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MARTINU: Songs for mezzo-soprano and piano

Although Martinů is known for a number of significant choral works, including his oratorio The Epic of Gilgamesh [Naxos 8.555138], relatively little attention is given to his vocal music. Songs with piano, many of them still unpublished or only made available in print recently, make up a fair proportion of his output. This disc features a selection of songs written during the 1930s and early 1940s, a period in which Martinů moved away from French influences towards a musical language rooted in folklore from his native Bohemia and other areas of Central Europe. Several of the songs on this disc are world première recordings.

Martinu, Bohuslav
Apollinaire, Guillaume / Chan, Yo Sun, lyricist(s)

2 Songs, H. 213b

Kvet broskvi (Peach Blossom) (text: Chan Yo Sun) 00:04:06

Automne malade (Sickly Autumn) (text: G. Apollinaire) 00:03:13

Martinu, Bohuslav
Apollinaire, Guillaume, lyricist(s)

3 Songs to poems by G. Apollinaire, H. 197: Saltimbanques (Acrobats)

3 Songs to poems by G. Apollinaire, H. 197: Saltimbanques (Acrobats) 00:00:53

Martinu, Bohuslav

Vocalise-Etude, H. 188

Vocalise - Etude, H. 188 00:01:10

Martinu, Bohuslav
Traditional, lyricist(s)

2 Ballads to Folk Texts, H. 228

Putovali hudci (The Minstrels were Wandering) 00:02:53

Sirota (The Orphan) 00:03:38

4 Songs to Folk Texts collected by K.J. Erben, H. 282b

Konicky na ouhore (Ponies on the Fallow Field) 00:01:09

Ztraceny pantoflicek (The Lost Slipper) 00:00:43

Pisen nabozna (Religious Song) 00:02:36

10.

Pozvani (Invitation) 00:01:12

Martinu, Bohuslav

2 Dances from the ballet Spalicek, H. 214c: II. Polka

11.

2 Dances from the ballet Spalicek, H. 214c: II. Polka 00:02:13

Martinu, Bohuslav
Traditional, lyricist(s)

Novy Spalicek (New Anthology), H. 288

12.

Bohata mila (The Rich Sweetheart) 00:01:14

13.

Opusteny mily (The Abandoned Lover) 00:01:31

14.

Touha (Yearning) 00:00:58

15.

Zvedave dievca (The Inquisitive Girl) 00:01:10

16.

Vesele dievca (The Happy Girl) 00:00:26

17.

Smutny mily (The Mournful Lover) 00:02:58

18.

Prosba (Prayer) 00:01:32

19.

Vysoka veza (The High Tower) 00:01:07

Martinu, Bohuslav

2 Dances from the ballet Spalicek, H. 214c: I. Waltz

20.

2 Dances from the ballet Spalicek, H. 214c: I. Waltz 00:06:05

Martinu, Bohuslav
Xanrof, Leon / Gramont, T. de, lyricist(s)

3 Christmas Songs, H. 184b: Le poulet / Le petit chat

21.

Le poulet (The Chicken) (text: T. de Gramont) 00:01:02

22.

Le petit chat (The Little Cat) (text: attrib. L. Xanrof) 00:01:45

Martinu, Bohuslav
Erben, Karel Jaromir, lyricist(s)

4 Children's Songs and Nursery Rhymes, H. 225

23.

Pocitadlo (Counting Song) 00:00:19

24.

Divoky holub (The Wild Dove) 00:00:23

25.

Vlastovicka (The Little Swallow) 00:00:16

26.

Detska hadanka (Children's Riddle) 00:00:19

Martinu, Bohuslav
Traditional, lyricist(s)

Koleda milostna (Love Carol), H. 259

27.

Koleda milostna (Love Carol), H. 259 00:00:53

Martinu, Bohuslav
Mucha, Jiri, lyricist(s)

Prani mamince (A Wish for a Mother), H. 279b

28.

Prani mamince (A Wish for a Mother), H. 279b 00:01:16

Martinu, Bohuslav
Traditional, lyricist(s)

The Miracles of Mary, H. 236: Narozeni Pane (Christ's Nativity) (arr. for voice and piano)

29.

The Miracles of Mary, H. 236: Narozeni Pane (Christ's Nativity) (arr. for voice and piano) 00:01:57

Martinu, Bohuslav
Martinu, Bohuslav, lyricist(s)

The Miracles of Mary, H. 236: Sestra Paskalina (Sister Pascalina) (arr. for voice and piano)

30.

The Miracles of Mary, H. 236: Sestra Paskalina (Sister Pascalina) (arr. for voice and piano) 00:04:45

Total Playing Time: 00:53:42

Composer(s):
Martinu, Bohuslav

Lyricist(s):
Apollinaire, Guillaume; Chan, Yo Sun; Erben, Karel Jaromir; Gramont, T. de; Martinu, Bohuslav; Mucha, Jiri; Traditional; Xanrof, Leon

Artist(s):
Cechova, Jitka; Cerna, Olga

Label: Naxos

Genre: Instrumental; Opera; Vocal

Period: 20th Century

Catalogue No: 8.557494

Barcode: 747313249428

Physical Release: 10/2005


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7:59:49 PM, 22 November 2009

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