Richard Novak - Portrait (2016)

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Title: Portrait
Year Of Release: 2016
Label: Supraphon
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 02:31:49
Total Size: 654 Mb
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Tracklist:

01. Don Giovanni, ., Act I: "Madamina, il catalogo e questo" (Leporello) (00:05:32)
02. Rusalka, ., Act II: "Pitiful Rusalka Pallid" (Vodník) (00:05:42)
03. Eugene Onegin, ., Act III: "." (Gremin) (00:05:43)
04. Ruslan and Ludmila, ., Act II: "Vremen´ ot vechnoy temnoty" (Ruslan) (00:05:40)
05. Boris Godunov, ., Act II: "Dostig ja vysshej vlasti" (Boris) (00:05:52)
06. Les contes d´Hoffmann, ., Act II: "Allez! Ah! C´est moi qu´on défie? ... Scintille, diamant" (Dapertuto) (00:04:24)
07. Don Carlos, ., Act III: "Ella giammai m´ amo´" (Philip II) (00:08:29)
08. Simone Boccanegra, .: "Proloque - A te l´estremo addio ... Il lacerato spirito" (Fiesco) (00:05:09)
09. Macbeth, ., Act II: "Studia il passo, o mio figlio" (Banco) (00:04:34)
10. Luisa Miller, ., Act I: "Ah, tutto m´arride ... Il mio sangue la vita darci" (Walter) (00:04:49)
11. Die Walküre, ., Act III: "Leb´ wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind" (Wotan) (00:13:35)
12. The Cunning Little Vixen, ., Act III: "Is It a Fairy-Tale or Is It All True?" (Revírník) (00:04:27)
13. Songs to Poems by Eduard Mőrike, .: "Verborgenheit" (00:03:02)
14. Songs to Poems by Eduard Mőrike, .: "Denk´ es, o Seele!" (00:03:25)
15. Songs to Poems by Eduard Mőrike, .: "Neue Liebe" (00:03:22)
16. Songs to Poems by Eduard Mőrike, .: "Wo find´ ich Trost" (00:05:17)
17. Schwanengesang, .: "Der Atlas" (00:02:31)
18. Schwanengesang, .: "Ihr Bild" (00:03:14)
19. Schwanengesang, .: "Das Fischermädchen" (00:02:00)
20. Schwanengesang, .: "Die Stadt" (00:03:12)
21. Schwanengesang, .: "Am Meer" (00:04:31)
22. Schwanengesang, .: "Der Doppelgänger" (00:04:38)
23. Schwanengesang, .: "Die Taubenpost" (00:03:33)
24. Nothern Nights, .: "Albatross" (00:04:02)
25. Nothern Nights, .: "Swan" (00:02:48)
26. Nothern Nights, .: "Lullaby" (00:03:00)
27. Nothern Nights, .: "Scandinavian Rocks" (00:02:53)
28. Biblical Songs, .: "Darkness and Thunderclouds Are Round About Him - Andantino" (00:02:12)
29. Biblical Songs, .: "Lord My Shield, My Refuge and Hope Art Thou - Andante" (00:02:03)
30. Biblical Songs, .: "Hear, Oh Hear My Prayer, Lord My God - Andante" (00:03:03)
31. Biblical Songs, .: "Oh, My Shepherd Is the Lord - Andante" (00:03:05)
32. Biblical Songs, .: "Songs of Gladness Will I Sing Thee - Risoluto maestoso" (00:02:36)
33. Biblical Songs, .: "Hear, Oh Lord, My Bitter Cry. Andante" (00:02:57)
34. Biblical Songs, .: "By the Shore of the River Babylon. Andante" (00:03:09)
35. Biblical Songs, .: "Oh, Lord, Have Mercy and Turn Thou Thy Face to Me. Andante" (00:03:04)
36. Biblical Songs, .: "My Eyes Will I to the Hills Lift Up. Andante con moto" (00:02:10)
37. Biblical Songs, .: "Oh, Sing unto the Lord a Joyful Song. Allegro moderato" (00:02:06)

Total length: 02:31:49
Label: SUPRAPHON a.s.

Performers:
Richard Novak (bass) & Gerhard Zeller (piano)
Brno Janacek Opera Choir
Brno Janacek Opera Orchestra
Brno Philharmonic Orchestra & Prague Philharmonia
Frantisek Jilek
Miroslav Honka
Jan Stych
Jaroslav Kyzlink & Tomas Hanus

Backed up by the Czech Philharmonic, the 85-year-old Richard Novák sings the part of the Forester from The Cunning Little Vixen in a way that leaves you gaping in admiration. His performance is a witness not only to his singing skill, but also his life experience. The fact that he was lucky to find great music teachers has combined with persistence and hard work on his part. He was not afraid to interrupt his singing career at its apparent height when he felt his voice was losing inner support, and start anew. In 1961 he won second place in a singing competition in Toulouse (with José van Dam taking the first place) and became a laureate in the competition held in the Dutch city of Hertogenbosch in 1962. Dvořák, Verdi and Janáček represent the three supporting pillars of his repertoire and at the same time his three major musical loves.