Orf Vrso/Segerstam - Frank Martin: Requiem, Leo� Jan�?ek: Ot?en� (Our Father)

Two gems from the ORF Archive (Austria Broadcasting Corporation): It took Frank Martin a long time to respond to a deep-seated inner calling to write his Requiem: �What I have tried to express here is the clear will to accept death; to make peace with it.� Martin composed his Requiem in 1971/72, utilising a full palette of orchestral sound and exploring every opportunity for vocal interplay. Leo� Jan�?ek�s setting of Ot?en� (The Lord�s Prayer) is not a conventionally religious work. The Czech composer was more interested in its social aspects than any theological musings. Conductor Leif Segerstam, chief conductor of the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1975 to 1983, loved to surprise his public with non-mainstream repertoire. These two live recordings he made have now been restored, re-mastered and released for the first time.