Description


Janáček Piano Music
On an Overgrown Path / In the Mists / Piano Sonata
Leoš Janáček
Radoslav Kvapil
Catalogue Number: ALC 1127
Number of Discs: 1
Date/Runtime: DDD, 1994, 79:33
“He characterizes the changing moods of the Overgrown Path suite with a sure touch, but keeps them in a proper contrast….. he makes them relate to one another within a general mood. That is one, generally, of griefs remembered…. one along which this most self-honest of composers had trodden… So Kvapil lends a wistfulness even to the livelier pieces, (“They chattered like little swallows”), but also makes the anguished No. 8, …calm rather than frenzied in its pain. A similar understanding of contrast distinguishes the four beautiful pieces of In the mists, which are marked by a dignified sadness that Kvapil understands well….. these are interesting, intelligent and well-executed performances. (c) GramophoneRadoslav Kvapil
Po zarostlém chodníčku – I řada (On an Overgrown Path- Book I)
- [1] Naše večery (Our Evenings) – moderato 4:14
- [2] Lístek odvanutý (A Leaf Blown by the Wind) – andante 3:36
- [3] Pojdte s náme (Come with Us) – andante – 1:20
- [4] Frýdecká panna Maria (The Virgin of Fyrdek) – grave- 3:57
- [5] štebetlay jak laštovičky (They chatted like Little Swallows) con moto- 2:09
- [6] Nelze domluvit (Words fail me !) – andante- 2:26
- [7] Dobrou noc! (Good Night !) –andante- 3:29
- [8] Tak neskonale úzko (Unutterable Anguish) –andante 3:22
- [9] V pláči (In Tears) – larghetto 3:05
- [10] Sýček neodletel ! (The Little Owl still calls) –andante 4:11
Po zarostlém chodníčku – II řada (On an Overgrown Path, Book II)
- [11] Andante 2:57
- [12] Allegretto 4:01
- [13] Piu mosso 2:44
- [14] Vivo 2:43
- [15] Allegro-adagio 5:50
I:x:1905 (Piano Sonata)
- [16] Předtucha (Con moto) 6:10
- [17] Smrt (Adagio) 6:29
V mlhách (In the Mists)
- [18] Andante 3:35
- [19] Molto adagio 4:32
- [20] Andantino 3:40
- [21] Presto 4:10