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Intimate Sketches (Janáček)

Set of compositions by Leoš Janáček

Set of compositions by Leoš Janáček

Intimate Sketches () is a collection of piano miniatures by Czech composer Leoš Janáček (1854–1928) published in 1994, sixty-six years after his death.

The music

The thirteen pieces in the set, each only a minute or two long, were gathered from manuscripts and ephemeral publications, notably the People's News (Lidové noviny). Nos. 5, 6, 7, and 8 here are Nos. 3, 5, 12, and 13 respectively in the Album for Kamila Stösslová (Památník pro Kamilu Stösslovou).

No.CatalogueDateCzech titleEnglish titleGerman title
1.JW VIII/31published 1927Malostranský palác (Andante)Malá Strana Palace (Andante)Kleinseiten-Palais (Andante)
2.JW VIII/29composed c. 1920–1926Bez názvuUntitledOhne Titel
3.JW VIII/26published 1923Melodie (Con moto)Melodie (Con moto)Melodie (Con moto)
4.JW VIII/21published 1911ModeratoModeratoModerato
5.JV VIII/33/3composed 1927Jen slepý osud?Just blind fate?Nur blindes Schicksal?
6.JW VIII/33/5composed 1928Aby už se nemohlo jíti nikdy zpětSo you can never returnDamit man nie zurück könnte
7.JW VIII/33/12composed 1928Zlatý kroužekThe golden ringDer goldene Ring
8.JW VIII/33/13composed 1928Čekám Tě!Waiting for you!Ich erwarte Dich!
9.JW IX/1composed 1877RondoRondoRondo
10.JW VIII/9composed c. 1887Na památkuIn memoriamZum Andenken
11.JW V/2/28composed 1896Své OlzeMy OlgaMeiner Olga
12.JW V/14published 1920UkolébavkaLullabyWiegenlied
13.JW VIII/20published 1909Narodil se Kristus pánChrist the Lord is bornGeboren ist Herr Jesu Christ

Recordings

Håkon Austbø plays eleven of the pieces on his Janáček: Piano Works (Complete) (Brilliant Classics, 2005). Thomas Adès plays six of them on his recording of The Diary of One Who Disappeared with Ian Bostridge (EMI, 2001). Sarah Lavaud has recorded 5 of the pieces on a CD published by Hortus. has recorded all pieces except the 'Rondo' (a juvenile work) on his 3-CD Janacek compilation (HOFA, 2013).

References

References

  1. Leoš Janáček, ''Klavírní miniatury, Sešit I: Intimní skici'', edited by Jaromír Dlouhý and [[Reinhold Kubik]] (Brno: Editio Moravia / Mainz: Universal Edition, 1994).
  2. Leoš Janáček, ''Památník pro Kamilu Stösslovou'', edited by Jarmila Procházková (Brno: Moravské zemské muzeum, 1994); Leoš Janáček, ''Album for Kamila Stösslová,'' edited by Jarmila Procházková, translated by John Tyrrell (Brno: Moravian Museum, 1996).
  3. Nigel Simeone, John Tyrrell, and Alena Němcová, ''Janáček's Works: A Catalogue of the Music and Writings of Leoš Janáček'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997).
  4. The undated manuscript of No. 2, ''Bez názvu'', has ruled staves. Janáček drew his stave lines freehand early and late in his career, but used a ruler between 1910 and 1926. The metrical freedom of the piece suggests it was written towards the end of this period. See Simeone, Tyrrell, and Němcová, ''Janáček's Works'', p. 274.
  5. No. 9, ''Rondo'', is one of the ''Exercises in Form'' Janáček wrote at the [[Prague Organ School]] in 1877, JW VIII/5. It is also treated separately in the JW catalogue, where it is assigned to Part IX: Unfinished, rather than Part VIII: Keyboard. See Simeone, Tyrrell, and Němcová, ''Janáček's Works'', pp. 244–245 and 279 ff.
  6. No. 11, ''Své Olze'', is an early version (without words) of the folksong arrangement ''Nejistota'' (''U Dunaja stála''), or ''Uncertainty'' (''She Stood by the Danube''), which is No. 28 in ''[[List of compositions by Leoš Janáček. Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs]]'' (''Moravská lidová poezie v písních''), JW V/2. See Simeone, Tyrrell, and Němcová, ''Janáček's Works'', pp. 155–159.
  7. No. 12, ''Ukolébavka'', is the piano part from the folksong arrangement for voice and piano of the same name, JW V/14. See Simeone, Tyrrell, and Němcová, ''Janáček's Works'', pp. 173–174.
  8. Leoš Janáček, ''Klavírní miniatury, Sešit II: Moravské tance'', edited by Jan Trojan (Brno: Editio Moravia / Mainz: Universal Edition, 1995).
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