Janáček: Piano Works

The tormented personality of Janáček, so often struck by misfortune, found in the piano the best way to express and appease his anguish. The three great mature works he left (On an Overgrown Path, In the Mists and the 1905 Sonata) are shattering jewels, perhaps the pinnacle of Czech music for piano. This album also includes the Concertino, conducted by Janáček’s greatest specialist Charles Mackerras.