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Prague-Vienna - Journey in Songs

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Composer
HAYDN KALIVODA MOZART
Artist
Jankova, Willi
Format
CD
Label
Supraphon
Released
Jun 30, 2017
Catalog #
SU4231-2
UPC
099925423124

About

The road between Vienna and Prague, taken in 1787 by the 31-year-old Mozart so as to attend the premiere of his opera Don Giovanni, was familiar to a number of other musicians. It was a journey they made in both directions, often with the vision of attaining a better life at the other end. The Czech songs dating from the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, which form the axis of the present album, may be a revelation for many a listener – as may be the fact that Czech composers mainly set to music German and Italian texts. This could in part have been down to the boom of the German song for home music-making (and the associated publishing business), as well as the mass distribution of keyboard instruments in the 1780s. According to J. W. Goethe, the ability to play the piano was one of the qualities of well-bred young women that increased their chances of finding a good match ... Leopold Koželuch was one of Vienna’s most successful song composers, and, owing to, among other things, his diplomatic skills, he even eclipsed the bright star of Mozart. The Prague-based composer F. A. Rösler, whose songs are often indistinguishable from those of Mozart’s, did his utmost to preserve Mozart’s legacy following his death. And similarly to Rösler, V. J. Tomášek, who too remained faithful to Prague, possessed a refined literary taste, as duly reflected in his selection of the texts for his songs. The recording captures Martina Janková’s engrossing voice, replete with vitality, innocence, vigour and lightness, which so becomes the Mozart repertoire. Under the hands of Barbara Maria Willi, the bright and colourful sound of the one and only preserved fortepiano built by F. J. Baumeister (1797) will be for many yet another surprise and discovery on this musical odyssey. The previously untraced journeys of Czech songs between Mozart’s Prague and Vienna.

Tracklist 16 tracks

  1. 1 Poems, Book 4, Op. 56: No. 4. An den Mond 03:09
    Track
    1
    Title
    Poems, Book 4, Op. 56: No. 4. An den Mond
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    Václav Jan Tomášek
    Performer
    Martina Janková, Barbara Maria Willi
  2. 2 No. 11. Spira pur 01:42
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 11. Spira pur
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Leopold Koželuch
    Performer
    Martina Janková, Barbara Maria Willi
  3. 3 No. 3. Sento amor 01:36
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Sento amor
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Leopold Koželuch
    Performer
    Martina Janková, Barbara Maria Willi
  4. 4 Das Veilchen, K. 476 02:27
    Track
    4
    Title
    Das Veilchen, K. 476
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Martina Janková, Barbara Maria Willi
  5. 5 Abendempfindung, K. 523 05:26
    Track
    5
    Title
    Abendempfindung, K. 523
    Duration
    05:26
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Martina Janková, Barbara Maria Willi
  6. 6 Als Luise die Briefe, K. 520 01:34
    Track
    6
    Title
    Als Luise die Briefe, K. 520
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Martina Janková, Barbara Maria Willi
  7. 7 Arietta Il niente 01:58
    Track
    7
    Title
    Arietta Il niente
    Duration
    01:58
    Composer
    Ján Josef Rösler
    Performer
    Martina Janková, Barbara Maria Willi
  8. 8 Herbstlied 03:15
    Track
    8
    Title
    Herbstlied
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Ján Josef Rösler
    Performer
    Martina Janková, Barbara Maria Willi
  9. 9 An die Entfernte 04:39
    Track
    9
    Title
    An die Entfernte
    Duration
    04:39
    Composer
    Ján Josef Rösler
    Performer
    Martina Janková, Barbara Maria Willi
  10. 10 La verita 04:05
    Track
    10
    Title
    La verita
    Duration
    04:05
    Composer
    Ján Josef Rösler
    Performer
    Martina Janková, Barbara Maria Willi
  11. 11 O Tuneful Voice, Hob.XXVIa:42 04:48
    Track
    11
    Title
    O Tuneful Voice, Hob.XXVIa:42
    Duration
    04:48
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Martina Janková, Barbara Maria Willi
  12. 12 The Spirit's Song, Hob.XXVIa:41 05:35
    Track
    12
    Title
    The Spirit's Song, Hob.XXVIa:41
    Duration
    05:35
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Martina Janková, Barbara Maria Willi
  13. 13 3 Gedichte, Op. 21: No. 1. An Sie 02:33
    Track
    13
    Title
    3 Gedichte, Op. 21: No. 1. An Sie
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Jan Hugo Voříšek
    Performer
    Martina Janková, Barbara Maria Willi
  14. 14 Liebe, Op. 15 04:05
    Track
    14
    Title
    Liebe, Op. 15
    Duration
    04:05
    Composer
    Jan Hugo Voříšek
    Performer
    Martina Janková, Barbara Maria Willi
  15. 15 3 Lieder, Op. 10: No. 1. Die Abschiedsträne 03:14
    Track
    15
    Title
    3 Lieder, Op. 10: No. 1. Die Abschiedsträne
    Duration
    03:14
    Composer
    Jan Hugo Voříšek
    Performer
    Martina Janková, Barbara Maria Willi
  16. 16 5 Lieder, Op. 172: No. 1. Frühlings Wanderschaft 03:02
    Track
    16
    Title
    5 Lieder, Op. 172: No. 1. Frühlings Wanderschaft
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda
    Performer
    Martina Janková, Barbara Maria Willi