Václav Jan Sýkora - Cravistas Portugueses

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Review by Ruthie Lopez

Václav Jan Sýkora's album, Cravistas Portugueses, is a stunning showcase of his musical talent and passion for Portuguese music. With a keen ear for the unique rhythms and melodies of Portuguese fado music, Sýkora has crafted an album that is both authentic and deeply personal.

From the hauntingly beautiful "Saudade" to the lively and upbeat "Lisboa Antiga," Cravistas Portugueses is a journey through the soul of Portugal. Sýkora's masterful playing on the guitarra portuguesa, a traditional Portuguese guitar, is a highlight of the album, and his arrangements of classic fado tunes are both respectful and innovative.

The album also features several original compositions by Sýkora, which seamlessly blend traditional fado elements with modern influences. The result is a fresh and exciting take on a beloved musical tradition.

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Artist: Václav Jan Sýkora
Album: Cravistas Portugueses
Rating: 4.0

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Tracks

TrackDurationPreview
Allegro
Adagio
Tento Do 2.º Tom
Minuetto
Giga (Allegro)
1.º Tento Do 1.º Tom
Moderato
Minuetto II
Minuetto I
Andante Com Gran Expressione
Verso Do 8.º Tom Por Ut-Sol-Ré

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Václav Jan Sýkora (harpsichord) Portuguese Music for Harpsichord

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SST - 75018

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Sassetti, Supraphon

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About Václav Jan Sýkora

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Summary by Ruthie Lopez

Cravistas Portugueses is a must-listen for anyone who loves Portuguese music or is looking to discover something new. Sýkora's passion and skill are evident in every note, and the album is a true masterpiece of musical artistry.

