Peter Breiner is one of the world’s most performed composer/arrangers, with a boundless musicality that has led him to create fusions of music from a variety of genres. Drawing on traditions established by Brahms and Dvořák and showcasing leading folk music soloists, his Slovak Dances are an exuberant and kaleidoscopic monument rooted in Slovak musical folklore. It comprises 16 symphonic fantasias on songs that evoke varying emotions with an autobiographical element that follows Breiner’s life from his origins in Humenné and Košice to New York.
Disc 1
Breiner, Peter
Slovenské tance, pochabé i smutné (Slovak Dances, Naughty and Sad)
1 No. 1. Ej, zalužicko poľo (The field of Zalužice) 05:35
2 No. 2. Oddavac me budu (They will give me away) 08:16
3 No. 3. Dzifče počarovne (You enchanting girl, you …) 04:49
4 No. 4. Humeňanski koscelok (The little church of Humenné) 07:55
5 No. 5. Jaj, mamičko, svrbí ma (Oh, mother dear, it itches) 04:14
6 No. 6. Kvitne drobná ďatelinka (Tiny clovers blooming) 06:20
7 No. 7. Uspávanky (Lullabies) 06:15
8 No. 8. A muj ocec veľka balamuta (My father is but one big headache) 06:00
Disc 2
1 No. 9. Píšťalôčka moja- Ititi, ititi (My little whistle – Ititi, ititi) 07:36
2 No. 10. Na Kráľovej holi (On the King’s Mountain) 08:24
3 No. 11. Šaľena ja bula (I must have been crazy) 06:28
4 No. 12. Na košickej turňi (On the watchtower of Košice) 06:53
5 No. 13. Vravela mi moja mati nesedávať potme (My mother told me not sit in the dark) 05:37
6 No. 14. Šňila še mi v Americe novina (I had this dream in America) 05:59
7 No. 15. Staré dievky, čo robíte (What are you doing, old spinsters) 04:35
8 No. 16. Kapura, kapura (You little gate with bars) 03:47
Total Playing Time: 01:38:43
