Moniuszko - e-Songbook
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Label: Anaklasis
Cat No: ANA009
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 18th September 2020
Contents
Artists
Agata Zubel (voice)Andrzej Bauer (cello)
Cezary Duchnowski (electronics)
Artists
Agata Zubel (voice)Andrzej Bauer (cello)
Cezary Duchnowski (electronics)
About
That ‘Songbooks for Home Use’ were universally familiar to Polish society is a myth and an illusion; today’s average consumers of beer and kebabs, assuming that they’ve heard traditional songs at all, are not likely to be acquainted with more than a few of the three hundred songs that Moniuszko wrote, and no one expert knows them all.
Nor is it true that the most famous of those songs are at the same time the best. There are, for instance, several excellent ballads with complex drama and brilliant musical ideas; there are some intriguing tunes setting foreign texts, such as the Slav-sounding song of Ophelia from Hamlet.
There are the wonderful Béranger settings, such as the grim (and splendid, fortunately quite well known) Old Corporal, and the comic tale of Margot who, while replacing St Peter, let into paradise whoever came to the gate.
Twelve songs have been chosen for this new recording, including only two better- known ones: the indispensable The Distaff and a hit from the past, An Evening Song. We opted for poets of high calibre, such as Mickiewicz and Goethe, but also the good-standard Syrokomla and young Asnyk (though his text is not especially successful).
Also incorporated is Kraszewski (famous as a novelist, but also a skilful poet, especially in the satirical genres), Zeligowski (valued more for his social activism than his writings), and Czeczot (more of a craftsman than an original voice in poetry). We also included the frequently neglected Russian thread. Far from rejecting all things Russian, Moniuszko sought a career in Petersburg, made friends with musicians who lived there, and knew Russian well.
Tracks:
1. The Distaff (3rd Songbook)
2. The Tear (7th Songbook)
3. A Hermit’s Song (7th Songbook)
4. Will He Return? (2nd Songbook)
5. Hushaby (3rd Songbook)
6. Dumka “Come My Love” (5th Songbook)
7. The Moon and the Rivulet (3rd Songbook)
8. Converted (3rd Songbook)
9. Oh Tell Me (7th Songbook)
10. An Evening Song (2nd Songbook)
11. Duettino “First She Remembers” (3rd Songbook)
12. I Love You So (12th Songbook)
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