r e l e a s e n o v e m b e r 2015 – ALPHA 219 –
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LEOS JANÁCEK
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COLLEGIUM VOCALE GENT HET COLLECTIEF – REINBERT DE LEEUW –
1 cd
tracklist
tt: 69’12
1.
Kačena divoká [The Wild Duck]
3’17
2.
Což ta naše bříza [Our Birch Tree]
2’40
3.
Elegie na smrt dcery Olgy [Elegy on the Death of my Daughter Olga]
6’49
4-5. 1.X.1905
– arr. for Chamber Ensemble by Reinbert de Leeuw 11’30
6.
Kantor Halfar [Halfar the Schoolmaster]
5’04
7.
Vlčí stopa [The Wolf ’s Trail]
6’34
8.
Potulný šílenec [The Wandering Madman]
4’13
9-12. Concertino for Piano& Chamber Ensemble
15’36
13-31. Říkadla [Nursery Rhymes]
13’27
here an extract!
Even though the international reputation of Leoš Janáček was first and foremost built round his operas, it would be regrettable to neglect his choral and instrumental works in which the Moravian composer gave us some of the most beautiful pages of his art. Slavic soul - of that there is no doubt -, he charms with his unique stylistic originality, nurtured on popular culture and folklore. Under the sure, inspired conducting of Reinbert de Leeuw, the Collegium Vocale Gent and Het Collectief ensemble combine choral works and purely instrumental music: From Potulný šílenec (The Wandering Madman) to the Piano Sonata ‘1.X.1905’, arranged by the Dutch conductor for thirteen instruments, by way of the famous Říkadla or Elegie na smrt dcery Olgy (Elegy on the Death of my Daughter Olga), Reinbert de Leeuw transmits naturally his love of the composer and inspires his musicians with an infectious poetic energy.
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