Sir Charles Mackerras - Life with Czech Music: Janáček, Martinu (4CD) (2010)

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Artist: Sir Charles Mackerras
Title: Life with Czech Music: Janáček, Martinu
Year Of Release: 2010
Label: Supraphon
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 04:13:00
Total Size: 1.1 Gb
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

CD 1:
Leoš Janáček (1925-2010):
01. Jealousy (Original Prelude to 'Jenufa') [0:05:36.82]
02. The Cunning Little Vixen (Suite) - 1. Andante - Allegro - Stresso tempo - Meno mosso - Presto - Tempo I [0:09:19.42]
03. The Cunning Little Vixen (Suite) - 2. Andante - Moderato - Allegro [0:10:21.16]
04. Sarka (Ouverture) [0:04:10.72]
05. Taras Bulba (Rhapsody for Orchestra after Gogol's Novel) - 1. The death of Andri [0:08:14.74]
06. Taras Bulba (Rhapsody for Orchestra after Gogol's Novel) - 2. The death of Ostap [0:05:23.14]
07. Taras Bulba (Rhapsody for Orchestra after Gogol's Novel) - 3. The prophecy and death of Taras Bulba [0:09:19.21]

CD 2:
01. Kata Kabanova. opera - Act 1. Overture [0:04:21.86]
02. Kata Kabanova. opera - Act 1. Intermezzo [0:01:19.93]
03. Kata Kabanova. opera - Act 2. Intermezzo [0:01:06.76]
04. Schluck und Jau. music to G.Hauptmann's play . I. Andante [0:04:09.45]
05. Schluck und Jau. music to G.Hauptmann's play . II. Allegretto [0:05:10.14]
06. Sinfonietta - I. Allegretto [0:02:15.14]
07. Sinfonietta - II. Andante [0:05:52.18]
08. Sinfonietta - III. Moderato [0:05:22.92]
09. Sinfonietta - IV. Allegretto [0:03:01.12]
10. Sinfonietta - V. Andante con moto - Allegretto [0:07:34.80]
11. interview with Sir Charles Mackerras [0:12:27.65]

CD 3:
01. Glagolitic Mass - I. Introduction [0:02:58.21]
02. Glagolitic Mass - II. Gospodi pomiluj [0:03:20.28]
03. Glagolitic Mass - III. Slava [0:06:32.25]
04. Glagolitic Mass - IV. Veruju [0:11:36.32]
05. Glagolitic Mass - V. Svet [0:06:32.94]
06. Glagolitic Mass - VI. Agnece Bozij [0:04:56.93]
07. Glagolitic Mass - VII. Postludium [0:02:35.78]
08. Glagolitic Mass - VIII. Intrada [0:01:52.29]
09. Amarus - I. Moderato [0:04:33.20]
10. Amarus - II. Andante [0:07:24.17]
11. Amarus - III. Moderato [0:08:18.09]
12. Amarus - IV. Adagio [0:03:41.70]
13. Amarus - V. Epilog [0:05:32.56]

CD 4:
Bohuslav Martinů (1891-1959):
01. Juliette - suite from the opera - I. Poco andante [0:04:54.08]
02. Juliette - suite from the opera - II. Vivo [0:04:00.24]
03. Juliette - suite from the opera - III. Lento [0:04:30.28]
04. Field Mass [0:25:05.88]
05. Double Concerto - I. Poco allegro [0:06:27.25]
06. Double Concerto - II. Largo [0:08:31.64]
07. Double Concerto - III. Allegro [0:06:50.29]
08. Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca - I. Andante poco moderato [0:06:44.89]
09. Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca - II. Adagio [0:05:50.53]
10. Les Fresques de Piero della Francesca - III. Poco allegro [0:05:02.94]

Performers:
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras - conductor

"He was an amazing musician. There can be very few conductors who can manage stylistically the breadth that he did. But I think my favourite contributionfrom him was bringing Czech music to the West." This is the opera star Renée Fleming's glowing description of Sir Charles Mackerras, whose long and incredibly fruitful conducting careerand life ended at the age of 84 this July. Indeed, over the past few decades Czech music has not had a more vigorous advocate and champion in the world, nor a greater fan and connoisseur. "I am a great fan of Dvořák's music because it always seemed to me that, apart from Mozart, Dvořák is the greatest composer... He wrote these symphonies, he wrote tone poems, he wrote operas, he wrote chamber music, he wrote songs, he wrote religious music, everything... He's just the greatest composer, except Mozart perhaps." Throughout the music world, Mackerras'os name is synonymous with Czech music itself - Janáček in particular. Sir Charles fatefully encountered Janáček during the very first days of his studies with Václav Talich in Prague. Subsequently, he introduced Janáček to the wider world. "Nobody needs me to say that Mozart and Handel are great composers, whereas they did need somebody to say that Janáček is a great composer too, and that's what I did. If I have achieved anything in my life, it is the propagation of Janáček." Supraphon had the truly great honour of co-operating with this superlative conductor until the very end. The albums featuring the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in particular have captured Mackerras's vision of a wide scale of works by the four greatest Czech composers. The list of awards these recordings have received is long... Let us then instead spend our time listening to his musical legacy on these CDs, which Supraphon with respect and love for SirCharles presents to all those who would like to recollect this great man.

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