Description
Jan Bartoš performs Leoš Janáček’s complete piano works, including 1. X. 1905, On an Overgrown Path I and II, In the Mists, Thema con variazioni and Reminiscence. Before his love of composition prevailed, Janáček aspired to become a piano virtuoso, and the instrument became a familiar means of expressing his innermost world. He wrote his opus one, Thema con variazioni, as a 26-year-old student at the Leipzig Conservatory, while the brief Reminiscence is one of his final musical manuscripts. Janáček composed his three major piano works during a difficult period between 1900 and 1912, and they are among the most personal and intimate works in his output. Their sound is often inspired by the cimbalom he encountered while collecting folk songs in Moravia. The folk-music roots and Silesian origins shared by composer and performer are reflected in Bartoš’s interpretation, which combines deep musicological insight with intuitive feeling. The recording presents Janáček as a return to his deepest roots.
Information
Author: Bartoš Jan
Publication date: May 31, 2019
Manufacturer: SUPRAPHON, a. s.
Genres: Film and music, Music, Classical and serious music, Classical music on cd, Classical and serious music on cd
Type: CD
ISBN/EAN: 099925426620