Czech Music For Strings - Janacek Chamber Orchestra (2011)
EAC Rip | Flac (Tracks + cue + log) | 1 CD | Full Scans | 297 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Chandos | Catalog Number: 10678
EAC Rip | Flac (Tracks + cue + log) | 1 CD | Full Scans | 297 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Chandos | Catalog Number: 10678
This recording presents music by the Czech composers Janáček, Martinů, and Haas, all of whom were prominent figures in their country’s musical history during the early twentieth century. The works are performed by the Janáček Chamber Orchestra, which has won awards for their interpretations of Czech music. Janáček wrote his String Quartet No. 1 during a particularly creative period towards the end of his life. It took its inspiration from Tolstoy’s novella The Kreutzer Sonata, a portrait of a loveless marriage. The dramatic power and deep emotion of this work, coupled with some extraordinary textures and eccentric orchestration, place it among the greatest string quartets ever written. It is here played in a version for string orchestra. Also recorded is the Suite, one of Janáček’s very first works for orchestral ensemble.
Pavel Haas was considered the most gifted of all of Janáček’s many students. A composer of Jewish descent, he was transported to Auschwitz in 1941, where he died in 1944. The Study for String Orchestra was written in the summer of 1943 for the Auschwitz camp string orchestra, and the first performance of the work is preserved in part in a German propaganda film.
After Janáček, Martinů was the leading Czech composer of the last century. A highly prolific composer, he often wrote at great speed and the prize-winning Sextet for Strings is no exception. It was written in just seven days in May 1932. This work displays a real exuberance, from the energetic opening movement through to the spirited finale.
Composer: Pavel Haas, Leos Janácek, Bohuslav Martinu
Orchestra/Ensemble: Janácek Chamber Orchestra
Reviews: This terrific release takes two Janácek works for string orchestra, one early, one late, and uses them as brackets for the Haas and Martinu pieces. Of greatest interest will be the arrangement for large ensemble of the First String Quartet by Richard Tognetti. This has been recorded before (by Tognetti for this same label, no less), but the additional repertoire selected here makes for a uniquely compelling program. Tognetti’s transcription is interesting. He preserves a great deal of the solo string texture, often reserving the full ensemble for climaxes which, even in their original form, have a quasi-orchestral character. It works least well at the start of the second movement (first sound clip), where no large ensemble can reproduce the intimacy and flexibility of pulse that Janácek seems to have envisaged. The climax of the finale, on the other hand, is glorious (second sound clip).
As for the remainder of the program, the Janácek Chamber Orchestra plays the early and (relatively) less interesting Suite beautifully, with swifter-than-usual tempos that are all to the good. Haas’ Study is probably the most famous work to come out of the Terezin concentration camp. He was one of the few composers to show the influence of Janácek, clearly audible in his fondness for short, arresting motives projected over rapid ostinatos, although the harmonic idiom is more acerbic, less obviously “folksy.” The Martinu Sextet is the composer’s own arrangement–an excellent piece of work that’s totally unknown. As with the other pieces, the performance is excellent in every respect, and it represents a valuable addition to the repertoire for string orchestra. Extremely natural, vivid sonics round out this intelligently planned, totally enjoyable collection.
Tracklisting:
1. Study for Strings by Pavel Haas
Orchestra/Ensemble: Janácek Chamber Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1943; Theresienstadt, Czec
2. Quartet for Strings no 1 "Kreutzer Sonata" by Leos Janácek
Orchestra/Ensemble: Janácek Chamber Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1923; Brno, Czech Republic
Notes: Arranged for string orchestra.
3. Suite for Strings by Leos Janácek
Orchestra/Ensemble: Janácek Chamber Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1877; Brno, Czech Republic
4. Sextet for Strings by Bohuslav Martinu
Orchestra/Ensemble: Janácek Chamber Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1932; France
Notes: Arranged for string orchestra.
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