Sir Charles Mackerras: Life with Czech Music (Janacek / Martinu)
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Label: Supraphon
Cat No: SU40422
Format: CD + DVD
Number of Discs: 5
Release Date: 29th November 2010
Contents
Works
Amarus (cantata)Glagolitic Mass, JWIII/9
Jealousy
Katya Kabanova
Sinfonietta
Taras Bulba
The Cunning Little Vixen: Suite
Double Concerto for strings, piano and timpani, H271
Field Mass, H279
Julietta: orchestral suite
Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca, H352
Artists
Conductor
Sir Charles MackerrasWorks
Amarus (cantata)Glagolitic Mass, JWIII/9
Jealousy
Katya Kabanova
Sinfonietta
Taras Bulba
The Cunning Little Vixen: Suite
Double Concerto for strings, piano and timpani, H271
Field Mass, H279
Julietta: orchestral suite
Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca, H352
Artists
Conductor
Sir Charles MackerrasAbout
Sir Charles fatefully encountered Janáček during the very first days of his studies with Václav Talich in Prague. Subsequently, he introduced Janáček to the wider world. “Nobody needs me to say that Mozart and Handel are great composers, whereas they did need somebody to say that Janáček is a great composer too, and that’s what I did. If I have achieved anything in my life, it is the propagation of Janáček.”
Supraphon had the truly great honour of cooperating with this superlative conductor until the very end. The albums featuring the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in particular have captured Mackerras’s vision of a wide scale of works by the four greatest Czech composers. The list of awards these recordings have received is long... Let us then instead spend our time listening to his musical legacy on these CDs, which Supraphon with respect and love for Sir Charles presents to all those who would like to recollect this great man.
Contents:
CD 1
- Jealousy (original overture to the opera Jenůfa) (live recording)
- The Cunning Little Vixen: Orchestral suite from the opera (live recording)
- Šárka: Overture
- Taras Bulba (live recording)
CD 2
- Káťa Kabanová: Overture, interludes
- Schluck und Jau
- Sinfonietta (live recording)
Bonus: Interview with Sir Charles Mackerras
CD 3
- Glagolitic Mass
- Amarus: Cantata for soloists, mixed chorus and orchestra
CD 4
- Juliette: Orchestral suite from the opera
- Field Mass for male chorus with baritone solo and orchestra
- Double Concerto for two string orchestras, piano and timpani
- Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca
DVD
- Glagolitic Mass
- Jealousy (original overture to the opera Jenůfa)
- Taras Bulba
Many of these are benchmark recordings of these works. Includes a memorial booklet about Sir Charles, his life and impact on Czech music.
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