Jiri Barta- Janacek
Cellist Jir?i´ Ba´rta and pianist Terezie Fialova´ dedicate their new album to the legacy of Leos? Jana´c?ek. The album features three pieces written originally for violin and piano: the well-known Sonata that had been, nonetheless, neglected at the time of it's origin, Dumka, and Romance. The violin parts of the three compositions have been arranged for the cello by Jir?i´ Ba´rta and are released in a world premiere in this form. Jana´c?ek composed Dumka and Romance during his studies in Leipzig, an unhappy period when he tortured himself with doubts about his talent. They both show traces of classicist and romantic style and Barta ´s cello recording even more pronounces the wistfully elegiac disposition of the piece. Cello adaptation of the Sonata is based on Janacek ´s version from 1922, retaining the key and the having piano part unaltered, while the violin part has mostly been transposed an octave lower. The album also also includes the only two compositions by Jana´c?ek intended for cello and piano, Poha´dka (Fairy Tale), with a fourth movement that had been part of one of the working versions of the work but discarded later by Jana´c?ek, and the short Presto, originally probably intended as one the movements for Poha´dka - which also went through diverse stages of germination just as Sonata did, and it's last version was published in 1924. Inspiration by the tragic story of the Tale of Tsar Berendey and his child reflects Jana´c?ek ´s own experience. "Like most of Jana´c?ek's chamber works, Poha´dka provides a fascinating insight into the composer's soul," says Jir?i´ Ba´rta and describes his memories of his first encounter of Janacek ´s music: "I'm listening to the strangely beautiful music, so different from anything I'd have encountered as a child. Harrowing, yet tender, sad, but in a different way, moving, yet devoid of whining and false tears. (...)In his almost despondent genuineness, he will not forgive any mannerism or insincerity, making it hard for the performer to decipher him. Even at moments of greatest anguish, he is faithful to the principles of beauty and truth." The catalogue of Animal Music features as well a recording of the two artists' performance of Beethoven's Sonatas for piano and cello (2021), and Jir?i´ Ba´rta's solo recording of complete Bach's cello suites (2018).
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Release Date: 8.16.24
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Cellist Jir?i´ Ba´rta and pianist Terezie Fialova´ dedicate their new album to the legacy of Leos? Jana´c?ek. The album features three pieces written originally for violin and piano: the well-known Sonata that had been, nonetheless, neglected at the time of it's origin, Dumka, and Romance. The violin parts of the three compositions have been arranged for the cello by Jir?i´ Ba´rta and are released in a world premiere in this form. Jana´c?ek composed Dumka and Romance during his studies in Leipzig, an unhappy period when he tortured himself with doubts about his talent. They both show traces of classicist and romantic style and Barta ´s cello recording even more pronounces the wistfully elegiac disposition of the piece. Cello adaptation of the Sonata is based on Janacek ´s version from 1922, retaining the key and the having piano part unaltered, while the violin part has mostly been transposed an octave lower. The album also also includes the only two compositions by Jana´c?ek intended for cello and piano, Poha´dka (Fairy Tale), with a fourth movement that had been part of one of the working versions of the work but discarded later by Jana´c?ek, and the short Presto, originally probably intended as one the movements for Poha´dka - which also went through diverse stages of germination just as Sonata did, and it's last version was published in 1924. Inspiration by the tragic story of the Tale of Tsar Berendey and his child reflects Jana´c?ek ´s own experience. "Like most of Jana´c?ek's chamber works, Poha´dka provides a fascinating insight into the composer's soul," says Jir?i´ Ba´rta and describes his memories of his first encounter of Janacek ´s music: "I'm listening to the strangely beautiful music, so different from anything I'd have encountered as a child. Harrowing, yet tender, sad, but in a different way, moving, yet devoid of whining and false tears. (...)In his almost despondent genuineness, he will not forgive any mannerism or insincerity, making it hard for the performer to decipher him. Even at moments of greatest anguish, he is faithful to the principles of beauty and truth." The catalogue of Animal Music features as well a recording of the two artists' performance of Beethoven's Sonatas for piano and cello (2021), and Jir?i´ Ba´rta's solo recording of complete Bach's cello suites (2018).
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> Due to the current limited nature of music titles, ALL CD & Vinyl purchases are limited to ONE copies per customer, per item. If you place multiple orders for multiples of the same title, your subsequent orders will be canceled.