Leos Janacek (1854–1928)

Czech Republic · Neoromanticism, Neofolclorism

“A Recollection” for Piano, JW VIII/32 (1928)	JW VIII/32
Adagio for Orchestra, JW VI/5 (c. 1890)	JW VI/5
Allegro for Violin and Piano from an Early Version of the Sonata, JW VII/7 (1916)	JW VII/7
“Amarus”, Cantata for Soloists, Mixed Chorus and Orchestra, JW III/6 (1897)	JW III/6
Capriccio for Piano Left Hand and Wind Ensemble, JW VII/12 (1926)	JW VII/12
Chorale Fantasy for Organ, JW VIII/4 (1875)	JW VIII/4
Concertino for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon, JW VII/11 (1925)	JW VII/11
Dumka for Violin and Piano, JW VII/4 (1879-80)	JW VII/4
“Elegy on the Death of My Daughter Olga” for Tenor, Chorus and Piano, JW IV/30 (1903)	JW IV/30
Four Ballads for voice and piano, JW V/7 (1908-12)	JW V/7
Four Folk Choruses for Male Voices, JW IV/1; IV/22; IV/31; IV/38	JW IV/1; IV/22; IV/31; IV/38
Four Male Choruses, JW IV/17 (1885)	JW IV/17
Four Moravian Male Choruses, JW IV/28 (1900-06)	JW IV/28
Glagolitic Mass for Soloists, Mixed Chorus, Organ and Orchestra, JW III/9 (1926)	JW III/9
Gradual for Chorus
“Halfar the Schoolmaster” for Unaccompanied Male Chorus, JW IV/33 (1906)	JW IV/33
“Hospodine!” (“Lord, Have Mercy!”), Cantata, JW III/5 (1896)	JW III/5
“Hukvaldy Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 1 “Ondraš, Ondraš!”, JW V/4, № 1 (1898)	JW V/4, № 1
“Hukvaldy Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 2 “Little Church in Hukvaldy”, JW V/4, № 2 (1898)	JW V/4, № 2
“Hukvaldy Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 3 “My Dear Mother”, JW V/4, № 3 (1898)	JW V/4, № 3
“Hukvaldy Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 4 “On the Mayor’s Meadows”, JW V/4, № 4 (1898)	JW V/4, № 4
“Hukvaldy Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 5 “Why Do You Stand So Sadly, Guelder-Rose?”, JW V/4, № 5 (1898)	JW V/4, № 5
“Hukvaldy Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 6 “Hanka, the Mayor’s Daughter”, JW V/4, № 6 (1898)	JW V/4, № 6
“Hukvaldy Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 7 “The Herdsgirl Was Tending the Cows”, JW V/4, № 7 (1898)	JW V/4, № 7
“Hukvaldy Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 8 “What Shadows Are These?”, JW V/4, № 8 (1898)	JW V/4, № 8
“Hukvaldy Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 9 “There Is an Oak in Our Yard”, JW V/4, № 9 (1898)	JW V/4, № 9
“Hukvaldy Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 10 “When I Walked through the Dark Forest”, JW V/4, № 10 (1898)	JW V/4, № 10
“Hukvaldy Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 11 “Little Church in Hukvaldy, Hey!”, JW V/4, № 11 (1898)	JW V/4, № 11
“Hukvaldy Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 12 “God Reward You!”, JW V/4, № 12 (1898)	JW V/4, № 12
“Hukvaldy Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 13 “When I Walked by the Yard”, JW V/4, № 13 (1898)	JW V/4, № 13
“Idyll” for String Orchestra, JW VI/3 (1878)	JW VI/3
“In the Mists”, Piano Cycle, JW VIII/22 (1912)	JW VIII/22
Incidental Music to “Schluck und Jau”, Unfinished, JW IX/11 (1928)	JW IX/11
“Jealousy”, Overture for Orchestra, JW VI/10 (1895)	JW VI/10
“Kašpar Rucký” for Female Chorus, JW IV/41 (1916)	JW IV/41
“Kozáček”, Russian Dance for Orchestra, JW VI/12 (1899)	JW VI/12
Lachian Dances for Orchestra, JW VI/17 (1924)	JW VI/17
“March of the Blue Boys” for Piccolo and Piano, JW VII/9 (1924)	JW VII/9
“Maryčka Magdónova” for Unaccompanied Male Chorus, JW IV/34; JW IV/35 (1906)	JW IV/34; JW IV/35
Moravian Dances for Orchestra, JW VI/7 (1889-91)	JW VI/7
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 1 “Love”, JW V/2, № 1 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 1
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 2 “Enchantment”, JW V/2, № 2 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 2
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 3 “The Singing Girl”, JW V/2, № 3 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 3
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 4 “Radiance from My Beloved”, JW V/2, № 4 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 4
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 5 “My Beloved’s Picture”, JW V/2, № 5 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 5
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 6 “The Little Garden”, JW V/2, № 6 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 6
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 7 “Flowers of Love”, JW V/2, № 7 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 7
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 8 “Pennyroyal”, JW V/2, № 8 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 8
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 9 “Corncockle”, JW V/2, № 9 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 9
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 10 “Carnation”, JW V/2, № 10 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 10
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 11 “The Little Apple Tree”, JW V/2, № 11 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 11
