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Magdalena Kozena: Songs My Mother Taught Me

Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Cat No: 4776665

Barcode: 0028947766650

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 22nd September 2008

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Works

Traditional
Kebych bola jahodu

Janacek
Moravska lidova poezie v písních (Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs): Lavecka (Bench) / Jabucko / Muzikanti [Musicians]

Janacek
Silesian Songs (from Helena Salichova’s Collection): Aj co to je za slavicek / V cernym lese

Dvorak
Cikanske melodie (Zigeunermelodien) Op.55: Kdyz mne stara matka (Als die alte Mutter, Songs my mother taught me) / Struna naladena (Rein gestimmt die Saiten) / A les je tichy kolem kol (Rings ist der Wald so stumm und still)

Dvorak
Vecerni pisne (Evening Songs) Op.3: Mne zdalo se zes umrela (I dreamt that you were dead)

Dvorak
Moravske dvojzpevy (Moravian Duets): Prsten / Zajata

Schulhoff
Narodní písne a tance z Tesinksa (Folksongs and Dances from the Tesinskso Region) WV120: Pasala volky (Out in the beechwood) (Národní písne a tance) / Kdyz jsem byla mamince na kline (On my mother’s knee) / Sidej na vuz

Eben
Písne K Loutne: Milovanie bez vídánie / I dare not ask / Quand ce beau printemps / Ach Gott, wie weh tut scheiden / Jakz sem te najprv poznal / Stratilat sem mileho

Rosler
An die Entfernte

Novak
Pohadka Srdce (Marchen des Herzens) Op.8: Pisen melancholicka / Zda neni snem? (transposed) / Vecer / Podzimni nalada / Az prejde den

Martinu
Pisnicky na dve stranky (Songs on two pages, seven songs an Moravian folk poetry)

Kozeluch
Sento amor from “Ariette“ (Bonus Track)

Artists

Magdalena Kozena (mezzo-soprano)
Dorothea Roschmann (soprano)
Michael Freimuth (lute, guitar)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Works

Artists

Magdalena Kozena (mezzo-soprano)
Dorothea Roschmann (soprano)
Michael Freimuth (lute, guitar)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)

About

Magdalena Kožená, one of the most acclaimed recitalists of today, presents a personal collection of songs she has known since childhood and that form some of her earliest musical influences.

This is a haunting collection of songs by Czech composers such as Dvořák, Janáček, Martinů, Schulhoff and Eben, all deeply rooted in the rich Czech folk song tradition.

As Magdalena explains in the press/booklettext about the songs on the album: “They are just the sort a mother would sing to her baby. My mother is not a professional singer, but she loved to sing and knew a lot of songs! There is a particular tradition of singing to children in our country, much stronger, I would say, than one sees any more in the West. It was really important that in each family these songs would be handed down, taught to the children.”

Kožená’s musical partners on the album include her long-standing recital partner Malcolm Martineau, and soprano Dorothea Röschmann, who joins her in Dvořák’s Moravian duets.

This is Magdalena Kožená’s most personal album so far, exploring the richness of her cultural background and her own musical memories.