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Nostalgia

Brahms, Mussorgsky, Bartók

Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Yefim Bronfman (piano)

Nostalgia

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Kožená’s voice is a glory at the best of times, a coppery sunset of a tone that can send its glow across the whole sky. But if her voice is gigantic, one thing is bigger still, and it’s Bronfman’s...

Nostalgia

Brahms, Mussorgsky, Bartók

Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Yefim Bronfman (piano)

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Kožená’s voice is a glory at the best of times, a coppery sunset of a tone that can send its glow across the whole sky. But if her voice is gigantic, one thing is bigger still, and it’s Bronfman’s...

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On her third PENTATONE album Nostalgia, Magdalena Kožená presents Bartók’s Village Scenes, Mussorgsky’s The Nursery and a selection of Brahms songs, together with acclaimed pianist Yefim Bronfman. Sung in Slovak, Russian and German, these songs on love, longing and innocence show three master composers transforming folk traditions into their unique musical styles. Kožená demonstrates her vocal mastery once more, and this recording with Bronfman is the result of a two-decades-spanning congenial artistic partnership. Nostalgia is star mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená’s third album as part of her exclusive collaboration with PENTATONE, after having presented the baroque cantatas recital album Il giardino dei sospiri and the songs in chamber-musical setting project Soirée in 2019. Yefim Bronfman, whose commanding technique, power and exceptional lyrical gifts are consistently acknowledged by the press and audiences alike, makes his PENTATONE debut.

Contents and tracklist

No. 1, Haymaking
Track length1:12
No. 2, At the Bride
Track length1:34
No. 3, Wedding
Track length2:41
No. 4, Lullaby
Track length4:50
No. 5, Lads' Dance
Track length2:07
No. 1, With Nanny
Track length1:56
No. 2, In the Corner
Track length1:52
No. 3, The Beetle
Track length2:25
No. 4, With a Doll
Track length2:03
No. 5, Bedtime Prayer
Track length1:57
No. 6, Riding on a hobby-horse
Track length3:37
No. 7, Sailor, the Cat
Track length2:28

Awards and reviews

January 2022

Kožená’s voice is a glory at the best of times, a coppery sunset of a tone that can send its glow across the whole sky. But if her voice is gigantic, one thing is bigger still, and it’s Bronfman’s pianism, which almost manages to overwhelm her at certain points in the Brahms and Musorgsky songs.

November 2021

The Czech mezzo is in prime form in songs that could have been written for her. She catches every mood and inflection with spontaneous immediacy.
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