Janacek: The Diary Of One Who Disappeared and other works – Nicky Spence, Julius Drake Hyperion

       Like many of Janáček’s late masterpieces, the genesis of the ‘Diary’ is inseparable from its composer’s intense, obsessional love for Kamila Stösslová. A song-cycle like no other, here it’s the main work in a recital which showcases the extraordinary talents of Nicky Spence, Václava Housková and the vocal trio Voice.

 
Zápisník zmizelého ‘The diary of one who disappeared’ JW V/12[34’32]Nicky Spence (tenor), Julius Drake (piano)
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No 1, ‘One day I met a gypsy girl’: Potkal sem mladou cigánku[1’21]2
No 2, ‘That black-eyed gypsy’: Ta černá cigánka –[1’11]3
No 3, ‘Twilight glow-worms’: Svatojanské mušky[1’46]4
No 4, ‘Already swallows’: Už mladé vlaštúvky –[1’02]5
No 5, ‘Weary work is ploughing’: Těžko sa mi oře[0’47]6
No 6, ‘Hey there, my tawny oxen’: Hajsi, vy siví volci[1’27]7
No 7, ‘I’ve got a loose axle’: Ztratil sem kolíček[1’03]8
No 8, ‘Don’t look, my oxen’: Nehleďte, volečci[1’07]9
No 9, ‘Welcome, my handsome one’: Vítaj, Janíčku –[2’24]Václava Housková (mezzo-soprano), Victoria Couper (singer), Clemmie Franks (singer), Emily Burn (singer)
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No 10, ‘God all-powerful, God eternal’: Bože dálný, nesmrtelný[3’34]Václava Housková (mezzo-soprano), Victoria Couper (singer), Clemmie Franks (singer), Emily Burn (singer)
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No 11, ‘From the ripening cornfield’: Tahne vůňa k lesu[3’24]Václava Housková (mezzo-soprano)
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No 12, ‘Forest’s shady height’: Tmavá olšinka –[0’53]13
No 13: Intermezzo erotico –[2’56]14
No 14, ‘See how high the sun is’: Slnéčko sa zdvihá –[1’00]15
No 15, ‘Now my tawny oxen’: Moji siví volci[0’59]16
No 16, ‘What has come over me?’: Co sem to udělal?[1’21]17
No 17, ‘Who can escape his fate?’: Co komu súzeno? –[1’38]18
No 18, ‘Nothing matters now’: Nedbám já včil o nic[1’03]19
No 19, ‘See that thieving magpie’: Letí straka, letí[1’19]20
No 20, ‘Have I a beauty’: Mám já panenku –[0’45]21
No 21, ‘Father, how wrong you were’: Můj drahý tatíčku[1’05]22
No 22, ‘Then farewell, dearest land’: S Bohem, rodný kraju[2’27]Říkadla ‘Nursery rhymes’ JW V/16[7’34]Victoria Couper (singer), Clemmie Franks (singer), Emily Burn (singer), Victoria Samek (clarinet), Julius Drake (piano)
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No 1, ‘The mole creeps along the hedgerow’: Leze krtek podle meze[1’15]24
No 2, ‘Karel rode off to hell’: Karel do pekla zajel[0’34]25
No 3, ‘Franta the knacker’s son played the bass fiddle’: Franta rasů, hrál na basu[1’06]26
No 4, ‘I’m giving a little talk’: Dělám, dělám kázání[1’06]27
No 5, ‘Ho, ho, off go the cows’: Hó, hó, krávy dó[1’23]28
No 6, ‘A white goat’s picking pears’: Koza bílá hrušky sbírá[0’49]29
No 7, ‘Vašek, pašek, the drummer’: Vašek, pašek, bubeník[0’50]30
No 8, ‘Frantík, Frantík’: Frantíku, Frantíku[0’31]Moravská lidová poezie v písních ‘Moravian folk poetry in songs’ JW V/2
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No 8, ‘Pennyroyal’: Polajka[1’06]Nicky Spence (tenor), Julius Drake (piano)
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No 4, ‘Heat from my love’: Záře od milého[1’03]Václava Housková (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)
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No 16, ‘Constancy’: Stálosť[1’06]Václava Housková (mezzo-soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor), Julius Drake (piano)
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No 17, ‘Who’s the posy for?’: Komu kytka?[1’41]Nicky Spence (tenor), Václava Housková (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)
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No 20, ‘Desire’: Tužba[0’48]Václava Housková (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)
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No 22, ‘Memories’: Památky[3’33]Nicky Spence (tenor), Václava Housková (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)
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No 30, ‘Rosemary’: Rozmarýn[2’55]Václava Housková (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)
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No 33, ‘Slander’: Pomluva[2’00]Václava Housková (mezzo-soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor), Julius Drake (piano)
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No 1, ‘Love’: Łáska[1’24]Nicky Spence (tenor), Julius Drake (piano)
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No 19, ‘The posy’: Pérečko[1’37]Václava Housková (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)
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No 28, ‘Uncertainty’: Nejistota[1’11]Nicky Spence (tenor), Václava Housková (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)
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No 50, ‘Musicians’: Muzikanti[1’32]Václava Housková (mezzo-soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor), Victoria Couper (singer), Clemmie Franks (singer), Emily Burn (singer), Julius Drake (piano)