Festival of Fucik

Thirty years after having recorded Dvorák's complete Symphonies on Chandos, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and it's laureate conductor Neeme Järvi tackle another romantic Czech composer: Julius Fucík, famous for his more than 400 polkas, marches, and waltzes, some of the best of which are featured here. Full of energetic, effervescent Bohemian cross-rhythms, tuneful brass melodies (often now associated with a circus atmosphere), but also more lyrical expressions, this album is a festival in itself.