Sparks from Ashes - Czech Songs

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Label
Chandos
Release Date
August 8, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Various
    • PERFORMER
      Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 08, 2025
    • UPC
      0095115233825
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHAN 20338
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Sbohem a šáteček (Waving Farewell), Op. 14 (version for voice and piano)

      Composer: Vítězslava Kaprálová

      Performer: Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez

    2. No. 1. Vy vroucí písně spějte (Sing fervent songs)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez

    3. No. 2. V té sladké moci (When thy sweet glances)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez

    4. No. 3. V tak mnohém srdci mrtvo jest (Death reigns)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez

    5. No. 4. Ó duše drahá jedinká (Thou only dear one)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez

    6. No. 5. Ó byl to krásný zlatý (Oh, it was a lovely golden dream)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez

    7. No. 6. Já vím, že v sladké naději (I know that on my love)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez

    8. No. 7. Ó, zlatá růže, spanilá (O charming golden rose)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez

    9. No. 8. O naši lásce nekvete (Never will love lead us)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez

    10. No. 9. Kol domu se ted' potácím (I wander oft)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez

    11. No. 10. Mě často týrá pochyba (Tormented oft by doubt)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez

    12. No. 11. Mé srdce často v bolesti (Downcast am I)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez

    13. No. 12. Zde hledím na ten drahý list (Here gaze I)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez

    14. No. 13. Na horách ticho a v údolích ticho (Everything's still)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez

    15. No. 14. Zde v lese u potoka (In deepest forest glade)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez

    16. No. 15. Mou celou duší zádumně (Painful emotions pierce my soul)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez

    17. No. 16. Tam stojí stará skala (There stands an ancient rock)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez

    18. No. 17. Nad krajem vévodí lehký spánek (Nature lies peaceful)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez

    19. No. 18. Ty se ptáš, proč moje zpěvy bouří (You are asking why)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Performer: Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez

    20. No. 1. Pri hrabaní (Szénagyüjtéskor, Haymaking)

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Performer: Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez

    21. No. 2. Pri neveste (A menyasszonynál, At the bride's)

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Performer: Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez

    22. No. 3. Svatba (Lakodalom, Wedding)

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Performer: Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez

    23. No. 4. Ukoliebavka (Bölcsődal, Lullaby)

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Performer: Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez

    24. No. 5. Tanec mládencov (Legénytánc, Lads' dance)

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Performer: Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez

    25. No. 1. Ty staré písně v duši zní mi (Those Old Melodies Echo in My Soul)

      Composer: Vítězslava Kaprálová

      Performer: Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez

    26. No. 2. Jak na hedvábný mech (As Though on Silken Moss)

      Composer: Vítězslava Kaprálová

      Performer: Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez

    27. No. 3. Ó zůstaň ještě, moje dívko drahá (Oh, Stay Yet, My Dear Girl)

      Composer: Vítězslava Kaprálová

      Performer: Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez

    28. No. 4. A táhnou myšlenky teskné (Melancholy Thoughts)

      Composer: Vítězslava Kaprálová

      Performer: Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez

    29. No. 1. O neposlušných kozlatech (The disobedient kid goats)

      Composer: Jaroslav KřIčka

      Performer: Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez

    30. No. 2. Pohádka o kohoutkovi a slepičce (The tale of the rooster and the hen)

      Composer: Jaroslav KřIčka

      Performer: Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez

    31. No. 3. Jeřáb a volavka (The crane and the heron)

      Composer: Jaroslav KřIčka

      Performer: Nicky Spence, Dylan Perez


Hailed by The Daily Telegraph as 'a voice of real distinction', Nicky Spence possesses unique skills as a singing actor and a rare honesty of musicianship, all of which has earned him a place at the top of the classical music profession. Admired in particular for his interpretation of the music of Jan�cek, he has appeared worldwide in the composer's operas. Performing here with the outstanding pianist Dylan Perez, he presents a varied programme of Czech and Slovak art song. Bela Bartok found his lifelong enthusiasm for folk music sparked whilst on holiday in Slovakia in 1904, when he heard a nursemaid singing. Village Scenes sets five folksongs from a large Slovakian collection published in 1915, and depicts various aspects of a country wedding. Jaroslav Kricka became a central figure in Czech musical life, occupying the posts of chorus master of the Czech Philharmonic and professor of composition at the Prague Conservatory, amongst others. His Three Fables are settings of traditional fairy tales. Vitezslava Kapr�lov� was a composer of great promise who died of TB in 1940, aged just twenty-five. She studied conducting with V�clav Talich and composition with Vitezslav Nov�k before moving to Paris where she was taught by Bohuslav Martinu. Her song cycle Sparks from Ashes deals with themes of love - found, flourishing, and lost - as do the eighteen numbers of Dvor�k's song cycle Cypresses. Written by Kapr�lov� four years later, the haunting Waving Farwell was inspired by having to leave Prague for her new life in Paris.