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威倫.吉貝爾 男高音
馬洛娃 女中音

Vilem Pribyl – tenor
Libuse Marova – mezzo-soprano
Members of the Kühn Choir of Prague, choir master: Pavel Kühn, Milan Masa
Josef Palenícek – piano

The reissue of the recordings made in 1978 and 1988 pays tribute to the unforgettable Czech
tenor Vilem Pribyl's superb performance of three extraordinary Czech song cycles. The artist
dazzled several generations of music-lovers in Bedrich Smetana's and Leos Janacek's operas.
His professional career was mainly connected with Brno, where he lived and worked for
three decades. Moreover, Pribyl performed as a guest at the National Theatre in Prague,
and he also impressed audiences in Edinburgh, London (Royal Opera House), as well as in
France, Italy and the USA. The three song cycles are deemed to be the best works in the
genre created by Smetana, Dvorak and Janacek. They are fundamentally different in terms
of inspiration. While in his short cycle Evening Songs Smetana sumps up his lifelong
endeavours and experiences, Dvorak's Biblical Songs represent the composer's intimate
prayer and thanksgiving. In The Diary of One Who Disappeared, Janacek' depicts the story
of a village boy who madly falls in love with a beautiful gypsy girl. The benchmark historical
albums are as enchanting today as they were decades ago.

BEDRICH SMETANA (1824–1884)
Evening Songs (1879)
Lyrics by Vítezslav Halek
1  Kdo v zlate struny zahrat zna   He Who Can Play the Golden Strings
2  Nekamenujte proroky   Stone Not the Prophets!
3  Mne zdalo se   Once Dreamed
4  Hej, jaka radost v kole   Once Joy When Dancing
5  Z svych písní trun si udelam   I'll Build You a Throne from My Songs
                     
ANTONiN DVORAK (1841–1904)
Biblical Songs, Op. 99 (B. 185, 1894)
7  Oblak a mrakota jest vukol neho   Darkness and thunderclouds are round about Him
8  Skryse ma a paveza ma Ty jsi   Lord my shield, my refuge and hope art Thou
9  Slys, ó Bože! Slys modlitbu mou   Hear, oh hear my prayer, Lord my God
10  Hospodin jest muj pastyr   Oh, my shepherd is the Lord
11  Bože! Písen novou zpívati budu   Songs of gladness will I sing Thee
12  Slys, ó Bože, volaní me   Hear, oh Lord, my bitter cry
13  Pri rekach babylonskych   By the shore of the river Babylon
14  Popatriž na mne a smiluj se nade mnou   Oh, Lord, have mercy and turn Thou Thy face to me
15  Pozdvihuji ocí svych k horam   My eyes will I to the hills lift up
16  Zpívejte Hospodinu písen novou   Oh, sing unto the Lord a joyful song

LEOS JANACEK (1854–1928)
The Diary of One Who Disappeared (1917–1919)
For tenor, contralto, three female voices and piano on poetry by Ozef Kalda
16  I. Potkal jsem mladou ciganku   I Have Seen A Young Gipsy Girl
17  II. Ta cerna ciganka   This Dark-Eyed Young Gipsy
18  III. Svatojanske musky tancija po hrazi   Along The Lakeside The Air Is Soft With Glow-Worms
19  IV. Už mlade vlastúvky   Twittering In Their Nests
20  V. Težko sa mi ore   Ploughing Now Is Paingul
21  VI. Hajsi, vy siví volci   Whoa, There, You Grey Oxen
22  VII. Ztratil jsem kolícek   Now Has A Peg Fallen
23  VIII. Nehleďte, volecci   Do Not Gaze, Oxen
24  IX. Vítaj, Janícku, vítaj tady v lese   Welcome, Janícek, Welcome To The Forest!
25  X. Bože dalny, nesmrtelny   God Above Us, Lord Immortal
26  XI. Tahne vuna k lesu   Scent Of Millet Blooming
27  XII. Tmava olsinka, chladna studanka   Darkness ‚Neath The Trees, Coolness By The Spring
28  XIII. Piano Solo
29  XIV. Slnecko sa zdviha, stín sa kratí   The Sun Is Rising
30  XV. Moji siví volci   My Grey Oxen
31  XVI. Co jsem to udelal?   What I Have Done, Alas!
32  XVII. Co komu súzeno   When Fate Has Been Decreed
33  XVIII. Nedbam ja vcil o nic   One Thought Have I The Whole Day
34  XIX. Letí straka, letí   Magpie Flying Over
35  XX. Mam ja panenku   I've Fair Lassie And She Has
36  XXI. Muj drahy tatícku   Father, Oh, Father Dear
37  XXIII. Sbohem, rodny kraju   I Must Leave This Spot Where