On an Overgrown Path

Album by Leoš Janáček & Camerata Zürich

On an Overgrown Path is a cycle of piano pieces by Czech composer Leoš Janáček, composed between 1900 and 1911. The music blends folk-influenced melody, modal harmony and striking rhythmic motifs, reflecting Janáček's developing harmonic language and foreshadowing elements that would appear in his later instrumental and vocal works.

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  1. 1.
    Meditation on the Old Czech Chorale ’St. Wenceslas’, Op. 35a: Adagio, ma con moto
    6:23
  2. 2.
    On An Overgrown Path, JW 8/17 / Book I (Arr. Rumler for String Orchestra): No. 1, Our Evenings
    2:38
  3. 3.
    On An Overgrown Path, JW 8/17 / Book I (Arr. Rumler for String Orchestra): No. 2, A Blown‐Away Leaf
    2:15
  4. 4.
    On An Overgrown Path, JW 8/17 / Book I (Arr. Rumler for String Orchestra): No. 3, Come With Us!
    1:00
  5. 5.
    On An Overgrown Path, JW 8/17 / Book I (Arr. Rumler for String Orchestra): No. 4, The Madonna of Frydek
    3:07
  6. 6.
    On An Overgrown Path, JW 8/17 / Book I (Arr. Rumler for String Orchestra): No. 5, They Chattered Like Swallows
    1:36
  7. 7.
    On An Overgrown Path, JW 8/17 / Book I (Arr. Rumler for String Orchestra): No. 6, Words Fail!
    1:42
  8. 8.
    On An Overgrown Path, JW 8/17 / Book I (Arr. Rumler for String Orchestra): No. 7, Good Night!
    3:00
  9. 9.
    On An Overgrown Path, JW 8/17 / Book I (Arr. Rumler for String Orchestra): No. 8, Unutterable Anguish
    3:08
  10. 10.
    On An Overgrown Path, JW 8/17 / Book I (Arr. Rumler for String Orchestra): No. 9, in Tears
    2:27
  11. 11.
    On An Overgrown Path, JW 8/17 / Book I (Arr. Rumler for String Orchestra): No. 10, The Barn Owl Has Not Flown Away!
    3:20
  12. 12.
    Sur un sentier recouvert: I. Il était une fois
    1:17
  13. 13.
    Sur un sentier recouvert: II. Tiens! Une feuille morte
    1:26
  14. 14.
    Sur un sentier recouvert: III. Nous danserons
    0:51
  15. 15.
    Sur un sentier recouvert: IV. Boum, boum
    2:05
  16. 16.
    Sur un sentier recouvert: V. Combien de fois depuis
    1:27
  17. 17.
    Sur un sentier recouvert: VI. Les ombres. C’est l’heure
    1:17
  18. 18.
    Sur un sentier recouvert: VII. Cette berceuse du fond
    1:06
  19. 19.
    Sur un sentier recouvert: VIII. Des langues de feu
    1:20
  20. 20.
    Sur un sentier recouvert: IX. Je l’entends qui sanglote
    1:59
  21. 21.
    Sur un sentier recouvert: X. Entends‐tu hibou
    1:53
  22. 22.
    On An Overgrown Path, JW 8/17 / Book II (Arr. Rumler for String Orchestra): No. 11, Andante
    2:47
  23. 23.
    On An Overgrown Path, JW 8/17 / Book II (Arr. Rumler for String Orchestra): No. 12, Allegretto – Presto
    3:27
  24. 24.
    On An Overgrown Path, JW 8/17 / Paralipomena (Arr. Rumler for String Orchestra): No. 13, Più mosso
    2:54
  25. 25.
    On An Overgrown Path, JW 8/17 / Paralipomena (Arr. Rumler for String Orchestra): No. 14, Vivo
    2:39
  26. 26.
    On An Overgrown Path, JW 8/17 / Paralipomena (Arr. Rumler for String Orchestra): No. 15, Allegro
    4:27
  27. 27.
    Nocturne in B Major, Op. 40, B. 47: Molto adagio
    6:16

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