![]() ArcoDiva UP 0256 (2025). Total running time: 55:06. Available from presto music and other outlets. Recorded in Martinu Hall, HAMU, Prague on 17 June 2022 (16); 6 August 2022 (9, 10, 14–15); 6–7 August 2022 (1–7); 12–14 August 2024 (8, 13, 17–19); and at Vesmir Ostrava on 26 June 2023 (11, 12).
Producer: Jiri Stilec
Poetry by Jan Skacel, Vitezslav Nezval, Ondrej Prikryl, Jan Carek, Petr Kricka.
Funding provided through support of the University of Michigan Office of Research; the University of Michigan Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; and the Kapralova Society, Canada. About the artists:
Canticum Ostrava, under the leadership of Yuri Galatenko, has become one the most remarkable women's choirs in
the Czech Republic, collaborating on a wide range of contemporary projects, and participating in international choral
festivals. In this recording, the choir is conducted by Alena Hron, recently appointed to lead
the South Bohemian Philharmonic, making history as the first woman to hold the position of a Chief Conductor of a Czech orchestra.
Please note that the music recorded on this compact disc is in print. Click here for the complete discography of Kapralova's music.
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From reviews:
Sopranistka Olga Jelinková a klavirista Timothy Cheek jsou pro pisnový cyklus interprety takrka idealnimi: Olga Jelinkova zpiva vsechny pisne tak presvedcive, uprimne a s takovym vnitrnim prozitkem,
ze ji verime kazde slovo, kazdy ton. Americký pianista Timothy Cheek se dovede dokonale vcitit do vokalniho partu a je Olze Jelinkove skvelym umeleckym partnerem. . . .
K nejhezcim cislum tohoto CD patri Dva zenske sbory a cappella, op. 17, ktere Kapralova napsala v letech 1936–1937.
Svezi a bezprostrední provedeni sborem Canticum Ostrava pod vedenim Aleny Hron je peclive propracovane do nejjemnejsich detailu . . .
Excellently performed and recorded, with a variety of music to suit allcomers, the CD fills important gaps in the known Kapralova catalogue. |