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The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca
Composer: Bohuslav MartinΕ―
Performers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky
Recording date: 24 October 1998
Date of broadcast: 13 December 1999
MartinΕ― was a nomad, first fleeing poverty, then Nazism. While in Tuscany, he encountered frescoes of great age and beauty and 'met' Solomon, the Queen of Sheba, and Constantine the Great. Inspired, he celebrated them in music.
Composer: Bohuslav MartinΕ―
Performers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky
Recording date: 24 October 1998
Date of broadcast: 13 December 1999
