Magdalena Kozena - Songs my mother taught me (2008)

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Artist: Magdalena Kozena
Title: Songs my mother taught me
Year Of Release: 2008
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Genre: Classical / Vocal
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 1:10:04
Total Size: 249 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Magdalena Kozena, one of the most acclaimed recitalists of today, presents a personal collection of songs she has known since childhood and that form some of her earliest musical influences. A haunting collection of songs by Czech composers such as Dvorak, Janacek, Martinu, Schulhoff and Eben, all deeply rooted in the rich Czech folk song tradition. Like Magdalena explains about the songs on the album: They are just the sort a mother would sing to her baby. My mother is not a professional singer, but she loved to sing and knew a lot of songs! There is a particular tradition of singing to children in our country, much stronger, I would say, than one sees any more in the West. It was really important that in each family these songs would be handed down, taught to the children. Kozenas musical partners on the album include her long-standing recital partner Malcolm Martineau, and soprano Dorothea Roschmann, who joins her in Dvorak's Moravian duets. Magdalena Kozena's most personal album so far, exploring the richness of her cultural background and her own musical memories.

Tracklist:

Traditional

Kebych bola jahodú (If I were a strawberry plant) - 1:06

Leoš Janáček

Moravská lidová poezie v písních (Moravian folk poetry in songs) - 5:13
Nr. 37. Lavečka (The little bench) - 1:55
Nr. 12. Jabĺčko (Little apple) - 1:51
Nr. 50. Muzikanti (Musicians) - 1:28

Antonín Dvořák

Cikánské melodie (Gypsy melodies), Op. 55 - 6:50
Nr. 4. Když mne stará matka (Songs my mother taught me) - 2:42
Nr. 5. Struna naladěna (The strings are tuned) - 1:07
Nr. 3. A les je tichý kolem kol (And the wood is quiet all around) - 3:01

Erwin Schulhoff

Národní písně a tance Těšínska (Folksongs and dances from the Těšínsko Region), WV 120 - 6:31
Nr. 3. Pasala volky (She was grazing her oxen) - 1:47
Nr. 15. Když sem byla mamince na klině (When I was on mummy's lap) - 0:42
Nr. 4. Sidej na vuz (Come and sit in my trap) - 4:03

Petr Eben

Písně k loutně (Lute songs) - 11:09
Nr. 1. Milovánie bez vídánie (Loving without seeing) - 1:14
Nr. 2. I dare not ask - 1:13
Nr. 3. Quand ce beau printemps (When I look at this lovely spring) - 1:59
Nr. 4. Ach Gott, wie weh tut Scheiden (Ah God, how painful parting is) - 2:57
Nr. 5. Jakž sem tě najprv poznal (The very first time I saw you) - 0:43
Nr. 6. Stratilat sem milého (I have lost my love) - 3:03

Jan Josef Rösler

An die Entfernte (To the distant beloved) - 4:13

Vítězslav Novák

Pohádka srdce (Fairytale of the heart), Op. 8 - 11:14
Nr. 1. Píseň melancholická (Melancholy song) - 2:07
Nr. 2. Zda není snem? (Isn't it a dream?) - 2:50
Nr. 3. Večer (Evening) - 1:33
Nr. 4. Podzimní nálada (Autumn mood) - 1:35
Nr. 5. Až přejde den (Once the day is over) - 3:10

Antonín Dvořák

Večerní písně (Evening songs), Op. 3
Nr. 2. Mně zdálo se, žes umřela (I dreamt you were dead) - 4:06

Moravské dvojzpěvy (Moravian duets), Op. 32 - 5:30
Nr. 9. Prsten (The ring) - 2:17
Nr. 11. Zajatá (A captive) - 3:13

Bohuslav Martinů

Písničky na dvě stránky (Songs on two pages) - 8:45
Nr. 1. Děvče z Moravy (A girl from Moravia) - 1:13
Nr. 2. Súsedova stajňa (Our neighbour's stable) - 0:52
Nr. 3. Naděje (Hope) - 2:36
Nr. 4. Hlásný (The watchman) - 0:57
Nr. 5. Tájna láska (Secret love) - 1:00
Nr. 6. Boží muka (The roadside cross) - 1:08
Nr. 7. Zvolenovcí chlapci (The lads from Zvolen) - 1:00

Leoš Janáček

Slezské písně ze sbírky Heleny Salichové (Silesian songs from Helena Salichová's collections) - 5:26
Nr. 7. Aj co to je za slaviček (Hey, what nightingale is this one?) - 4:32
Nr. 10. V černym lese (In the black wood) - 0:54

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