New Album Releases: CZECH SONGS (Magdalena Kožená, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle)

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Artist:
Magdalena Kožená
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle

Genre:
Classical

Total Time:
61:00

Record Label:
Pentatone

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Apple Music

Release Date
June 7, 2024




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Product Description: Magdalena Kozena presents a recital of Czech songs, together with the Czech Philharmonic under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle. The first impression of Czech songs may be atmospheric nature scenes, or stories about pretty peasant girls and village pranks, but the selection on this album demonstrates that the imagination of Czech song composers stretched far wider. For example, Bohuslav Martinu's Nipponari were inspired by Japanese culture, whereas his folksy Songs on One Page obtain a deeper meaning knowing that he wrote them in the US, having fled the Nazi threat. His colleagues and contemporaries Hans Krasa and Gideon Klein did not manage to get away, and both died in concentration camps. Krasa's German-language Four Orchestral Songs show a fascination with nonsense verse typical of avant-garde circles in the early 1920s. Klein's Lullaby can be traced back to Jewish folk songs, yet it's musical realization displays an openness to French musical styles. And no Czech song recital would be complete without good old Antonin Dvorak, whose Evening Songs and Songs, Op. 2 are included. Many of these works are best known with piano accompaniment, but are presented here in orchestrations. The Czech Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle marvellously bring out all the colours, while Kozena once more showcases her mastery in vernacular song.

TRACK LIST:

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1 . Nipponari, H. 68 ."Japanese Folk Songs": No. 1, Modrá hodina (01:58)

2 . Nipponari, H. 68 ."Japanese Folk Songs": No. 2, Stáří (04:02)

3 . Nipponari, H. 68 ."Japanese Folk Songs": No. 3, Vzpomínka (02:11)

4 . Nipponari, H. 68 ."Japanese Folk Songs": No. 4, Prosněný život (03:12)

5 . Nipponari, H. 68 ."Japanese Folk Songs": No. 5, Stopy ve sněhu (02:35)

6 . Nipponari, H. 68 ."Japanese Folk Songs": No. 6, Pohled nazpět (03:53)

7 . Nipponari, H. 68 ."Japanese Folk Songs": No. 7, U posvátného jezera (02:09)

8 . Songs on One Page, H. 294: No. 1, Rosička (01:03)

9 . Songs on One Page, H. 294: No. 2, Otevření slovečkem (00:34)

10 . Songs on One Page, H. 294: No. 3, Cesta k milé (01:40)

11 . Songs on One Page, H. 294: No. 4, Chodníček (00:35)

12 . Songs on One Page, H. 294: No. 5, U maměnky (01:24)

13 . Songs on One Page, H. 294: No. 6, Sen Panny Marie (01:49)

14 . Songs on One Page, H. 294: No. 7, Rozmarýn (Rosemary) (01:16)

15 . Evening Songs, Op. 3: No. 7, Když jsem se díval do nebe (01:54)

16 . Evening Songs, Op. 3: No. 5, Umlklo stromů šumění (02:43)

17 . Evening Songs, Op. 3: No. 2, Mně zdálo se (04:30)

18 . Evening Songs, Op. 3: No. 3, Já jsem ten rytíř (01:56)

19 . Evening Songs, Op. 3: No. 4, Když Bůh byl nejvíc rozkochán (03:36)

20 . Songs, Op. 2: No. 2, Ó byl to krásný zlatý sen (02:45)

21 . Songs, Op. 2: No. 6, Mé srdce často v bolesti (03:35)

22 . Four Orchestral Songs, Op. 1: No. 1, Geiß und Schleiche (02:07)

23 . Four Orchestral Songs, Op. 1: No. 2, Nein! (01:50)

24 . Four Orchestral Songs, Op. 1: No. 3, Der Seufzer (02:38)

25 . Four Orchestral Songs, Op. 1: No. 4, Galgenbruders Lied an Sophie, die Henkersmaid (02:14)

26 .Lullaby (03:09)

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