Soirée captures the atmosphere of informal, domestic music making. Czech star mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená offers an intimate and highly personal collection of international songs together with an outstanding group of musical friends, including Sir Simon Rattle, who makes his recording debut as a pianist. The German lied is represented by Brahms (Two Songs, Op. 91 and Five Ophelia Songs, WoO 22) and Strauss (Morgen!), the French chanson by Chausson (Chanson perpétuelle) and Ravel (Chansons madécasses), and 20th-century avant-gardism with Stravinsky's Three Songs from William Shakespeare. In between these explorations, Kožená revisits her musical roots with a selection of Dvorák songs, arranged by Duncan Ward, as well as Janácek's Nursery Rhymes. Soirée is the second release of Magdalena Kožená's exclusive collaboration with PENTATONE, after having presented the baroque cantatas recital album Il giardino dei sospiri in 2019.
2 No. 1. MÁ Píseň Zas Mi Láskou ZNÍ (My Song Resounds with Love) 00:02:42
3 No. 6. Širokými Rukávy (Wide Sleeves) 00:01:24
4 Cypriše (Cypresses), B. 11: No. 11. MÉ Srdce Často (My Heart Is Often in Pain) (Arr. D. Ward for Voice, Flute, Clarinet, String Quartet and Piano) 00:03:20
5 No. 2. Žalo Dievča (The Moweress) 00:01:53
6 No. 4. Když Mne Stará Matka (When My Mother Taught Me) 00:02:40
7 No. 5. Struna Naladěna (The Strings Are Tuned) 00:01:05
8 No. 1. Dobrú Noc, MÁ Milá (Good-Night, My Darling) 00:03:19
30 4 Lieder, Op. 27, TRV 170: No. 4. Morgen (Arr. for Voice, Violin and Piano) 00:04:01
Soirée captures the atmosphere of informal, domestic music making. Czech star mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená offers an intimate and highly personal collection of international songs together with an outstanding group of musical friends, including Sir Simon Rattle, who makes his recording debut as a pianist. The German lied is represented by Brahms (Two Songs, Op. 91 and Five Ophelia Songs, WoO 22) and Strauss (Morgen!), the French chanson by Chausson (Chanson perpétuelle) and Ravel (Chansons madécasses), and 20th-century avant-gardism with Stravinsky's Three Songs from William Shakespeare. In between these explorations, Kožená revisits her musical roots with a selection of Dvorák songs, arranged by Duncan Ward, as well as Janácek's Nursery Rhymes. Soirée is the second release of Magdalena Kožená's exclusive collaboration with PENTATONE, after having presented the baroque cantatas recital album Il giardino dei sospiri in 2019.
