Credits:

Gunar Letzbor

Description:

Martineau left numerous works during his lifetime. He said in an interview that when he was not composing, he was writing songs. It seems that "composing" here means writing large, complex orchestral works, and writing songs was his rest. Perhaps because of this, the vast number of songs, more than 70% of which are "personal monologues" written in Czech, were ignored for years after Martineau's death because they were "unimportant. However, Hrochova (who changed her name from Walingerova) and Koukl took on the challenge of recording all of Martineau's songs, which would take more than six hours to perform in their entirety, and completed the recording in seven years (this album is the final version). Naxos Japan

Tracklisting:

1.Novy spalicek (New Anthology),H.288 Bohata mila (Rich Lover)
2.Novy spalicek (New Anthology),H.288 Opusteny mily (Jilted Lover)
3.Novy spalicek (New Anthology),H.288 Touha (Longing)
4.Novy spalicek (New Anthology),H.288 Zviedava dievca (A Wondering Girl)
5.Novy spalicek (New Anthology),H.288 Vesela dievca (A Merry Girl)
6.Novy spalicek (New Anthology),H.288 Smutny mily (Sad Lover)
7.Novy spalicek (New Anthology),H.288 Prosba (Entreaty)
8.Novy spalicek (New Anthology),H.288 Vysoka veza (A Tall Tower)
9.Rikadla a pisne na texty ceske lidove poezie (Four Songs to Czech Folk Texts),H.282bis Konicky na
10.Rikadla a pisne na texty ceske lidove poezie (Four Songs to Czech Folk Texts),H.282bis Ztraceny
11.Rikadla a pisne na texty ceske lidove poezie (Four Songs to Czech Folk Texts),H.282bis Pisen nabozna
12.Rikadla a pisne na texty ceske lidove poezie (Four Songs to Czech Folk Texts),H.282bis Pozvani (An
13.Three Songs after Poems by Guillaume Apollinaire,H.197 La blanche neige (The White Snow) (WORLD
14.Three Songs after Poems by Guillaume Apollinaire,H.197 L'Adieu (Farewell) (WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING)
15.Three Songs after Poems by Guillaume Apollinaire,H.197 Saltimbanques (The Acrobats) (WORLD PREMIERE
16.Z detstvi (From Childhood),H.51
17.Ctyri detske pisne a rikadla (Four Children's Songs and Nursery Rhymes),H.225 Ajne,zvajne,traje (One
18.Ctyri detske pisne a rikadla (Four Children's Songs and Nursery Rhymes),H.225 Vrku,vrku (Coo,coo)
19.Ctyri detske pisne a rikadla (Four Children's Songs and Nursery Rhymes),H.225 Vstala,vstala (She got
20.Ctyri detske pisne a rikadla (Four Children's Songs and Nursery Rhymes),H.225 Ma to hlavu jako kocka
21.Koleda milostna (Carol of Love),H.259
22.Opustena mila (The Jilted Maiden),H.67
23.Jaskova zpevanka (Jasek's Song),H.37 (WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING)
24.Mluv ke mne dal (Talk to me further),H.66 (WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING)
25.Dve balady na slova lidove poezie (Two Ballads to Folk Texts),H.228 Putovali hudci (Traveling
26.Dve balady na slova lidove poezie (Two Ballads to Folk Texts),H.228 Sirota (The Orphan)
27.Ty pises mi (You write to me),H.48 (WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING)
28.Prani mamince (Best Wishes to Mother),H.279bis
29.Dve pisne (Two Songs),H.213 Chory podzim (Sickly Autumn)
30.Dve pisne (Two Songs),H.213 Kvet broskvi (Peach Blossom)
31.Tri pisnicky k Vanocum (Three Songs for Christmas),H.184bis Kvocna (The Hen)
32.Tri pisnicky k Vanocum (Three Songs for Christmas),H.184bis Kure (The Chick)
33.Tri pisnicky k Vanocum (Three Songs for Christmas),H.184bis Kot'atko (The Kitten)
34.Vocalise,H.188