Ultimately divided into two volumes – referred to as ‘books’, – the first, comprising ten pieces, was published in 1911, and the second posthumously in 1942. Much of the cycle On An Overgrown Path – previously captured in its original design on the ECM New Series release A Recollection by András Schiff – had originally been conceived for harmonium, a popular domestic instrument in Janácek’s days, and was only later rearranged for piano, the instrument the remaining pieces were written for. Wenceslas and Antonín Dvorák’s Notturno, thematically bound to the cycle’s folkloric backdrop, create an appropriate frame. Josef Suk’s Meditation on the Old Czech Chorale St. Her words, combined with the elaborate string reworkings, establish an insightful setting for Janácek’s music and uncover fresh paths through the original scores. Janácek’s composition is based on autobiographical fragments – memories from his youth and of his daughter Olga that are additionally contextualised on the recording by readings of poems, written and recited explicitly for this project by the French writer Maïa Brami. This is the premiere recording of the adaption, written by Daniel Rumler in 2017. On An Overgrown Path, Leoš Janácek’s 15 pieces-spanning piano cycle, is here presented in a reshaped guise, arranged for string orchestra and played by the Camerata Zürich under lead violinist Igor Karsko’s direction.
Camerata Zurich: Leos Janacek - On an overgrown pathe
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