Leoš Janáček Essentials
Apple Music Classical
One of the greatest mavericks of Eastern European art music in the 19th and 20th centuries, Leoš Janáček developed his unprecedented compositional voice by building works around motifs tied to the rhythms of Czech folk music and speech. His two string quartets of the 1920s—characterized by obsessive call-and-response melodies and fierce bursts of dissonance—are an excellent introduction to his uncompromising voice, while his patriotic, fanfare-like Sinfonietta (1926) showcases his versatility, moving between lighthearted allusions to popular styles and weightier themes. However, his greatest legacy is in opera, including his enduring tragic favourite Jenůfa (1904) and the increasingly chromatic and experimental works that followed (Káťa Kabanová, The Makropulos Affair).
III. Proroctvi a smrt Tarase Bulby (The Prophecy and Death of Taras Bulba)
L. Janáček: Káťa Kabanová
Act 2 - "There! Misfortune!"
Czech Philharmonic, Sir Charles Mackerras, Gabriela Beňačková, Eva Randová
Fetch the doctor! (Kolenaty, Marty, Gregor, Vitek, Prus, Kristina, Chorus)
English National Opera Orchestra, John Graham-Hall, Sir Charles Mackerras, John Wegner, Elena Xanthoudakis, Cheryl Barker, Robert Brubaker (tenor), Neal Davies
V. Adagio
Czech Chamber Soloists