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 12 “Little Apple”, JW V/2, № 12 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 12
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 13 “Red Apples”, JW V/2, № 13 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 13
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 14 “The Hazelnut”, JW V/2, № 14 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 14
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 15 “Fidelity”, JW V/2, № 15 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 15
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 16 “Constancy”, JW V/2, № 16 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 16
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 17 “Who Is the Posy For?”, JW V/2, № 17 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 17
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 18 “My Beloved’s Horses”, JW V/2, № 18 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 18
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 19 “The Posy”, JW V/2, № 19 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 19
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 20 “Longing”, JW V/2, № 20 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 20
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 21 “The Burden”, JW V/2, № 21 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 21
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 22 “Keepsakes”, JW V/2, № 22 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 22
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 23 “A Message”, JW V/2, № 23 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 23
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 24 “Awakening”, JW V/2, № 24 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 24
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 25 “The Promise”, JW V/2, № 25 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 25
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 26 “The Steward’s Daughter”, JW V/2, № 26 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 26
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 27 “The Gamekeeper”, JW V/2, № 27 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 27
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 28 “Uncertainty”, JW V/2, № 28 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 28
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 29 “The Little Letter”, JW V/2, № 29 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 29
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 30 “Rosemary”, JW V/2, № 30 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 30
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 31 “Good Hunting”, JW V/2, № 31 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 31
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 32 “The Cuckoo”, JW V/2, № 32 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 32
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 33 “Slander”, JW V/2, № 33 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 33
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 34 “The Orphan”, JW V/2, № 34 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 34
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 35 “Yearning”, JW V/2, № 35 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 35
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 36 “Then and Now”, JW V/2, № 36 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 36
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 37 “The Little Bench”, JW V/2, № 37 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 37
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 38 “Parting”, JW V/2, № 38 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 38
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 39 “All Alone”, JW V/2, № 39 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 39
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 40 “What Sort of Sky Is This?”, JW V/2, № 40 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 40
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 41 “Tears Bring Comfort”, JW V/2, № 41 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 41
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 42 “The Guelder-Rose”, JW V/2, № 42 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 42
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 43 “Parting from My Sweetheart”, JW V/2, № 43 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 43
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 44 “Fate”, JW V/2, № 44 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 44
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 45 “Kolín”, JW V/2, № 45 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 45
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 46 “Belgrade”, JW V/2, № 46 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 46
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 47 “Aching Head”, JW V/2, № 47 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 47
