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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TDs6MEe-Fs
Eugen Suchoň – Nox et Solitudo, op.4 (1931 – 1933)
00:00 – Zmráka sa (天色渐暗，It's growing dark)
03:41 – Balada (叙事曲，Ballad)
05:26 – Stará Romanca (古老的浪漫曲，An old romance)
06:49 – Hľa, luna bledá (看那苍白的月亮，See the pale moon)
09:49 – Topole (白杨树，Poplars)
Eva Garajová – mezzosoprano
Marián Lapšanský – piano
(2014)
Nox et Solitudo (Night and Solitude) is a little-known cycle of 5 lieder by the Slovak composer Eugen Suchoň (1908 – 1993) with lyrics from a collection of poetry of the same name by symbolist poet Ivan Krasko (1876 – 1958). The poems' rhytmical vers and melancholic content likely made them attractive to composers, as more than one musical setting exists; apart from Suchoň, various poems were also set by Mikuláš Schneider-Trnavský, among others. Suchoň began to work on his cycle in 1931, while studying composition under Vítězslav Novák in Prague. The work was premiered on October 10th, 1933 in the Slovak National Theatre by Žofia Napravilová (mezzosoprano) and Bratislava symphonic orchestra under Karel Nedbal. Suchoň would later go on to write many more pieces for the human voice, including other song cycles and two operas (Krútňava and King Svatopluk) which, as most of his music, heavily feature Slovak folk tunes and idioms.
《夜与孤寂》（Nox et Solitudo）是斯洛伐克作曲家欧根·苏洪（Eugen Suchoň，1908–1993）创作的一部鲜为人知的五首艺术歌曲套曲，歌词取自象征主义诗人伊万·克拉斯科（Ivan Krasko，1876–1958）的同名诗集。这些诗歌富有韵律的 verse 和忧郁的内容很可能对作曲家颇具吸引力，因此该诗集不止有一种音乐改编版本；除苏洪外，米库拉什·施奈德-特尔纳瓦斯基等人也曾为其中的多首诗歌谱曲。苏洪于1931年开始创作这部套曲，当时正在布拉格师从维捷斯拉夫·诺瓦克学习作曲。该作品于1933年10月10日在斯洛伐克国家剧院首演，由女中音索菲亚·纳普拉维洛娃与卡雷尔·内德巴尔指挥的布拉迪斯拉发交响乐团共同呈现。苏洪后来还创作了大量声乐作品，包括其他歌曲套曲以及两部歌剧——《漩涡》（Krútňava）与《斯瓦托普卢克王》（King Svatopluk）；与他的大部分音乐一样，这两部歌剧也大量融入了斯洛伐克民间曲调与音乐语汇。