Intimate Sketches (Janáček)
# Intimate Sketches (Janáček)

Intimate Sketches (Intimní skici) is a collection of piano miniatures by Czech composer Leoš Janáček (1854–1928) published in 1994, sixty-six years after his death.

## The music

The thirteen pieces in the set, each only a minute or two long, were gathered from manuscripts and ephemeral publications, notably the People's News (Lidové noviny). Nos. 5, 6, 7, and 8 here are Nos. 3, 5, 12, and 13 respectively in the Album for Kamila Stösslová (Památník pro Kamilu Stösslovou).

| No. | Catalogue | Date | Czech title | English title | German title |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | JW VIII/31 | published 1927 | Malostranský palác (Andante) | Malá Strana Palace (Andante) | Kleinseiten-Palais (Andante) |
| 2. | JW VIII/29 | composed c. 1920–1926 | Bez názvu | Untitled | Ohne Titel |
| 3. | JW VIII/26 | published 1923 | Melodie (Con moto) | Melodie (Con moto) | Melodie (Con moto) |
| 4. | JW VIII/21 | published 1911 | Moderato | Moderato | Moderato |
| 5. | JV VIII/33/3 | composed 1927 | Jen slepý osud? | Just blind fate? | Nur blindes Schicksal? |
| 6. | JW VIII/33/5 | composed 1928 | Aby už se nemohlo jíti nikdy zpět | So you can never return | Damit man nie zurück könnte |
| 7. | JW VIII/33/12 | composed 1928 | Zlatý kroužek | The golden ring | Der goldene Ring |
| 8. | JW VIII/33/13 | composed 1928 | Čekám Tě! | Waiting for you! | Ich erwarte Dich! |
| 9. | JW IX/1 | composed 1877 | Rondo | Rondo | Rondo |
| 10. | JW VIII/9 | composed c. 1887 | Na památku | In memoriam | Zum Andenken |
| 11. | JW V/2/28 | composed 1896 | Své Olze | My Olga | Meiner Olga |
| 12. | JW V/14 | published 1920 | Ukolébavka | Lullaby | Wiegenlied |
| 13. | JW VIII/20 | published 1909 | Narodil se Kristus pán | Christ the Lord is born | Geboren ist Herr Jesu Christ |

## Recordings

Håkon Austbø plays eleven of the pieces on his Janáček: Piano Works (Complete) (Brilliant Classics, 2005). Thomas Adès plays six of them on his recording of The Diary of One Who Disappeared with Ian Bostridge (EMI, 2001). Sarah Lavaud has recorded 5 of the pieces on a CD published by Hortus. Lars David Kellner [de] has recorded all pieces except the 'Rondo' (a juvenile work) on his 3-CD Janacek compilation (HOFA, 2013).

## Related scores

Intimate Sketches was followed by a second volume of twenty-six miniatures called Moravian Dances (Moravské tance).

