Gabriela Benacková & Zdeněk Košler - Smetana: Libuse (1994)

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Artist: Gabriela Benacková & Zdeněk Košler
Title: Smetana: Libuse
Year Of Release: 1994
Label: Supraphon
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue, log, scans)
Total Time: 02:46:13
Total Size: 826 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

CD 1
1. Predehra 8:55
Act 1
2. Scene 1. Sloyutná dcero Kroka / Nemohu dále 14:57
3. Scene 2. Beda, kdyz mezi vlastními bratry 5:34
4. Scene 3. Ten had tu schází 21:17

CD 2
Act 2
1. Scene 1. Napojte kone ted' a cekejte! 21:37
2. Scene 2. Muj ujec zval me k hrobu otcovu 11:18
3. Scene 3. Heja! Heja! Bez klidu dále 12:07
4. Scene 4. Do konce dílo je hotovo / Já ale zustanu - O, vy lípy 7:33
5. Scene 5. Od Libuse ti pozdrav nesem 12:52

CD 3
Act 3
1. Scene 1. Mír zjednán mezi obema zas bratry 8:21
2. Scene 2. On jde! Jeste nedohledný je 2:44
3. Scene 3. Nuz vítej nám 2:48
4. Scene 4. Nrekla vám, ze dala vsechnu moc 4:52
5. Scene 5. Slavnostní pruvod. - Hoj, tvrdý Vysehrad / Bohové mocní / Obra 1. Bretislav a Jitka 31:18

Libuse is THE Czech national opera. It has absolutely no plot. Libuse becomes queen of the Czech lands, and then has a series of visions in which she prophesies the future glories of her people. Smetana knew when he wrote it that the opera would be reserved only for special occasions, perhaps for that reason he also lavished a tremendous amount of hard work and inspiration on it. The result is no less than spectacular, musically speaking. The title character is also one of the great roles for the female voice, and in this live recording Czech soprano Gabriela Benackova gives an absolutely thrilling performance. If the opera is an event, then so is this recording, which is as it should be. -- David Hurwitz

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