Libor Pešek & BBC Philharmonic - Novák: Lady Godiva, Toman and the Wood Nymph & De Profundis (2000) [Hi-Res]
Artist: Libor Pešek, BBC Philharmonic
Title: Novák: Lady Godiva, Toman and the Wood Nymph & De Profundis
Year Of Release: 2000
Label: Chandos
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) [44.1kHz/24bit]
Total Time: 1:06:18
Total Size: 524 / 283 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Novák: Lady Godiva, Toman and the Wood Nymph & De Profundis
Year Of Release: 2000
Label: Chandos
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) [44.1kHz/24bit]
Total Time: 1:06:18
Total Size: 524 / 283 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
1. Libor Pešek & BBC Philharmonic – Lady Godiva, Op. 41 (17:18)
2. Libor Pešek & BBC Philharmonic – Toman and the Wood Nymph, Op. 40: I. Allegro fantastico - Allegro appassionato (04:25)
3. Libor Pešek & BBC Philharmonic – Toman and the Wood Nymph, Op. 40: II. Tempo del principio - Allegro appassionato - Agitato (08:00)
4. Libor Pešek & BBC Philharmonic – Toman and the Wood Nymph, Op. 40: III. Tempo del principio - Molto appassionato, ma non troppo allegro (13:15)
5. Libor Pešek & BBC Philharmonic – De profundis, Op. 67: I. Largo lugubre - Appassionato doloroso - Tempo del principio (16:37)
6. Libor Pešek & BBC Philharmonic – De profundis, Op. 67: II. Meno largo, molto tranquillo (04:12)
7. Libor Pešek & BBC Philharmonic – De profundis, Op. 67: III. Grandioso (02:28)
Víteslav Novák was a keen walker and each piece on this absorbing CD testifies to his vivid sense of outdoors. He was also fascinated by the female psyche and two of the works programmed bring rival viragos to mind: Smetana's 'Srárka' (in the opening pages of Lady Godiva) and Strauss's Salome (the close of Toman and the Wood Nymph).
Yet for all their lustre, excitement and charm, even Godiva and Toman can't rival the oppressive power of Novák's wartime masterpiece De profundis, a work that surely levels with Martinu's Lidice as being among the most poignant musical memorials of the period. Composed during the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, De profundis finds Novák employing a significantly darkened palette, though the exultant closing section (track 7) bears little resemblance to the various politically motivated 'happy endings' that were surfacing elsewhere. Novák's use of the organ runs parallel with Scriabin's in The Poem ofEcstasy (albeit to very different effect).
Libor Pešek shows obvious sympathy for this repertoire and the playing of the BBC Philharmonic reaches formidable heights of passion, notably at the close of De profundis. Alternative discs of Novák's music are few and far between, and hard to come by. — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010
Yet for all their lustre, excitement and charm, even Godiva and Toman can't rival the oppressive power of Novák's wartime masterpiece De profundis, a work that surely levels with Martinu's Lidice as being among the most poignant musical memorials of the period. Composed during the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, De profundis finds Novák employing a significantly darkened palette, though the exultant closing section (track 7) bears little resemblance to the various politically motivated 'happy endings' that were surfacing elsewhere. Novák's use of the organ runs parallel with Scriabin's in The Poem ofEcstasy (albeit to very different effect).
Libor Pešek shows obvious sympathy for this repertoire and the playing of the BBC Philharmonic reaches formidable heights of passion, notably at the close of De profundis. Alternative discs of Novák's music are few and far between, and hard to come by. — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010
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