Bodorová S. & Kaprálová V. Apple Train

Sylvie Bodorová (n. 1954) - Jabloňový vlak / Apple Train*

Cyklus písní pro soprán a klavír průvodcem tance / Song Cycle for Soprano and Piano with Dance (2008–2009), Texts by Jan Skácel 23:49

1. I. Déšt’ / Rain 2:52

2. II. Modlitba stará-stará! / An old prayer—old! 3:12

3. III. Chci to slyšet / I want to hear it 2:56

4. IV. Uspávanka s počítáním ovcí / Falling asleep by counting sheep 3:04

5. V. Kulatý svět / Round world 2:24

6. VI. Smuténka / The sad girl 4:03

7. VII. Modlitba za vodu / Prayer for water 5:18

Olga Jelínková soprano, Timothy Cheek piano, Sylvie Bodorová triangle

8. Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915–1940) - Leden. Píseň pro hlas, klavír, flétnu, dvoje housle a violoncello (1933) / January for voice, piano, flute, two violins and cello (1933) Text by Vítězslav Nezval 4:28

Jozef Gráf tenor, Timothy Cheek piano, Barbora Haasová flute, Petra Brabcová, Adéla Štajnochrová violins, Lukáš Polák cello

Vítězslava Kaprálová - Písně / Songs (1931) Text anonymous 3:31

9. I. Potkali se včera lidé dva / Two people met yesterday 1:48

10. II. Až jednoho dne se budeš ptát / One day you will ask 1:43

Olga Jelínková soprano, Timothy Cheek piano

Vítězslava Kaprálová - Dva ženské sbory* a cappella op. 17 / Two Choruses for Women’s Voices a cappella op. 17 (1936–1938) Texts by Ondřej Přikryl 2:54

11. I. Vězdička / Little star 1:30

12. II. Potpoliš 1:29

Alena Hron conductor, Canticum Ostrava, Jurij Galatenko choirmaster

13. Vítězslava Kaprálová - Karlu Čapkovi. Melodram pro recitaci, housle a klavír / Melodrama for reciter, violin and piano (1939) Text by Vítězslav Nezval 4:06

Zdeněk Havránek reciter, Adéla Štajnochrová violin, Timothy Cheek piano

14. Vítězslava Kaprálová - Píseň dělníků Páně / Song of the Workers of the Lord* (1939) Text anonymous 2:16

Olga Jelínková soprano, Timothy Cheek piano

15. V zemi české / In the Czech Land* (1939) Text by Jan Čarek 3:05

Olga Jelínková soprano, Timothy Cheek piano

16. Dopis / Letter (1940) Text by Petr Křička 2:21

Adam Plachetka baritone, Timothy Cheek piano

Sylvie Bodorová - Silymabum pro smyčcový kvartet / Silymabum for string quartet* (2020) 7:42

17. I. Dynamico 2:37

18. II. Nostalgico 2:32

19. III. Frenetico 2:27

Škampa Quartet: Petra Brabcová, Adéla Štajnochrová violin, Martin Stupka viola, Lukáš Polák cello

*world premiere recording

This recording includes works by two leading Czech composers, both of them women. Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915–1940) lived in the first half of the twentieth century, and the career of Sylvie Bodorová (b. 1954) has spanned the final decades of the twentieth century up through the most recent years of the twenty-first. Both composers have excelled in all musical genres, except that Kaprálová’s short life precluded her from exploring the world of opera, her final planned project. Timothy Cheek

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