Sieglinde Feldhofer, Roman Pichler, Mareike Jankowski, Neven Crnić - A. Foerster: Gorenjski slavček (2026) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

CD1
01. Gorenjski slavček: Uvertura. Allegro risoluto
02. Gorenjski slavček, Act I Scene 1: Gorenjci ljudje smo veseli (Chorus)
03. Gorenjski slavček, Act I Scene 2: Nikjer! (Franjo, Lovro)
04. Gorenjski slavček, Act I Scene 3: Veselje in radost (Franjo)
05. Gorenjski slavček, Act I Scene 4: Nebeško sonce trosi (Minka, Franjo)
06. Gorenjski slavček, Act I Scene 5: Prelepi A (Chansonette, Ninon, Franjo)
07. Gorenjski slavček, Act I Scene 6: Dober dan, Gospod! (Innkeeper, Chansonette, Girls)
08. Gorenjski slavček, Act II Scene 1: Žal, med njimi slavčka ni! (Chansonette, Ninon, Innkeeper)
09. Gorenjski slavček, Act II Scene 2: Le hitro, zdaj se bliža (Rajdelj, Innkeeper, Štrukelj, Chansonette, Ninon)

CD2
01. Gorenjski slavček, Act II Scene 2: Un roi de Castille (Ninon)
02. Gorenjski slavček, Act II Scene 3: Takó! pečenka tu je z vinom (Innkeeper, Chansonette, Minka, Majda)
03. Gorenjski slavček, Act II Scene 4: Minka, vse je izgubljeno! (Majda, Minka, Chansonette)
04. Gorenjski slavček, Act II Scene 5: Sèm gre Franjo (Minka, Franjo, Majda, Chansonette)
05. Gorenjski slavček, Act III Scene 2: Pst! Zdaj molčimo (Rajdelj, Lovro, Štrukelj)
06. Gorenjski slavček, Act III Scene 4: Zaman je vse zaman (Franjo, Majda, Minka)
07. Gorenjski slavček, Act III Scene 5: Allons, allons mes enfants (Chansonette, Rajdelj, Štrukelj, Minka, Majda, Franjo, Lovro)
08. Gorenjski slavček, Act III Scene 8: Čas je prišel (Chansonette, Franjo, Lovro, Chorus)
09. Gorenjski slavček, Act III Scene 9: Gospod, oh ne jezite se! (Chansonette, Minka)
10. Gorenjski slavček, Act III Scene 10: Zahvaljen bodi (Minka, Chansonette, Ninon, Chorus)
11. Gorenjski slavček, Act III Scene 1: Povijamo venec iz žitnih klasov (Chorus)



Just as his brother Joseph, who was four years older, Anton Foerster (1837-1926) received his musical education in Prague. He then found a position in Senj, Croatia as a choir director and organist, ultimately settling down in the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana in the position of cathedral music director. His quasi-ecclesiastical activities did not prevent him from writing an operetta entitled Gorenjski slavcek in 1872, which – after Foerster had adapted it into a three-act opera in 1896 – became a national opera in Slovenia. Many of the work’s melodies evolved into folk songs that are still familiar today. The plot is somewhat reminiscent of Karl May’s colportage novel The Road to Happiness, in which, as is well known, no fewer than three naturally gifted musicians are discovered. Foerster’s opera centres on Minka the “nightingale”, who catches the eye of a French impresario but, following a series of dramatic twists and turns, ultimately follows her heart and stays in her homeland – where, as we hear, rousing music is sung.