Martinu: Songs

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Release Date
February 22, 2019
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MARTINU, BOHUSLAV
    • PERFORMER
      Jankova, Kral, Kahanek
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 22, 2019
    • UPC
      099925423520
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SU4235-2
    • LABEL
      Supraphon
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Rosička (Dew)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Ivo Kahánek

    2. No. 2. Otevření slovečkem (The Lock)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Tomáš Král, Ivo Kahánek

    3. No. 3. Cesta k milej (Journey to the Beloved)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Tomáš Král, Ivo Kahánek

    4. No. 4. Chodníček (The Footpath)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Tomáš Král, Ivo Kahánek

    5. No. 5. U mamenky (At Home)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Ivo Kahánek

    6. No. 6. Sen Panny Marie (The Dream of the Virgin Mary)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Ivo Kahánek

    7. No. 7. Rozmarýn (Rosemary)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Ivo Kahánek

    8. No. 1. Děvče z Moravy (Moravian Girl)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Tomáš Král, Ivo Kahánek

    9. No. 2. Susedova stajňa (The Neighbour's Stable)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Ivo Kahánek

    10. No. 3. Naděje (Hope)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Ivo Kahánek

    11. No. 4. Hlásny (The Nightwatchman)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Ivo Kahánek

    12. No. 5. Tajná láska (Secret Love)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Tomáš Král, Ivo Kahánek

    13. No. 6. Boží muka (The Wayside Cross)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Tomáš Král, Ivo Kahánek

    14. No. 7. Zvolenovci chlapci (Lads Of Zvolen)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Tomáš Král, Ivo Kahánek

    15. No. 1. Mᝠmoja, mᝠmoja (Mother mine)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Ivo Kahánek

    16. No. 2. Povedz že mi, povedz (Tell me, tell)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Ivo Kahánek

    17. No. 3. Čo robíš, Hanka? (What are you making, Hanka?)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Tomáš Král, Ivo Kahánek

    18. No. 4. Ej, hora, hora … (Hey, mountain …)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Tomáš Král, Ivo Kahánek

    19. No. 5. Od Oravy dažd' ide (Rain coming from Orava)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Ivo Kahánek

    20. No. 6. Povedz mi, môj najmilejší (Tell me, my beloved)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Ivo Kahánek

    21. No. 7. Ešte jednu sestru mám (I have another sister)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Ivo Kahánek

    22. No. 8. Mala som ja rukávce (I had a blouse …)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Ivo Kahánek

    23. No. 9. Vysoko zornička (The morning star)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Tomáš Král, Ivo Kahánek

    24. No. 10. Ej, poznať je to, poznať (Hey, it shows …)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Tomáš Král, Ivo Kahánek

    25. No. 11. Oženil som sa ja (I've got married)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Tomáš Král, Ivo Kahánek

    26. No. 12. Zjedzte ma, vlčky (Eat me, wolves)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Tomáš Král, Ivo Kahánek

    27. No. 13. Stojí dievča u šentýša (The girl standing by the tap …)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Tomáš Král, Ivo Kahánek

    28. No. 14. Hore Váhom (Up the river Váh)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Tomáš Král, Ivo Kahánek

    29. No. 15. Hore Hronom (Up and down the river Hron)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Ivo Kahánek

    30. No. 16. V Trenčianskej kasárni (At the barracks in Trenčín)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Ivo Kahánek

    31. No. 17. Bože, Bože, čo mám robit' (God, what am I to do)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Tomáš Král, Ivo Kahánek

    32. No. 18. Hanulienka, Hanulienka (Little Hanna …)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Tomáš Král, Ivo Kahánek

    33. No. 19. Čie sa to ovečky (Whose sheep are these …)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Ivo Kahánek

    34. No. 20. Chlapovi je dobre (A man is fine …)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Tomáš Král, Ivo Kahánek

    35. No. 21. Never že mu, never … (Don't trust him, don't …)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Ivo Kahánek

    36. No. 22. Kopala studienku (She was digging a well)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Tomáš Král, Ivo Kahánek

    37. No. 23. Sedemdesiat sukien mala (She had seventy skirts)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Tomáš Král, Ivo Kahánek

    38. No. 24. Ej, lúka, lúka (Hey, meadow …)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Tomáš Král, Ivo Kahánek

    39. No. 25. Ej, mal som frajerku (Hey, I had a lover)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Tomáš Král, Ivo Kahánek

    40. No. 26. Holubienka biela (The white dove)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Tomáš Král, Ivo Kahánek

    41. No. 27. Spoza čiernej hory (From behind the black mountain …)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Ivo Kahánek

    42. No. 28. Povídajú ludé … (People are saying …)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Ivo Kahánek

    43. No. 29. Budzil som sa (I kept waking up)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Tomáš Král, Ivo Kahánek

    44. No. 30. Dievča z bielej hory (The girl from the white mountain)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Ivo Kahánek

    45. No. 1. Bohatá milá

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Tomáš Král, Ivo Kahánek

    46. No. 2. Opuštěný milý

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Tomáš Král, Ivo Kahánek

    47. No. 3. Touha

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Ivo Kahánek

    48. No. 4. Zvědavé dievča

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Tomáš Král, Ivo Kahánek

    49. No. 5. Veselé dievča

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Ivo Kahánek

    50. No. 6. Smutný milý

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Tomáš Král, Ivo Kahánek

    51. No. 7. Prosba

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Martina Janková, Ivo Kahánek

    52. No. 8. Vysoká veža

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Tomáš Král, Ivo Kahánek


Folk songs are evidently one of the seminal sources of inspiration that Bohuslav Martinu drew upon in his music. The composer would take Sušil's extensive collection of traditional Moravian songs along with him wherever he travelled. The texts from the volume were used for the majority of the Songs on One Page, Songs on Two Pages and The New Chapbook. Just as Dvorák had done in his Moravian Duets, so Martinu conceived his own tunes and accompaniment, yet his having been profoundly impacted by folk music, it's rhythm, melody and harmonic techniques is palpable. Created in the early 1940s, in the middle of World War II, during the composer's exile in the USA, the three song cycles represented for Martinu and his compatriots a connection with their beleaguered homeland. Jan Masaryk, a Czech diplomat and a skilled amateur pianist, often performed the songs together with the soprano Jarmila Novotná, a MET soloist. Owing to their elliptical expression and modesty, the three cycles may serve as the clue to Martinu's late works. The New Slovak Songs constitute a unique piece in the composer's oeuvre; he himself had collected them during his visit to Slovakia in 1920 and subsequently wrote for them piano accompaniments. Three renowned artists, bearing an authentic relation to folk music and Martinu's work alike, have made a benchmark recording, in which they have succeeded in highlighting the songs' tender beauty. Bohuslav Martinu's songs - magnificent tiny pieces by a great master