I'M LISTENING TO JANÁČEK

Listen to short samples of the Master's work.

Newly also after scanning of QR codes on information panels marking the trail In the footsteps of Leoš Janáček in the center of Brno.

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Youth

3rd Movement Allegro

suite for wind sextet

premiere 1924 in Brno

Prague Wind Quintet/Alois Rybín

Supraphon 1954

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Amarus

no. 5 Epilogue

cantata for soloists, mixed chorus and orchestra after a poem by Jaroslav Vrchlický

premiere 1898 in Brno

Ivo Žídek/Jindra Pokorná/Vladimír Bauer/Moravan Chorus/Vach's Chorus of the Moravian Teachers, choirmaster Zbyněk Mrkos/Brno State Philharmonic, conductor Václav Neumann

Supraphon 1961

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String quartet no. 2 "Intimate Letters"

1st Movement Andante

quartet for two violins, viola and violoncello

premiere 1928 in Brno

Smetana Quartet

Supraphon 1957

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The Excursions of Mr. Brouček

Act 2: Please, stop already with the flowers!

opera in two parts 1. The Excursion of Mr. Brouček to the Moon, 2. The Excursion of Mr. Brouček to the 15th Century

premiere 1920 in Prague

Josef Kejř/Eduard Hrubeš/Vlastimil Šíma/Antonín Jurečka/Antonín Pelz/Jaroslav Jaroš/Míla Ledererová/Jaroslav Ulrych/Janáček Opera Chorus in Brno, choirmaster Vilibald Rubínek/Janáček Opera Orchestra in Brno, conductor František Jílek

Supraphon 1960

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Nursery Rhymes

no. 21 Frantík, Frantík

songs for nine voices and ten instruments to the texts of nursery rhymes from Bohemia, Moravia and Subcarpathian Ruthenia

premiere 1927 in Brno

Alfréd Holeček, piano/Czech Philharmonic/Czech Chorus, choirmaster Jan Kühn

Supraphon 1957

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Katya Kabanova

Act 2: No one is here

opera in three acts, libretto by Leoš Janáček after A. N. Ostrovsky's play The Thunderstorm

premiere 1921 in Brno

Viktor Kočí/Orchestra of the National Theater in Prague, conductor Jaroslav Krombholz

Supraphon 1960

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Fate

Scene 6: So we arrived, but probably too late

opera in three acts, libretto by Fedora Bartošová

premiere 1934 in Brno

Libuše Domanínská/Jaroslav Ulrich/Brno Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Břetislav Bakala

Supraphon 1960

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Taras Bulba

3rd Movement The prophecy and death of Taras Bulba

rhapsody for orchestra after the novel of the same name by Nikolay Gogol

premiere 1921 in Brno

Czech Philharmonic, conductor Václav Talich

Supraphon 1956

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1. X. 1905 (From the street 1 October 1905)

1st Movement Presentiment

for piano

premiere 1906 in Brno

Josef Páleníček, piano

Supraphon 1957

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Jenůfa

Act 1: Married They Would All Be

libretto by Leoš Janáček after the play byGabriela Preissová

premiere 1904 in Brno

Karel Kalaš/Ivo Žídek/Beno Blachut/Štěpánka Jelínková/Chorus of the National Theater in Prague, choirmaster Jarmil Burghauser/Orchestra of the National Theater in Prague, conductor Jaroslav Vogel

Supraphon 1956

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Lachian Dances

no. 6 The Saws

folk-dance arrangement for orchestra

premiere 1924 in Brno

Brno Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Břetislav Bakala

Supraphon 1953

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From the House of the Dead

Overture

opera in three acts, libretto by Leoš Janáček after Dostoyevsky's novel Notes from the House of the Dead

premiere 1930 in Brno

Brno State Philharmonic, conductor Břetislav Bakala

Supraphon 1960

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Sinfonietta

1st Movement Allegretto

premiere 1926 in Prague

Czech Philharmonic, conductor Karel Ančerl

Supraphon 1962

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Glagolitic Mass

Intrada

for soloists, mixed chorus, organ and orchestra after Old Church Slavonic text

premiere 1927 v Brně

Brno Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Břetislav Bakala

Supraphon 1961

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The Cunning Little Vixen

Act 2: If you only knew what I have just seen

opera in three acts, libretto by Leoš Janáček after a story by Rudolf Těsnohlídek

premiere 1924 in Brno

Ludmila Hanzalíková/Libuše Domanínská/Květa Belanová/Hana Böhmová/Helena Tattermuschová/Orchestra and Chorus of the National Theater in Prague, conductor Václav Neumann

Supraphon 1958

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The Makropulos Case

Opera Finale

libretto by Leoš Janáček after the play by Karel Čapek

premiere 1926 in Brno

Rudolf Vonásek/Milada Musilová/Beno Blachut/Theodor Šrubař/Zdenka Hrnčířová/Rudolf Asmus/Chorus of the National Theater in Prague, choirmaster Jan Ouředník /Orchestra of the National Theater in Prague, conductor Jaroslav Vogel

Supraphon 1957

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On an Overgrown Path

no. 10 The barn owl has not flown away

miniatures for piano

premiere 1905 in Brno

Ilja Hurník, piano

Supraphon 1955

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A Wandering Madman

forr male chorus and soprano after a text of the same name by the poet Rabindranath Tagore from the collection The Gardener

premiere 1924 in Rosice near Brno