Martinu - Spalicek                                 | Supraphon SU39252

Martinu - Spalicek

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Label: Supraphon

Cat No: SU39252

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Release Date: 10th December 2007

Contents

Artists

Kantilena Children’s Chorus
Kuhn Mixed Chorus
Brno Philharmonic Orchestra
Prague Symphony Orchestra

Conductors

Frantisek Jilek
Jiri Belohlavek

Works

Martinu, Bohuslav

Spalicek
The Primrose, H348
The Romance of the Dandelions, H364
The Spectre's Bride, H214

Artists

Kantilena Children’s Chorus
Kuhn Mixed Chorus
Brno Philharmonic Orchestra
Prague Symphony Orchestra

Conductors

Frantisek Jilek
Jiri Belohlavek

About

The common thread joining all these pieces is Martinů’s homesickness, his love for his homeland and its folk traditions.

The first version of Špalíček (“a ballet of national games, customs and fairy tales”) written in 1931–32 closed with the “ballet cantata” The Spectre’s Bride, based on the poem by Karel Jaromír Erben, the renowned Czech folk song collector. The ballad was later omitted due to the total length of the performance, returning to its original context first on this CD again.

In the autumn of his life (1957), Martinů wrote the cantata Romance of the Dandelions based on the beautiful folk-style text of Miloslav Bureš, the story of a young maiden who waits for seven long years for her beloved to return from the war.

The Primrose, a set of vocal duets with piano and violin accompaniment, was written in 1954 on the texts of Moravian folk songs.

Performance of these gems of the Martinů literature was undertaken by the experienced, accomplished conductors Jiří Bělohlávek and František Jílek.

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