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
The PSO comes under the administration of the City of Prague



