Music Chat: Driving to Janáček Opera Suites (Road Music No. 3)
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- Опубликовано: 6 май 2021
- Everyone who loves Janáček's music (and once heard, you're hooked) wishes that he had composed more orchestral pieces. Well, look no farther, because his seven mature operas offer plenty of opportunities to more than double his existing orchestral output. They also provide a captivating accompaniment to a drive of virtually any length. Indeed, Naxos has a three-disc series of arrangements by Peter Breiner that will give you a full three and a half hours of amazing music--just the ticket when you're on the road. So let's go for a ride and sample.
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What a pleasant surprise after 14 years ;-)
I did review all of them at ClassicsToday.com when they came out, but it never hurts to revisit old friends. What a short memory we have in this business!
@@DavesClassicalGuide That's why I said after 14 years. Maybe it's even less. Vol 4 might be coming, btw.
@@PeterBreiner That would be great. I look forward to it.
@@DavesClassicalGuide more news on Vixen Suite: It was made (beautifully) into ballet by late Liam Scarlett for Royal Ballet and premiered in Feb 2019
@@PeterBreiner That's lovely. Thank you for the update.
Hey David,
Your knowledge is amazing.
You make classical music much more interesting.
Listening to your comments and recommendations is really worthy, helping people to understand much more than just by listening to music. You are my music history teacher!
Thanks a lot.
Boris.
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Thank you very much!
I love your enthusiasm for these operas: you clearly 'inhabit' them well! Thanks for the recommendation... yet another Presto purchase under the belt!
Janacek's orchestral music is thrilling and beats with life in a way that does not seem to date. I cannot imagine the soundtracks of spaghetti westerns being created by anyone not inspired by these exciting chapters of sound. Good to see you excited about Janacek. I think he's unique in music.
All of these Naxos recordings are excellent, but the "Vixen" suite is just astonishing! It's beautifully arranged and exquisitely played by the New Zealanders, and the sound is crystal-clear. Thanks for bringing these to our attention.
SOOOOoooooooooo..............I have decided that Dave needs to keep doing these reviews FOREVER.................
Oh baby, count me in on these Naxos operatic orchestral suites! I absolutely wish Janacek had written more orchestral works; the Sinfonietta is one of my favorite pieces in the whole classical music cannon. Thanks for this review Dave!
Taras Bulba!
I first ran across Janacek performing in the opera chorus at USC for performances of Jenufa, and was hooked for life. I have all of the Mackerras opera recordings as well as the ones he didn't get to, but I will be delighted to add these to my collection. Thanks for the alert!
Now I need to go for a 3 hour drive 😁
I'm so glad you also cry at Jenufa's ending. I can't either hear it (or Kata Kabanova) without crying. For me, Janacek's operas are emotionally draining. And I thank you for promoting them.
Also, it's moving to think that Jenufa's plot comes from real facts!!
My tear inducing opera is The Cunning Little Vixen. Tears every time!
@@1spitfirepilot , all of them are magnificent and quite touching
@@1spitfirepilot I'm with you on Cunning Little Vixen. I'm in bits every time I get to the ending. Janacek is lucky on video, there are excellent dvds/blu rays of all his operas, except Broucek.
Ah, if only Janacek had adapted Capek's "War with the Newts." Wouldn't that have been something!
No doubt!
Those recordings of the orchestral suites from the operas by Peter Breiner, sound very interesting to look up. I will do that. I’ll also most likely buy all three of those Naxos CDs, just on the basis of the excerpt that you played to us! Fabulous!
Just attended The Cunning Little Vixen, production by the Curtis School in Philly, my first Janacek opera! What have I been missing all of these years?
Such a wonderful, unique work!
Thanks for this. I'm still getting to grips with Janáček’s music (only knowing the Sinfonietta). On the back of your Classics Today recommendations I downloaded the Serebrier Reference Recording collection (from Presto Music), found used CD versions of the Panocha Quartet String Quartets (truly wonderful) and (although I know it's not your preferred version) the original version of his Glagolitic Mass with Mackerras (still stunning). As you can gather I'm a convert! Will you do something on his piano music? I have Håkon Austbö comprehensive set on Brilliant Classics - tough works I find but ultimately really rewarding. Cheers
Great talk, thanks ! I was not aware of the Naxos discs.
Btw, the Jilek disc is on Spotify !
I just found the disc on Amazon music for $3.99!! Just downloaded and listening to it now.
I was wondering if you'd get to the Jílek disc. Agree it's great. Hard to find now, but worth searching for it
Marvelous music, all of it, especially when you don’t have time to hear the whole operas! Mackerras revised the Talich Cunning Little Vixen Suite to restore Janacek’s original orchestration on his last Supraphon recording. He also made fine recordings of the preludes to the Makropoulos Affair, Katy’s Kabanova, From the House of the Dead, and Jealousy earlier in his career with the Pro Arte Orchestra on the CD with his first Sinfonietta that still sounds good after all these years. Did Breiner reorchstrate any of the music, except for substituting instruments for a few of the vocal parts?
I already mentioned the other Mackerras recordings, FYI. Love the comments, but I do which people would read what's already here before posting, then you can get into the existing discussion instead of starting over. But to answer your question, as you rightly note, everyone does some reorchestration, if only to transfer vocal lines to instruments, etc. Breiner does some, but for the most part tastefully.
I know you don't care but somebody might do: Jílek is supposed to be pronounced with "Y", like "Yalta" or "Yamaha"... Anyway, I didn't know about this Peter Breiner set. It seems to be a great tip!
Clever way to try to get around me. Trust me, no one else cares either. I know how it's pronounced in Czechia, but not over here. I worked in radio with a very well known broadcaster/author/music person named George Jelinek, who was Czech, and who insisted on his name being pronounced with a hard "j." So you see, how it's "supposed to be" depends on where you are, and I am not there. When I was in Moscow my last name was "Gurovich." I didn't complain because I knew who they were talking about and it's not important. So I will say again, let it go. Talk about music. That's why we're here.
Driving: Wold-Ferrari or Reznicek? I could drive through those bridge turnstiles with Donna Diana on the radio with at least 45mph - maybe faster. That overture is better than driving with pain killers in one’s system. (Please I’m just kidding.)
Merci !
Thank you!