HOMMAGE A ZUZANA RŮŽIČKOVÁ (BACH J.S., SCARLATTI D., FALLA de M., KALABIS V., POULENC F...

CD I

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) - Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903 12:54

1. I. Fantasia 7:21

2. II. Fugue 5:33

Johann Sebastian Bach - French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816 18:27

3. I. Allemande 3:00

4. II. Courante 2:00

5. III. Sarabande 4:31

6. IV. Gavotte 1:17

7. V. Bourrée 1:31

8. VI. Loure 2:18

9. VII. Gigue 3:46

Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto for Harpsichord No. 9 in G major, BWV 980 after Antonio Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in B flat major, Op. 4/1, RV 381 13:18

10. I. Allegro 4:07

11. II. Largo 4:56

12. III. Allegro 4:10

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) - Sonatas 32:14

13. Sonata in F minor (K 519, L 475) 3:35

14. Sonata in F minor (K 19, L 383) 3:45

15. Sonata in D major (K 278, L S15) 3:06

16. Sonata in G major (K 375, L 389) 2:34

17. Sonata in G minor (K 8, L 488) 4:30

18. Sonata in B flat major (K 70, L 50) 2:28

19. Sonata in D minor (K 1, L 366) 2:40

20. Sonata in G major "Capriccio" (K 63, L 84) 2:19

21. Sonata in C major (K 406, L 5) 3:52

22. Sonata in C minor (K 11, L 352) 2:52

CD II

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946) - Concerto for Harpsichord, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet,Violin and Cello * 13:11

1. I. Allegro 3:04

2. II. Lento (giubiloso ed energico) 6:01

3. III. Vivace (flessibile, scherzando) 4:05

Viktor Kalabis (1923-2006) - Sei invenzioni canonici per cembalo, Op. 20 * 13:35

4. I. Canon in 5. Allegro vivo 1:33

5. II. Canon in 6. Allegro teneramente 2:30

6. III. Canon in 4. Andante con molta sensibilita 3:10

7. IV. Canon in 8. Allegro comodo 1:08

8. V. Canon in 7. Adagio. Molto espressivo 3:14

9. VI. Canon in 3. Allegro vivo 1:49

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) - Concert champetre / Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra* 27:33

10. I. Allegro molto - Adagio - Allegro molto 11:01

11. II. Andante. Mouvement de Sicilienne 7:31

12. III. Finale. Presto trcs gai 8:55

Jan Rychlík (1916-1964) - Hommaggi gravicembalistici for Harpsichord * 6:45

13. Preludio Imo (a Bernardo Pasquini, 1637-1710) 2:06

14. Essercizio (a Carlos Seixas, 1704-1742) 1:45

15. Capricho (a Antonio Cabezón, 1510-1566) 1:02

16. Vive le neveu (a François Couperin, 1631-1698) 1:46

Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959) - Concerto for Harpsichord and Small Orchestra, H. 246 17:39

17. I. Poco allegro 6:22

18. II. Adagio 4:35

19. III. Allegretto 6:37

Zuzana Růžičková - harpsichord

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Kurt Sanderling

Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra / Václav Neumann et al.

Recorded in Prague at Domovina studio 1990 CDI(1-9), 1991 CDI(10-12), Rudolfinum 1976 CDI(13-22); Rudolfinum 1978 CDII(1-3), Národní dům Žižkov 1976 CDII(4-9), Rudolfinum 1967 CDII(10-12), Domovina 1967 CDII(13-16), Rudolfinum 1987 CDII(17-19) * First time on CD

Zuzana Růžičková, an exceptional personality upon whom the critics conferred the title "First Lady of the Harpsichord", continued the pioneering efforts Wanda Landowska had made to get the harpsichord recognised as an independent concert instrument. The path she took was co-determined by her lifelong relationship to Bach, whose complete works for harpsichord she has recorded, and along it she was also accompanied by a number of friends she regularly met: K a r e l Ančerl, G i d e o n Klein, S v i a t o s l a v Richter, J o s e f Suk. She hasn't, however, remained merely a Bach specialist: in addition to early music, she has recorded all the classic modern harpsichord works, including Poulenc's Concert champetre and her beloved Bohuslav Martinů's Concerto for Harpsichord, awareness of which she helped to raise all over the world. A number of pieces have been written directly for Zuzana Růžičková, among them compositions by Jan Rychlík and the remarkable Sei invenzioni canonici per cembalo by Viktor Kalabis, whom the arpsichordist was married to for over half a century. This representative selection from Zuzana Růžičková's highly acclaimed discography is Supraphon's way of marking her 80th birthday. The overwhelming majority of these recordings are appearing on CD for the very first time. The perfect way to mark Zuzana Růžičková's 80th birthday - a harpsichord feast ranging from Bach to the 20th century.

(Supraphon 2012)