Songs II for Low Voice and Piano
Dvorák, Antonín
Dvorak Songs II for Low Voice and Piano
Songs II for Low Voice and Piano
Following the publication of Dvorák’s early set of love songs “Cypresses” (BA9569), all his other songs with piano accompaniment are now appearing in Urtext editions.
“Songs II” includes the mature works from Dvorák’s late period. Besides the well-known cycle “Love Songs” and the less well-known cycle “Three Modern Greek Songs”, the volume also contains some entirely unknown and previously unpublished pieces: “Lullaby” and the posthumously published “Song from The Smith of Lešetín” completed by Josef Suk.
The songs are presented in chronological order in volumes for high and low voice. Each volume contains the vocal text underlaid in three languages (Cz/Eng/Ger). For the most part the translations have been taken from the first edition.
- Second volume of the new five-volume Urtext edition of the complete songs
- First Urtext edition with detailed Foreword (Cz/Eng/Ger) and Critical Commentary (Eng) by the editor
- Some songs appear for the first time in print
- Vocal texts in three languages (Cz/Eng/Ger)
Contents
- Tri novorecke básne / Three Modern Greek Poems Op.50 B 84b [Dvorák, Antonín]
- I. Koljas / Klepht Song) [Dvorák, Antonín]
- II. Nereidy (balada) / Nereids (Ballad) [Dvorák, Antonín]
- III. Zalozpev Pargy (písen hrdinná) / Parga's Lament (Heroic Song) [Dvorák, Antonín]
- Písne na slova Gustava Pflegra-Moravskeho / Songs to Words by Gustav Pfleger-Moravsky Op.2 B 123-124 [Dvorák, Antonín]
- I. Vy, vroucí písne, pejte / Sing Fervent Songs [Dvorák, Antonín]
- II. O, byl to krásny, zlaty sen / Oh! What a Perfect Golden Dream [Dvorák, Antonín]
- III. Me srdce casto v bolesti / Downcast am I [Dvorák, Antonín]
- IV. Na horách ticho, v udolí ticho / Everything's Still in Valley and Mountain [Dvorák, Antonín]
- Dve písne na lidove texty / Two Songs on Folk Poems Op.B 142 [Dvorák, Antonín]
- I. Ukolebavka / Lullaby [Dvorák, Antonín]
- II. Prekázka v poboznosti / A Hindrance to Devotion [Dvorák, Antonín]
- V národním tonu / In Folk Tone Op.73 B 146 [Dvorák, Antonín]
- I. Dobru noc (slovenská) / Good Night (Slovak) [Dvorák, Antonín]
- II. Zalo dievca, zalo trávu (slovenská) / The Mower (Slovak) [Dvorák, Antonín]
- III. Ach, není tu (ceská) / Maiden's Lament (Czech) [Dvorák, Antonín]
- IV. Ej, mám já kona faku (slovenská) / Loved and Lost (Slovak) [Dvorák, Antonín]
- Ctyri písne / Four Songs Op.82 B 157 [Dvorák, Antonín]
- I. Kez duch muj sám / Leave Me Alone [Dvorák, Antonín]
- II. Pri vysívání / Over Her Embroidery [Dvorák, Antonín]
- III. Jaro / Spring-tide [Dvorák, Antonín]
- IV. U potoka / At the Brook [Dvorák, Antonín]
- Písne milostne / Love Songs Op.83 B 160 [Dvorák, Antonín]
- I. O, nasí lásce nekvete / Never Will Love Lead Us to that Glad Goal [Dvorák, Antonín]
- II. V tak mnohem srdci mrtvo jest / Death Reigns in Many a Human Breast [Dvorák, Antonín]
- III. Kol domu se ted potácím / I Wander Oft Past Yonder House [Dvorák, Antonín]
- IV. Já vím, ze v sladke nadeji / I Know That on My Love to Thee [Dvorák, Antonín]
- V. Nad krajem vevodí lehky spánek / Nature Lies Peaceful in Slumber and Dreaming [Dvorák, Antonín]
- VI. Zde v lese u potoka / In the Deepest Forest Glade I Stand [Dvorák, Antonín]
- VII. V te sladke moci ocí tvych / When Thy Sweet Glances on Me Fall [Dvorák, Antonín]
- VIII. O, duse drahá, jedinká / Thou Only, Dear One [Dvorák, Antonín]
- Ukolebavka / Lullaby Op.B 194 [Dvorák, Antonín]
- Zpev z Lesetínskeho kováre / Song from "The Smith of Lesetín" Op.posth. B 204 [Dvorák, Antonín]
- Appendix Písne na slova Gustava Pflegra-Moravskeho / Songs to Words by Gustav Pfleger-Moravsky Op.2 B 123-124 [Dvorák, Antonín]
- III. Kol domu se ted potácím (první verze písne c. 3 z Písní milostnych) / I Wander Oft Past Yonder House (First version of song No. 3 from "Love songs") [Dvorák, Antonín]
- IV. O, nasí lásce nekvete (první verze písne c. 4 z Písní milostnych) / Never Will Love Lead Us to that Glad Goal (First version of song No. 3 from"Love songs") [Dvorák, Antonín]
