Magdalena Kozena / Simon Rattle / Czech Philharmonic -Czech Songs -Pentatone CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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Nipponari (7 Lieder nach japanischen Texten) H. 68

01. "Nr. 1 Modrá hodina (The blue hour)"

02. "Nr. 2 Stár¡ (Old age)"

03. "Nr. 3 Vzpom¡nka (A memory)"

04. "Nr. 4 Prosneny zivot (Life in dreams)"

05. "Nr. 5 Stopy ve snehu (Footsteps in the snow)"

06. "Nr. 6 Pohled nazpet (A look back)"

07. "Nr. 7 U posvátn?ho jezera (By the sacred loke)"
Songs on One Page H. 294 (arr. für Orchester von Jir¡ Treml )

08. "Nr. 1 Rosicka (Dew)"

09. "Nr. 2 Otevren¡ sloveckem (Unlocking with a single word)"

10. "Nr. 3 Cesta k milße (Journey to the beloved)"

11. "Nr. 4 Chodn¡cek (The footpath)"

12. "Nr. 5 U mamenky (At motherns)"

13. "Nr. 6 Sen Panny Marie (The Virgin Mary's dream)"

14. "Nr. 7 Rozmaryn (Rosemary)"
Evening Songs op. 3 (Auszug)

15. "Nr. 7 Kdyz jsem se d¡val do nebe (When I look into the sky)"

16. "Nr. 1 Umlklo stromu sumen¡ (The trees feel silent)"

17. "Nr. 2 Mne zdálo se (I dreamt last night)"

18. "Nr. 3 Já jsem ten ryt¡r (I am that knight)"

19. "Nr. 4 Kdyz Buh byl nejv¡c zlaty sen (When God was in a happy mood)"
Lieder op. 2 Nr. 1-4 (Auszug) (arr. für Orchester von Jir¡ Gemrot)

20. "Nr. 2 O byl to krásy zlaty sen (Oh, it was a lovely, golden dream)"

21. "Nr. 6 M? srdce casto v bolesti (My heart often broods in pain)"
Vier orchestrale Lieder op. 1

22. "Nr. 1 Geiß und Schleiche"

23. "Nr. 2 Nein!"

24. "Nr. 3 Der Seufzer"

25. "Nr. 4 Galgenbruders Lied an Sophie, die Henkersmaid"

26. "Lullaby"

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Czech Songs by Magdalena Kozena, released 7 June 2024. This version of Czech Songs comes as a 1xCD. -

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.

This album was recorded at the Dvo?ák Hall of the Rudolfinum, Prague, in November 2022 (Krása, Dvo?ák, Klein) and February 2023 (Martin?) Issued in a 2-panel digipack with sticked in 31-page booklet Liner Notes in English, sung texts Czech and English or German and English ? 2024 &© 2024 PENTATONE Music B.V. Made in Germany (on back and disc) Total playing time: 61.20

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PTC5187077

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