Garajová E. Mezzosoprano Recital - AMA ME

OTTORINO RESPIGHI (1879–1936) - Il Tramonto / The Sunset For Mezzosoprano And String Quartet

IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882–1971) - Berceuses du chat / Cat Lullabies

ARVO PÄRT (1935) - Es sang vor langen Jahren / Long years ago... there sang – Motet For Alto (counter-tenor), Violin and Viola...

SYLVIE BODOROVÁ (1954) - Ama me – Song Cycle For Mezzosoprano And Harp

PETR EBEN (1929–2007) - Písně nelaskavé pro alt a violu / Lieblose Lieder für Alt und Viola / Loveless Songs for alto and viola

SYLVIE BODOROVÁ - Three Psalms For Mezzosoprano And String Quartet

Eva Garajová mezzosoprano

Ludmila Peterková, Jana Lahodná, Marek Švejkar clarinets

Jitka Hosprová viola

Jaroslav Svěcený violin

Kateřina Englichová harp

Zemlinsky Quartet (František Souček 1st violin, Petr Střížek 2nd violin, Petr Holman viola, Vladimír Fortin cello)

Stereo digital studio recording

Eva Garajová (mezzo-soprano) is one of the leading soloists and notable personalities of Czech musical life. Her operatic career is linked to the Prague State Opera, but she also makes regular concert appearances with leading conductors and orchestras, including the Czech Philharmonic, Slovak Philharmonic, Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra Tokyo, Luxembourg Sinfonietta and others. Her broad repertoire includes operatic roles as well as Lieder, in which she belongs to the international recital elite. Her recordings for the ArcoDiva label have through their authenticity aroused great interest on the international musical scene. Beside her courage in choosing less well known works, she has been praised by the critics for the richness of her voice and her skill in using its timbres to colour in the emotional charge. Her success as a Lieder singer is due among other things to her many years of collaboration with Marián Lapšanský. She also often appears in concerts with Miroslav Sekera. With Jitka Hosprová and Ivo Kahánek she is a founder of the Pragart Trio. Eva Garajová is a successful organiser of musical life and promoter of Czech contemporary music.

(ArcoDiva 2016)