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—characterised 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).
L. Janáček: Symfonietta, JW VI/18
III. Proroctvi a smrt Tarase Bulby (The Prophecy and Death of Taras Bulba)
Act 2 - "There! Misfortune!"
Eva Randová, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Gabriela Beňačková, Sir Charles Mackerras
Fetch the doctor! (Kolenaty, Marty, Gregor, Vitek, Prus, Kristina, Chorus)
Cheryl Barker, English National Opera Orchestra, John Graham-Hall, Neal Davies, Elena Xanthoudakis, Sir Charles Mackerras, Robert Brubaker (tenor), John Wegner
L. Janáček: Symfonietta, JW VI/18
Violin Concerto, JW IX/10 "The Pilgrimage of the Soul"
V. Adagio
Czech Chamber Soloists