Andras Schiff - Leos Jan?cek: A Recollection
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Artist: Andras SchiffComposer: Leos Janacek
Performer: Andras Schiff
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2001-06-19
Music Label: Ecm Records
Soundtracks:
- In The Mist: I. Andante
- In The Mist: II. Molto Adagio
- In The Mist: III. Andante
- In The Mist: IV. Presto
- Son 1.X.1905: The Presentiment/Die Ahnung - Con Moto
- Son 1.X.1905: The Death/Der Tod - Adagio
- On An Overgrown Path I: Our Evenings - Moderato
- On An Overgrown Path I: A Blown Away Leaf - Andante
- On An Overgrown Path I: Come With Us! - Andante
- On An Overgrown Path I: The Madonna Of Frydek - Grave
- On An Overgrown Path I: They Chattered Like Swallows - Con Moto
- On An Overgrown Path I: Words Fail! - Andante
- On An Overgrown Path I: Good Night! - Andante
- On An Overgrown Path I: Unutterable Anguish - Andante
- On An Overgrown Path I: In Tears - Larghetto
- On An Overgrown Path I: The Barn Owl Has Not Flown Away! - Andante
- On An Overgrown Path II: I. Andante
- On An Overgrown Path II: II. Allegretto
- On An Overgrown Path: I. Piu Mosso
- On An Overgrown Path: II. Allegro
- On An Overgrown Path: III. Vivo
- A Recollection: Con Moto
Free Music Notes for Leos Jan?cek: A Recollection
Free Music Review: Heart over Head
Hit: 5 Stars
Firkusny studied with Janacek...almost all reviewers agree that his interpretation is truest to Janacek's intent. Yet in head-to-head listenings, it's the Schiff performance that I prefer.
I find the Firkusny performance to be clinical and dry as compared to Schiff, who is more lyrical and poetic. Firkusny may be playing it how Janacek intended, but musicians are artists and are free to interpret a piece any way they like. For this piece, I choose Schiff's interpretation.
Leos Jan?cek: A Recollection Poster
It is pianist Andr?s Schiff's near total identification with Jan?cek's idiom that makes these performances so special. This affinity is felt immediately in his reading of In the Mists, in which Schiff is able to evoke the tranquility of the second movement as easily as he captures the folklike simplicity of the third. The date 1.X.1905 in the title of the Piano Sonata refers to the date of the shooting of a Czech worker by Hapsburg troops. The first movement, marked "Presentiment," is spookily atmospheric, while the chilling second movement, "The Death," leaves a powerful impression. Schiff demonstrates exemplary control, so that the effect is peaceful rather than meandering. On an Overgrown Pathis Jan?cek at his most concentrated: in particular, the very Czech lachrymose quality of "In Tears" is all the more powerful for its simplicity. Jan?cek's chosen range of keyboard sonorities is remarkably wide, and Schiff manages to use these to convey the full emotional spectrum. Although these performances do not displace Firkusny's for DG, they certainly offer an entirely convincing alternative viewpoint. ECM's exemplary recording sets the seal on this recommendation. --Colin ClarkeClassical Music CDs
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