The album contains twelve Czech Christmas carols, arranged for piano by Václav Kozel, including such songs as Veselé vánoční hody (Merry Christmas Feast); Co to znamená (What Does It All Mean); Nesem vám noviny (We Bring You Good Tidings); Já bych rád k Betlému (I Wish to Go to Bethlehem); Bratři a sestřičky (Brothers and Sisters); Na nebi andělé (Angels In Heaven). All this appears in a charming graphical design created by the academic painter Vladimír Hanuš.
Following is the arranger Václav Kozel’s note: “The Advent period offers countless opportunities for concerts where the upcoming Christmas time is always brought to mind. Christmas carols, however, should not be played too freely. It is more apt to choose songs and melodies that are not carols as such but that evoke the approaching time in a different way. Also such songs are to be found in this album. The real time for carols comes only on Christmas Day and at Christmastide. Of course, the demand for carols is always high in spite of all that – I know that from my own experience – and therefore they should not be altogether absent from Advent and Christmas concerts; but please think twice when choosing your Advent concert repertoire. The tempos, the fingering, the harmony, and the dynamics of the arrangements should not prove too demanding. May this material for solo piano become a helpful assistant in your efforts to set up a programme that would get to the heart of the most beautiful time of the year.”
| instrumentation | pno |
| description | part |
| publ. No. | R 250 |
| price | 100,- CZK |
