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Janacek: On an Overgrown Path, in the Mists, Sonata 1.X1905
Piano Classics

Janacek: On an Overgrown Path, in the Mists, Sonata 1.X1905

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Details

Composer
JANACEK, LEOS
Artist
Zoltan Fejervari
Format
CD
Label
Piano Classics
Released
Jun 07, 2019
Catalog #
PCL10176
UPC
5029365101769

About

Janacek composed his piano music around the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, before he found fame late in life with operas such as ‘Jenufa,’ ‘Kata Kabanova’ and ‘The Makropulos Case.’ Epigrammatic but obsessive, these intimate pieces speak of the composer’s passions and frustrations. But like his later works they are loaded with drama and big ideas. The first book in ‘On An Overgrown Path’ is notable for its poetic titles- such as ‘Our evenings,’ ‘They chattered like swallows,’ ‘Unutterable anguish’- which find expression in music of apparent folk-like innocence and sudden passions, which reach a powerful climax in the violent contrasts of the first book’s final piece, ‘The Barn-Owl has not flown away.’ This is music of heartbreak and desolation hardly less moving on its way than the great scenes of love and abandonment which Janacek composed for his operatic heroines. Stripped of such titles, the second book in ‘On An Overgrown Path’ is more elusive in meaning, swinging between a gentle, Czech translation of Debussy’s Impressionist tone-painting and darker, more sinister currents of expression that run raw and angry in the Sonata which Janacek wrote to commemorate the death of a young man at the hands of the police in Prague during political protests in the autumn of 1905. From seven years later, the four-movement cycle of Mists recovers some of the Romantic melancholy of ‘On an Overgrown Path,’ though its cathartic finale presents a stiff challenge to any pianist with its torrents of notes. As the recipient of a prestigious Borletti-Buitoni award, the Hungarian pianist Zoltan Fejervari is a solo, concerto and chamber-music pianist with several well-received recordings to his credit such as Liszt’s Malediction and an album of Mozart violin sonatas in partnership with Erno Kallai.

Tracklist 21 tracks

  1. 1 I. Our Evenings: Moderato 03:12
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Our Evenings: Moderato
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Performer
    Zoltán Fejérvári
  2. 2 II. A Blown-Away Leaf: Andante 03:05
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. A Blown-Away Leaf: Andante
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Performer
    Zoltán Fejérvári
  3. 3 III. Come With Us!: Andante 01:12
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Come With Us!: Andante
    Duration
    01:12
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Performer
    Zoltán Fejérvári
  4. 4 IV. The Madonna of Frydek: Grave 03:26
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. The Madonna of Frydek: Grave
    Duration
    03:26
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Performer
    Zoltán Fejérvári
  5. 5 V. They Chattered Like Swallows: Con moto 02:04
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. They Chattered Like Swallows: Con moto
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Performer
    Zoltán Fejérvári
  6. 6 VI. Words Fail!: Andante 02:05
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Words Fail!: Andante
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Performer
    Zoltán Fejérvári
  7. 7 VII. Good Night!: Andante 02:55
    Track
    7
    Title
    VII. Good Night!: Andante
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Performer
    Zoltán Fejérvári
  8. 8 VIII. Unutterable Anguish!: Andante 03:16
    Track
    8
    Title
    VIII. Unutterable Anguish!: Andante
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Performer
    Zoltán Fejérvári
  9. 9 IX. In Tears: Larghetto 02:07
    Track
    9
    Title
    IX. In Tears: Larghetto
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Performer
    Zoltán Fejérvári
  10. 10 X. The Barn Owl Has Not Flown Away: Andante 03:41
    Track
    10
    Title
    X. The Barn Owl Has Not Flown Away: Andante
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Performer
    Zoltán Fejérvári
  11. 11 I. Andante 03:18
    Track
    11
    Title
    I. Andante
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Performer
    Zoltán Fejérvári
  12. 12 II. Molto adagio 04:29
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. Molto adagio
    Duration
    04:29
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Performer
    Zoltán Fejérvári
  13. 13 III. Andantino 02:15
    Track
    13
    Title
    III. Andantino
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Performer
    Zoltán Fejérvári
  14. 14 IV. Presto 04:40
    Track
    14
    Title
    IV. Presto
    Duration
    04:40
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Performer
    Zoltán Fejérvári
  15. 15 I. Predtucha (Foreboding): Con moto 05:19
    Track
    15
    Title
    I. Predtucha (Foreboding): Con moto
    Duration
    05:19
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Performer
    Zoltán Fejérvári
  16. 16 II. Smrt (Death) 06:43
    Track
    16
    Title
    II. Smrt (Death)
    Duration
    06:43
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Performer
    Zoltán Fejérvári
  17. 17 I. Andante 03:01
    Track
    17
    Title
    I. Andante
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Performer
    Zoltán Fejérvári
  18. 18 II. Allegretto 03:06
    Track
    18
    Title
    II. Allegretto
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Performer
    Zoltán Fejérvári
  19. 19 III. Più mosso 02:38
    Track
    19
    Title
    III. Più mosso
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Performer
    Zoltán Fejérvári
  20. 20 IV. Allegro 05:57
    Track
    20
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    05:57
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Performer
    Zoltán Fejérvári
  21. 21 V. Vivo 01:58
    Track
    21
    Title
    V. Vivo
    Duration
    01:58
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Performer
    Zoltán Fejérvári