{"product_id":"leos-janacek-on-an-overgrown-path","title":"Leos Janacek: On An Overgrown Path","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn An Overgrown Path\u003c\/em\u003e, Leos Janacek's 15-piece-spanning piano cycle, is presented here in a reshaped guise, arranged for string orchestra and interpreted by the \u003cstrong\u003eCamerata Zurich\u003c\/strong\u003e under lead violinist \u003cstrong\u003eIgor Karsko\u003c\/strong\u003e's direction. This is the premiere recording of the orchestral adaptation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this program, Janacek's cycle is bookended by \u003cem\u003eJosef Suk\u003c\/em\u003e's \"\u003cem\u003eMeditation on the Old Czech Chorale St. Wenceslas\u003c\/em\u003e\" and \u003cem\u003eAntonín Dvorak\u003c\/em\u003e's Notturno pieces that are thematically connected to the folkloric elements found in Janacek's composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrench writer \u003cstrong\u003eMaja Brami\u003c\/strong\u003e wrote poems to accompany the new arrangement of \u003cem\u003eOn An Overgrown Path\u003c\/em\u003e, and their recorded versions, spoken by the writer herself, are included on the album, contextualizing the cycle with inventive analogies to Janacek's life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMuch of the cycle \u003cem\u003eOn An Overgrown Path\u003c\/em\u003e - previously captured in its original design on the ECM New Series release \u003cem\u003eA Recollection\u003c\/em\u003e by \u003cstrong\u003eAndras Schiff\u003c\/strong\u003e - had originally been conceived for harmonium, a popular domestic instrument in Janacek's days, and was only later rearranged for piano, the instrument the remaining pieces were written for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUltimately divided into two volumes - referred to as 'books' - the first, comprising ten pieces, was published in 1911, and the second posthumously in 1942. Moving seamlessly between subtle harmonic shifts, generous folkloric gestures, and more sombre scenes from Janacek's past, the cycle's nuances are respectfully translated to strings on the recording, and the alternatingly light and dark themes that flare up across the 15 pieces turn into a compelling chiaroscuro.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECM","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50459443233099,"sku":"1137735","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/9612eeac-fe2d-4b0d-b38d-5d55f50b2f95_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727222317","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/leos-janacek-on-an-overgrown-path","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}