Jau ! [Import]

Jau ! [Import]

Track Listings

1. Won't Forget These Days

2. Drug Addicted In The Jail

3. No Illusions

4. One Good Reason

5. Seconds To Fall

6. On Alarm

7. Kill Somebody

8. Missing Me

9. Last Time

10. French Funk

11. Don't Dig In My Potatoes

12. As Time Goes By

13. Pussy Cat

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SUMMATION OF A LIFETIME'S DEDICATION TO JANACEK.......2006-04-12

Maybe these two discs are to be Sir Charles' farewell to recording Janacek. I wouldn't bet the house on it, though, because he still shows amazing energy levels at 80 years of age and is to conduct Makropoulos at the ENO next month. Nevertheless, you could certainly argue that these performances provide us with a summation of a lifetime's love and scholarly work on these scores from Janacek's greatest proselytiser.

Many of these works have been recorded by Sir Charles before, notably on his ground-breaking Pye recording from the 50's. There was a certain rawness about that recording (partly because of the musicians' unfamiliarity with the music and their sense of discovery, partly because of the dry acoustic) that suited this music particularly well - better, I think, than the plushness and greater security of the later Vienna Philharmonic performances.

The Sarka and Katya excerpts here come from Mackerras' complete Supraphon recordings of the operas. The Katya interludes really exist only as a result of Sir Charles' research and this is wonderful music that we (and the opera) would now be much poorer without.

Most of the other performances are taken from live performances in Prague. They are consistently fine and carry a strong feeling of authenticity when played, as here, by a Czech orchestra. The Jealousy Overture is a great opener, much better in a concert context than in Jenufa for which it was originally written. The Vixen Suite is just gorgeous. There are none of the humans in this Suite, not even the Forester's pantheistic final aria. It is all about the animals and includes the inspiring ballet in which the Vixen dreams of her freedom. Sir Charles and his Czech players give a truly uplifting performance.

Perhaps the most intriguing piece here is the rarity, the orchestral music Janacek wrote for the play, Schluck und Jau. This is the last orchestral music that the composer ever wrote. There are echoes in it of the imperial fanfares from the Makropoulos Affair and of passages from the House of the Dead but it also shows him still questing for new sonorities, fully brought out in this definitive performance.

The two big pieces on these discs - Taras Bulba and the Sinfonietta - are both great live performances. In the former, Sir Charles really gives the graphic and illustrative instrumentation full reign - the integrated organ sounds, the strangulated clarinet, the ideally crisp timps, the solo horn way up high in its register and the full rich brass ensemble of Taras' final apotheosis. The Sinfonietta, too, is as near definitive as you'll get. The full compliment of brass for the opening and closing fanfares are there and the tiered effects the composer demands are ideally realised. I suspect a bit of textual tidying up here and there from Sir Charles the scholar. Certainly the results are as clear and crisp as you could ask, whether in chattering woodwind, crystal bright trumpet playing or perfectly intonated string playing whether at speed or at rest.

All in all, these discs represent a wonderful summary of a lifetime's dedication the Janacek. Worth every penny.

Sir Charles in Prague.......2005-02-16

Charles Mackerras is probably the greatest exponent of Janácek's music of all time. This fine Supraphon set collects his excellent Prague recordings from the recent years. It appears to be his testimony to Janácek's fans. The set includes not only the famous workds but also some of the rarely performed pieces (it is not a complete set, however).

Taras Bulba and the Sinfonietta are recorded live, which adds to the dramatic thrill of these masterworks. Czech Philharmonic plays them marvellously, and the interpretations are second to none.

Some of the material have already appeared in opera boxes: the ouvertures and other music from Kát'a kabanová and Sárka. But the Suite from The Cunning Little Vixen is a fresh recording, in Janácek's original orchestration. The performance is nothing but superb.

Schluck & Jau was Janácek's last orchestral score. It is a fascinating piece, wonderfully scored, and performed with precision and enthusiasm. The performance of the Jealousy Overture - the original Jenufa ouverture - is also very fine.

Moreover, recording quality is state of the art.

Warmly recommended!

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Jau!
Fury in the Slaughterhouse
Manufacturer: Spv
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000085UI
Release Date: 1997-07-01

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Won't Forget These Days
Drug Addicted in the Jailhouse
No Illusions
One Good Reason
Seconds to Fall
On Alarm
Kill Somebody
Missing Me
Last Time
French Funk
Don't Dig in My Potatoes
As Time Goes By
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Sinfonietta / The Danube / Violin Concerto / Schluck and Jau

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A great Tribute to Unforgotten Composer

Janacek: Sinfonietta Op60; The Danube; Concerto for Violin (Pilgrimage of The Soul); Schluck und jau

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A great Tribute to Unforgotten Composer.......2000-12-29

Music history is full with examples of wonderfull but neglected and rarely played pieces and composers.

This CD is an exquisite example for what might have been a huge success unless the composer Janacek was not overshadowed by his compatriot much famous and accepted Dvorak.

Although adherent of Romanticism, Janacek developed his own innovative style reflecting many foreign veins as Slavic Russian and even pure Jazz and Blues so popular in his lifetime.

This marvellows combination makes the superb Sinfonietta and leave us with a splendid odour of something heavenly...

Jilek and the Brno State Philharmonic contribute in a fabulous performance to the unique athmosphere and the great sound does the rest.

Just for Sinfonietta, but also for the other most special pieces like the "Wondering of the Little Soul" grab this CD and hurry to put it in your collection.

Music From the Forest
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Etherial Music from the Borneo Rainforest

Music From the Forest

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000034DEQ
Release Date: 1999-10-25

Tracks:

Traditional Dance for Women
Sape Bakong (Warriors Dance)
Sape Bakong
Hivan Kerep (Feathers Dance)
Bakong Ule' (Returning)
Sape Bakong
Sape Nga'ei (Recalling the Memory of the Old Time)

Album Description

The sound of the Sape brings out the dignity in people and connects them to the forest. It also invokes the Spirit of the Dayung during the traditional Dayung ceremony. The Spirit of the Dayung is used to heal people and the community as well as monitor the condition of the community. The Dayung will sing when the Sape stops; the Sape is a vehicle to reach the Dayung Realm. These recordings were made at two different sessions. The first track was recorded by Tim Norris at the house of Jok Jau in Marudi, Malaysia. The remaining tracks were recorded by Jok Jau himself at various times. The multiple voices are all those of Jok Jau as he over-dubbed multiple tracks onto one tape. There is a small loss of quality for the final tracks, but we feel that the music suffers little for this.

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Etherial Music from the Borneo Rainforest.......2000-05-06

"Music of the Forest" by Jok Jau Evong is a rare gem. It introduces the music of the Kayan people of Borneo. Played on a lute-like instrument called a Sape, the music hints at generations of life lived in and among the world's oldest rainforest. The gental, at times hypnotic, melodies provide an ambient back-drop for relaxed listening, reading or meditating. Fans of the radio program "Echos" are sure to appreciate this disk.

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