Leoš Janáček: Říkadla [Nonsense nursery rhymes], for choir, chamber ensemble and piano (texts: anonymus Czech folklore)
0:00 - Introduction -
0:40 - 1. Řípa se vdávala [The beetroot got married]
2:07 - 2. Není lepší jako z jara [There's nothing better than spring]
3:24 - 3. Leze krtek [The mole creeps]
4:29 - 4. Karel do pekla zajel [Karel rode off to hell]
5:09 - 5. Roztrhané kalhoty [Ripped trousers]
5:34 - 6. Franta rasu hrál na basu [Franta's son played the bass fiddle]
6:36 - 7. Náš pes, náš pes … [Our dog, our dog…]
7:19 - 8. Delám, delám kázání … [I'm giving a little talk…]
8:19 - 9. Stará bába carovala [The old woman made magic]
9:02 - 10. Hó, hó, krávy dó … [Ho, ho, off go the cows…]
10:21 - 11. Moje zena malucická [My tiny little wife]
11:06 - 12. Bába leze do bezu … [Grandma's crawling into the elder bush]
11:30 - 13. Koza bílá hrušky sbírá [A white goat's picking pears]
12:12 - 14. Nemec brouk, hrnce tlouk [A German beetle broke some pans]
12:51 - 15. Koza lezí na sene [A goat is lying in the hay]
13:35 - 16. Vašek, pašek, bubeník [Vašek, pašek, the drummer]
14:23 - 17. Frantíku, Frantíku [Frantík, Frantík]
14:49 - 18. Sedel medvid' na kolodi [The bear sat on a tree trunk]
Czech Philharmonic Chorus (tenor: Jiří Šlapák, chorus master: Josef Veselka)
Members of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Flutes: František Čech, Zdeněk Vaníček
Piccolo and ocarina: Lutobor Hlvasa
Clarinets and E-flat clarinets: Karel Dlouhý, Zdeněk Kuneš
Bassoons: Jiří Formáček, Václav Cvrček
Contrabasson: Josef Kettner
Snare drum: Petr Šprunk
Bass: Zdeněk Benda
Piano: Zdeněk Jílek
Recording Producers: Jaroslav Krček, Zdeněk Zahradník
Recording Engineer: Václav Zamazal
Recorded at the Domovina Studios, Prague, 11 December 1972
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