"Zdenek Liska Archives" is a project aimed at releasing a sequence of vinyl records featuring a selection of original recordings of film music by this important Czech composer, from his personal audio-tape archive. The first album of the collection contains music from three short films by Jan svankmajer from 1966 to 1977 - Don sajn (Don Juan), Leonarduv denik (Leonardo's Diary) and zvahlav aneb saticky Slameneho Huberta (Jabberwocky). Out of a total of ten short films by svankmajer, which Zdenek Liska provided music for, the recordings of these three films have been preserved in his home archive. In the album's booklet, Jan svankmajer highlights Liska's brilliant film-composing skills: "What was amazing about Liska's music was that, unlike most other composers, he didn't attempt to go with the mood of the film and milk the emotions but listened to the rhythm of the movie itself. Especially in an animated film, this helped to greatly enhance the sense of the picture's pace and drama. He was able to discover rhythms in films that even their authors weren't aware of." The album is released in the year of Jan svankmajer's 90th birthday. The work of this exceptional surrealist artist is represented by a retrospective exhibition presenting works by Jan and Eva svankmajer in the Central Bohemian Region Gallery or a program section dedicated to his film work in the Dafilms online cinema.

• FISYO (The Film Symphony Orchestra)
• Conductor: František Belfín (Don Juan, Jabberwocky)
• Prague Brass Soloists: (Miroslav Kejmar, František Peml – trumpets, Stanislav Suchánek – french horn, Ladislav Odcházel – trombone, Pavel Trnka – tuba) & Vladimír Žižka – drums
• Conductor: František Belfín (Leonardo's Diary)
• Digitalized from original tapes by Jiří Zobač
• Curated, selected and compiled for this release by Petr Ostrouchov
• Mastered and cut to lacquer by Pavel Karlík at Sono Vinyl Mastering
• The album's release was supported by the State Culture Fund and the Czech Music Fund

01. Don Šajn / Don Juan
02. Žvahlav aneb Šatičky Slaměného Huberta / Jabberwocky
03. Leonardův deník 1972 / Leonardo's Diary