JANKOVÁ M. VOYAGE - SOPRANO RECITAL (MUSSORGSKY M.P., STRAUSS R., DVOŘÁK A., SCHOECK O.)

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839-1881) - The Nursery (1868-1872) 13:31

1. With Nanny 2:05

2. In the Corner 1:37

3. The Beetle 2:27

4. With the Doll 1:43

5. Evening Prayer 2:11

6. On the Hobby-Horse 3:23

7. The Cat "Sailor" 2:17

Richard Strauss (1864-1949) - Mädchenblumen, Op. 22

8. Kornblumen 2:15

9. Mohnblumen 1:19

10. Epheu 3:11

11. Wasserrose 3:38

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) - Love Songs, Op. 83 (B160, 1888) 14:30

12. The happy flower unfurls not 1:50

13. Death dwells in many a human heart 2:04

14. Now as by that house I tread 1:23

15. I know that in sweet hopefulness 2:11

16. Over the land reigns a peaceful repose 1:43

17. Lonely in the wood I stand 2:05

18. In the sweet power of thine eyes 1:47

19. My only dear one, my dear love 1:27

Othmar Schoeck (1886-1904)

20. Dämmerung senkte sich von oben, Op. 19a, No. 2 2:40

21. Auf ein Kind, Op. 20, No. 1 1:03

22. Ich habe mich dem Heil entschworen, Op. 33, No. 8 1:56

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) - Biblical Songs, Op. 99 (B185, 1894) 21:41

23. Darkness and thunderclouds are round about Him 1:59

24. Lord my shield, my refuge and hope art Thou 1:51

25. Hear, oh hear my prayer, Lord my God 3:00

26. Oh, my shepherd is the Lord 2:36

27. Songs of gladness will I sing Thee 2:32

28. Hear, oh Lord, my bitter cry 2:27

29. By the shore of the river Babylon 2:43

30. Oh, Lord, have mercy and turn Thou Thy face to me 2:33

31. My eyes will I to the hills lift up 2:00

32. Oh, sing unto the Lord a joyful song 1:47

Martina Janková - soprano

Gérard Wyss - piano

The gracious young soprano Martina Janková has established a firm position amidst fierce international competition. Since 1998 she has been an Oper Zürich soloist and has featured in productions by conductors of such renown as Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Fedoseyev, Herreweghe, Rattle, etc. With Sir John Eliot Gardiner, she has recorded, among other things, Bach's cantatas. Yet Martina Janková keeps returning to the emotionally rich realm of the song. "Voyage" is not merely a song recital. It is a journey from the child's wonderment at the colourfulness of the world through amorous enthralment to self-knowledge and finally (in Dvořák's Biblical Songs) also to that which transcends us. A voyage through life in images, where every word and every tone bears a meaning of its own. In the songs, Martina Janková lets personal stories revive and peers into the innermost corners of the soul.

Martina Janková's "Voyage" - a journey into the mysteries of the soul and an invitation to an encounter.

(Supraphon 2011)