Prague National Theater Chorus and Orchestra, Bohumil Gregor - Janáček: From the House of the Dead (2008)

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Title: Janáček: From the House of the Dead
Year Of Release: 2008
Label: Supraphon
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:44:05
Total Size: 544 Mb
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Tracklist:

01. From the House of the Death, .: "Overture" (00:05:47)
02. From the House of the Death, ., Act I: "Today They´ll Bring a Gentleman!" (Filka Morozov, v trestnici pod jménem Luka Kuzmič, Velký vězeň, Malý vězeň) (00:04:54)
03. From the House of the Death, ., Act I: "What´s Your Name?" (Alexandr Petrovič Gorjančikov, Placmajor, Stráž) (00:03:52)
04. From the House of the Death, ., Act I: "Wretched Creature! It Resists!" (Velký vězeň, Malý vězeň, Placmajor, Stařičký vězeň, Stráž) (00:02:23)
05. From the House of the Death, ., Act I: "Never Again Will My Eyes Behold My Birthplace" (00:01:34)
06. From the House of the Death, ., Act I: "I, a Maiden, Went to a Fete" (Filka Morozov, v trestnici pod jménem Luka Kuzmič, Skuratov) (00:04:04)
07. From the House of the Death, ., Act I: "Alieia, Get Me a Thread!" (Aljeja, mladý Tatar, Filka Morozov, v trestnici pod jménem Luka Kuzmič, Stařičký vězeň) (00:07:49)
08. From the House of the Death, ., Act II: "Introduction" (00:02:37)
09. From the House of the Death, ., Act II: "My Dear, Dear Alieia!" (Alexandr Petrovič Gorjančikov, Aljeja, mladý Tatar) (00:02:45)
10. From the House of the Death, ., Act II: "Alexander Petrovich, There Will Be a Holiday" (Malý vězeň, Skuratov, Kuchař, Duchovní) (00:03:21)
11. From the House of the Death, ., Act II: "Eh, I, Poor and Useless Man (Skuratof Narration)" (Skuratov, Opilý vězeň) (00:05:33)
12. From the House of the Death, ., Act II: "A Day Passes, Two, Three" (Skuratov) (00:02:20)
13. From the House of the Death, ., Act II: "La-La-La...The Play about Kedril and Don Juan..." (Filka Morozov, v trestnici pod jménem Luka Kuzmič, Vězeň, hrající Don Juana a Brahmína; Kovář, Kedril, Šapkin) (00:06:18)
14. From the House of the Death, ., Act II: "The Pantomime about the Miller´s Beautiful Wife" (Vězeň, hrající Don Juana a Brahmína; Kovář) (00:05:02)
15. From the House of the Death, ., Act II: "Nice Plays, Weren´t They?" (Alexandr Petrovič Gorjančikov, Aljeja, mladý Tatar, Filka Morozov, v trestnici pod jménem Luka Kuzmič, Stařičký vězeň, Mladý vězeň, Poběhlice, Šapkin) (00:05:13)
16. From the House of the Death, ., Act III: "Jesus, the Prophet of God" (Alexandr Petrovič Gorjančikov, Aljeja, mladý Tatar, Filka Morozov, v trestnici pod jménem Luka Kuzmič, Stařičký vězeň, Čekunov) (00:03:49)
17. From the House of the Death, ., Act III: "O Brothers! That Pain" (Skuratov, Šapkin) (00:05:16)
18. From the House of the Death, ., Act III: "Ah, My Dear Children" (Filka Morozov, v trestnici pod jménem Luka Kuzmič, Stařičký vězeň, Šiškov, Čerevin) (00:03:16)
19. From the House of the Death, ., Act III: "You, Said Filka" (Filka Morozov, v trestnici pod jménem Luka Kuzmič, Šiškov, Čerevin) (00:04:10)
20. From the House of the Death, ., Act III: "And Filka shouts" (Šiškov, Čerevin) (00:02:27)
21. From the House of the Death, ., Act III: "And I Was Drunk" (Šiškov, Čerevin) (00:05:21)
22. From the House of the Death, ., Act III: "The Next Day, Drunk as a Sod" (Aljeja, mladý Tatar, Stařičký vězeň, Šiškov, Čerevin, Stráž) (00:09:04)
23. From the House of the Death, ., Act III: "Hou - Hou... Petrovich, I Have Offended You" (Alexandr Petrovič Gorjančikov, Placmajor, Vězeň, hrající Don Juana a Brahmína; Kovář) (00:07:10)

Total length: 01:44:05
Label: SUPRAPHON a.s.

Performers:
Václav Bednár (Goryantchikov)
Beno Blachut (Luka Morosoff)
Ivo Žídek (Skuratov)
Premysl Kocí (Young Prisoner)
Jaroslav Striska (Tall Prisoner)
Helena Tattermuschová (Alyeya)
Jaroslav Horácek (Camp Commandant)
Prague National Theater Chorus and Orchestra
Bohumil Gregor

This is the first CD release of the legendary 1964 production of Janácek’s last opera by Bohumil Gregor and soloists of the National Theater.

The vinyl release was awarded the prestigious Grand Prix du disque lyrique in Paris in 1978. The cast and direction of the recording refl ect the National Theater production which premiered in April, 1964, breaking new ground in the interpretation of this work.

Janácek wrote his last opera towards the very end of his life, and it wasn’t premiered until 1930, two years after his death. He sketched out the script and wrote the libretto himself, basing it on Dostoevsky’s novel The House of the Dead, which takes place in a Siberian prison camp, describing the fates of individual prisoners.

The work is full of immense compassion for human suffering in that each of the stories demonstrates that a harsh environment and poverty were the main causes of the prisoners’crimes.

This well-preserved recording not only presents a period interpretation of Janácek’s work and the superior quality of the National Theater ensemble, but also an extraordinary musical experience, thanks to the unforgettable vocal performances.