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ID: IMLCD076 Disk: 2 Type: CD |
Kolekce: Opera CollectionPodkolekce: Voices and Orchestra Recorded live 19.01.1958
Pique Dame (The Queen Of Spades) - Opera in 3 Acts after A.Pushkin
Countess - Sofia Preobrazhenskaya, mezzo-sopranoHerman - Matvey Gavrilkin, tenorLiza - Ludmila Revina, sopranoPrince Yeletsky Konstantin Laptev, baritoneCount Tomsky Lipa Solomiak, baritone |
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ID: IMLCD077 Disk: 2 Type: CD |
Kolekce: Opera CollectionPodkolekce: Voices and Orchestra A Musical Trilogy in 3 parts and 8 scenes
Libretto by A. Wenkstern, based on the trilogy by Aeschylus.
CD1 (64:24)
CD2 (68:44)
Characters and Performers:
Agamemnon, King of Argos - Victor Morozov, bass
Clytemnestra, his wife - Sophia Preobrazhenskaya, mezzo-soprano
Aegisthus, his cousin - Konstantin Laptev, baritone
Orestes, son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra - Mikhail Dovenman, tenor
Elektra, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra - Nina Serval, soprano
Pallas Athena - Tatiana Lavrova, soprano
Judge of the Areopagites - Ivan Melentiev, bass
The Leningrad Radio Choir (chorus master Yury Slavnitsky)
The Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Gemal Dalgat
Recording dates: 8 and 15 January, 1958
Bonus track
Part 2. Scene 1
12. Oh, my soul is filled with horror (Clytemnestra)
Sophia Preobrazhenskaya, mezzo-soprano
The Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Edouard Grikurov
Recorded in 1951 |
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ID: UP0141 Disk: 2 Type: CD |
Kolekce: Opera CollectionPodkolekce: Voices and Orchestra 1750 Prague version
Jana Levicova (Ezio)
Eva Mullerova (Fulvia)
Yukiko Srejmova Kinjo (Onoria)
Michaela Srumova (Valentiniano)
Martin Srejma (Massimo)
Ondrej Socha (Varo)
Prague Symphony Chamber Orchestra, Jiri Petrdlik |
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ID: SIGCD154 Disk: 2 Type: CD |
Kolekce: Opera CollectionAn Opera in two acts by David Carlson. Libretto by Colin Graham
World Premiere Recording
Synopsis: Anna Karenina
ACT ONE
Prolog, Moscow, December. Anna visits her brother Stiva and his wife Dolly, hoping to save their marriage. A man falls under the train. When Anna meets Vronsky, she is so disturbed by the accident that she hardly notices him. He's very taken with her.1.1 Stiva's house. Anna persuades Dolly to forgive Stiva's infidelity.1.2 The ball at Betsy's, St. Petersburg, New Year, 1875. Levin proposes to Kitty and is refused because she is infatuated with Vronsky. Anna is compromised by Vronsky's too-obvious attentions. She is affected by his declarations but resists him. Karenin notices others' reactions.1.3 At Karenin's. Karenin insists that Anna make an effort to preserve appearances for the sake of society. Trying to persuade her to open her heart to him, he discovers that it is locked against him.2.1 - 2 Stiva's home, next spring/Levin's house in the country. Dolly, comforting Kitty, tries to persuade her that Vronsky is not worthy of her. She also asks about Kitty's feelings for Levin. Even the feeling of life reborn in the spring is not enough to comfort Levin. Stiva visits and gives him news of Kitty and of Vronsky's dangerous infatuation with Anna.2.3 Karenin's country house. Anna reveals to Vronsky that she is to bear his child. He tries to persuade her to leave her husband, but she refuses because the Russian divorce laws would cause her to lose her son Seriosha.3.1 A box at the races that afternoon. Vronsky suffers a severe accident. Karenin insists that the distraught Anna comport herself properly. She informs him that she cannot bear the sight of him and that she loves Vronsky.3.2 Karenin's study some days later, night. Karenin cannot decide what to do. While hoping to preserve his marriage to Anna, who, he tries to persuade himself, is evil and corrupt, he must at all costs preserve his reputation. He writes to her insisting that she return to him and continue as before: He will not consider a divorce.3.3 Anna, incensed, realizes that she must choose between her lover and her son. She tells Vronsky of her recurring death-dream, connected with the accident at the station. He is unable to comfort her, and she suspects him of selfishness when he again urges her to go away with him. She goes to Karenin and tells him she cannot continue as before, but begs him to let her have her son. Consumed with rage and disgust, he refuses.