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 48 “Good Advice”, JW V/2, № 48 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 48
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 49 “The Mosquitoes’ Wedding”, JW V/2, № 49 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 49
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 50 “Musicians”, JW V/2, № 50 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 50
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 51 “The Murderous Lover”, JW V/2, № 51 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 51
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 52 “The Bandit’s Funeral”, JW V/2, № 52 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 52
“Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs”: No. 53 “Married Far Away”, JW V/2, № 53 (1892-01)	JW V/2, № 53
Moravian Folk Songs for Piano, with Optional Voice, JW VIII/23 (1922)	JW VIII/23
“Nursery Rhymes” for Nine Voices and Instrumental Ensemble, JW V/17 (1926)	JW V/17
“Nursery Rhymes” for Nine Voices and Instrumental Ensemble, JW V/17 (1926)	JW V/17
“On an Overgrown Path” for Piano, JW VIII/17	JW VIII/17
“On an Overgrown Path” for Piano, Book I, JW VIII/17	JW VIII/17
“On an Overgrown Path” for Piano, Book II, JW VIII/17	JW VIII/17
Opera “Fate”, JW I/5 (1903-05)	JW I/5
Opera “From the House of the Dead”, JW I/11 (1927-28)	JW I/11
Opera “Jenůfa” (“Her Stepdaughter”), JW I/4 (1894-03)	JW I/4
Opera “Káťa Kabanová”, JW I/8 (1920-21)	JW I/8
Opera “Šárka”, JW I/1 (1887-88)	JW I/1
Opera “The Cunning Little Vixen”, JW I/9 (1922-23)	JW I/9
Opera “The Excursions of Mr Brouček”, JW I/7 (1908-18)	JW I/7
Opera “The Makropulos Case”, JW I/10 (1923-25)	JW I/10
“Our Birch Tree” for Unaccompanied Male Chorus, JW IV/22 (1893)	JW IV/22
“Our Father”, Cantata for Tenor, Mixed Chorus and Accompaniment, JW IV/29 (1901)	JW IV/29
Piano Sonata in E-flat minor “1. X. 1905, From the Street”, JW VIII/19 (1905-06)	JW VIII/19
“Pohádka” (“Fairy Tale”) for Cello and Piano, JW VII/5 (1910)	JW VII/5
Prelude for Organ, JW VIII/2 (1875)	JW VIII/2
Presto for Cello and Piano, JW VII/6	JW VII/6
“Rákos Rákoczy”, Stage Scene with Songs and Dances, JW I/2 (1891)	JW I/2
Romance for Violin and Piano, JW VII/3 (1879)	JW VII/3
“Serbian Kolo”, Dance for Orchestra, JW VI/13 (1900)	JW VI/13
“Silesian Songs”: No. 7 “What Nightingale Is This?”, JW V/13, № 7 (1918)	JW V/13, № 7
“Silesian Songs”: No. 10 “In the Dark Wood”, JW V/13, № 10 (1918)	JW V/13, № 10
Sinfonietta for Orchestra, JW VI/18 (1926)	JW VI/18
Sonata for Violin and Piano, JW VII/7 (1914-15)	JW VII/7
Songs of Hradčany for Soprano, Female Chorus, Flute and Harp, JW IV/40 (1916)	JW IV/40
Sonnet No. 1 for Four Violins, JW VII/1 (1875)	JW VII/1
Sonnet No. 2 for Four Violins, Fragment, JW VII/2 (1875)	JW VII/2
“Sounds in Memory of Förchtgott-Tovačovský” for Strings, Part II, JW VI/1 (1875)	JW VI/1
String Quartet No. 1 “The Kreutzer Sonata”, JW VII/8 (1923)	JW VII/8
String Quartet No. 2 “Intimate Letters”, JW VII/13 (1928)	JW VII/13
Suite (Serenade) for Orchestra, Op. 3; JW VI/6 (1891)	Op. 3; JW VI/6
Suite for String Orchestra, JW VI/2 (1877)	JW VI/2
Suite from “Fate”, Arranged by František Jílek
Suite from “From the House of the Dead”
Suite from “Jenůfa”, Arranged by Peter Breiner (2006)
Suite from “Káťa Kabanová”, Arranged by Peter Breiner (2006)
Suite from “The Cunning Little Vixen”
Suite from “The Cunning Little Vixen”, Arranged by Václav Talich (1937)
Suite from “The Excursions of Mr Brouček”
Suite from “The Makropulos Case”, Arranged by Peter Breiner (2006)
“Taras Bulba”, Rhapsody for Orchestra, JW VI/15 (1915)	JW VI/15
“The Ballad of Blaník”, Symphonic Poem, JW VI/16 (c. 1919)	JW VI/16
“The Čarták on Soláň”, Cantata for Tenor, Male Chorus and Orchestra, JW III/7 (1911)	JW III/7
“The Czech Legion” for Unaccompanied Male Chorus, JW IV/42 (1918)	JW IV/42
“The Danube”, Unfinished Symphony for Soprano and Orchestra, JW IX/7 (1923-25)	JW IX/7
“The Diary of One Who Disappeared”, Song Cycle, JW V/12 (1917-19)	JW V/12
“The Eternal Gospel”, Legend for Soprano, Tenor, Chorus and Orchestra, JW III/8 (1913-14)	JW III/8
“The Fiddler’s Child”, Ballad for Orchestra, JW VI/14 (1913)	JW VI/14
“The Seventy Thousand” for Unaccompanied Male Chorus, JW IV/36 (1909)	JW IV/36
“The Wandering Madman” for Soprano and Male Chorus, JW IV/43 (1922)	JW IV/43
“The Wandering Madman” for Soprano and Male Chorus, JW IV/43 (1922)	JW IV/43
“The Wandering of a Little Soul”, Unfinished Violin Concerto, JW IX/10 (1926)	JW IX/10
“The Wild Duck” for Unaccompanied Mixed Chorus, JW IV/18 (1885)	JW IV/18
“The Wolf’s Trail” for Female Chorus and Piano, JW IV/39 (1916)	JW IV/39
Theme and Variations (“Zdenka Variations”) for Piano, Op. 1; JW VIII/6 (1880)	Op. 1; JW VIII/6
Three Male Choruses, JW IV/19 (1888)	JW IV/19
Three Moravian Dances for Piano, JW VIII/12; JW VIII/18	JW VIII/12; JW VIII/18
“True Love” for Unaccompanied Male Chorus, JW IV/8 (1876)	JW IV/8
Two Pieces for Organ, JW VIII/7 (1884)	JW VIII/7
“Varyto” for Organ, JW VIII/3 (1875)	JW VIII/3
“Youth”, Suite for Wind Sextet, JW VII/10 (1924)	JW VII/10
“Zdrávas Maria” (“Hail Mary”) for Solo Voice and Accompaniment, JW II/14 (1904)	JW II/14