One of the highlights of the BBC Proms which concluded on Saturday was a performance of Janacek's Sinfonietta, opening with stirring brass fanfares and then alternating with fierce and beautiful passages. The most exciting recording of the Sinfonietta, of the many I've heard, is the Ancerl Gold edition with the superb Czech Philharmonic. This also includes two rather exotic rarely heard pieces by Martinu, which makes this disc fascinating listening in its entirety. Available from several
Amazon sellers at absurdly low prices for music of this quality, from about $5 up.
