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Leos Janacek - On an overgrown pathe

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Release Date: November 19, 2021

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1 Suk: Meditation for String Orchestra, Op. 35a / Adagio, ma con moto  
2 Janácek: On An Overgrown Path JW 8 / 17 for String Orchestra / Book I / Our Evenings  
3 A Blown-Away Leaf  
4 Come With Us!  
5 The Madonna of Frydek  
6 They Chattered Like Swallows  
7 Words Fail!  
8 Good Night!  
9 Unutterable Anguish  
10 In Tears  
11 The Barn Owl Has Flown Away!  
12 Janácek: On An Overgrown Path JW 8 / 17 for String Orchestra / Book II / Andante  
13 Allegretto – Presto  
14 Janácek: On An Overgrown Path JW 8 / 17 - for String Orchestra / Paralipomena / Più mosso  
15 Vivo  
16 Allegro  
17 Dvorák: Nocturne in B major for strings, Op.40 (B47) / Molto adagio  
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On An Overgrown Path, Leoš Janácek’s 15 pieces-spanning piano cycle, is here presented in a reshaped guise, arranged for string orchestra and played by the Camerata Zürich under lead violinist Igor Karsko’s direction. This is the premiere recording of the adaption, written by Daniel Rumler in 2017. Janácek’s composition is based on autobiographical fragments – memories from his youth and of his daughter Olga that are additionally contextualised on the recording by readings of poems, written and recited explicitly for this project by the French writer Maïa Brami. Her words, combined with the elaborate string reworkings, establish an insightful setting for Janácek’s music and uncover fresh paths through the original scores. Josef Suk’s Meditation on the Old Czech Chorale St. Wenceslas and Antonín Dvorák’s Notturno, thematically bound to the cycle’s folkloric backdrop, create an appropriate frame.

  • Leos Janacek - On an Overgrown Path is superbly realized by the musicians of Camerata Zurich / All Music
    Posted At: April 15, 2022 12:00 AM
    On An Overgrown Path, Leoš Janácek’s 15 pieces-spanning piano cycle, is here presented in a reshaped guise, arranged for string orchestra and played by the Camerata Zürich under lead violinist Igor Karsko’s direction. This is the premiere recording of the adaption, written by Daniel Rumler in 2017. Janácek’s composition is based on autobiographical fragments – memories from his youth and of his daughter Olg...
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