With Eugene Suchoň and Jan Cikker, Alexander Moyzes must be considered one of the three leading Slovak composes of the early twentieth century. To the orchestra of the great late romantics such as Richard Strauss and Gustav Mahler, Moyzes added astringent harmonies and rhythms drawn from the folk music of his native country, to create an individual yet highly approachable musical voice. Symphony No. 9, written in the early 1970s, is a turbulent work reflecting the tragic developments that followed in the wake of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. The idyllic Symphony No. 10 seems to be without political connotations, taking as its inspiration the orchestral tradition of Dvořák, Brahms and Tchaikovsky.