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He characterizes the changing moods of the ‘Overgrown Path’ suite with a sure touch, but keeps them in a proper contrast… He makes them relate to one another within a general mood. That is one, generally, of griefs remembered… one along which this most selfhonest of composers had trodden… So Kvapil lends a wistfulness even to the livelier pieces, ("They chattered like little swallows"), but also makes the anguished No. 8… calm rather than frenzied in its pain. A similar understanding of contrast distinguishes the four beautiful pieces of ‘In the Mists,’ which are marked by a dignified sadness that Kvapil understands well… These are interesting, intelligent and wellexecuted performances.
— Gramophone
Alto ALC-1127
Number of Units: 1 CD
EAN: 5055354411274
World-renowned Czech piano virtuoso Radoslav Kvapil presents the most celebrated piano works of his countryman, Leos Janacek. The cycles "On an Overgrown Path" and "In the Mists" are popular repertoire and have been used in films, and the Piano Sonata ("1.X.1905") is also among Janacek's best-regarded works. Kvapil delivers these haunting and moody works with both delicacy and strength, evoking the restlessness inherent in the pieces.
| CD 1 | |||
| 1 | Po zarostlém chodnícku - I Rada (On an Overgrown Path - Book I) | I. Nase vecery (Our Evenings) [Moderato] | 04:14 |
| 2 | Po zarostlém chodnícku - I Rada (On an Overgrown Path - Book I) | II. Lístek odvanuty (A Leaf Blown by the Wind) [Andante] | 03:36 |
| 3 | Po zarostlém chodnícku - I Rada (On an Overgrown Path - Book I) | III. Pojdte námi (Come With Us) [Andante] | 01:20 |
| 4 | Po zarostlém chodnícku - I Rada (On an Overgrown Path - Book I) | IV. Frydecká panna Maria (The Virgin of Frydek) [Grave] | 03:57 |
| 5 | Po zarostlém chodnícku - I Rada (On an Overgrown Path - Book I) | V. Stebetaly jak lastovicky (They Chatted Like Little Swallows) [Con moto] | 02:09 |
| 6 | Po zarostlém chodnícku - I Rada (On an Overgrown Path - Book I) | VI. Nelze domluvit (Words Fail Me) [Andante] | 02:26 |
| 7 | Po zarostlém chodnícku - I Rada (On an Overgrown Path - Book I) | VII. Dobrou noc! (Good Night!) [Andante] | 03:29 |
| 8 | Po zarostlém chodnícku - I Rada (On an Overgrown Path - Book I) | VIII. Tak neskonale úzko (Unutterable Anguish) [Andante] | 03:22 |
| 9 | Po zarostlém chodnícku - I Rada (On an Overgrown Path - Book I) | IX. V pláci (In Tears) [Larghetto] | 03:05 |
| 10 | Po zarostlém chodnícku - I Rada (On an Overgrown Path - Book I) | X. Sycek neodletel! (The Little Owl Still Calls) [Andante] | 04:11 |
| 11 | Po zarostlém chodnícku - I Rada (On an Overgrown Path - Book I) | I. Andante | 02:57 |
| 12 | Po zarostlém chodnícku - II Rada (Overgrown Path - Book II) | II. Allegretto | 04:01 |
| 13 | Po zarostlém chodnícku - II Rada (Overgrown Path - Book II) | III. Più mosso | 02:44 |
| 14 | Po zarostlém chodnícku - II Rada (Overgrown Path - Book II) | IV. Vivo | 02:43 |
| 15 | Po zarostlém chodnícku - II Rada (Overgrown Path - Book II) | V. Allegro - Adagio | 05:50 |
| 16 | 1:x:1905 (Piano Sonata) | I. Predtucha (Con moto) | 06:10 |
| 17 | 1:x:1905 (Piano Sonata) | II. Smrt (Adagio) | 06:29 |
| 18 | V mlhách (In the Mists) | I. Andante | 03:35 |
| 19 | V mlhách (In the Mists) | II. Molto adagio | 04:32 |
| 20 | V mlhách (In the Mists) | III. Andantino | 03:40 |
| 21 | V mlhách (In the Mists) | IV. Presto | 04:10 |
