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Kabelac & Smetana: Piano Works / Bartoš
Supraphon

Kabelac & Smetana: Piano Works / Bartoš

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Details

Composer
Miloslav Kabelac, Bedrich Smetana
Artist
Jan Bartos
Format
CD
Label
Supraphon
Released
Mar 17, 2023
Catalog #
SU4324-2
UPC
099925432423

About

What do Bedřich Smetana and Miloslav Kabeláč have in common that they feature on Jan Bartoš’s new album? Both of them were distinguished composers, conductors and pianists. Both of them created modern and timeless music for piano, which, however, remains overshadowed by their symphonic works. Smetana was writing his cycle Rêves (1875) at the time when he was completing Šárka and From Bohemian Fields and Groves, perhaps the most remarkable of the six tone poems comprising Má vlast.

Kabeláč was composing the two piano cycles, Op. 30 and Op. 38, while also focusing on Mystery of Time, his symphonic magnum opus, which in recent years has been discovered by some of the world’s most renowned orchestras, in Berlin, Cleveland, London and elsewhere. Kabeláč’s life serves as a prime example of the fates that befell the Czech humanists, artists and intellectuals from the 1930s to the 1970s amid the turbulent historical events. While his music garnered success worldwide, he was silenced by the Communist regime in his homeland. Kabelác’s style evolved from complex to simple, thus in many respects ushering in the accession of post-modernism and minimalism. As attested to by his cycle Motifs from Exotic Lands, he was boldly inspired by non-European traditional music. Following on from critically acclaimed Leoš Janáček (Gramophone Editor’s Choice) and Vítězslav Novák albums, Jan Bartoš is now presenting Kabeláč and Smetana in live recordings made at the Dvořák Hall of Prague’s Rudolfinum. Jan Bartoš presents to the world little-known Czech piano gems.

Tracklist 24 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. Preludio ostinato 02:31
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Preludio ostinato
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Miloslav Kabeláč
    Performer
    Jan Bartoš
  2. 2 No. 2. Preludio meditativo 03:49
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Preludio meditativo
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Miloslav Kabeláč
    Performer
    Jan Bartoš
  3. 3 No. 3. Preludio sognante 01:30
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Preludio sognante
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Miloslav Kabeláč
    Performer
    Jan Bartoš
  4. 4 No. 4. Preludio corale 03:35
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. Preludio corale
    Duration
    03:35
    Composer
    Miloslav Kabeláč
    Performer
    Jan Bartoš
  5. 5 No. 5. Preludio notturno 04:07
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5. Preludio notturno
    Duration
    04:07
    Composer
    Miloslav Kabeláč
    Performer
    Jan Bartoš
  6. 6 No. 6. Preludio volante 02:05
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6. Preludio volante
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Miloslav Kabeláč
    Performer
    Jan Bartoš
  7. 7 No. 7. Preludio arioso 03:42
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 7. Preludio arioso
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Miloslav Kabeláč
    Performer
    Jan Bartoš
  8. 8 No. 8. Preludio impetuoso 03:43
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 8. Preludio impetuoso
    Duration
    03:43
    Composer
    Miloslav Kabeláč
    Performer
    Jan Bartoš
  9. 9 I. Le bonheur éteint (Zaniklé štestí) 04:21
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Le bonheur éteint (Zaniklé štestí)
    Duration
    04:21
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jan Bartoš
  10. 10 II. La consolation (Útecha) 04:40
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. La consolation (Útecha)
    Duration
    04:40
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jan Bartoš
  11. 11 III. En Bohême: scène champêtre (V Cechách: vesnický výjev) 05:11
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. En Bohême: scène champêtre (V Cechách: vesnický výjev)
    Duration
    05:11
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jan Bartoš
  12. 12 IV. Au salon (V salone) 04:14
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Au salon (V salone)
    Duration
    04:14
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jan Bartoš
  13. 13 V. Près du château (Pred hradem) 05:31
    Track
    13
    Title
    V. Près du château (Pred hradem)
    Duration
    05:31
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jan Bartoš
  14. 14 VI. La fête des paysans bohémiens (Slavnost ceských venkovanu) 04:42
    Track
    14
    Title
    VI. La fête des paysans bohémiens (Slavnost ceských venkovanu)
    Duration
    04:42
    Composer
    Bedřich Smetana
    Performer
    Jan Bartoš
  15. 15 I. Indian Motif (Battle Song): Presto 02:03
    Track
    15
    Title
    I. Indian Motif (Battle Song): Presto
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    Miloslav Kabeláč
    Performer
    Jan Bartoš
  16. 16 II. Motif from Asia Minor (Pastorale): Andante 01:44
    Track
    16
    Title
    II. Motif from Asia Minor (Pastorale): Andante
    Duration
    01:44
    Composer
    Miloslav Kabeláč
    Performer
    Jan Bartoš
  17. 17 III. Pacific Motif (Burial Song): Lento ma con sordo passione 01:42
    Track
    17
    Title
    III. Pacific Motif (Burial Song): Lento ma con sordo passione
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Miloslav Kabeláč
    Performer
    Jan Bartoš
  18. 18 IV. Javanese Motif (Ceremony): Festivo 01:33
    Track
    18
    Title
    IV. Javanese Motif (Ceremony): Festivo
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Miloslav Kabeláč
    Performer
    Jan Bartoš
  19. 19 V. East Asian Motif (Flute Improvisation): Andante 02:07
    Track
    19
    Title
    V. East Asian Motif (Flute Improvisation): Andante
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Miloslav Kabeláč
    Performer
    Jan Bartoš
  20. 20 VI. Eskimo Motif (Lullaby): Lento 01:44
    Track
    20
    Title
    VI. Eskimo Motif (Lullaby): Lento
    Duration
    01:44
    Composer
    Miloslav Kabeláč
    Performer
    Jan Bartoš
  21. 21 VII. Arabian Motif (Dance): Molto Allegro 01:47
    Track
    21
    Title
    VII. Arabian Motif (Dance): Molto Allegro
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    Miloslav Kabeláč
    Performer
    Jan Bartoš
  22. 22 VIII. Brazilian Motif (Incantation): Andante 02:05
    Track
    22
    Title
    VIII. Brazilian Motif (Incantation): Andante
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Miloslav Kabeláč
    Performer
    Jan Bartoš
  23. 23 IX. Motif from India (Lute Improvisation): Meditativo 01:24
    Track
    23
    Title
    IX. Motif from India (Lute Improvisation): Meditativo
    Duration
    01:24
    Composer
    Miloslav Kabeláč
    Performer
    Jan Bartoš
  24. 24 X. Central African Motif (Black Drummers): Allegro feroce 01:23
    Track
    24
    Title
    X. Central African Motif (Black Drummers): Allegro feroce
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Miloslav Kabeláč
    Performer
    Jan Bartoš