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Janácek & Martinu: Paths / Špacek, Jamník
Supraphon

Janácek & Martinu: Paths / Špacek, Jamník

$31.99

Details

Composer
Leos Janacek, Bohuslav Martinu
Artist
Josef Spacek, Tomas Jamnik
Format
CD
Label
Supraphon
Released
May 06, 2022
Catalog #
SU4304-2
UPC
099925430429

About

Paths – crossing and diverging, those we choose ourselves and those that are predestined and inevitable: through this prism the violinist Josef Špacek and the cellist Tomáš Jamník view the music of four Czech composers written within a mere 35 years of the 20th century. Janácek, enraptured by the idea of Pan-Slavism, was led by desire to Russia, a country where he found inspiration for his string quartet (here in an ambitious arrangement for two instruments), in a novella by Tolstoy. Ervín Schulhoff, an admirer and friend of Janácek’s (to whom he dedicated the duo featured on the present album), invested his hopes in Soviet Russia, yet this did not save him from death in a Nazi concentration camp. A similar fate (incarceration in Theresienstadt and Fürstengrube) befell Gideon Klein, another gifted and promising composer, who was murdered by the Nazis at the age of 25. Just two incomplete movements of his remarkable Duo for Violin and Cello have survived. The paths pursued by Bohuslav Martinu – first driven by thirst for knowledge and then forced to flee the Nazis – led from Prague through Paris to the USA, before returning to Europe; yet circumstances did not allow him to see his beloved country again. Martinu wrote his Duo for Violin and Cello No. 2 towards the very end of his life – and it also concludes the album by two brilliant artists. A virtuoso, profound and forcible recording indeed. Virtuosity, vivid joy and deep sorrow – the stories of four composers as reflected in their music.

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 I. Adagio - Con moto 03:57
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Adagio - Con moto
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Performer
    Josef Špaček, Tomáš Jamník
  2. 2 II. Con moto 04:26
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Con moto
    Duration
    04:26
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Performer
    Josef Špaček, Tomáš Jamník
  3. 3 III. Con moto - Vivo - Andante 03:50
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Con moto - Vivo - Andante
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Performer
    Josef Špaček, Tomáš Jamník
  4. 4 IV. Con moto (Adagio) - Più mosso 05:14
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Con moto (Adagio) - Più mosso
    Duration
    05:14
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Performer
    Josef Špaček, Tomáš Jamník
  5. 5 I. Moderato 05:01
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Moderato
    Duration
    05:01
    Composer
    Erwin Schulhoff
    Performer
    Josef Špaček, Tomáš Jamník
  6. 6 II. Zingaresca 03:15
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Zingaresca
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Erwin Schulhoff
    Performer
    Josef Špaček, Tomáš Jamník
  7. 7 III. Andantino 03:44
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Andantino
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Erwin Schulhoff
    Performer
    Josef Špaček, Tomáš Jamník
  8. 8 IV. Moderato 03:34
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Moderato
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Erwin Schulhoff
    Performer
    Josef Špaček, Tomáš Jamník
  9. 9 I. Allegro con fuoco 06:27
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Allegro con fuoco
    Duration
    06:27
    Composer
    Gideon Klein
    Performer
    Josef Špaček, Tomáš Jamník
  10. 10 II. Lento 02:59
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Lento
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Gideon Klein
    Performer
    Josef Špaček, Tomáš Jamník
  11. 11 I. Preludium: Andante moderato 04:43
    Track
    11
    Title
    I. Preludium: Andante moderato
    Duration
    04:43
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Josef Špaček, Tomáš Jamník
  12. 12 II. Rondo: Allegro con brio 08:13
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. Rondo: Allegro con brio
    Duration
    08:13
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Josef Špaček, Tomáš Jamník
  13. 13 I. Allegretto 02:54
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Allegretto
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Josef Špaček, Tomáš Jamník
  14. 14 II. Adagio 04:09
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    04:09
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Josef Špaček, Tomáš Jamník
  15. 15 III. Poco allegro 03:13
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Poco allegro
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Bohuslav Martinů
    Performer
    Josef Špaček, Tomáš Jamník