Composer: Jan Novák
Performer: Marcin Kasprzyk, Renata Johnson-Wojtowicz, Jagoda Pietrusiak-Kasprzyk, Wojciech Bafeltowski, Michał Rot
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Dux
Catalogue: DUX1814
Release: 2022
Size: 270 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Rustica musa II for Piano 4 Hands
01. I. Canto amoroso
02. II. La bisboccia
03. III. Ballata selvaggia
04. IV. Filastrocca
05. V. Canto di ragazza
06. VI. La danza
07. VII. Acqua che corre
08. VIII. Zanzariana
Capriccio (Version for Cello & Piano)
09. I. Allegro molto
10. II. Circulus incantatus. Andante – Allegro
11. III. Allegro
Sonatina for Flute & Piano
12. I. Comodo
13. II. Allegretto scherzando – Calmo
14. III. Andante
15. IV. Allegro leggiero
Choreae vernales (Version for Flute & Piano)
16. I. Con libertà. Allegretto
17. II. Andante
18. III. Lento – Allegro – Tranquillo (Lento) – Allegro
19. Mimus magicus (Version for Soprano, Flute & Piano)
This album is published on the 100th anniversary of Jan Novak’s birth (1921 1984).
Novak’s daughters Clara Novakova, Dora Novakova and his wife Eliska Novakova have devoted themselves to popularizing the rich, although still little known, output of the Czech composer.
In the anniversary year, Polish pianist Marcin Kasprzyk presents an extremely interesting cross section of chamber music by Jan Novak, recorded together with pianist Michal Rot, cellist Wojciech Bafeltowski, flautist Jagoda Pietrusiak-Kasprzyk and soprano Renata Johnson-Wojtowicz. The works featured on the album expose the broad horizons and interests of the composer born in Nova Rise, presenting the listeners with his rich and varied compositional language.