improvisation through the centuries - from gothic tablatures to modern jazz

Jiri Stivin - flutes, recorders, saxophones, clarinets, chalumeaux; Alan Vitous - percussion; Petra Noskaiova - soprano; Jan Mikusek - alto; Richard Sporka - tenor; Michael Pospisil - bass; Marek Spelina - recorder; Julie Sukupova - recorder; Hana Flekova - viola da gamba; Robert Hugo - harpsichord, regal

"Jiz Slunce z Hvezdy vyslo" [The Sun has Come Forth from the Star]
Ritornello directed by Michael Pospisil
featuring Vox Bohemica children choir (directed by Tomas Charvat), Vox Nymburgensis (directed by Jan Mikusek), Collegium 419
World premiere recording

MUSIC of the BOHEMIAN GOTHIC
Hana Blochova - vocal, gothic harp, organ portative; Petr Vyoral - fiddles, kvinterna, medieval lute; Pavel Polasek - medieval shawm, cornamuse, gemshorns, recorders, bladder pipe, dulcimer, vocal; Lubomir Holzer - percussion;
& guests: Michael Pospisil - vocal, Jiri Hodina - vocal, Jirina Musilova - hurdy-gurdy, Vitezslav Janda - tambourine

Sephardic romances and ashkenazi prayers
KVINTERNA (directed by Hana Blochova)
Hana Blochova - vocal, portativ organ, recorder; Michael Pospisil - vocal, recorder; Petr Vyoral - treble & alto fiddle, kvinterna, medieval lute, vocal; Pavel Polasek - pumort, chalumeaux, recorder, santur, vocal; Milan Bilek - percussion; Vladislav Sosna - percussion

Italian Love Songs of the 17th century, from the Lobkowicz Collection in Bohemia

Ivana Bilej Brouková: soprano, Markéta Cukrová: mezzo-soprano, Jan Krejča: theorbo, Baroque guitar, Renaissance lute, Miloslav Študent: archlute, Baroque guitar, Renaissance lute, Petr Wagner: viola da gamba, Tomáš Reindl: percussion