ACT TWO
4.1 The Admiralty Gardens, St. Petersburg, early autumn. Levin cannot reconcile the problems and ironies of life and longs for death. Dolly insists that he come to meet Kitty at their house. Stiva learns with horror from Karenin of his impending divorce and begs him to talk to Dolly. Yashvin tries to persuade Vronsky to give up Anna for the sake of his career. He refuses.4.2 A supper party at the Oblonskys'. Levin and Kitty meet for the first time since Betsy's ball and are both very moved. Karenin is angered by the general conversation concerning unfaithful wives and luckless husbands, and Dolly is unable to persuade him to forgive. Levin and Kitty declare their love for each other during a game of solitaire. "Not time to die yet!" exclaims a delighted Stiva.4.3 Anna's bedroom that night. Karenin returns home to find Anna near death after a miscarriage. He is reconciled to Vronsky at her bedside and promises forgiveness.5.1 Levin's house six months later. Although Levin is now happily married to Kitty, who is pregnant, he remains dissatisfied with what he regards as a useless and unproductive life, exemplified by news from Dolly that Anna, now recovered, has left Karenin for Vronsky and that Seriosha is being looked after by his aunt Lydia.5.2 Letters. Anna writes to Karenin asking to be allowed to see Seriosha one last time, on his birthday. Lydia urges Karenin to forbid this. He does so, against his better judgment.5.3 Seriosha's bedroom two days later. Anna forces her way into her son's bedroom. Since he had been told she was dead, he is overjoyed to see her. He does not realize that this is the last time he will see his mother, but he is distraught when Anna has to leave.6.1 Anna's apartments at a hotel that evening. Anna, now addicted to opiates, is at the end of her tether: She doubts Vronsky's fidelity. Death is always on her mind: She is like a train hurtling to destruction. Dolly and Stiva are appalled at her condition when they bring Levin to meet her. Levin is much struck with this beautiful, sad woman and her situation. She asks him to tell Kitty not to forgive her, for to be able to do so, Kitty would have to suffer what Anna has herself suffered. When left alone with Vronsky, her jealousy leads to a schismatic quarrel. Vronsky leaves to visit his mother, and Anna is certain that he is in fact leaving her forever. She contemplates an overdose of morphia and then decides to follow Vronsky to the station to beg his forgiveness.6.2 At the station. Everything passes like a dream. Anna has missed Vronsky and waits to follow him on the next train. She reviews her situation and the tortured life before her: She realizes, as if a light had suddenly illumined her soul, that death would release her from the pain and responsibility of life. When the train comes into the station, she throws herself beneath it.6.3 Levin's country estate months later, in spring. In the aftermath of Anna's death, Levin cannot come to terms with the irony of life. Through the wisdom of his old nurse, he at last understands the reason for living: To live, love, and be loved; not to judge or envy others, nor to bewail their suffering; life is everything in itself. His blind eyes have been opened.-Colin Graham |
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ID: SIGCD208 Disk: 2 Type: CD |
Kolekce: Opera CollectionPodkolekce: Voices and Orchestra For You is a new opera that brings together the music of composer and BBC Radio 3 presenter Michael Berkeley and Booker-prize winning author Ian McEwan. This gripping tale of love, lust and obsession centers on the composer and prodigious womanizer Charles Frieth (Alan Opie), and the tragic consequences that his selfish actions cause him and those around.
Although essentially dark, there are moments of irony, wit, and humour throughout the opera. Soaring vocal lines, intricate ensemble pieces, and imaginative instrumental writing make this an electrifying work. Masterly performed by Music Theatre Wales, directed by Michael Rafferty.
The Opera has had great success from its initial performances in Wales and the Royal Opera House provoking great reviews.
“For You is a dark opera worth waiting for.”The Evening Standard
“... a dazzling and taut chamber piece which gives passionate way to Bergian lyricism while referencing both Britten and Richard Strauss in its airy, word-driven vocal lines.” |
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ID: DVD916 Disk: 1 Type: DVD |
Kolekce: Opera CollectionPodkolekce: Opera Region Code: Region 0, Plays in all territories
Color mode: Colour
Screen Format: 16:9
DVD Format: DVD 5
Duration: 65 mins
Subtitles: none
Sound Format: Dolby Digital Stereo |
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ID: NMCD138 Disk: 2 Type: CD |
Kolekce: Opera CollectionPodkolekce: Opera Scenario snd Libretto by Stephen Pruslin
An Ancora reissue of the acclaimed recording by the London Sinfonietta under David Atherton, with soloists including Phyllis Bryn-Julson, David Wilson-Johnson and John Tomlinson. |
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ID: AQVR269-2 Disk: 2 Type: CD |
Kolekce: Opera CollectionPodkolekce: Voice, Piano and Orchestra Opera in 5 acts. Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
Roméo, son of Montaigu (tenor).................................Sergei Lemeshev
Juliette (soprano)........................................................Irina Maslennikova
Count Capulet (bass)..................................................Ivan Petrov
Pater Laurent (bass)...................................................Maxim Mikhailov
Escalus, The Duke (бас).............................................Ivan Skobtsov
Mercutio, Romeo's friend (baritone)............................Ivan Burlak
Stéphano, Romeo's page (soprano).............................Natalia Sokolova
Pâris, a young count (tenor)........................................ Ivan Nazarenko
Gertrude, Juliet's nurse (mezzo-soprano)......................Nina Ostroumova
Tybalt, Lady Capulet's nephew (tenor).........................Tikhon Tchernyakov
Benvolio, Montague's nephew, Romeo’s friend (tenor)..Fyodor Godovkin
Grégorio, Capulet's servant (baritone)............................Ivan Sipayev
Choir and orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
Conducted by Vassily Nebolsin
Recorded in 1948
Extra tracks: Performs IRINA MASLENNIKOVA, soprano
16 - Alexey Zybtsev - piano, recorded in March 25, 1956
17 - Abram Makarov - piano, recorded in April 13, 1952 |
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ID: KAI0012342 Disk: 2 Type: CD |
Kolekce: Opera CollectionPodkolekce: Voices and Orchestra Musiktheater in 13 Bildern nach Leonora Carrington
Librettofassung von Elfriede Jelinek in der Übersetzung
von Heribert Becker (1997-99)
It is a sadistic family story in scurrile-surreal snap shots. The home of an odd family stands in a completely remote, heathlike landscape. This somewhat dilapidated bourgeois house in its seclusion is refuge and madhouse at the same time; here, in the bizarre impressions of family life, the focus turns on people and nature: an outer world, drowning in violence, coldness and terror, and the small, inner world of a bourgeois family, regulated right to the last corner, but abruptly toppled into chaos, when couples and generations come to be at logger-heads about their unappeased longings and desires.
Includes booklet with text by Olga Neuwirth and Thomas Jonigk |
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