Prague National Theatre Chorus & Orchestra, Jaroslav Krombholc - Smetana: The Secret (2011)
Artist: Prague National Theatre Chorus & Orchestra, Jaroslav Krombholc
Title: Smetana: The Secret
Year Of Release: 2011
Label: Supraphon
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:45:04
Total Size: 313 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Smetana: The Secret
Year Of Release: 2011
Label: Supraphon
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:45:04
Total Size: 313 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview
01. The Secret, .: "Overture" (00:06:46)
02. The Secret, ., Act I, Scene 1: "Beautiful Corn" (panna Róza, sestra Malinova, Bonifác, vysloužilec) (00:07:08)
03. The Secret, ., Act I, Scene 2: "Now, Master, Now! - How Lively It Is Here!" (Malina, konšel, Kalina, konšel, Bonifác, vysloužilec, Skřivánek, zpěvák, Mistr zednický, Hospodská) (00:06:33)
04. The Secret, ., Act I: "Listen, You Distant World!" (Kalina, konšel, panna Róza, sestra Malinova, Bonifác, vysloužilec, Skřivánek, zpěvák, Mistr zednický, Hospodská) (00:03:44)
05. The Secret, ., Act I: "Come Here! I Want to Embrace You!" (Malina, konšel, Kalina, konšel, panna Róza, sestra Malinova, Bonifác, vysloužilec, Skřivánek, zpěvák, Mistr zednický, Hospodská) (00:04:28)
06. The Secret, ., Act I, Scene 4: "Look, the Bagpipes Have Arrived, Come, Uncle, Play!" (Malina, konšel, Kalina, konšel) (00:02:17)
07. The Secret, ., Act I, Scene 1: "Father, Please! Stop It, Father!" (Malina, konšel, Kalina, konšel, panna Róza, sestra Malinova, Blaženka, dcera Malinova, Vít, syn Kalinův, myslivec) (00:02:57)
08. The Secret, ., Act I, Scene 6, 7, 8: "Here I Am Fighting, I Broke the Beam in Two. - Where´s Councillor Kalina? - What´s the Hurry?" (Kalina, konšel, Vít, syn Kalinův, myslivec, Bonifác, vysloužilec, Mistr zednický, Hospodská, Jirka, zvoník) (00:05:10)
09. The Secret, ., Act I, Scene 9: "I Wonder If She Is Here?" (Blaženka, dcera Malinova, Vít, syn Kalinův, myslivec, Skřivánek, zpěvák, Jirka, zvoník) (00:04:12)
10. The Secret, ., Act II, Scene 1: "I´m a Beggar!" (Kalina, konšel) (00:08:06)
11. The Secret, ., Act II, Scene 2: "Rise from under the Earth! - Mother of God, Bestow on Me the Ray of Your Blessing!" (Kalina, konšel, Skřivánek, zpěvák, Duch frátera Barnabáše) (00:04:07)
12. The Secret, ., Act II, Scene 3: "What? My Sweetheart vít Has Not Come Yet?" (Blaženka, dcera Malinova, Vít, syn Kalinův, myslivec) (00:03:30)
13. The Secret, ., Act II: "When I but Hear the Tune of Your Horn - What Am I Thinking? What Is Intoxicating Me?" (Blaženka, dcera Malinova, Vít, syn Kalinův, myslivec) (00:05:47)
14. The Secret, ., Act II, Scene 4: "What a Pretty Scene!" (Malina, konšel, Kalina, konšel, panna Róza, sestra Malinova, Blaženka, dcera Malinova, Vít, syn Kalinův, myslivec, Bonifác, vysloužilec, Skřivánek, zpěvák, Mistr zednický) (00:03:25)
15. The Secret, ., Act II: "Well, Father! Out of My Sight!" (Malina, konšel, Kalina, konšel, panna Róza, sestra Malinova, Blaženka, dcera Malinova, Vít, syn Kalinův, myslivec, Bonifác, vysloužilec, Skřivánek, zpěvák, Mistr zednický) (00:08:12)
16. The Secret, ., Act II, Scene 5: "That Is the Fire of True Love!" (panna Róza, sestra Malinova) (00:02:43)
17. The Secret, ., Act II: "It's Me, Dear Róza, Bonifác, I Myself!" (panna Róza, sestra Malinova, Bonifác, vysloužilec) (00:03:31)
18. The Secret, ., Act II: "I'm Ready. I've Made up My Mind!" (Kalina, konšel, panna Róza, sestra Malinova, Bonifác, vysloužilec) (00:03:25)
19. The Secret, ., Act III, Scene 1: "With Joy and Happiness We'll Help with the Hops" (Malina, konšel, panna Róza, sestra Malinova, Blaženka, dcera Malinova, Bonifác, vysloužilec, Skřivánek, zpěvák, Mistr zednický) (00:01:44)
20. The Secret, ., Act III: "The Water from the High Hills Is Falling - Look! What Is This? Unheard Of!" (Malina, konšel, panna Róza, sestra Malinova, Blaženka, dcera Malinova, Bonifác, vysloužilec, Skřivánek, zpěvák, Mistr zednický) (00:06:38)
21. The Secret, ., Act III, Scene 2: "Auntie, May Vít Come In?" (Malina, konšel, panna Róza, sestra Malinova, Blaženka, dcera Malinova, Vít, syn Kalinův, myslivec, Bonifác, vysloužilec, Skřivánek, zpěvák, Mistr zednický) (00:05:19)
