Martinu - Nipponari, Magic Nights, Czech Rhapsody
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Label: Supraphon
Cat No: SU39562
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 1st December 2008
Contents
Works
Ceska rapsodie, Cantata for baritone, mixed choir, organ and orchestra, H118Cycle of seven songs for female voice and small orchestra, 'Nipponari', H68
Songs (3) on Chinese texts for soprano and orchestra, 'Kouzelne noci', H119
Artists
Dagmar Peckova (soprano)Lubica Rybarska (soprano)
Ivan Kusnjer (baritone)
Kuhn Mixed Choir
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Jiri BelohlavekWorks
Ceska rapsodie, Cantata for baritone, mixed choir, organ and orchestra, H118Cycle of seven songs for female voice and small orchestra, 'Nipponari', H68
Songs (3) on Chinese texts for soprano and orchestra, 'Kouzelne noci', H119
Artists
Dagmar Peckova (soprano)Lubica Rybarska (soprano)
Ivan Kusnjer (baritone)
Kuhn Mixed Choir
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Jiri BelohlavekAbout
Nipponari and Magic Nights were both inspired by exotic texts. The works of Japanese poets used in Nipponari are infused with a wistful, dreamy mood which is masterfully captured by Martinů’s unusual instrumentation and subtle compositional technique.
For his Impressionistic Magic Nights he instinctively chose texts about sorrow in a distant land far from home, unaware that this theme would play a fateful role in his own life. Mahler, incidentally, drew on the same collection of poems for his song cycle Das Lied von der Erde.
The general nationalistic fervor of 1918 and the thought of national independence are reflected in the Czech Rhapsody — released here for the first time on CD — particularly in his use of the Hymn “Saint Wenceslas” (patron saint of the Czech nation), and the premiere of this work was a tremendous success for Martinů.
It is difficult to imagine a more competent and sensitive interpretation of these works than you will find in these time-tested recordings by conductor Jiří Bělohlávek and outstanding soloists.
Recorded 1985-88.
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