Episode 5
Donald Macleod explores the music of Janacek's last year, when he decided to start a new life with his muse Kamila - with tragic consequences.
After more than a decade of lusting after Kamila Stosslova, Janacek was finally ready to leave his long-suffering wife. But there was to be no Indian summer of happiness for the 74-year old composer...
Donald Macleod presents the music of Janacek's last 12 months, including the String Quartet "Intimate Letters" - a musical evocation of the hundreds of letters the love-struck composer sent his muse over the course of his infatuation. He also presents music from Janacek's last - and bleakest - opera, "From The House Of The Dead".
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Leos Janáček
A Recollection (1928)
Performer: Håkon Austbø (piano)
- BRILLIANT 92295.
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Leos Janáček
String Quartet no. 2 "Intimate Letters" (1928)
Performer: Talich Quartet
- CALLIOPE CAL 9333.
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Leos Janáček
From The House Of The Dead (Act II excerpt) (1927-8, fp 1930)
Performer: Jaroslava Janská (Alyeya) Performer: Dalibor Jedlicka (Goryanchikov) Performer: Ivo Zidek (Skuratov) Performer: Jaroslav Sousek (Don Juan) Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and State Opera Chorus Performer: Sir Charles Mackerras
- DECCA 4303752.
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