Dvorák: Songs

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Label
IBS Classical
Release Date
April 27, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      DVORAK, ANTON
    • PERFORMER
      Infante, Robaina
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 27, 2018
    • UPC
      8436556423055
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      IBS12018
    • LABEL
      IBS Classical
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Lasst mich allein (Leave Me Alone)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Marta Infante, Jorge Robaina

    2. No. 2. Die Stickerin (The Embroideress)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Marta Infante, Jorge Robaina

    3. No. 3. Frühling (Springtime)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Marta Infante, Jorge Robaina

    4. No. 4. Am Bache (At the Stream)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Marta Infante, Jorge Robaina

    5. No. 1. Ma pisen zas

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Marta Infante, Jorge Robaina

    6. No. 2. Aj! Kterak trojhranec muj preozkosne zvoni

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Marta Infante, Jorge Robaina

    7. No. 3. A les je tichy kolem kol

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Marta Infante, Jorge Robaina

    8. No. 4. Kdyz mne stara matka zpivat ucivala

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Marta Infante, Jorge Robaina

    9. No. 5. Struna naladena

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Marta Infante, Jorge Robaina

    10. No. 6. Siroke rukavy

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Marta Infante, Jorge Robaina

    11. No. 7. Dejte klec jestrabu

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Marta Infante, Jorge Robaina

    12. No. 1. Dobru noc, ma mila (Good-night, my darling)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Marta Infante, Jorge Robaina

    13. No. 2. Zalo dievca zalo travu (When a maiden was a-mowing)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Marta Infante, Jorge Robaina

    14. No. 3. Ach, neni, neni tu, co by me tesilo (There is nothing here to comfort me)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Marta Infante, Jorge Robaina

    15. No. 4. Ej, mam ja kona faku (I have a faithful mare)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Marta Infante, Jorge Robaina

    16. No. 1. Oblak a mrakota jest vukol Neho (Clouds and Darkness)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Marta Infante, Jorge Robaina

    17. No. 2. Skryse ma a paveza ma Ty jsi (Thou art my hiding-place)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Marta Infante, Jorge Robaina

    18. No. 3. Slys, o Boze, slys modlitbu mou (Give ear to my prayer)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Marta Infante, Jorge Robaina

    19. No. 4. Hospodin jest muj pastyr (The Lord is my shepherd)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Marta Infante, Jorge Robaina

    20. No. 5. Boze! Boze! Pisen novou (I will sing a new song)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Marta Infante, Jorge Robaina

    21. No. 6. Slys, o Boze, volani me (Hear my cry)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Marta Infante, Jorge Robaina

    22. No. 7. Pri rekach babylonskych (By the rivers of Babylon)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Marta Infante, Jorge Robaina

    23. No. 8. Popatriz na mne a smiluj se nade mnou (Turn thee unto me)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Marta Infante, Jorge Robaina

    24. No. 9. Pozdvihuji oci svych k horam (I will lift up mine eyes)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Marta Infante, Jorge Robaina

    25. No. 10. Zpivejte Hospodinu pisen novou (O sing unto the Lord a new song)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Marta Infante, Jorge Robaina


Between 1874 and 1878, the young Antonín Dvorák received help from the Austrian government to compose musical works. At that time, he was a promising composer who, having been brought up in Bohemia, not only spoke German but also demonstrated a profound knowledge of the Central European musical tradition. The composer, with all this, very quickly faced reality: in the Vienna of that time what they wanted of a Czech composer was music that sounded Czech, not German. Of the works he wrote in those years, the one that caught the publisher´s and Brahm´s attention was his song cycle, Moravian Duets. They particularly stood out if we keep in mind, as mentioned by Michael Beckerman, that to the Bohemian composer the Moravian culture was as foreign as any other. This is how history, with its selective forgetfulness, has prolonged for years the European rule that has been to label Dvorak a nationalistic Czech composer and author of various worthy symphonies. That he left more than a hundred songs written, that his inspiration went far beyond Bohemian folklore and that he was one of the most prolific Opera composers of his time are irrelevant questions. This recording from Spanish mezzosoprano Marta Infante and pianist Jorge Robaina gives us an opportunity to hear some songs that seem to have been written out of their time.