Karel Ančerl (conductor)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Supraphon SU 36842
Not a name immediately associated with Janáček, Otto Klemperer was largely responsible for promoting the composer outside Czechoslovakia and he conducted the New York and Berlin premieres of the Sinfonietta inwhich alerted music-lovers and record companies to Janáček’s genius, and today the catalogue boasts a healthy number of Sinfonietta recordings.
