Leos JanÃ¡cek is one of the composers who brought fame to Czech music worldwide, and his Glagolitic Mass, Sinfonietta and mature operas are regularly performed on prominent stages around the globe. Yet the composer's folk-based works have remained relatively little known, even though traditional songs pulsate in the very heart of his music, significantly forming his singular idiom, and serving as a source of inspiration without which JanÃ¡cek's oeuvre simply cannot be imagined. Owing to the artist's collecting passion, today we can enjoy numerous lovely songs which have been preserved in both music scores and period audio recordings. The collections Moravian and Hukvaldy Folk Poetry in Songs contain the most beautiful of them all. JanÃ¡cek left the songs in their pure form, afforded to them by the landscape and the people living in it, merely - and with the sensitivity of a precious painting restorer - furnishing them with congenial piano accompaniments. The landscape and the language of JanÃ¡cek's Hukvaldy and Moravia have also been imprinted in the very souls of the artists who have recorded this album, focusing on the purity of folk songs, reflecting simple directness and enchanting poetics. The present recording is the fruit of their joint seeking and endeavor to get in touch with the candid and deeply symbolic world of the songs. Into the very heart of JanÃ¡cek's singular musical universe

Tracklist:

Folk Poetry Of Hukvaldy In Songs: I. Andrew, Andrew!
Folk Poetry Of Hukvaldy In Songs: II. You Little Church Of Hukvaldy
Folk Poetry Of Hukvaldy In Songs: III. My Dear Mama
Folk Poetry Of Hukvaldy In Songs: IV. At The Mayor´s Meadows
Folk Poetry Of Hukvaldy In Songs: V. Why, Guelder Rose Do You Stand So Sadly?
Folk Poetry Of Hukvaldy In Songs: VI. Hanka, The Mayor´s Daughter
Folk Poetry Of Hukvaldy In Songs: VII. The Herdsgirl Was Tending The Animals
Folk Poetry Of Hukvaldy In Songs: VIII. What Shadows Are These?
Folk Poetry Of Hukvaldy In Songs: IX. The Oak In Our Yard
Folk Poetry Of Hukvaldy In Songs: X. When I Walked Through The Dark Forest
Folk Poetry Of Hukvaldy In Songs: XI. You Little Church Of Hukvaldy, Hey
Folk Poetry Of Hukvaldy In Songs: XII. God Reward You
Folk Poetry Of Hukvaldy In Songs: 13. When I Walked By The Yard
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: I. Farewell To My Beloved
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: II. All Alone
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: III. Kolín Town
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: IV. Headache
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: V. Lover Killer
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: VI. Brigand’s Burial
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: VII. Then And Now
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: VIII. Uneasy
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: IX. Carnation
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: X. Love
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: XI. Love Herbs
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: XII. Sweet Apple
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: 13. Desire
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: 14. Promise
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: 15. Bailiff’s Daughter
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: 16. Thyme
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: 17. Uncertainty
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: 18. Game Warden
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: 19. Love Shining
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: 20. Cuckoo
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: 21. Calumny
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: 22. The Bench
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: 23. Parting
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: 24. Guelder Rose
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: 25. Wedded Far Away
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: 26. Sound Advice
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: 27. Posy
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: 28. For Whom The Posy
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: 29. My Lover’s Horses
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: 30. Charm
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: 31. Lover’s Likeness
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: 32. Apple Tree
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: 33. Faithfulness
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: 34. Little Red Apples
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: 35. Constancy
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: 36. Musicians
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: 37. What Sky
Moravian Folk Poetry In Songs: 38. Mementos

UPC: 099925418328
Label: Supraphon
Release Date: 10.9.15
Format: CD

Martina Jankova /Kral,Tomas/Kahanek,Ivo - Moravian Folk Songs (CD)