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The Diary of One Who Disappeared is generally considered to be the first creative fruit of the composer’s infatuation with Kamila Stösslová, whom he first encountered directly before commencing work on the piece.
Often regarded as being the pinnacle of Janáček’s song output, The Diary of One Who Disappeared was the first result of the first meeting between the ageing composer and his new young muse Kamila Stösslová. He first met her in the spa town of Luhačovice in 1917.
28 de jun. de 2019 · Janácek: The Diary of One Who Disappeared; Moravian Folksongs; Ríkadla by Nicky Spence, Julius Drake released in 2019. Find album reviews, track lists, credit
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Janáček: The Diary of One Who Disappeared. 2019 | Hyperion. Nicky Spence (tenor), Václava Housková (mezzo), VOICE, Victoria Samek (clarinet) About. Like many of Janáček’s late masterpieces, the genesis of the ‘Diary’ is unseparable from its composer’s intense, obsessional love for Kamila Stösslová.
Zápisník zmizelého, or (The) Diary of One Who Disappeared, is a half-hour Czech-language quasi-operatic song cycle for tenor, alto, three other women's voices and piano completed in 1919 by Leoš Janáček.
Spence is prized for his operatic Janáček roles and delivers a wide variety of tone, while Drake adds quasi-orchestral drama to the piano part. The makeweight works are welcome, revealing the composer’s roots in Czech and Moravian tradition.
