Czech, Moravian & Slovak Duets / Vondrackova, Ruzickova, Dobesova

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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BENDL BODOROVA DVORAK
    • PERFORMER
      Dobesova, Ruzickova, Vondrackova
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 01, 2019
    • UPC
      8594029812109
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      UP0210
    • LABEL
      ArcoDiva
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. A já ti uplynu (From Thee Now)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková, Hana Dobešová, Ladislava Vondráčková

    2. No. 2. Veleť vtáčku (Fly Sweetsongster)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková, Hana Dobešová, Ladislava Vondráčková

    3. No. 3. Dyby byla kosa nabróšená (The Slighted Heart)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková, Hana Dobešová, Ladislava Vondráčková

    4. No. 4. V dobrým sme se sešli (Parting Without Sorrow)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková, Hana Dobešová, Ladislava Vondráčková

    5. No. 5. Slavíkovský polečko malý (The Pledge of Love)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková, Hana Dobešová, Ladislava Vondráčková

    6. No. 6. Holub na javoře (Forsaken)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková, Hana Dobešová, Ladislava Vondráčková

    7. No. 7. Voda a pláč (Sad of Heart)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková, Hana Dobešová, Ladislava Vondráčková

    8. No. 8. Skromná (The Modest Maid)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková, Hana Dobešová, Ladislava Vondráčková

    9. No. 9. Prsten (The Ring)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková, Hana Dobešová, Ladislava Vondráčková

    10. No. 10. Zelenaj se, zelenaj (Omens)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková, Hana Dobešová, Ladislava Vondráčková

    11. No. 11. Zajatá (The Maid Imprisoned)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková, Hana Dobešová, Ladislava Vondráčková

    12. No. 12. Neveta (Comfort)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková, Hana Dobešová, Ladislava Vondráčková

    13. No. 13. Šípek (The Wild Rose)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková, Hana Dobešová, Ladislava Vondráčková

    14. No. 14. Život vojenský (The Soldier's Farewell)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková, Hana Dobešová, Ladislava Vondráčková

    15. No. 1. Napadly písně v duši mou (Songs in My Soul)

      Composer: Karel Bendl

      Performer: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková, Hana Dobešová, Ladislava Vondráčková

    16. No. 2. Žitné pole (Fields of Rye)

      Composer: Karel Bendl

      Performer: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková, Hana Dobešová, Ladislava Vondráčková

    17. No. 3. Duše mladá (To a Young Soul)

      Composer: Karel Bendl

      Performer: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková, Hana Dobešová, Ladislava Vondráčková

    18. No. 4. Sluníčko boží (God's Little Sun)

      Composer: Karel Bendl

      Performer: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková, Hana Dobešová, Ladislava Vondráčková

    19. No. 5. Hle! Na sta písní z lesů letí (Lo, Hundreds of Songs)

      Composer: Karel Bendl

      Performer: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková, Hana Dobešová, Ladislava Vondráčková

    20. No. 6. Květlo v poli jetelíčka (A Clover Field in Bloom)

      Composer: Karel Bendl

      Performer: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková, Hana Dobešová, Ladislava Vondráčková

    21. No. 7. Lesy mlčí (Silent Woods)

      Composer: Karel Bendl

      Performer: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková, Hana Dobešová, Ladislava Vondráčková

    22. No. 8. Dech jara (The Breath of Spring)

      Composer: Karel Bendl

      Performer: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková, Hana Dobešová, Ladislava Vondráčková

    23. No. 9. Večerní les (The Evening Wood)

      Composer: Karel Bendl

      Performer: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková, Hana Dobešová, Ladislava Vondráčková

    24. No. 1. Hej! (Hey)

      Composer: Sylvie Bodorová

      Performer: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková, Hana Dobešová, Ladislava Vondráčková

    25. No. 2. Zaspievaj mi vtáčik (Sing to Me, Little Bird)

      Composer: Sylvie Bodorová

      Performer: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková, Hana Dobešová, Ladislava Vondráčková

    26. No. 3. Beľi že mi beľi (Hushaby, Hushaby)

      Composer: Sylvie Bodorová

      Performer: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková, Hana Dobešová, Ladislava Vondráčková

    27. No. 4. Bol jeden gajdoš (A Bagpiper)

      Composer: Sylvie Bodorová

      Performer: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková, Hana Dobešová, Ladislava Vondráčková

    28. No. 5. Keď sa môj najmilší (My Beloved)

      Composer: Sylvie Bodorová

      Performer: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková, Hana Dobešová, Ladislava Vondráčková

    29. No. 6. Ej, Bože môj! (Oh, My God)

      Composer: Sylvie Bodorová

      Performer: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková, Hana Dobešová, Ladislava Vondráčková

    30. No. 7. Okolo mlyna (Around the Mill)

      Composer: Sylvie Bodorová

      Performer: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková, Hana Dobešová, Ladislava Vondráčková

    31. No. 8. Spievaj si slávičku (Sing, Nightingale)

      Composer: Sylvie Bodorová

      Performer: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková, Hana Dobešová, Ladislava Vondráčková

    32. No. 9. Vodu hrabala (She Raked Water)

      Composer: Sylvie Bodorová

      Performer: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková, Hana Dobešová, Ladislava Vondráčková


This album is dedicated to Czech composers. The first is Antonin Dvorak, who wrote his Moravian Duets in 1875 and 1876. The original idea was to arrange folk melodies from the collection of Frantisek Susil, but Dvorak eventually decided to use just the folk texts, setting them to music by himself. The resulting work in a way marked the beginning of his worldwide recognition. Although the genre of duets for two women’s voices and piano is well known today thanks chiefly to Dvorak, in its time it was cultivated by other composers too. Among them by Dvorak’s contemporary and friend Karel Bendl, whose “Dvanact dvojzpevu” (Twelve Duets) are settings of mostly lyrical texts by Vitezslav Halek from the collection “V prirode” (In Nature) and were probably written in the second half of the 1870s. The last cycle is The Slovak Duets by one of the most important contemporary Czech composers Sylvie Bodorova. Working with the rhythmic aspect of her music and layering her polyphony are typical features of her approach. She has also found inspiration in Roma, Jewish, and contemporary approach to folk (especially East European and Balkan) music, as well as other areas of the music of our time. The works here are sung by Hana Dobesova and Michaela Rozsa Ruzickova, accompanied by pianist Ladislava Vondrackova, and were recorded live at Martinu Hall, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.