Janacek, Leos 3.jul.1854-12.aug.1928 Czechoslovakia Moravia, Hukvaldy - Ostrava

Title Parts


Taras Bulba. Rhapsody for orchestra. 1918
best perf.: Wiener Philharmoniker / Charles Mackerras. Decca 410138
1 - The dead of Andrei
2 - The dead of Ostapov
** 3 - Prophesy and death of Taras Bulba
Sinfonietta. Version for smaller orchestra. 1926
best perf.: Wiener Philharmoniker / Charles Mackerras. Decca 410138
* 1 - Allegretto
2 - Allegro maestoso
3 - Andante allegretto
4 - Moderato
5 - Allegretto
** 6 - Andante con moto, allegretto maestoso
Violin concerto "Pilgrimage of a little soul" "Wandering of a little soul". 1926
Christian Tetzlaff, Philharmonia / Libor Pesek

String quartet no1. After Tolstoi's "Kreutzer sonate". 1923
String quartet no2. "Intimate letters". 1928
Prazak Kwartet

Zarlivost (Jealousy). Orchestra. 1895
Netherlands Radio PO / Martin Andre

Sonata 1.X.1905 "From the street" in e flat. Piano. 1905
Severin von Eckardstein
1 - Predtucha (Presentiment)
2 - Smrt (Death) (Elegy)
[] On an overgrown path. Piano. 1901-1908
11/12: Andras Schiff
[] 1 - Our evenings. 3:24
[] 2 - A blown away leaf. 2:56
[] 3 - Come with us. 1:16
[] 4 - The Madonna of Frydek. 3:38
[] 5 - They chattered like swallows. 2:05
[] 6 - Word fail. 1:48
[] 7 - Good night. 3:04
[] 8 - Unutterable anguish. 3:21
[] 9 - In tears. 3:34
[] 10 - The barn owl has not flown away. 4:17
11 - Andante. 3:33
12 - Allegretto, presto. 3:34
[] 13 - Paralipomena. Piu mosso. 2:25
[] 14 - Paralipomena. Allegro, adagio. 6:05
[] 15 - Paralipomena. Vivo. 2:07
Pohadka (Fairy tales). Cello and piano. 1910
Jonathan Slaatto, Martin Qvist Hansen
1 - Con moto
2 - Con moto
3 - Allegro
V mlhach (In the mists). Piano. 1912
Pauline Post

Sumarovo dite (The fiddler's child). Violin and orchestra. 1913
Liza Ferschtman, Netherlands Radio PO / Martin Andre

Ballada Blanicka (Ballad of Blanik). Orchestra. 1919
Netherlands Radio PO / Martin Andre

Sonata for violin and piano. 1914 rev1921
Nadja Wijzenbeek, Paolo Giacometti

Mladi (Youth). Sextet for winds. 1924
Nederlands Blazers Ensemble / Thierry Fischer
1 - Allegro
2-6
Lasske tance (Lachian dances). Orchestra. 1924
Netherlands Radio PO / Martin Andre
1 - Starodavny I
2 - Pozehnany
3 - Dymak
4 - Starodavny II
5 - Celadensky
6 - Pilky (Saw dance)
Concertino. Piano and ens. 1925
David Kuyken, Jacob Slagter hn, Harmen de Boer cl, Ronald Karten bn, Prazak Quartet
1 - Piano and horn
2 - Piano and clarinet
3 - Piano and ensemble
4 - Piano and ensemble
Schluck und Jau. Incidental music. Unfinished 1928
Halle Orchestra / Mark Elder

Varyto (Ave Maria I ). Male choir. 1883
Cappella Amsterdam / James Wood

Kacena divoka (The wild duck). 4vv Choir. 1885
Cappella Amsterdam / James Wood

Holubicka (The dove). Male choir. 1888
Cappella Amsterdam / James Wood

Otce nash (Our Father) (The Lord's prayer). Tenor, choir, harp and organ. 1901 rev1906
Matjaz Stopinsek, Ljubljana University APZ Tone Tomsic Choir, Sofija Ristic, Klemen Karlin / Ursa Lah

Elegie na smrt dcery Olgy (Elegy on the death of my daughter Olga). Tenor, choir and piano. 1903
Kevin Doss, Cappella Amsterdam, Pauline Post / James Wood

Vlci stopa (The wolfs trail). Soprano, female choir and piano. 1916
Susse Lillesoe, Danish National Radio Choir, Per Salo / Stefan Parkman

Rikadla (19 Nursery rhymes). Mezzosoprano, tenor, choir and instr. 1925-1927
Asa Olsson, Kevin Doss, Cappella Amsterdam, Schonberg Ensemble / James Wood

Vecne evangelium (Eternal gospel). Soprano, tenor, choir and orchestra. 1914 rev1917
Olga Romanko, Stuart Skelton, Groot Omroepkoor, Netherlands Radio PO / Dmitri Slobodeniouk

Marycka Magdonova. Male choir
Lars Terray b, Kevin Doss t, Groot Omroepkoor / Stefan Parkman

Mass in E flat. Choir and organ. 1908
Westminster Cathedral Choir / James O'Donnell, Andrew Reed. Hyperion 67147

Glagolitic Mass. 1929 1 - Interlude
2 - Kyrie
* 3 - Gloria
4 - Credo
5 - Sanctus
6 - Agnus Dei
7 - Postlude. F.Palmer, A.Gunson, M.King
* 8 - Intrada. Birmingham SO and Choir / Simon Rattle
Sarka. Opera. 1887, 1st perf 1925
Olga Romanko s, Stuart Skelton t, Peter Wedd t, Ivan Kusnjer bt, Groot Omroepkoor, Netherlands Radio PO / Dmitri Slobodeniouk

Jenufa. Opera. Brno 1904
Gabriela Benackova s, Nadeshda Kniplova s, Anna Burova m, Vilem Pribyl t, Vladimir Kreicik t, Brno Janacek Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Frantisek Jilek

Katja Kabanova. Opera. Prague 1921
Gabriela Benackova s, Peter Straka t, Eva Randova a, Dagmar Peckova m, Czech PO / Charles Mackerras

The cunning little vixen. Opera. Brno 1924
libretto R.Tesnohliek
* Act I
Act II
Act III
The Makropulos affair. Opera. Prague 1926
Gabriela Benackova s, Helena Kaupova s, Francisca Dukel m, Corinne Romijn m, Martin Thompson t, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke t, Ludovit Ludha t, Scot Weir t, Jonathan Veira bt, David Pittman-Jennings bt, Henk van Heijnsbergen b, Dutch Radio PO / Edo de Waart
in 3 acts
Z mrtveho domu (From the house of the dead). Opera. Brno 12apr1930
Olaf Bar, Erik Stoklossa, Stefan Margita, Peter Straka, Arnold Schonberg Choir, Mahler CO / Pierre Boulez

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