JANACEK: Piano Works - Josef Páleníček, Czech Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble & Wind Ensemble (2 CDs)

- "If there are still many pianists who don't know what to make of Janáček's works, one of the reasons is that they haven't understood that the basis of his pianistic imagination is the sound of the cimbalom and the playing technique of that instrument." Josef Páleníček (1914-1991) - Those are the words of an artist who devoted more than six decades of his creative life to the works of Janáček, and whose interpretations of that composer are rightfully among the most highly respected. - Janáček's works-not only for piano-enchanted Páleníček from his early childhood; he spent his whole life honing his aesthetic sense on Janáček's highly original output. - Páleníček's recordings from the early seventies are among the deepest and most erudite interpretations of Janáček's remarkable poetry. Year by year, they gain more and more admirers.

CD 1
Leoš Janáček
On an Overgrown Path. Short Compositions for Piano, 1st series
1. Our Evenings. Moderato 04:01
2. A Blown - away Leaf. Andante 03:20
3. Come with Us! Andante 01:06
4. The Frýdek Madonna. Grave 03:24
5. They Chattered like Swalows. Con moto 02:25
6. Words Fail! Andante 01:52
7. Good Night! Andante 02:46
8. Unutterable Anguish. Andante 02:38
9. In Tears. Larghetto 03:20
10. The Barn Owl Has Not Flown Away. Andante 04:18

Leoš Janáček
Piano Sonata 1. X. 1905 in E flat minor From the Street
11. The Presentiment. Con moto 05:53
12. Death. Adagio 04:56

Leoš Janáček
In the Mists. Four Piano Compositions
13. Andante 03:17
14. Molto adagio 04:11
15. Andantino 02:26
16. Presto 04:04

CD 2
Leoš Janáček
Concertino for Piano, 2 Violins, Viola, Clarinet, French horn and Basson
1. Moderato 05:43
2. Piu mosso 03:31
3. Con moto 03:48
4. Allegro 05:00

with the CZECH PHILHARMONIC CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

Leoš Janáček
Capriccio for Piano Left Hand and Wind Ensemble
5. Allegro 05:43
6. Adagio 06:08
7. Allegretto 04:23
8. Andante 06:58

with the CZECH PHILHARMONIC WIND ENSEMBLE