Bartok, Janacek & Stravinsky: Village Stories

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Release Date
November 24, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Bela Bartok, Leos Janacek, Igor Stravinsky
    • PERFORMER
      Katerina Knezikova, Jana Hrochova, Boris Stepanov, Jiri Bruckler, Lukas Hynek-Kramer, Kiril Gerstein
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 24, 2023
    • UPC
      099925433321
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SU4333-2
    • LABEL
      Supraphon
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Part I Scene 1: The Bride's chamber (Bride, Bridesmaids, Mother, Father)

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Amadinda Percussion Group, Trio Dakoda

      Performer: Kateřina Kněžíková, Jana Hrochová, Boris Stepanov, Jiří Brückler, Lukáš Hynek-Krämer, Kirill Gerstein, Zoltán Fejérvári, Katia Skanavi, Alexandra Stychkina

    2. Part I Scene 2: At the Bridegroom's (Friends, Parents, Bridegroom, Bride, Bridesmaid, Chorus)

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Amadinda Percussion Group, Trio Dakoda

      Performer: Kateřina Kněžíková, Jana Hrochová, Boris Stepanov, Jiří Brückler, Lukáš Hynek-Krämer, Kirill Gerstein, Zoltán Fejérvári, Katia Skanavi, Alexandra Stychkina

    3. Part I Scene 3: The Bride's departure (Chorus, Bridegroom, Parents, Friends)

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Amadinda Percussion Group, Trio Dakoda

      Performer: Kateřina Kněžíková, Jana Hrochová, Boris Stepanov, Jiří Brückler, Lukáš Hynek-Krämer, Kirill Gerstein, Zoltán Fejérvári, Katia Skanavi, Alexandra Stychkina

    4. Part II Scene 4: The wedding feast (Chorus, Bridegroom's Father, Bride's Mother, Bridesmaid, Best man, Guests, Friends)

      Composer: Igor Stravinsky

      Ensemble: Amadinda Percussion Group, Trio Dakoda

      Performer: Kateřina Kněžíková, Jana Hrochová, Boris Stepanov, Jiří Brückler, Lukáš Hynek-Krämer, Kirill Gerstein, Zoltán Fejérvári, Katia Skanavi, Alexandra Stychkina

    5. Introduction

      Composer: Leoš Janáček

      Performer: Barbora Haasová, Petra Hoďánková, David Šimeček, Jirí Javurek, Ondrej Šindelár, Ondřej Svitavský, Petr Ries, Radek Doležal, Matouš Zukal

    6. No. 1. Řípa se vdávala (The beetroot got married)

      Composer: Leoš Janáček

      Ensemble: The City of Prague Philharmonic Choir

      Performer: Barbora Haasová, Petra Hoďánková, David Šimeček, Jirí Javurek, Ondrej Šindelár, Ondřej Svitavský, Petr Ries, Radek Doležal, Matouš Zukal

      Conductor: Lukas Vasilek

    7. No. 2. Není lepší jako z jara (There's nothing better than springtime)

      Composer: Leoš Janáček

      Ensemble: The City of Prague Philharmonic Choir

      Performer: Bronislav Palowski, Barbora Haasová, Petra Hoďánková, David Šimeček, Jirí Javurek, Ondrej Šindelár, Ondřej Svitavský, Petr Ries, Radek Doležal, Matouš Zukal

      Conductor: Lukas Vasilek

    8. No. 3. Leze krtek (The mole creeps)

      Composer: Leoš Janáček

      Ensemble: The City of Prague Philharmonic Choir

      Performer: Barbora Haasová, Petra Hoďánková, David Šimeček, Jirí Javurek, Ondrej Šindelár, Ondřej Svitavský, Petr Ries, Radek Doležal, Matouš Zukal

      Conductor: Lukas Vasilek

    9. No. 4. Karel do pekla zajel (Karel rode off to hell)

      Composer: Leoš Janáček

      Ensemble: The City of Prague Philharmonic Choir

      Performer: Barbora Haasová, Petra Hoďánková, David Šimeček, Jirí Javurek, Ondrej Šindelár, Ondřej Svitavský, Petr Ries, Radek Doležal, Matouš Zukal

