Recorded following an acclaimed solo concert tour, renowned performer, composer and conductor Thomas AdÃ¨s performs a collection of Leos JanÃ¡cek's works for piano. Nearly all of the music for solo piano written by Leos JanÃ¡cek (1854-1928) dates from before the First World War and thus belongs to the period before the composer's remarkable late creative surge, which was triggered by the hugely successful 1916 production in Prague of his third opera, Jenufa (1894-1903; rev. 1907-8), and facilitated by his retirement from his teaching position at the Brno Organ School. Nevertheless, all three of JanÃ¡cek's major solo piano works - On an Overgrown Path (1900-1911), From the Street 1 October 1905 (1905-6) and In the Mists (1912-13) - contain music that is both profoundly individual and also integral to the now widespread view of the composer as one the most original musical voices of early twentieth-century music.

Tracklist:

Po Zarostlém Chodníčku (On An Overgrown Path), Series I: Na&scaron;e Večery [Our Evenings]
Po Zarostlém Chodníčku (On An Overgrown Path), Series I: Lístek Odvanutý [A Blown-Away Leaf]
Po Zarostlém Chodníčku (On An Overgrown Path), Series I: Pojďte S Námi! [Come With Us!]
Po Zarostlém Chodníčku (On An Overgrown Path), Series I: Frýdecká Panna Maria [The Madonna Of
Po Zarostlém Chodníčku (On An Overgrown Path), Series I: &Scaron;těbetaly Jak La&scaron;tovičky
Po Zarostlém Chodníčku (On An Overgrown Path), Series I: Nelze Domluvit! [Words Fail!]
Po Zarostlém Chodníčku (On An Overgrown Path), Series I: Dobrou Noc! [Good Night!]
Po Zarostlém Chodníčku (On An Overgrown Path), Series I: Tak Neskonale Úzko [Unutterable Anguish]
Po Zarostlém Chodníčku (On An Overgrown Path), Series I: V Pláči [In Tears]
Po Zarostlém Chodníčku (On An Overgrown Path), Series I: Sýček Neodletěl! [The Barn Owl H
Po Zarostlém Chodníčku (On An Overgrown Path), Series II: Andante
Po Zarostlém Chodníčku (On An Overgrown Path), Series II: Allegretto [Presto]
Po Zarostlém Chodníčku (On An Overgrown Path), Series II: Più Mosso
Po Zarostlém Chodníčku (On An Overgrown Path), Series II: Allegro
From The Street 1. X. 1905, ‘piano Sonata’: Předtucha (Foreboding)
From The Street 1. X. 1905, ‘piano Sonata’: Smrt (Death)
V Mlhách (In The Mists): Andante
V Mlhách (In The Mists): Molto Adagio
V Mlhách (In The Mists): Andantino
V Mlhách (In The Mists): Presto

UPC: 635212060025
Label: Signum Classics
Release Date: 3.6.20
Format: CD

Janacek / Ades - Solo Piano (CD)