{"product_id":"novak-orchestral-music-vol-1","title":"Novak: Orchestral Music, Vol. 1","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe music of the Moravian composer Jan Novák (1921–84) – a natural successor to Bohuslav Martinu, with whom he briefly studied – is nothing less than life-enhancing: it has Martinu’s rhythmic charge and his unflagging energy. And although Novák had such difficulties with the authorities in Communist Czechoslovakia that he chose to emigrate, there is an infectious optimism, a joie de vivre, in these three works that is instantly communicative. A second volume of works for chamber orchestra (TOCC0565) is also currently in preparation.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Toccata","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":49606729498904,"sku":"5060113445513","price":10.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4346\/3192\/files\/4092742-2832815.jpg?v=1777637935","url":"https:\/\/hbdirect.com\/products\/novak-orchestral-music-vol-1","provider":"HBDirect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}