Artist: Kateřina Kněžíková, Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, Robert Jindra
Album: Phidylé
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2021
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 48 kHz
Duration: 01:05:13
Total Tracks: 16
Total Size: 622 MB

Tracklist:

01. Kateřina Kněžíková, Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava & Robert Jindra – Martinů: Magic Nights: In a Foreign Land. Adagio (05:17)
02. Kateřina Kněžíková, Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava & Robert Jindra – Martinů: Magic Nights: Untouched by Spring. Adagio lugubre (05:00)
03. Kateřina Kněžíková, Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava & Robert Jindra – Martinů: Magic Nights: The Mysterious Flute. Andante sostenuto (05:30)
04. Kateřina Kněžíková, Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava & Robert Jindra – Duparc: L’invitation au voyage (05:02)
05. Kateřina Kněžíková, Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava & Robert Jindra – Duparc: La vie antérieure (04:39)
06. Kateřina Kněžíková, Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava & Robert Jindra – Duparc: Phidylé (05:37)
07. Kateřina Kněžíková, Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava & Robert Jindra – Duparc: Chanson triste (03:24)
08. Kateřina Kněžíková, Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava & Robert Jindra – Ravel: Cinq mélodies populaires Grecques: No. 1, Chanson de la mariée. Modéré (01:17)
09. Kateřina Kněžíková, Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava & Robert Jindra – Ravel: Cinq mélodies populaires Grecques: No. 2, La-bas, vers l’église. Andante (01:32)
10. Kateřina Kněžíková, Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava & Robert Jindra – Ravel: Cinq mélodies populaires Grecques: No. 3, Quel galant m’est comparable. Allegro (00:53)
11. Kateřina Kněžíková, Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava & Robert Jindra – Ravel: Cinq mélodies populaires Grecques: No. 4, Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques. Lento (02:53)
12. Kateřina Kněžíková, Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava & Robert Jindra – Ravel: Cinq mélodies populaires Grecques: No. 5, Tout gai! Allegro (01:00)
13. Kateřina Kněžíková, Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava & Robert Jindra – Ravel: Shéhérazade.: Asie (10:03)
14. Kateřina Kněžíková, Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava & Robert Jindra – Ravel: Shéhérazade.: La Flute enchantée (03:05)
15. Kateřina Kněžíková, Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava & Robert Jindra – Ravel: Shéhérazade.: L´Indifférent (03:40)
16. Kateřina Kněžíková, Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava & Robert Jindra – Szymanowski: Penthesilea, Op. 18 (06:14)

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Kateřina Kněžíková’s lyric coloratura soprano has delighted audiences in numerous music centres worldwide, both at opera houses and concert venues. She has appeared with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Bamberger Symphoniker, Camerata Salzburg, the Czech Philharmonic, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, etc. under the baton of conductors of such renown as J. Bělohlávek, S. Baudo, M. Honeck, J. Hrůša, T. Netopil and R. Ticciati. The highlights of her career include the invitation to portray the title role in Janáček’s opera Katya Kabanova in Glyndebourne.Kateřina Kněžíková’s debut Supraphon solo album features enchanting fin de siecle songs, “… songs that are particularly close to my heart and voice, all of them dating from the turn of the 20th century, all of them tinged with Impressionism,” as the singer herself put it. The first of them is Bohuslav Martinů’s Magic Nights, set to Chinese poetry. Henri Duparc’s songs, one of which, depicting Phylidé, a simple and pious country girl, has given the album its title, may come as a revelation to many a listener. All the songs chosen here reflect a penchant for the exotic, foregrounding connection with Nature and intuition. Conducted by Robert Jindra, the Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava has created a splendidly colourful backdrop for Kateřina Kněžíková’s soprano to embellish.