Composer: Antonín Dvořák, Zdenek Antonin Vaclav Fibich, Bedrich Smetana, Josef Suk
Performer: Adam Plachetka, David Švec
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Pentatone
Catalogue: PTC5187219
Release: 2024
Size: 770 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Dvořák: Abendlieder, Op. 3
01. No. 1, Those little stars
02. No. 2, It seemed to me that you had died
03. No. 3, I am the fairy tale knight
04. No. 4, When God was in a happy mood
Dvořák: Evening Songs, (No Op.)
05. Just like the moon
Dvořák: Evening Songs, Op. 9
06. No. 1, The humming of the trees falls silent
07. No. 2, Spring came flying from afar
Dvořák: Evening Songs, Op. 31
08. No. 1, When I looked up in the sky
09. No. 2, You tiny little birds
10. No. 3, I am like a linden tree
11. No. 4, All of you who are distressed
12. No. 5, That little bird
Smetana: Evening Songs, JB 1:116
13. No. 1, He who can play the golden strings
14. No. 2, Do not stone the prophets
15. No. 3, I dreamed
16. No. 4, What joy there is in dancing
17. No. 5, From my songs I’ll make a throne for you
Fibich: 5 Songs from Evening Songs, Op. 5
18. No. 1, The humming of the trees falls silent
19. No. 2, The sky is filled with little stars
20. No. 3, My girl you are so lovely
21. No. 4, Your eye is like a lovely lake
22. No. 5, Spring came fying from afar
23. Suk: The night was beautiful
Renowned bass-baritone Adam Plachetka celebrates the Year of Czech Music with an anthology of Czech evening songs by Antonin Dvorak, Bedrich Smetana, Zdenek Fibich and Josef Suk. All based on love poems for Vitezslav Halek’s Vecerni pisne (Evening Songs), these songs provide a panorama of great Czech music, also zooming in on lesser-known repertoire. Plachetka performs them together with pianist David Svec. Bass-baritone Adam Plachetka frequents the world’s most prestigious opera houses, and is a MET regular, equally at home in dramatic and comic repertoire. He returns to PENTATONE after having released Molieri, combining opera arias by Mozart and Salieri, in 2022.