Soiree

Magdalena Kozena

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Soirée captures the atmosphere of informal, domestic music making. Czech star mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená offers an intimate and highly personal collection of international songs together with an outstanding group of musical friends, including Sir Simon Rattle, who makes his recording debut as a pianist.

The German lied is represented by Brahms (Two Songs, Op. 91 and Five Ophelia Songs, WoO 22) and Strauss (Morgen!), the French chanson by Chausson (Chanson perpétuelle) and Ravel (Chansons madécasses), and 20th-century avant-gardism with Stravinsky’s Three Songs from William Shakespeare.

“Whether or not musicians lead crazy lives is a thorny question, but many of us are so busy that to find a joint evening with friends, type the dates into our mobile phones and then throw together a quick meal at the very last minute already feels like an achievement.

Don’t you sometimes long for the days when it was common for people to get together every Sunday, bringing their instruments, and after good food, wine and talk, there would be chamber music just for the sheer pleasure of it? And the alcohol would sometimes make the unplayable more or less possible: or at least it felt so…

Although we seldom had the chance to cook for each other, the relaxed atmosphere of family music was permanently present during these concerts and recording sessions, even though they were completely teetotal! Well nearly, as persuading my colleagues to sing in Czech for the Janácek songs did take a couple of drinks to get off the ground…”

– Magdalena Kožená, mezzo-soprano

Tracklist

Please note that the below previews are loaded as 44.1 kHz / 16 bit.
1.
Chanson perpetuelle, Op. 37 - Version for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano Quintet
07:20
2.
Gypsy Songs, Op. 55, B. 104 - Excerpts Arr. D. Ward for Mezzo-Soprano and Chamber Ensemble - No. 1,
02:42
3.
Gypsy Songs, Op. 55, B. 104 - Excerpts Arr. D. Ward for Mezzo-Soprano and Chamber Ensemble - No. 6,
01:24
4.
Cypresses, B. 11 - No. 11, Me srdce casto v bolesti - Arr. D. Ward for Mezzo-Soprano and Chamber Ens
03:20
5.
In Folk Tone, Op. 73, B. 146 - Excerpts Arr. D. Ward for Mezzo-Soprano and Chamber Ensemble - No. 2,
01:53
6.
Gypsy Songs, Op. 55, B. 104 - Excerpts Arr. D. Ward for Mezzo-Soprano and Chamber Ensemble - No. 4,
02:40
7.
Gypsy Songs, Op. 55, B. 104 - Excerpts Arr. D. Ward for Mezzo-Soprano and Chamber Ensemble - No. 5,
01:05
8.
In Folk Tone, Op. 73, B. 146 - Excerpts Arr. D. Ward for Mezzo-Soprano and Chamber Ensemble - No. 1,
03:19
9.
2 Gesange, Op. 91 - No. 1, Gestillte Sehnsucht
06:20
10.
2 Gesange, Op. 91 - No. 2, Geistliches Wiegenlied
05:05
11.
3 Songs from William Shakespeare - No. 1, Musick to Heare
02:50
12.
3 Songs from William Shakespeare - No. 2, Full Fathom Five
01:52
13.
3 Songs from William Shakespeare - No. 3, When Daisies Pied
02:05
14.
Chansons madecasses, M. 78 - No. 1, Nahandove
06:10
15.
Chansons madecasses, M. 78 - No. 2, Aoua
04:03
16.
Chansons madecasses, M. 78 - No. 3, Il est doux
04:11
17.
5 Ophelia-Lieder, WoO 22 - Arr. A. Reimann for Mezzo-Soprano and String Quartet - No. 1, Wie erkenn'
00:58
18.
5 Ophelia-Lieder, WoO 22 - Arr. A. Reimann for Mezzo-Soprano and String Quartet - No. 2, Sein Leiche
00:30
19.
5 Ophelia-Lieder, WoO 22 - Arr. A. Reimann for Mezzo-Soprano and String Quartet - No. 3, Auf morgen
00:57
20.
5 Ophelia-Lieder, WoO 22 - Arr. A. Reimann for Mezzo-Soprano and String Quartet - No. 4, Sie tragen
01:05
21.
5 Ophelia-Lieder, WoO 22 - Arr. A. Reimann for Mezzo-Soprano and String Quartet - No. 5, Und kommt e
01:54
22.
Rikadla, JW 5/16 - No. 1, Leze krtek podle meze
01:08
23.
Rikadla, JW 5/16 - No. 2, Karel do pekla zajel
00:36
24.
Rikadla, JW 5/16 - No. 3, Franta rasul hralna basu
01:03
25.
Rikadla, JW 5/16 - No. 4, Delam, delam kazani
01:06
26.
Rikadla, JW 5/16 - No. 5, Ho, ho, kravy do
01:03
27.
Rikadla, JW 5/16 - No. 6, Kozabila hrusky sbira
00:40
28.
Rikadla, JW 5/16 - No. 7, Vasek, pasek
00:37
29.
Rikadla, JW 5/16 - No. 8, Frantiku, frantiku
00:25
30.
4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170 - No. 4, Morgen - Arr. for Mezzo-Soprano, Violin and Piano
04:01

Total time: 01:12:22

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