Janácek: Complete Piano Works (Full Album)

Online purchase or streaming (Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music, Deezer, Google Play): Physical purchase: ácek-piano-works/ The year 2004 commemorates the 150th anniversary of the birth of Leos Janacek, one of Czech’s most famous and original composers. Janacek’s music is highly personal, his language immediately recognizable: short, almost aphoristic motives form the basis of a highly dramatic discourse. His piano works include the famous Piano Sonata (written after the death of a man during a worker’s demonstration), the highly attractive cycle “On an overgrown path” (short pieces of sometimes violent, sometimes painfully intimate emotions), the cycle “In the mist”, and series on Czech and Moravian folk melodies. Norwegian pianist Hakon Austbö already recorded extensively for Brilliant Classics (Satie, Brahms Klavierstücke, Grieg Lyrische Stücke), and proves himself again a true master in the short form, completely identifying himself with the composer and his inner thoughts. 00:00:00 Sonata I.X.: I. Foreboding 00:05:59 Sonata I.X.: II. Death 00:12:51 On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 1: I. Our Evenings 00:16:08 On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 1: II. A Blown Away Leaf 00:19:36 On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 1: III. Come with Us! 00:20:15 On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 1: IV. The Madonna of Frýdek 00:24:17 On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 1: V. They Chattered Like Swallows 00:26:28 On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 1: VI. Words Fail! 00:28:32 On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 1: VII. Good Night! 00:31:01 On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 1: VIII. Unutterable Anguish 00:34:10 On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 1: IX. In Tears 00:37:08 On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 1: X. The Barn Owl Has Not Flown Away! 00:41:04 On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 2: I. Andante - Un poco piú mosso 00:44:22 On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 2: II. Allegretto - Poco mosso 00:47:21 On an Overgrown Path, Pt. 2: III. Vivo - Presto (Completed by H. Austbø) 00:49:07 In the Mist: I. Andante - Poco mosso 00:52:30 In the Mist: II. Molto adagio - Presto 00:56:56 In the Mist: III. Andantino - Poco mosso 01:00:11 In the Mist: IV. Presto - Meno mosso - Andante 01:04:32 Tema con variazioni 01:14:48 In Remembrance 01:16:26 Ej, danaj! 01:18:21 Music for Gymnastics 01:23:21 To My Olga 01:23:57 On an Overgrown Path, Two Rejected Pieces: I. Più mosso 01:26:28 On an Overgrown Path, Two Rejected Pieces: II. Allegro 01:31:26 Moravian Dances: Dymák - Starodávný - Valaška - Požehnaný - Pilky - Kalamajka - Trojky - Sekerecka - Kolo - Celadenský 01:39:40 6 Miniatures: I. Lord Jesus Christ Is Born 01:40:21 6 Miniatures: II. Moderato 01:41:29 6 Miniatures: III. Without Title 01:42:04 6 Miniatures: IV. Cradle Song 01:42:57 6 Miniatures: V. Melodie 01:43:27 6 Miniatures: VI. Palace of Malostranský 01:44:32 Moravian Folksongs 01:52:29 A Recollection 01:54:26 Intimate Sketches: I. Merely blind fate? 01:55:27 Intimate Sketches: II. So That One Could Never Return 01:56:37 Intimate Sketches: III. The Golden Ring 01:56:50 Intimate Sketches: IV. I Am Waiting for You!