Two treasuries out of the ORF Archive (Austria Broadcasting Corporation).
It took Frank Martin a long time to heed his deep-seated inner calling to write a Requiem: "What I have tried to express here is the clear will to accept death; to make peace with it". The Requiem was composed in 1971/72, Martin utilizes the whole bandwidth of orchestral sound and explores all opportunities for interplay among the vocalists, as well.
Leoš Janáček’s setting of the Otčenáš, the "Lord’s Prayer", is not a conventionally religious work. The Czech composer was more interested in its social aspects than any theological musings.
Conductor Leif Segerstam, Chief conductor of ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1975-1983 loved to surprise his public with non-mainstream repertoire. Two of these live recordings are now restored, re-mastered and first time published. © Capriccio