sanollová (vocals) and Vladimír Hirsch (organ, other keyboard instruments, electronics). Formally classical compositions, using digitally processed instrumentation and synthetic sounds. Symphony No.3 was performed live in 1999 at the Prague Industrial Festival under the patronage of the Open Society Fund. This album is a revised version of both works from 2003.

H23

Liška - Music From Short Films by Jan ŠŠvankmajer

Zdeněk Liška (1922–1983) was a Czech composer who produced a large of number film scores across a prolific career. He was very relevatory in development of experimental electronic music, composed for severel movies from the beginning of his work, that started in the 1950s, thrilled in using unique sound sources. He worked notably with animator Jan Švankmajer, scoring several of his films. This alvum is a survey of that cooperation.

LSF

Hirsch - Markéta, the daughter of Lazar

“Markéta, dcera Lazarova” (Markéta, the daughter of Lazar), op.85, 2009-2010, by Czech composer Vladimír Hirsch. Originally soundtrack to the stage play of the same name, a romantic drama, based on Vladislav Vančura's novel. The music in conjoint short pieces, contemporary classical in its base, with an industrial and ambient tint, flows from choral motifs and sorrowful violins surrounded by calm ambience to dramatic eruptions of passion and violent hunts of percussion, clanging metal, nervous pianos and disturbing string inputs.

HMD