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*_The rest of the documentation in the German language by Václav Jan Sýkora 1/1_*
Ein Markstein in der Weiterentf61tung der Cembalomusik auf der pyrenäischen Halbinsel ist das Jahr 1721. In diesem Jahre kommt nach lissabon der Großmeister des Cembalos, Domenico Scarlatti. König Joöo V. selbst hat ihn eingeladen, die Infantin Maria Barbera das Spiel auf dem beliebten Instrument zu lehren und die Leitung der königlichen Kapelle zu übernehmen. Im Laufe der acht Jahre, die Scarlatti hier zubrachte. erwuchs um ihn die portugiesische Clavecinistenschule, 'aus der nicht wenige Meister hervorgingen. In unserer Aufnahme stellen wir zwei von ihnen vor. Frei Jacinto (lebensdaten unbekannt) ist ein brillanter Virtuoser Typ. Carlos Seixas (1704-1742), dergrößte portugiesische Clavecinist aller Zeiten, entsproß einer zu Coimbra ansössigen Adelsfamilie und versah schon von seinem sechzehnten Jahr das Amt des Organisten an der königlichen Kapelle zu lissabon. Er zeichnet als Autor einer Reihe Kirchenkompositionen, aber seine Hauptbedeutung liegt im Cembalo. Wohl lehnt er sich im Tonsatz sowie im Stll on Scarlatti an, aber hohe Originalität seiner Einfälle kann man ihm nieht absprechen. Aus der harmonischen Gestaltung seiner Kompositionen ergibt sich, daß er noch kühner vorging als Scarlatti - die Vorl iebe für Dissonanzen war übrigens auch anderen portugiesischen Musikern eigen. Seixas ist kein Freund der strengen Symmetrie.
Gern nimmt er in sei ne Schöpfungen Intonationen und Rhythmen des portugiesischen Volksmelos auf, dessen Verträumtheit, Melancholie, Sinnlichkeit, dessen typische Tanzwendungen. In seinen langsamen Sätzen begegnet uns oft der Tanz "Fado". Als nationales Element muß auch das Nachahmen der Gitarretechnik gewertet werden. Anscheinend hat Scarlatti selbst dieses technische Moment von seinem Schüler übernommen.
Zu den Tokkaten, bei denen der Mittelpunkt der Komposition stets im ersten Satz liegt, pflegen nach Art der Suite noch ein oder zwei Tänze hinzugefügt zu werden - in der Regel ein Menuett oder Menuett und Gigue, anderswo nimmt das Adagio oder das Allegro die zweite Stelle ein. Seixas' Talent befähigt ihn dazu, vertröumtes Sehnen ("saudade") eb~nso schön wiederzugeben wie ein stürmisch-dramatisches Impetuoso. Der letzte große, b~reits post-scarlattische Clavecinist ist Joäo de Sousa Corvalho (1745-1798). Seiner hervorragenden Opernwerke wegen nannte man ihn "portugiesischen Mozart". In seinem Allegro und Toccata g-moll nimmt uns die glanzvolle Ausgestal tung des Cembaloparts gefangen. In langsamen Sätzen finden wir ein Espressivo, dessen innere Intensität gleichsam die klassische Epoche der europäischen Musik vora uskündet.
???Such a wonderful brilliant harpsichordist ... Such a rare and so beautiful selection ... Thank you very much, as always and ever
... Joao de Sousa Carvalho Toccata sol menor , Andante -- that incredible version by Václav Jan Sýkora ...
FABELHAFTE MUSIK !!!!!!!! Tepper Michael.
Václav Jan Sýkora 1918 – 1974 .. studied at the Prague Conservatory (composition with R. Karl) and at the Conservatory Master School with the pianist Jan Heřman, then musicology and history at the Departments of Musicology and History of the Faculty of Arts of Charles University.
... collaborated with a number of orchestras and ensembles, with the Prague Chamber Orchestra which he co-founded ...
He gave solo concerts in many places in Czechoslovakia, the GDR, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Romania and Poland.
... important book publications on the life and work of František Xaver Dušek, Robert Schumann, on the phenomenon of musical improvisation ... His seminal work is The History of Piano Art.
From 1946 until his death he worked at the Prague Conservatory, where he taught piano, harpsichord, music history and musical improvisation
wonderful performance of Seixas: full of energy and nuance.
Thanks...Is beautiful...?
*_The documentation in the French language by Václav Jan Sýkora 1/1_*
La culture claveciniste portugaise compte parmi les plus anciennes. Deja au XVe siecle nous savons que le roi Alphonse V (1478-1481) protegeo genlheusement.La musique pour instruments a clavier et qu'en 1538, la reine Catherine don no a reparer trois c10vecins magnifiquement ornees ou facteur Diego d'Arando.
Ce que fut pour l'Espogne Cobozan, le Pe re Manuel Rodriguez Coelho (ne en 1583 a Elvoso, date de 10 mort inconnue) le fut pour le Portugal. 11 etoit
I'orgoniste de 10 cathedrale de lisbonne. Son recu eil: "Flores de musica para 0 instrumento de tecla e harpa" (Fleurs musicole!i pour instruments a clavier et horpe1 contient 24 tentos. l e Tento est une sorte de ricercare polyphone hispano-portugois. Ce recueil a ete edite en 1620 a lisbonne comme la toute premiere edition de musique imprimee au Portugal. les Tentos de Coelho montrent deja certains traits nationaux portugais. Au XVlle siecle, la musique "para tecla" connut un. grand epanouissement, mais les manuscrits et documents de cette epoque furent en majeure partie aneontis au siecle suivont par le grand tremblement de terre de lisbonne en 1755, qui detruisit presque entierement la vi lie et la bibliotheque royale.
Le Verso dont I'auteur est Agostinho do Cruz (1590-1633) et le Tento, de Pedro de Araujo en sont les precieux restes. le Verso provient de 10 bibliotheque du couvent de Santa Cruz p Coimba, c'est un court interlude instrumental. Quant au Tento, c'est une monumentale composition d'Araujo qui fut editee pour la premiere fois en 1695. l 'annee .1721 fut tres importante pour le developpement futur de 10 musique de davecin dons 10 peninsule iberique. En effet. c'est cette annee·la qu'arriva
cl lisbonne le grand moitre du clavedn, Domenico Scarlatti, appele par le rai du Portugal Joao V pour apprendre le clavecin a l'lnfante Marie Borbaro et prendre en main la direction de la chapelle royale. Pendant les huit ans, que Scarlatti resta a lisbonne, iI reunit autour de lui toute une ecole de clavecinistes portugais (Ies maitres du clavedn), De toute cette serie de compositeurs, notre enregistrement en presente deux. Frei Jacinto (dates inconnues), le type meme du virtuose brillant et Carlos Seixos (1704-1742) le plus grand de tous les clavednistes portugais. Issu d'une noble famille de Coimbra, il fut des I'age de 16 ans nomme orgoniste de la chapelle royale a lisbonne. 11 est I'auteur d'une quantite d'ceuvres sacrees mais le centre de so creation
