Soiree / Various Soiree / Various Super-Audio CD

Soir?e captures the atmosphere of informal, domestic music making. Czech star mezzo-soprano Magdalena Ko?en 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 perp?tuelle) and Ravel (Chansons mad?casses), and 20th-century avant-gardism with Stravinsky's Three Songs from William Shakespeare. In between these explorations, Ko?en revisits her musical roots with a selection of Dvork songs, arranged by Duncan Ward, as well as Jancek's Nursery Rhymes. Soir?e is the second release of Magdalena Ko?en's exclusive collaboration with PENTATONE, after having presented the baroque cantatas recital album Il giardino dei sospiri in 2019.

1. Chanson Perp?tuelle, Op. 37 00:07:20 2. No. 1. M? P?sen Zas Mi Lßskou ZN? (My Song Resounds with Love) 00:02:42 3. No. 6. èirok²mi Rukßvy (Wide Sleeves) 00:01:24 4. CypriÜe (Cypresses), B. 11: No. 11. M? Srdce Casto (My Heart Is Often in Pain) (Arr. D. Ward for Voice, Flute, Clarinet, String Quartet and Piano) 00:03:20 5. No. 2. Äalo Dievca (The Moweress) 00:01:53 6. No. 4. Kdy? Mne Starß Matka (When My Mother Taught Me) 00:02:40 7. No. 5. Struna Naladena (The Strings Are Tuned) 00:01:05 8. No. 1. Dobr· Noc, M? Milß (Good-Night, My Darling) 00:03:19 9. No. 1. Gestillte Sehnsucht (Longing Eased) 00:06:20 10. No. 2. Geistliches Wiegenlied (Sacred Lullaby) 00:05:05 11. No. 1. Musick to Heare 00:02:50 12. No. 2. Full Fadom Five 00:01:52 13. No. 3. When Dasies Pied 00:02:05 14. No. 1. Nahandove 00:06:10 15. No. 2. Aoua! 00:04:03 16. No. 3. Il Est Doux 00:04:11 17. No. 1. Wie Erkenn' Ich Dein Treulieb 00:00:58 18. No. 2. Sein Leichenhemd Weiss Wie Schnee 00:00:30 19. No. 3. Auf Morgen Ist Sankt Valentins Tag 00:00:57 20. No. 4. Sie Trugen Ihn Auf Der Bahre Bloss 00:01:05 21. No. 5. Und Kommt Er Nicht Mehr Zur?ck? 00:01:54 22. No. 3. Leze Krtek (The Mole Creeps) 00:01:08 23. No. 4. Karel Do Pekla Zajel (Karel Rode Off to Hell) 00:00:36 24. No. 6. Franta Rasul Hrßlna Basu (Franta Rusal Playing Bass) 00:01:03 25. No. 8. DEL?M, DEL?M K?Z?N? (Children, Hear My Sermon) 00:01:06 26. No. 10. H?, H?, Krßvy D? (Ho, Ho, Off the Cows Go) 00:01:03 27. No. 13. Koza B?L? HruÜky SB?R? (The White Goat's Picking Up the Pears) 00:00:40 28. No. 16. VaÜek, PaÜek (Vacek, Scallywag) 00:00:37 29. No. 17. Frant?ku, Frant?ku (Frantik, Frantik) 00:00:25 30. 4 Lieder, Op. 27, TRV 170: No. 4. Morgen (Arr. for Voice, Violin and Piano) 00:04:01