Composer: Leoš Janáček
Performer: Aga Mikolaj, Iris Vermillion, Stuart Neill, Arutjun Kotchinian, Chor Berlin, Iveta Apkalna
Orchestra: Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Marek Janowski
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Pentatone
Catalogue: PTC5186388
Release: 2013
Size: 1.07 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Msa glagolskaja (Glagolitic Mass), JW III/9 (original version)
01. Intrada
02. Uvod (Introduction)
03. Gospodi pomiluj (Kyrie) (Soprano, Chorus)
04. Slava (Gloria) (Soprano, Tenor, Chorus)
05. Veruju (Credo) (Tenor, Bass, Chorus)
06. Svet (Sanctus) (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)
07. Agnece Bozij (Agnus Dei) (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)
08. Varhany solo (Postludium)
09. Intrada da capo
Taras Bulba, JW VI/15
10. I. Smrt Andrijova (Death of Andrij)
11. II. Smrt Ostapova (The Death of Ostap)
12. III. Proroctvi a smrt Tarase Bulby (The Prophecy and Death of Taras Bulba)
This album offers two of the best known and most loved works by Leoš Janáček. The Glagolitic Mass was thus described by a musicologist: “It has absolutely everything, it’s engrossing and enthralling and captivating and startling and soothing and primitive and pristine and incredibly spiritual”.
Taras Bulba is a Rhapsody for Orchestra. The work combines diffuse, almost easy-listening romanticism with enough mystery and tangy dissonance to tell you immediately who the composer is. The orchestra, choir and conductor on this album are familiar from many other PentaTone Recordings such as the Wagner Edition and the Brahms Requiem (PTC5186361).