Orchestral works: Praga, Symphonic Poem / A Summer's Tale

GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2013: Orchestral

"Belohlavek's pacing enhances Suk's abundant inspiration, often with intoxicating results. Throughout, the BBC Symphony Orchestra responds magnificently as an ensemble, bringing an almost operatic excitement to Prague...Both performances stand very high measured against the exacting tradition of some great Czech performances and are well served by this excellent recording."
BBC Music Magazine, Disc of the Month October 2012 *****
BBC Music Magazine Awards 2013 Orchestral Finalist

"The language is highly wrought - late-romantic, with just occasional hints that Suk may have been aware of the musical world that Debussy had revealed - and Suk's models were presumably were Dvor˘ák's late symphonic poems. But Suk's efforts lack the conciseness and the dramatic instincts of his mentor's." The Guardian, 29th August 2012 ***

"the Czech woodwinds are inimitably individual...Belohlavek holds the tension in both pieces from the first bar to the last. Wonderful." (Gramophone)