Cellist Jiří Bárta and pianist Terezie Fialová dedicate their new album to the „poignant yet tender“ music of Leoš Janáček. They have chosen a trio of pieces originally written for violin and piano, the now famous, but at the time of its composition neglected Sonata, Dumka and Romance. The violin parts of the three compositions have been arranged by Jiří Bárta for cello, and in this form they will be released in their world premiere. On the album, they are accompanied by the only two works by Janáček composed directly for cello and piano – the Fairy Tale and the short Presto, as well as the Adagio, originally the fourth movement of the Fairy Tale, later discarded. The album is being released in the year of the 170th anniversary of the composer's birth as part of the celebrations of the Year of Czech Music, and the artists are paying their personal tribute to him with this album. Jiří Bárta describes his relationship to Janáček's music in more detail in the album booklet. He recalls his first encounter with his music in 1968 as follows. Beautiful, yet tender, sad, yet different, simply moving, but without lamentations and fake tears: "I’m listening to the strangely beautiful music, so different from anything I’d have encountered as a child. Harrowing, yet tender, sad, but in a different way, moving, yet devoid of whining and false tears... Janáček, in his almost despondent genuineness, he will not forgive any mannerism or insincerity, making it hard for the performer to decipher him. Even at moments of greatest anguish, he is faithful to the principles of beauty and truth."