On An Overgrown Path, Leoš Janáček’s 15 pieces-spanning piano cycle, is here presented in a reshaped guise, arranged for string orchestra and interpreted by the Camerata Zürich under lead violinist Igor Karsko’s direction. This is the premiere recording of the orchestral adaption. In this programme, Janáček’s cycle is bookended by Josef Suk’s Meditation on the Old Czech Chorale St. Wenceslas and Antonín Dvořák’s Notturno – pieces that are thematically connected to the folkloric elements found in Janáček’s composition. French writer Maïa Brami wrote poems to accompany the new arrangement of On An Overgrown Path, and their recorded versions, spoken by the writer herself, are included on the album, contextualizing the cycle with inventive analogies to Janáček’s life.
TRACKLIST
JOSEF SUK - MEDITATION ON THE OLD CZECK CHORALE 'ST. WENCESLAS' OP. 35A
1 Adagio, ma con moto 06:25
LEOŠ JANÁČEK - ON AN OVERGROWN PATH, BOOK I
2 Our evenings 02:38
3 A blown-away leaf 02:15
4 Come with us 01:00
5 The Madonna of Frydek 03:07
6 They chattered like swallows 01:36
7 Words fail! 01:42
8 Good night! 02:59
9 Unutterable anguish 03:08
10 In tears 02:28
11 The barn owl has not flown away! 03:19
MAÏA BRAMI - SUR UN SENTIER RECOUVERT
12 Il était une fois 01:17
13 Tiens! Une feuille morte 01:26
14 Nous danserons 00:52
15 Boum, boum 02:04
16 Combien de fois depuis 01:27
17 Les ombres. C'est l'heure 01:19
18 Cette berceuse du fond 01:04
19 Des langues de feu 01:21
20 Je l'entends qui sanglote 01:59
21 Entends-tu hibou 01:53
LEOŠ JANÁČEK - ON AN OVERGROWN PATH, BOOK II
22 Andante 02:47
23 Allegretto - Presto 03:27
LEOŠ JANÁČEK - ON AN OVERGROWN PATH, PARALIPOMENA
24 Più mosso 02:54
25 Vivo 02:39
26 Allegro 04:22
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK - NOTTURNO IN B MAJOR OP. 40
27 Molto adagio 06:14
Camerata Zürich
Igor Karsko Concertmaster
Maïa Brami Recitation
