8713897904406

Various Composers

Fenster Zum Garten

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Format: CD

Cat No: COBRA0070

Release Date:  15 February 2019

Label:  Cobra

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  8713897904406

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  • Description

    The album "Fenetre sur le jardin" (Windows on to the Garden) is a special project from pianist Ksenia Kouzmenko, comprising Czech music for piano solo. Together with famous names such as Josef Suk, Bohuslav Martinu and Leos Janacek, there are two world premiere pieces on this album by Jaroslav Kvapil and Miloslav Kabelac.

    Jaroslav Kvapil has been almost completely forgotten, but he was one of Janacek's most talented pupils. As a pianist, composer, pedagogue and conductor, he was a very important figure in Czech musical life in the first part of the 20th century. His beautiful cycle "Through the Valley of Grief and Sorrow" consists of 9 pieces. They can best be described as short mood pictures. Psychological miniatures which always shine through another musical form - a song, dances, folk music, nature images - but above all it is a glance into the inner world of a human being.

    Miloslav Kabelac was the chief editor of Czech Radio for decennia. He was a pioneer in the field of electronic music and did much research on non-European music. In addition, he conducted regularly, and taught composition at the Prague Conservatory. The publishing house Barenreiter Praag proclaimed 2018 as the year of Kabelac. The "Short Pieces" of Miloslav Kabelac were written at different moments in his life. The first piece dates from 1946 while the most recent was written in 1961. The pieces form sort of micro-worlds. Time and again he succeeds in creating a hypnotic atmosphere with very few resources.

    To complete the album, the well-known "Love Song" by Josef Suk, the lyrical cycle "Fenetre sur le jardin" by Bohuslav Martinu and one of Leoš Janacek's most loved works, "In the Mists" are included. Enchanting music, which goes directly to the heart.

    Ksenia Kouzmenko is internationally renowned for her sensitive and technically accomplished piano playing and is in great demand as a partner in chamber music. She recently discovered the joy of playing on an Erard grand piano, with its inspiring sound possibilities.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Love Song Op.7 No.1
      • 2. Through The Valley Of Grief And Sorrow. Lento Melancolico
      • 3. Through The Valley Of Grief And Sorrow. Andante
      • 4. Through The Valley Of Grief And Sorrow. Poco Appasionato
      • 5. Through The Valley Of Grief And Sorrow. Largo Lamentoso
      • 6. Through The Valley Of Grief And Sorrow. Con Moto
      • 7. Through The Valley Of Grief And Sorrow. Allegro
      • 8. Through The Valley Of Grief And Sorrow. Andante Addolorato
      • 9. Through The Valley Of Grief And Sorrow. L'istesso Tempo
      • 10. Through The Valley Of Grief And Sorrow. Allegro Risoluto-meno Mosso
      • 11. Windows On To The Garden. Poco Andante
      • 12. Windows On To The Garden. Allegro Moderato
      • 13. Windows On To The Garden. Moderato
      • 14. Windows On To The Garden. Allegretto
      • 15. Short Piano Pieces. Allegro Inquieto
      • 16. Short Piano Pieces. Andante Tranquillo
      • 17. Short Piano Pieces. Meditation. Lento Con Espressione
      • 18. Short Piano Pieces. Memories. Adagio
      • 19. Short Piano Pieces. Enigma. Lento Patetico
      • 20. Short Piano Pieces. Moderato
      • 21. Short Piano Pieces. Memories. Allegro
      • 22. In The Mists. Andante - Poco Mosso
      • 23. In The Mists. Molto Adagio - Presto
      • 24. In The Mists. Andantino - Pocco Mosso
      • 25. In The Mists. Presto - Meno Mosso - Andante

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