Description
This CD brings together works by four composers whose lives and artistic paths intersected with the hopes, upheavals and tragedies of the twentieth century. Josef Špaček plays violin and Tomáš Jamník cello in Leoš Janáček’s String Quartet No. 1, inspired by Tolstoy’s Kreutzer Sonata and arranged for two instruments, as well as duos by Gideon Klein and Ervín Schulhoff and Bohuslav Martinů’s Duo for Violin and Cello No. 1 H 157 and No. 2 H 371. The musicians view these works through the idea of paths, some chosen and some determined by fate. Janáček and Schulhoff both looked toward Russia, while Schulhoff and Klein ultimately died in Nazi concentration camps; Klein’s remarkable duo remained incomplete, with only two unfinished movements. Martinů’s journey led from Europe to the United States and back, though he never returned home, and his second duo was written near the end of his life. The recording combines virtuosity, vivid joy and profound sadness in the music and stories of four composers.
Information
Publication date: April 22, 2022
Manufacturer: SUPRAPHON, a. s.
Genres: Film and music, Music, Classical and serious music on cd, Classical and serious music
Type: CD
ISBN/EAN: 099925430429