Magdalena Kožená mezzo-soprano ; Malcolm Martineau piano

Magdalena Kožená opens her recital with songs in her mother tongue. The Czech mezzo-soprano, born in Janáček’s home town, has few equals when it comes to touching the spirit and soul of his music. She and Malcolm Martineau move from a selection of Janáček’s haunting love songs to a sequence of pieces from the Mörike Lieder, Hugo Wolf’s first great song collection. Vivid contrasts and striking imagery permeate their recital’s second half, crowned by the songs Schoenberg wrote in 1901 for Berlin’s Überbrettl cabaret.

Leoš Janáček – No. 16 Stálost
Leoš Janáček – No. 19 Pérecko
Leoš Janáček – No. 38 Loucení
Leoš Janáček – No. 5 Obrázek milého
Leoš Janáček – No. 21 Tíha
Leoš Janáček – No. 37 Lavečka
Hugo Wolf – Begegnung
Hugo Wolf – Neue Liebe
Hugo Wolf – Nimmersatte Liebe
Hugo Wolf – Das verlassene Mägdlein
Hugo Wolf – Wo find ich’ Trost?
Hugo Wolf – Auf ein altes Bild
Hugo Wolf – Nixe Binsefuss
Hugo Wolf – Lebe wohl
Hugo Wolf – Abschied