Bohuslav Martinů: Epic of Gilgamesh                                         57:50
Cantata set to an old Babylonian test, for solo voice, mixed choir and orchestra                                                     
First text: R. Cambell Thompson
New text: Ferdinand Pujman Ferdinand
Recorded: Smetana hall, Municipal House Prague 1976

Marcela Machotková - Soprano (Wife)
Jiří Zahradníček - Tenor (Fisher, Enkidu)
Václav Zítek - Baritone (Gilgamesh)
Karel Průša - Bass (Narrator, fishers´ father)
Otakar Brousek - Narrator
Prague Philharmonic choir, choirmaster: Veselka Josef
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek

 
     1. Gilgamesh                  19:02
     2. Death of Enkidu          19:20
     3. Invocation                   19:13

Release date: 25.5.2007