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Martinu - Songs

Olga Cerná (mezzo-soprano), Jitka Cechová (piano)

Martinu - Songs
…this fascinating anthology of his songs, mainly composed in the 1930s, is timely and very welcome, offering new insights into Martinů's continually evolving style. Olga Černá's performance...

BBC Music Magazine, January 20063 out of 5 stars

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Martinu - Songs

Olga Cerná (mezzo-soprano), Jitka Cechová (piano)

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…this fascinating anthology of his songs, mainly composed in the 1930s, is timely and very welcome, offering new insights into Martinů's continually evolving style. Olga Černá's performance...

BBC Music Magazine, January 20063 out of 5 stars

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  • Release date: 3rd Oct 2005
  • Label: Naxos
  • Catalogue number: 8557494
  • Length: 53 minutes

Contents and tracklist

Martinů: 2 Songs, H. 213b
Work length7:19
Kvet broskvi (Peach Blossom) (text: Chan Yo Sun)
Track length4:06
Automne malade (Sickly Autumn) (text: G. Apollinaire)
Track length3:13
Martinů: 3 Songs to poems by G. Apollinaire, H. 197
Work length0:53
3 Songs to poems by G. Apollinaire, H. 197: Saltimbanques (Acrobats)
Track length0:53
Martinů: Vocalise-Étude, H. 188
Work length1:11
Martinů: Ballads (2) to folk texts, H228
Work length6:31
Putovali hudci (The Minstrels were Wandering)
Track length2:51
Sirota (The Orphan)
Track length3:40
Martinů: 4 Songs, H. 282b
Work length5:37
Konicky na ouhore (Ponies on the Fallow Field)
Track length1:05
Ztraceny pantoflicek (The Lost Slipper)
Track length0:42
Pisen nabozna (Religious Song)
Track length2:35
Pozvani (Invitation)
Track length1:15
Martinů: 2 Dances from Spalicek, H. 214c
Work length2:09
2 Dances from the ballet Spalicek, H. 214c: II. Polka
Track length2:09
Martinů: Nový Špalíček (New Chap-Book), H. 288
Work length10:52
Bohata mila (The Rich Sweetheart)
Track length1:14
Opusteny mily (The Abandoned Lover)
Track length1:30
Touha (Yearning)
Track length0:58
Zvedave dievca (The Inquisitive Girl)
Track length1:09
Vesele dievca (The Happy Girl)
Track length0:26
Smutny mily (The Mournful Lover)
Track length2:57
Prosba (Prayer)
Track length1:32
Vysoka veza (The High Tower)
Track length1:06
2 Dances from Spalicek, H. 214c
Work length6:08
2 Dances from the ballet Spalicek, H. 214c: I. Waltz
Track length6:08
Excerpt,Martinů: Songs (3) for Christmas, H184b
Work length2:44
Le poulet (The Chicken) (text: T. de Gramont)
Track length0:57
Le petit chat (The Little Cat) (text: attrib. L. Xanrof)
Track length1:47
Martinů: Children's Songs (4) and Nursery Rhymes, H225
Work length1:14
Pocitadlo (Counting Song)
Track length0:16
Divoky holub (The Wild Dove)
Track length0:22
Vlastovicka (The Little Swallow)
Track length0:15
Detska hadanka (Children's Riddle)
Track length0:21
Martinů: Koleda milostna (Love Carol), H. 259
Work length0:50
Martinů: Best wishes to Mother, H279b
Work length1:15
Martinů: Hry o Marii (The Plays of Mary), H. 236: Narozeni Pane (Christ's Nativity)
Work length1:57
The Miracles of Mary, H. 236: Narozeni Pane (Christ's Nativity) (arr. for voice and piano)
Track length1:57
Martinů: Hry o Marii (The Plays of Mary), H. 236: Sestra Paskalina (Sister Pascalina)
Work length4:43
The Miracles of Mary, H. 236: Sestra Paskalina (Sister Pascalina) (arr. for voice and piano)
Track length4:43

Awards and reviews

January 2006

…this fascinating anthology of his songs, mainly composed in the 1930s, is timely and very welcome, offering new insights into Martinů's continually evolving style. Olga Černá's performance of most of this repertoire is thoroughly appealing… Jitka Čechová's accompaniments are without exception superb and she plays the two piano arrangements of dances from Spaliček with enormous élan...
3 out of 5 stars
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