      Conductor: Lukas Vasilek

    10. No. 5. Roztrhané kalhoty (Ripped trousers)

      Composer: Leoš Janáček

      Ensemble: The City of Prague Philharmonic Choir

      Performer: Barbora Haasová, Petra Hoďánková, David Šimeček, Jirí Javurek, Ondrej Šindelár, Ondřej Svitavský, Petr Ries, Radek Doležal, Matouš Zukal

      Conductor: Lukas Vasilek

    11. No. 6. Franta rasů hrál na basu (Franta the knacker's son played the bass fiddle)

      Composer: Leoš Janáček

      Ensemble: The City of Prague Philharmonic Choir

      Performer: Barbora Haasová, Petra Hoďánková, David Šimeček, Jirí Javurek, Ondrej Šindelár, Ondřej Svitavský, Petr Ries, Radek Doležal, Matouš Zukal

      Conductor: Lukas Vasilek

    12. No. 7. Náš pes, náš pes (Our dog, our dog)

      Composer: Leoš Janáček

      Ensemble: The City of Prague Philharmonic Choir

      Performer: Barbora Haasová, Petra Hoďánková, David Šimeček, Jirí Javurek, Ondrej Šindelár, Ondřej Svitavský, Petr Ries, Radek Doležal, Matouš Zukal

      Conductor: Lukas Vasilek

    13. No. 8. Dělám, dělám kázání (I'm giving a little talk)

      Composer: Leoš Janáček

      Ensemble: The City of Prague Philharmonic Choir

      Performer: Barbora Haasová, Petra Hoďánková, David Šimeček, Jirí Javurek, Ondrej Šindelár, Ondřej Svitavský, Petr Ries, Radek Doležal, Matouš Zukal

      Conductor: Lukas Vasilek

    14. No. 9. Stará bába čarovala (The old woman was making magic)

      Composer: Leoš Janáček

      Ensemble: The City of Prague Philharmonic Choir

      Performer: Barbora Haasová, Petra Hoďánková, David Šimeček, Jirí Javurek, Ondrej Šindelár, Ondřej Svitavský, Petr Ries, Radek Doležal, Matouš Zukal

      Conductor: Lukas Vasilek

    15. No. 10. Hó, hó, krávy dó (Ho, ho, off go the cows)

      Composer: Leoš Janáček

      Ensemble: The City of Prague Philharmonic Choir

      Performer: Barbora Haasová, Petra Hoďánková, David Šimeček, Jirí Javurek, Ondrej Šindelár, Ondřej Svitavský, Petr Ries, Radek Doležal, Matouš Zukal

      Conductor: Lukas Vasilek

    16. No. 11. Moje žena malučičká (My tiny little wife)

      Composer: Leoš Janáček

      Ensemble: The City of Prague Philharmonic Choir

      Performer: Martin Slavík, Barbora Haasová, Petra Hoďánková, David Šimeček, Jirí Javurek, Ondrej Šindelár, Ondřej Svitavský, Petr Ries, Radek Doležal, Matouš Zukal

      Conductor: Lukas Vasilek

    17. No. 12. Bába leze do bezu (Granny's crawling into the elder bush)

      Composer: Leoš Janáček

      Ensemble: The City of Prague Philharmonic Choir

      Performer: Barbora Haasová, Petra Hoďánková, David Šimeček, Jirí Javurek, Ondrej Šindelár, Ondřej Svitavský, Petr Ries, Radek Doležal, Matouš Zukal

      Conductor: Lukas Vasilek

    18. No. 13. Koza bílá hrušky sbírá (A white goat's picking pears)

      Composer: Leoš Janáček

      Ensemble: The City of Prague Philharmonic Choir

      Performer: Barbora Haasová, Petra Hoďánková, David Šimeček, Jirí Javurek, Ondrej Šindelár, Ondřej Svitavský, Petr Ries, Radek Doležal, Matouš Zukal

      Conductor: Lukas Vasilek

    19. No. 14. Němec brouk, hrnce tlouk (German beetle broke some pans)

      Composer: Leoš Janáček

      Ensemble: The City of Prague Philharmonic Choir

      Performer: Barbora Haasová, Petra Hoďánková, David Šimeček, Jirí Javurek, Ondrej Šindelár, Ondřej Svitavský, Petr Ries, Radek Doležal, Matouš Zukal

