Janacek: The Diary of One Who Disappeared

Janacek: The Diary of One Who Disappeared

Janacek: The Diary of One Who Disappeared
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Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-01-08
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
  1. No. 1, I met a young gypsy girl
  2. No. 2, That black Gypsy girl
  3. No. 3, Fireflies are dancing over the dike
  4. No. 4, The young swallows are twittering in the nest
  5. No. 5, Ploughing is hard for me, I didn't sleep much
  6. No. 6, Hey, you grey oxen
  7. No. 7, I've lost the (axle-)pin
  8. No. 8, Don't stare, little oxen
  9. No. 9, Welcome, Janicek
  10. No. 10, Distant, immortal God
  11. No. 11, Fragrance wafts towards the wood
  12. No. 12, Dark alder-grove
  13. No. 13, piano intermezzo
  14. No. 14, The sun is rising
  15. No. 15, My grey oxen
  16. No. 16, What have I done?
  17. No. 17, What's ordained
  18. No. 18, I don't care about anything else now
  19. No. 19, The magpie is flying
  20. No. 20, I've got a girl
  21. No. 21, My dear father
  22. No. 22, Farewell, my native countryside
  23. That clock in Vivany
  24. When I sing a song
  25. Oh George, Georgie dear
  26. Mary, my Mary
  27. My darling's already leaving
  28. A girl was weaving flax
  29. You promised to marry me
  30. Whose lad
  31. Whose lass
  32. When I lie down
  33. A stream is running
  34. The Hradcany clock
  35. On a black mountain
  36. On that Javorine, na t?j rovine
  37. On that clear field of Hurasky
  38. No. 10, God in Heaven, Eternal One (early version)
  39. No. 14, The sun climbs high (early version)

Music reviews of Janacek: The Diary of One Who Disappeared

Music Review: An Aspect of Leos Jan?cek seldom heard
Rating: 5 Stars

Leos Jan?cek was clearly one of the 20th century's great composers and while his operas and orchestral works are widely performed, his chamber works are nearly well kept secrets. And so it is with pleasure that this completely unique recital by two of our finest musicians joins the CD repertoire.

Jan?cek's 'The Diary of One Who Disappeared' is related to his operas in the dramatic intensity of the writing. Composed as his only song cycle the work is designated 'song cycle for mezzo-soprano, tenor, female chorus & piano' but in reality it is primarily a work for tenor and piano. In the hands of Ian Bostridge, whose Czech pronunciation is wholly convincing, the plight of the young man who leaves both family and town behind to follow the love for a gypsy is full of folk melodies and intense passion. Brilliant composer/conductor/pianist Thomas Ad?s provides the sensitive collaboration and the two are joined by mezzo Ruby Philogene as the gypsy and as part of the three voice female chorus offstage along with Diane Atherton and Deryn Edwards. This is a deeply moving work and the performance is first rate.

Filling out the recital Thomas Ad?s performs Jan?cek's works for piano, including excerpts from 'Intimate Sketches' and 'Moravian Folk songs'. His playing is subtle, intuitive and he finds all the quirky rhythms and soulful melodies inherent in Jan?cek's writing. Ad?s continues to be an outstanding piano soloist as well as one of the most important composers today. Highly Recommended. Grady Harp, February 06

Description of Janacek: The Diary of One Who Disappeared

Jan?cek's Diary of One Who Disappeared is a cycle, almost a quasi-opera, of 22 songs for tenor, mezzo, an offstage chorus of three female voices, and a piano. It's based on poems the composer found in a Czech newspaper purporting to be the confessions of a young man who leaves family and village for the gypsy girl he loves. The songs speak of longing, sexual attraction, guilt, regret, anxiety, and a host of other emotions wonderfully captured by Ian Bostridge, whose high tenor voice has more body and thrust than in his other recordings. Singing in the original Czech, Bostridge sounds as comfortable as a native speaker. Thomas Ad?s, best known as a composer, is also a superb pianist. He has to be, because the keyboard part is of vital importance, not only commenting on the vocal line and in extended postludes, but in a brief solo as well. Ruby Philogene is appropriately sultry as the gypsy, and this deeply felt performance is a triumph for all concerned. Ad?s scores again in the Moravian Folksongs for solo piano and in the miniature solo pieces, some of which say more in their brief span than many longer works. --Dan Davis

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