Prague - Vienna: Journey in Songs
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Label: Supraphon
Cat No: SU42312
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 23rd June 2017
Contents
Works
O Tuneful Voice, Hob.XXVIa:42The Spirit's Song, Hob.XXVIa:41
Fruhlings Wanderschaft
Sento amor
Spira pur
Abendempfindung an Laura, K523
Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen Liebhabers verbrannte, K520
Das Veilchen, K476
An die Entfernte
Arietta Il niente
Herbstlied
An den Mond, op.56
An Sie
Die Abschiedstrane
Liebe
Artists
Martina Jankova (soprano)Barbara Maria Willi (fortepiano)
Works
O Tuneful Voice, Hob.XXVIa:42The Spirit's Song, Hob.XXVIa:41
Fruhlings Wanderschaft
Sento amor
Spira pur
Abendempfindung an Laura, K523
Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen Liebhabers verbrannte, K520
Das Veilchen, K476
An die Entfernte
Arietta Il niente
Herbstlied
An den Mond, op.56
An Sie
Die Abschiedstrane
Liebe
Artists
Martina Jankova (soprano)Barbara Maria Willi (fortepiano)
About
The Czech songs dating from the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, which form the axis of the present album, may be a revelation for many a listener – as may be the fact that Czech composers mainly set to music German and Italian texts.
Leopold Koželuch was one of Vienna’s most successful song composers, and, owing to, among other things, his diplomatic skills, he even eclipsed the bright star of Mozart. The Prague-based composer F.A. Rösler, whose songs are often indistinguishable from those of Mozart’s, did his utmost to preserve Mozart’s legacy following his death. And similarly to Rösler, V.J. Tomášek, who too remained faithful to Prague, possessed a refined literary taste, as duly reflected in his selection of the texts for his songs.
The recording captures Martina Janková’s engrossing voice, replete with vitality, innocence, vigour and lightness, which so becomes the Mozart repertoire. Under the hands of Barbara Maria Willi, the bright and colourful sound of the one and only preserved fortepiano built by F.J. Baumeister (1797) will be for many yet another surprise and discovery on this musical odyssey.
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