For her fourth album for Piano Classics Klara Würtz chose music from the heart of Europe, by Janacek and Kodaly, music closely related to the country of its origin, its landscape, irs folklore and its soul.
Janácek’s suites “In the Mist” and “On an overgrown path” contain miniatures of the most hearbreaking intimacy, from deep sorrow and melancholy to utter bliss and joy. In the works by Hungarian Zoltán Kodály there is a direct and palpable connection with the folk music of Hungary and Transsylvania. This beautiful program concludes with an exciting rendition of the Marosszek Dances. Klára Würtz, Hungarian by birth, knows the secret language of this music, her musical intuition finding the most telling melodic inflections in this speaking music.
Leoš Janáček: V mlhách (In the Mists), JW VIII/22
00:00:00 I. Andante
00:03:33 II. Molto adagio
00:08:08 III. Andantino
00:11:13 IV. Presto
Leoš Janáček: Po zarostlém chodnícku (On the Overgrown Path), Book 1, JW VIII/17
00:15:27 No. 1. Nase vecery (Our Evenings)
00:19:03 No. 2. Listek odvanuty (A Blown Away Leaf)
00:21:58 No. 3. Pojd'te s nami! (Come with us!)
00:23:09 No. 4. Frydecka Panna Maria (The Madonna of Frydek)
00:26:32 No. 5. Stebetaly jak lastovicky (They Chattered like Swallows)
00:28:37 No. 6. Nelze domluvit! (Words fail!)
00:30:25 No. 7. Dobrou noc! (Good Night!)
00:33:28 No. 8. Tak neskonale uzko (Unutterable Anguish)
00:36:40 No. 9. V placi (In Tears)
00:39:12 No. 10. Sycek neodletel! (The Barn Owl has not Flown Away!)
Zoltán Kodály: 7 Piano Pieces, Op. 11
00:42:44 No. 2. Szekely lament: Rubato parlando
00:44:47 No. 3. -il pleut dans mon coeur comme il pleut sur le ville-: Allegretto malinconico
00:46:08 No. 6. Szekely tune: Poco rubato
Zoltán Kodály: Meditation sur un motif de Claude Debussy
00:49:30 Meditation sur un motif de Claude Debussy
Zoltán Kodály: Marosszeki tancok (Dances of Marosszek) (version for piano)
00:55:00 Marosszeki tancok (Dances of Marosszek) (version for piano)
