Excellent and diverse album on Supraphon from 1978, a wild hybrid of modal and postbop arrangements populated with Penderecki and Ligeti-like choral writing in a dizzying array of styles.
condition (record/cover): EX/VG (record plays great / sleeve has bent corners and general wear + one seam of the blank innersleeve is completely split)
Jiří Stivín: flute, recorder, whistle, alto and baritone saxophone, syrinx, voice, bottles, electric bass, marimba, drums, percussion
Gabriel Jonáš: piano, electric piano, harpsichord
Talich Quartet: strings
Kühn Mixed Choir: chorus
Recorded in October 1976 and mixed in January 1977 at the Supraphon Mozarteum studio, Prague.
Details
Tracklist
| The Elements | |||
| A1 | 1. Fire | 5:00 | |
| A2 | 2. The Water | 4:15 | |
| A3 | 3. The Air | 7:10 | |
| A4 | 4. The Earth | 4:55 | |
| Moods | |||
| B1 | 1. The Phlegmatics | 4:35 | |
| B2 | 2. The Sanguinics | 1:40 | |
| B3 | 3. The Melancholics | 3:55 | |
| B4 | 4. The Cholerics | 2:40 | |
| B5 | Zodiac | 8:35 | |
Credits
- Ján Krížik
- Artwork [Cover Art]
- Kühn Mixed Choir
- Chorus
- Pavel Kühn
- Chorus Master
- František Řebíček
- Engineer
- Gustav Houdek
- Engineer
- Jiří Stivín
- Flute, Alto Flute, Recorder, Whistle, Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Panpipes [Syrinx], Voice, Percussion [Bottles], Electric Bass, Marimba, Drums, Percussion, Written-By
- Gabriel Jonáš
- Piano, Electric Piano, Harpsichord
- Jan Spálený
- Recording Supervisor [Recording Director]
- Tony Matzner
- Recording Supervisor [Recording Director], Producer [Uncredited]
- Talich Quartet
- Strings (B1.1 to B2)
