Janacek: Glagolitic Mass & The Eternal Gospel

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Netopil directs an excellent performance which, appropriately enough, reflects the operatic world of The Cunning Little Vixen and the Excursions of Mr Broucek...[the Credo] is beautifully shaped... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 22nd Sep 2014
Catalogue No: SU41502
Label: Supraphon
Length: 58 minutes

Gramophone Magazine

October 2014

Editor's Choice

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Janáček: Glagolitic Mass

Work length38:51

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Andrea Danková (vocalist), Tomáš Juhás (vocalist), Jozef Benci (vocalist), Jana Sýkorová (vocalist), Ales Barta (soloist)
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Choir
Tomáš Netopil, Lukáš Vasilek

I. Introduction

Track length2:20

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II. Kyrie eleison

Track length3:39

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III. Gloria

Track length6:10

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IV. Credo

Track length11:18

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V. Sanctus

Track length5:44

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VI. Agnus Dei

Track length4:58

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VII. Postludium

Track length2:47

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VIII. Intrada

Track length1:55

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Janáček: The Eternal Gospel

Work length19:23

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Alžběta Poláčková (vocalist), Pavel Černoch (vocalist)
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Choir
Tomáš Netopil, Lukáš Vasilek

I. Nuž stane se, co v zjevení je psáno. Con moto

Track length3:21

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II. Kdo vidí anděla, jak letí mračny. Adagio

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III. Ó, slyšte, jejichž srdce mdlé a zvadlé. Con moto

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IV. To všecko děl mi anděl v noci tmavé. Andante

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Brand new recording of a Janacek masterpiece, along with a lesser know gem!

In the wake of the highly acclaimed recording of Janáček’s symphonic works (SU41312) which was an Editor’s Choice in Gramophone, August 2013, Tomáš Netopil and the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra have focused on the composer’s choral pieces.

The Glagolitic Mass is a well known work, yet not in the composer’s original “September 1927” version, as it was performed at the premiere in Brno, which has been recorded for the very first time for this CD. It is fascinating to observe how many distinct traits of Janáček’s expressive musical language have vanished from the work as a result of its later modifications.

The Eternal Gospel, on the other hand, is a piece virtually unknown worldwide (the only previous Supraphon recording was made almost fifty years ago). Janáček was inspired by, and created the libretto on the basis of, Jaroslav Vrchlický’s poem about the medieval monk Joachim de Fiore, to whom an angel appeared, bringing tidings of the arrival of a realm of love. Janáček worked on the piece concurrently with the opera The Excursion of Mr. Brouček to the Moon and completed it in the spring of 1914, a few months prior to the outbreak of World War I.

Netopil’s new recording may facilitate bringing the remarkable work back to concert stages. A premiere recording of the Glagolitic Mass’s original version.

Reviews

January 2015

Netopil directs an excellent performance which, appropriately enough, reflects the operatic world of The Cunning Little Vixen and the Excursions of Mr Broucek...[the Credo] is beautifully shaped and genuinely thrilling. If not entirely perfect, this reading, along with a fine performance of The Eternal Gospel is well worth investigating.

October 2014

Netopil's performance seethes with nervous energy, his soloists are dedicated, and so are his chorus and orchestra...The Eternal Gospel hasn't been recorded in aeons...Again, the performance is excellent.

5th November 2014

It’s rawer, more stringent, and more confrontational than what we are used to hearing now, and even more difficult to perform; many of the revisions that Janáček made were to reduce the demands on the singers and players, and he took away some of the piece’s wildness in the process. The performance is a nicely detailed one, with adequate rather than outstanding soloists.

4th November 2014

Elements of drama and complex discourse that had to be toned down in the interests of performers also assert themselves with a special impact here, with chorus and soloists fearless and forthright in expression and the orchestra dynamic and propulsive. The Eternal Gospel of 1914 makes for a radiant coupling.

4th October 2014

Raw and thrilling, this is Janácek’s Glagolitic Mass in its never-before-recorded original 1927 version, later toned down by the composer for practical rather than aesthetic reasons. It’s performed with suitably full-throated vigour by Czech forces under Tomas Netopil.

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