      Conductor: Lukas Vasilek

    20. No. 15. Koza leží na seně (A goat is lying in the hay)

      Composer: Leoš Janáček

      Ensemble: The City of Prague Philharmonic Choir

      Performer: Barbora Haasová, Petra Hoďánková, David Šimeček, Jirí Javurek, Ondrej Šindelár, Ondřej Svitavský, Petr Ries, Radek Doležal, Matouš Zukal

      Conductor: Lukas Vasilek

    21. No. 16. Vašek, pašek, bubeník (Vasek, pasek the drummer)

      Composer: Leoš Janáček

      Ensemble: The City of Prague Philharmonic Choir

      Performer: Barbora Haasová, Petra Hoďánková, David Šimeček, Jirí Javurek, Ondrej Šindelár, Ondřej Svitavský, Petr Ries, Radek Doležal, Matouš Zukal

      Conductor: Lukas Vasilek

    22. No. 17. Frantíku, Frantíku (Frantik, Frantik)

      Composer: Leoš Janáček

      Ensemble: The City of Prague Philharmonic Choir

      Performer: Barbora Haasová, Petra Hoďánková, David Šimeček, Jirí Javurek, Ondrej Šindelár, Ondřej Svitavský, Petr Ries, Radek Doležal, Matouš Zukal

      Conductor: Lukas Vasilek

    23. No. 18. Seděl medviď na kolodi (The bear sat on a tree trunk)

      Composer: Leoš Janáček

      Ensemble: The City of Prague Philharmonic Choir

      Performer: Barbora Haasová, Petra Hoďánková, David Šimeček, Jirí Javurek, Ondrej Šindelár, Ondřej Svitavský, Petr Ries, Radek Doležal, Matouš Zukal

      Conductor: Lukas Vasilek

    24. No. 1. Svatba (Lakodalom, Wedding)

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: The City of Prague Philharmonic Choir, Zemlinsky Quartet, Belfiato Quintet

      Performer: Mariana Ambrožová, Jana Hrochová, Jan Pařík, Walter Hofbauer, Lukáš Moťka, Ivana Dohnalova, Matouš Zukal, Ladislav Bilan

      Conductor: Lukas Vasilek

    25. No. 2. Ukoliebava (Bolcsodal, Lullaby)

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: The City of Prague Philharmonic Choir, Zemlinsky Quartet, Belfiato Quintet

      Performer: Mariana Ambrožová, Jana Hrochová, Jan Pařík, Walter Hofbauer, Lukáš Moťka, Ivana Dohnalova, Matouš Zukal, Ladislav Bilan

      Conductor: Lukas Vasilek

    26. No. 3. Tanec mladencov (Legenytanc, Lads' Dance)

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Ensemble: The City of Prague Philharmonic Choir, Zemlinsky Quartet, Belfiato Quintet

      Performer: Mariana Ambrožová, Jana Hrochová, Jan Pařík, Walter Hofbauer, Lukáš Moťka, Ivana Dohnalova, Matouš Zukal, Ladislav Bilan

      Conductor: Lukas Vasilek


Leo� Jan�cek and the generation younger B�la Bart�k and Igor Stravinsky were major 20th-century composers markedly influenced by folk music, bringing it to bear in their own creations. Jan�cek and Bart�k also keenly devoted to folklore as theoreticians and collected folk songs around the villages. Stravinsky, for his part, was mesmerised by folk rituals. A case in point is Les noces, which in four choreographed scenes depicts Russian wedding customs. Following significant revisions of the instrumentation, the fourth, definitive, version of the piece received it's world premiere in 1923 in Paris, as performed by Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, to Bronislava Nijinska's choreography. Jan�cek conceived his Nursery Rhymes at the age of 71, shortly after completing the opera The Makropulous Case. He too made changes to the instrumentation before arriving at a satisfactory form. The second version of the set bears witness to Jan�cek's being enthralled by Stravinsky's music. The Three Village Scenes for female voices and chamber orchestra feature arrangements of folk tunes Bart�k collected in the Zvolen district in today�s Slovakia. The set is evidently influenced by Stravinsky's style as well. The three challenging works have been undertaken by Luk� Vasilek conducting the outstanding Prague Philharmonic Choir, which on numerous occasions have displayed it's exceptional qualities and a great sense for performing music inspired by folk art. The album links up to the highly acclaimed recording of Bohuslav Martinu's cantatas (Gramophone Editor's Choice, nomination for the BBC Music Magazine Award). The rediscovered magic of folk songs and traditional rituals in the music of three 20th-century masters.