Než se naděješ (Before You Know), H 6, is a 1910 setting of poetry by Czech novelist, playwright and poet Jan Červenka (who died only two years before). It was influenced by more mainline late Romanticism (Brahms and Dvořák), and a vested interest in Czech national and folk-culture. The recording of the composition was released for the first time by Naxos in 2011 (Martinů: Songs, Vol. 1 – A Wreath of Carnations; Jana Wallingerová, Giorgio Koukl).
Mark Gresham, Songs, Vol. 1 – A Wreath of Carnations, Naxos 2011