Jakov Gotovac (1895-1982)
Symphonic Kolo, op. 12
Oraci, The Ploughers, op. 18
Guslar the Fiddler, op. 22
Song and Kolo, extrait de "Ero"
Song and Dance from the Balkan

Marko Tajcevic (1900-1984)
7 Balkan Dances

NDR Radiophilharmonie
Moshe Atzmon, direction

Jakov Gotovac created the Croatian national work of art with his opera Ero the Joker, a work brimming with Balkan zest for life but also characterized by melancholy, while always drawing on this region’s marvelous folk music tradition. Drawing on their own Balkan experience, Moshe Atzmon and the NDR Radio Philharmonic of Hanover team up for interpretations of Gotovac’s most important orchestral works: the symphonic poems Oraci – Men and Ploughs and Guslar – The Gusle Player, the captivating Symphonic Kolo, and the orchestral intermezzi from Ero. The Seven Balkan Dances by Gotovac’s Serbian contemporary Marko Tajcevic supply the encore.