sont les compositions pour clavecin. Bien que son style et so repartition des voix soient encore tres influences par 10 musique de Scorlatti, on ne peut pas nler leur grande originalite propre. Seixas est encore plus hardi dons la resultante harmonique que Scorlatti, mais I'amour des dissonnances est d'ailleurs commun cl d'outres compositeurs portuga is. Seixos n'aime pas 10 severe symetrie et dons ses ceuvres, iI occueille des intonations et les rythmes de 10 musique populaire portugaise, sa reverie, so melancolie, ses tournures dansantes tres typiques. Dons les mouvernents lents apporait souvent le "fa do" (donse
portugoise). Aux elements nationaux viennent aussi s'ajouter I'imitation de la technique de 10 guitare. 11 semble que c'est de son eleve que Scorlotti a luimeme emprunte cet element technique.
Aux toccatas, dons lesquelles le centre de composition se trouve toujours dons le premier mouvement, en ajoute ordinairement, a 10 fac;on d'une suite. encore une ou deux donses, en general un menuet ou un menuet et une gigue: oilleurs on trouve quelques fois a 10 place de 10 gigue un adagio ou un allegro. Seixas sait exprimer avec le meme bonheur un desir reveur ("saudade") ou un impetuoso orageux et dramatique. Le dernier des grands c1avecinistes portugais deja post Scariattien, fut João de Sousa Carvalho (1745-1798). A cause de ses operas, on I'appela le "Mozart portugals". Dons son Allegro et Toccata en Sol mojeur, nous trouvons I'eclat de la brillance c1aveciniste lie dons le mouvement lent a un expressivo dont I'jntensite interieure laisse prevoir les epoques classiques de 10 musique en Europe.
Thank you very much for posting this album. It is so rare to find records of Portuguese Baroque music for keyboard other than the occasional album of Seixas' sonatas that this one is a sight for sore eyes. I only wish Sýkora had used a historic harpsichord (or a copy) but, hey, beggars can't be choosers!
*_The documentation in the English language by Václav Jan Sýkora 1/1_*
The history of Portuguese harpsichord Music covers one of the .oldest traditions of keyboard writing. As early as the fifteenth century King Alphonso V (1478-1481) favoured and supported the cultivation of keyboard music. In 1538 Queen· Catarina had the three beautifully decorated harpsichords which were in her possession repaired by the harpsichord maker
Diego d'Aranda Padro Manoel Rodriguez de Coelho (born 1583 at Elvas date of birth unknown) has for the Portuguese music a significance similar to that of Cabezon for Spain. He was organist of Lisbon Cathedral. His collection "Flores de musica para 0 instrumento de tecla e harpa" contains 24 tentos. A tento is the Spanish-Portuguese derivation of the polyphonic ricercare. The collection was published in 1620 at Lisbon, and is supposed to be the first Portuguese printed music. Coelho's tentos are the earliest pieces to have certain national, Portuguese features.
The popularity of music "para tecla" continued throughout the 17th century but sources of the time were for the most part destroyed ·by on earthquake which afflicted Lisbon and the great Royal Library in 1755. The Verso by Agostinho do Cruz (1590-1633) and the Tento by Padre de Araujo are just two of the few precious fragments of the collection. The Verso which originally came from the Library of Santa Cruz Monastry, Coimbra, is a short instrumental interlude. Araujo's monumental composition was first published in 1695. For the further development of harpsichord music in the Iberian Peninsula the year 1721 was of great importance. The great grant of harpsichord music, Domenico Scariatti,. come to Lisbon on the invitation of King loco V. to give the Infanta Maria Barbaro harpsichord lessons and to take charge of the Royal Orchestra. During the eight years which Scarlatti spent in Lisbon a distinguished group of Portuguese harpsichord composers grew up. Our record
presents two of these, Frei lacinto (dates unknown) is a typically brilliant composer. Carlos Seixas (1704-1742), the greatest of all Portuguese harpsichord composers, was of noble birth - his family had settled in Coimbra - and at the age of 16 became organist of the Royal Orchestra in Lisbon. Seixas is also the author of a number of church pieces; his essential importance, however, lies in harpsichord music. Despite the influence of Scarlatti discernable in texture and style, the .origina l ity of Seixas is indubitable. His harmony is even more daring than that of Scarlatti; dissonances were, in fact, in great favour with many· other Portuguese composers. Seixas dislikes strict symmetry. He makes use of the intervals and rhythms of Portuguese folk music and finds inspiration in its dreaminess, melancholy, sensua lity,. and typical dance patterns. The Dance "fa do" often appears in his slow movements. In enumerating the notional elements it is necessary to men~ion the imitation of the guitar technique. It seems very prpbable that even Scarlatti himself took over this technical innovation from his disciple.
The toccatas usually present their main material in first movement and thereafter one or two dance movements ore added : os a rule a minuet, or a minuet and a gigue. Some toccatas are followed by an adagio or alleg ro section in the manner of a suite. Sei xas can as well express nostalgic longing ("saudade") as passion.ate, dramatic impetuosity. The last but not Ieast the great Portuguese harpsichord composers was João de Sousa Carvalho (1745-1798). He was called "the Portuguese Mozart"
by his contemporaries, this being due to his operas. His Allegro and Toccata in G minor is remarkable for its striking brilliancy of harpsichord writing and expressiveness In the slow movements: their intensity anticipates the Classical Period in European Music.