SONGS Antonín Dvořák - CD

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841–1904) THREE NEW CZECH SONGS, OP. 50 (B. 84b, 1883) 1 I. KOLJAS (SONG OF KLEFT) - 3:37 2 II. NEREIDS (BALLAD) - 4:53 3 III. LAMENT OF PARGA (HEROIC SONG) - 4:28 CIGAN MELODIES, OP. 55 (B. 104, 1880) 4 I. MY SONG AGAIN RESOUNDS WITH LOVE - 2:44 5 II. OH! HOW MY TRUMPET SOUNDS SO DELIGHTFULLY - 1:16 6 III. AND THE FOREST IS QUIET AROUND THE WHEEL - 3:03 7 IV. WHEN MY OLD MOTHER - 2:17 8 V. THE STRING IS TUNED, BOY, SPIN IN THE WHEEL - 1:12 9 VI. WIDE SLEEVES - 1:21 10 VII. GIVE THE HAWK A CAGE - 1:55 BIBLICAL SONGS, OP. 99 (B. 185, 1894) 11 I. CLOUD AND DARKNESS ARE AROUND HIM - 2:15 12 II. MY HIDEOUT AND MY SHIELD ARE YOU - 2:10 13 III. HEAR, O GOD! HEAR MY PRAYER - 3:18 14 IV. THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD - 2:44 15 V. O GOD! I WILL SING A NEW SONG - 2:43 16 VI. HEAR, O GOD, MY CALLING - 3:06 17 VII. BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON - 3:19 18 VIII. LOOK UPON ME AND HAVE MERCY ON ME - 2:46 19 IX. I LIFT UP MY EYES TO THE HILLS - 2:19 20 X. SING TO THE LORD A NEW SONG - 1:58 ADAM PLACHETKA – BASS-BARITONE GARY MATTHEWMAN – PIANO Adam Plachetka, bass-baritone Adam Plachetka is among the most significant Czech opera singers of today. He graduated from the Prague Conservatory under Prof. Luděk Löbl and the Academy...