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Beautifully recorded and accompanied, this is not just a showpiece for an exceptional voice, but a fascinating conspectus of Czech song, with a Moravian twist. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2008 More…

Release Date: 22nd Sep 2008
Catalogue No: 4776665
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Length: 70 minutes

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trad.: Kebych bola jahodú

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Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-sopranovocalist)
Recorded: 2007-03-31
Recording Venue: Bavaria Musikstudios, München

Janáček: Moravska lidova poezie v pisnich (Moravian Folk Poetry) JW V / 2

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Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-sopranovocalist), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Recorded: 2007-03-31
Recording Venue: Bavaria Musikstudios, München

No. 37, Lavecka

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No. 12, Jabúcko

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No. 50, Muzikanti

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Excerpt, Dvořák: Gypsy Melodies (7), Op. 55 (B104)

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Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-sopranovocalist), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Recorded: 2007-03-31
Recording Venue: Bavaria Musikstudios, München

No. 4, Kdyz mne stara matka

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No. 5, Struna naladena

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No. 3, Ales je tichy kolem kol

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Schulhoff: Národní písne a tance z Tesinksa (Folksongs and Dances from the Tesinskso Region), WV120

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Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-sopranovocalist), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Recorded: 2007-03-31
Recording Venue: Bavaria Musikstudios, München

No. 3, Pasala volky

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No. 15, Kdyz jsem byla mamince na kline

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No. 4, Sidej na vuz

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Eben: Písne K Loutne

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Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-sopranovocalist), Michael Freimuth (guitar)
Recorded: 2007-03-31
Recording Venue: Bavaria Musikstudios, München

No. 1, Milovánie bez vídánie

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No. 2, I Dare Not Ask

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No. 3, Quand ce beau printemps

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No. 4, Ach Gott, wie weh tut scheiden

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No. 5, Jakz sem te najprv poznal

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No. 6, Stratilat sem milého

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Rösler: An die Entfernte

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Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-sopranovocalist), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Recorded: 2007-03-31
Recording Venue: Bavaria Musikstudios, München

Novák, V: Pohádka Srdce, Op.8

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Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-sopranovocalist), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Recorded: 2007-03-31
Recording Venue: Bavaria Musikstudios, München

No. 1, Písen melancholická

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No. 2, Zda není snem?

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No. 3, Vecer

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No. 4, Podzimní nálada

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No. 5, Az prejde den

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Dvořák: Abendlieder, Op. 3

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Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-sopranovocalist), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Recorded: 2007-03-31
Recording Venue: Bavaria Musikstudios, München

No. 2, Mne zdálo se zes umrela

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Dvořák: Moravské dvojzpevy (Moravian Duets)

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Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-sopranovocalist), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Recorded: 2007-03-31
Recording Venue: Bavaria Musikstudios, München

No. 9, Prsten

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No. 11, Zajatá

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Martinů: Písnicky na dve stránky (Songs on two pages, seven songs an Moravian folk poetry)

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Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-sopranovocalist), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Recorded: 2007-03-31
Recording Venue: Bavaria Musikstudios, München

No. 1, Devce z Moravy

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No. 2, Súsedova stajna

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No. 3, Nadeje

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No. 4, Hlásný

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No. 5, Tajná láska

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No. 6. Bozi muka

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No. 7, Zvolenovci chlapci

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Janáček: Slezké písne (ze sbírky Heleny Salichové) [Siesian Songs (from Helena Salichová's Collection)]

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Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-sopranovocalist), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Recorded: 2007-03-31
Recording Venue: Bavaria Musikstudios, München

No. 7, Aj, co to je za slavicek

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No. 10, V cernym lese

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Recording of the Week, Songs her mother taught her

22nd September 2008

The Czech mezzo Magdalena Kožená goes back to her roots with a programme of songs by Janacek, Dvorak, Leopold Kozeluch, Petr Eben and others, accompanied with style and sensitivity by Malcolm Martineau.

Magdalena Kožená, one of the most acclaimed recitalists of today, presents a personal collection of songs she has known since childhood and that form some of her earliest musical influences.

A haunting collection of songs by Czech composers such as Dvorák, Janácek, Martinu, Schulhoff and Eben, all deeply rooted in the rich Czech folk song tradition.

Like Magdalena explains in the press/booklettext about the songs on the album: “They are just the sort a mother would sing to her baby. My mother is not a professional singer, but she loved to sing and knew a lot of songs! There is a particular tradition of singing to children in our country, much stronger, I would say, than one sees any more in the West. It was really important that in each family these songs would be handed down, taught to the children.”

Kožená’s musical partners on the album include her long-standing recital partner Malcolm Martineau, and soprano Dorothea Röschmann, who joins her in Dvorák’s Moravian duets. This is Magdalena Kožená’s most personal album so far, exploring the richness of her cultural background and her own musical memories.

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November 2008

Beautifully recorded and accompanied, this is not just a showpiece for an exceptional voice, but a fascinating conspectus of Czech song, with a Moravian twist.

28th November 2008

it isn't just an atmospheric title; there are indeed songs that Kozena's mother sang to her as a child, plus others she heard in her village...Kozena, whilst her performances are always memorable, is lifted to an entirely different plateau with these songs in her home tongue and all the emotional resonance they hold for her.

Awards Issue 2008

Singing in a language she really did learn from her mother, Kožená sounds at her most relaxed… She also suggests a fierce connection with these songs, abandoning herself into music that showcases well her glinting top and dusky lower notes.

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