22. The Secret, ., Act III: "Why Such a Silence? Sing, SkřIvánek!" (Malina, konšel, Bonifác, vysloužilec, Skřivánek, zpěvák) (00:01:45)
23. The Secret, ., Act III, Scene 3: "Hah - ´tis him! And alive! - What´s happening here?" (Malina, konšel, Kalina, konšel, panna Róza, sestra Malinova, Blaženka, dcera Malinova, Vít, syn Kalinův, myslivec) (00:03:37)
Total length: 01:45:04
Label: SUPRAPHON a.s.
Performers:
Karel Kalaš (Malina)
Přemysl Kočí (Kalina)
Štěpánka Štěpánová (Panna Róza)
Štefa Petrová (Blaženka)
Ivo Žídek (Vít)
Vladimír Jedenáctík (Bonifác) & Oldřich Kovář (Skřivánek)
Prague National Theatre Chorus & Orchestra
Jaroslav Krombholc
The secret of the success of the co-operation between Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884) and Eliška Krásnohorská (1847–1926) was mutual trust and reverence for artistic creation. Both of them strove for cultivated refinement of new Czech musical and literary works, and in The Secret they attained an exemplary solution. Following the completion of their joint opera The Kiss, Smetana bore with difficulty the gradual loss of hearing and material hardship. Krásnohorská encouraged him to continue to write operas. She aimed at treating genuine human themes. For The Secret, the second of the three operas she and Smetana created together, she prepared a libretto based on her story set in the present day in the region beneath the Bezděz peak.
At the same time, she underlined the plot with detailed drawing of characters, depicting in turn pig-headedness and emotionality, mulishness and loquaciousness, wit and caginess, devoutness and superstition, yearning for love and lucre alike. Smetana found in the gamut of observations of the national character the opportunity for a thorough compositional elaboration. However, the leading of the story lines into a single denouement resulted in an unusually compendious musical expression. He consistently worked with the motifs.
The main musical theme, akin to the world of the symphonic poem From Bohemian Fields and Groves, served to render both the presage of a mystery and a dance trifle. Yet Smetana also applied the real sound of flails, imitation of the nightingale’s song, stylisation of a broadside ballad and folk song, set to music a procession as well as a dance of sprites in a dream, composed a fugue and large ensembles, and after he had accorded at least one independent song to each main and minor character, he asked for verses for another spacious scene of the baritone hero. The process, starting with the sketch of the libretto and ending with the completion of the score, lasted from 1876 to 1878. And in all aspects the final result was a true operatic gem.
At the same time, she underlined the plot with detailed drawing of characters, depicting in turn pig-headedness and emotionality, mulishness and loquaciousness, wit and caginess, devoutness and superstition, yearning for love and lucre alike. Smetana found in the gamut of observations of the national character the opportunity for a thorough compositional elaboration. However, the leading of the story lines into a single denouement resulted in an unusually compendious musical expression. He consistently worked with the motifs.
The main musical theme, akin to the world of the symphonic poem From Bohemian Fields and Groves, served to render both the presage of a mystery and a dance trifle. Yet Smetana also applied the real sound of flails, imitation of the nightingale’s song, stylisation of a broadside ballad and folk song, set to music a procession as well as a dance of sprites in a dream, composed a fugue and large ensembles, and after he had accorded at least one independent song to each main and minor character, he asked for verses for another spacious scene of the baritone hero. The process, starting with the sketch of the libretto and ending with the completion of the score, lasted from 1876 to 1878. And in all aspects the final result was a true operatic gem.
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