Janácek: Piano Works
Composer
Leoš Janácek
Artist
Håkon Austbö piano
Format
2 CD
Cat. number
92295
EAN code
5028421922959
Release
April 2004
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About this release
The year 2004 commemorates the 150th anniversary of the birth of Leos Janacek, one of Czech’s most famous and original composers.
Janacek’s music is highly personal, his language immediately recognizable: short, almost aphoristic motives form the basis of a highly dramatic discourse.
His piano works include the famous Piano Sonata (written after the death of a man during a worker’s demonstration), the highly attractive cycle “On an overgrown path” (short pieces of sometimes violent, sometimes painfully intimate emotions), the cycle “In the mist”, and series on Czech and Moravian folk melodies.
Norwegian pianist Hakon Austbö already recorded extensively for Brilliant Classics (Satie, Brahms Klavierstücke, Grieg Lyrische Stücke), and proves himself again a true master in the short form, completely identifying himself with the composer and his inner thoughts.
Listening
Track list
Disk 1
1 Leoš Janácek: Sonata I.X.: I. Foreboding
2 Leoš Janácek: Sonata I.X.: II. Death
3 Leoš Janácek: On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 1: I. Our Evenings
4 Leoš Janácek: On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 1: II. A Blown Away Leaf
5 Leoš Janácek: On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 1: III. Come with Us!
6 Leoš Janácek: On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 1: IV. The Madonna of Frýdek
7 Leoš Janácek: On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 1: V. They Chattered Like Swallows
8 Leoš Janácek: On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 1: VI. Words Fail!
9 Leoš Janácek: On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 1: VII. Good Night!
10 Leoš Janácek: On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 1: VIII. Unutterable Anguish
11 Leoš Janácek: On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 1: IX. In Tears
12 Leoš Janácek: On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 1: X. The Barn Owl Has Not Flown Away!
13 Leoš Janácek: On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 2: I. Andante - Un poco piú mosso
14 Leoš Janácek: On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 2: II. Allegretto - Poco mosso
15 Leoš Janácek: On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 2: III. Vivo - Presto (Completed by H. Austbø)
16 Leoš Janácek: In the Mist: I. Andante - Poco mosso
17 Leoš Janácek: In the Mist: II. Molto adagio - Presto
18 Leoš Janácek: In the Mist: III. Andantino - Poco mosso
19 Leoš Janácek: In the Mist: IV. Presto - Meno mosso - Andante
Disk 2
1 Leoš Janácek: Tema con variazioni
2 Leoš Janácek: In Remembrance
3 Leoš Janácek: Ej, danaj!
4 Leoš Janácek: Music for Gymnastics
5 Leoš Janácek: To My Olga
6 Leoš Janácek: On an Overgrown Path, Two Rejected Pieces: I. Più mosso
7 Leoš Janácek: On an Overgrown Path, Two Rejected Pieces: II. Allegro
8 Leoš Janácek: Moravian Dances: Dymák - Starodávný - Valaška - Požehnaný - Pilky - Kalamajka - Trojky - Sekerecka - Kolo - Celadenský
9 Leoš Janácek: 6 Miniatures: I. Lord Jesus Christ Is Born
10 Leoš Janácek: 6 Miniatures: II. Moderato
11 Leoš Janácek: 6 Miniatures: III. Without Title
12 Leoš Janácek: 6 Miniatures: IV. Cradle Song
13 Leoš Janácek: 6 Miniatures: V. Melodie
14 Leoš Janácek: 6 Miniatures: VI. Palace of Malostranský
15 Leoš Janácek: Moravian Folksongs
16 Leoš Janácek: A Recollection
17 Leoš Janácek: Intimate Sketches: I. Merely blind fate?
18 Leoš Janácek: Intimate Sketches: II. So That One Could Never Return
19 Leoš Janácek: Intimate Sketches: III. The Golden Ring
20 Leoš Janácek: Intimate Sketches: IV. I Am Waiting for You!