Title: Soiree
Artist: Various Artists
Label: Pentatone
Product Type: SUPER-AUDIO CD
UPC: 827949067167
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2019-09-13
Number of Discs: 1
Additional Details: HYBRID SACD
Soirée captures the atmosphere of informal, domestic music making. Czech star mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená offers an intimate and highly personal collection of international songs together with an outstanding group of musical friends, including Sir Simon Rattle, who makes his recording debut as a pianist. The German lied is represented by Brahms (Two Songs, Op. 91 and Five Ophelia Songs, WoO 22) and Strauss (Morgen!), the French chanson by Chausson (Chanson perpétuelle) and Ravel (Chansons madécasses), and 20th-century avant-gardism with Stravinsky's Three Songs from William Shakespeare. In between these explorations, Kožená revisits her musical roots with a selection of Dvorák songs, arranged by Duncan Ward, as well as Janácek's Nursery Rhymes. Soirée is the second release of Magdalena Kožená's exclusive collaboration with PENTATONE, after having presented the baroque cantatas recital album Il giardino dei sospiri in 2019.
Tracks:
1.1 Chanson Perpétuelle, Op. 37 00:07:20
1.2 No. 1. MÁ Písen Zas Mi Láskou ZNÍ (My Song Resounds with Love) 00:02:42
1.3 No. 6. Širokými Rukávy (Wide Sleeves) 00:01:24
1.4 Cypriše (Cypresses), B. 11: No. 11. MÉ Srdce Casto (My Heart Is Often in Pain) (Arr. D. Ward for Voice, Flute, Clarinet, String Quartet and Piano) 00:03:20
1.5 No. 2. Žalo Dievca (The Moweress) 00:01:53
1.6 No. 4. Když Mne Stará Matka (When My Mother Taught Me) 00:02:40
1.7 No. 5. Struna Naladena (The Strings Are Tuned) 00:01:05
1.8 No. 1. Dobrú Noc, MÁ Milá (Good-Night, My Darling) 00:03:19
1.9 No. 1. Gestillte Sehnsucht (Longing Eased) 00:06:20
1.10 No. 2. Geistliches Wiegenlied (Sacred Lullaby) 00:05:05
1.11 No. 1. Musick to Heare 00:02:50
1.12 No. 2. Full Fadom Five 00:01:52
1.13 No. 3. When Dasies Pied 00:02:05
1.14 No. 1. Nahandove 00:06:10
1.15 No. 2. Aoua! 00:04:03
1.16 No. 3. Il Est Doux 00:04:11
1.17 No. 1. Wie Erkenn' Ich Dein Treulieb 00:00:58
1.18 No. 2. Sein Leichenhemd Weiss Wie Schnee 00:00:30
1.19 No. 3. Auf Morgen Ist Sankt Valentins Tag 00:00:57
1.20 No. 4. Sie Trugen Ihn Auf Der Bahre Bloss 00:01:05
1.21 No. 5. Und Kommt Er Nicht Mehr Zurück? 00:01:54
1.22 No. 3. Leze Krtek (The Mole Creeps) 00:01:08
1.23 No. 4. Karel Do Pekla Zajel (Karel Rode Off to Hell) 00:00:36
1.24 No. 6. Franta Rasul Hrálna Basu (Franta Rusal Playing Bass) 00:01:03
1.25 No. 8. DELÁM, DELÁM KÁZÁNÍ (Children, Hear My Sermon) 00:01:06
1.26 No. 10. HÓ, HÓ, Krávy DÓ (Ho, Ho, Off the Cows Go) 00:01:03
1.27 No. 13. Koza BÍLÁ Hrušky SBÍRÁ (The White Goat's Picking Up the Pears) 00:00:40
1.28 No. 16. Vašek, Pašek (Vacek, Scallywag) 00:00:37
1.29 No. 17. Frantíku, Frantíku (Frantik, Frantik) 00:00:25
1.30 4 Lieder, Op. 27, TRV 170: No. 4. Morgen (Arr. for Voice, Violin and Piano) 00:04:01