MARTINU: Songs for mezzo-soprano and piano

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Naxos
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October 18, 2005
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MARTINU
    • PERFORMER
      Olga Cerna/Jitka Cechova
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. 2 Songs, H. 213bis: No. 2. Květ broskví (Blossom of the Peach Tree) (Sung in Czech)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Olga Cerna, Jitka Čechová

    2. 2 Songs, H. 213bis: No. 1. Automne malade (Sickly Autumn) (Sung in French)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Olga Cerna, Jitka Čechová

    3. 3 Songs to poems by G. Apollinaire, H. 197: Saltimbanques (Acrobats)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Olga Cerna, Jitka Čechová

    4. Vocalise-Etude, H. 188

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Olga Cerna, Jitka Čechová

    5. Putovali hudci (The Minstrels were Wandering)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Olga Cerna, Jitka Čechová

    6. Sirota (The Orphan)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Olga Cerna, Jitka Čechová

    7. Konicky na ouhore (Ponies on the Fallow Field)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Olga Cerna, Jitka Čechová

    8. Ztraceny pantoflicek (The Lost Slipper)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Olga Cerna, Jitka Čechová

    9. Pisen nabozna (Religious Song)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Olga Cerna, Jitka Čechová

    10. Pozvani (Invitation)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Olga Cerna, Jitka Čechová

    11. 2 Dances from the ballet Spalicek, H. 214c: II. Polka

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Jitka Čechová

    12. Bohata mila (The Rich Sweetheart)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Olga Cerna, Jitka Čechová

    13. Opusteny mily (The Abandoned Lover)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Olga Cerna, Jitka Čechová

    14. Touha (Yearning)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Olga Cerna, Jitka Čechová

    15. Zvedave dievca (The Inquisitive Girl)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Olga Cerna, Jitka Čechová

    16. Vesele dievca (The Happy Girl)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Olga Cerna, Jitka Čechová

    17. Smutny mily (The Mournful Lover)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Olga Cerna, Jitka Čechová

    18. Prosba (Prayer)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Olga Cerna, Jitka Čechová

    19. Vysoka veza (The High Tower)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Olga Cerna, Jitka Čechová

    20. 2 Dances from the ballet Spalicek, H. 214c: I. Waltz

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Jitka Čechová

    21. Le poulet (The Chicken) (text: T. de Gramont)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Olga Cerna, Jitka Čechová

    22. Le petit chat (The Little Cat) (text: attrib. L. Xanrof)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Olga Cerna, Jitka Čechová

    23. Pocitadlo (Counting Song)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Olga Cerna, Jitka Čechová

    24. Divoky holub (The Wild Dove)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Olga Cerna, Jitka Čechová

    25. Vlastovicka (The Little Swallow)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Olga Cerna, Jitka Čechová

    26. Detska hadanka (Children's Riddle)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Olga Cerna, Jitka Čechová

    27. Koleda milostna (Love Carol), H. 259

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Olga Cerna, Jitka Čechová

    28. Prani mamince (A Wish for a Mother), H. 279b

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Olga Cerna, Jitka Čechová

    29. The Miracles of Mary, H. 236: Narozeni Pane (Christ's Nativity) (arr. for voice and piano)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Olga Cerna, Jitka Čechová

    30. The Miracles of Mary, H. 236: Sestra Paskalina (Sister Pascalina) (arr. for voice and piano)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Performer: Olga Cerna, Jitka Čechová


Although Martinu is known for a number of significant choral works, including his oratorio the Epic of Gilgamesh, relatively little attention is given to his vocal music. Songs with piano, many of them still unpublished or only made available in print.