Bernard Chasan:

>I happened to hear (on WHRB) the new Naxos recording of this work,
>previously unknown to me, and I was bowled over, as they say.  It is a
>work of great beauty and expressiveness - to my ears, endowed with
>a harmonic adventurousness which gave it a kind of urgency.  On first
>listening I don't know anything else quite like it.  Does anybody out
>there know the work?

Oh, yes a great piece!  I always think it has some kind of impressionist
touch, very beautyful and rich colours...maybe my favourite Suk!  I have a
recording on Virgin Classics by Libor Pesek, but I would guess its already
deleted.  There is/was a great series of 4 CDs on Virgin with orchestral
music by Suk (Asrael-Sym., Ripening and Praga, Summer-Tale and Epitaph),
if you find any of these somewhere...grap them!

There is also a recent recording of Summer-Tale on Decca with Mackerras and
several on the Tchech Supraphon-label.  How is the Winter-Tale?

Achim Breiling