From the House of the Death. Opera in 3 Acts

Act 2 - Alexander Petrovich, there will be a holiday


  • Recorded: 22nd June 1979
  • Record Place: The Dvořák Hall of Rudolfinum, Prague
  • First Release: 1980
  • (P) 1980 SUPRAPHON
  • Genre: Opera

Artists

  • music by: Leoš Janáček
  • libretto by: Leoš Janáček
  • bass: Karel Berman
  • tenor: Ivo Žídek
  • bass-baritone: Jaromír Vavruška
  • bass-baritone: Karel Petr
  • chorus master: Josef Veselka
  • conductor: Václav Neumann
  • musical group: Prague Philharmonic Choir
  • musical group: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Album

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Václav Neumann

Janáček: From the House of the Dead. Opera in 3 Acts

Catalogue Number: 10 2941-2
Published: 1st January 1993
Genre: Opera
Format: 2 disks
This album has received following awards:
  • Grand Prix Audiovisuel de l 'Europe de l'Académie du Disque Francais (1982)

Disk 1

Leoš Janáček
From the House of the Death. Opera in 3 Acts
1. Overture 05:49
2. 1. Act - Introduction 02:10
3. Act 1 - Today they'll bring a gentleman! 02:16
4. Act 1 - What's your name? 03:16
5. Act 1 - Wretched creature! It resists! 01:50
6. Act 1 - Never again will my eyes behold my birthplace 01:26
7. Act 1 - I, a maiden, went to a fete 03:40
8. Act 1 - Alieia, get me a thread! 03:46
9. Act 1 - Alieia! Thread! 03:11
10. Act 2 - Introduction 02:12
11. Act 2 - My dear, dear Alieia! 02:30
12. Act 2 - Alexander Petrovich, there will be a holiday 03:16
13. Act 2 - Eh, I, poor and useless man (Skuratofś narration) 05:23
14. Act 2 - A day passes, two, three 03:01

Disk 2

Leoš Janáček
From the House of the Death. Opera in 3 Acts
1. Act 2 - The Play about Kedril and Don Juan 05:06
2. Act 2 - The pantomime about the miller's beautiful wife 04:46
3. Act 2 - Nice plays, weren't they? 04:18
4. Act 3 - Act three - Introduction 01:31
5. Act 3 - Jesus, the prophet of God 02:09
6. Act 3 - O brothers! That pain 04:11
7. Act 3 - Ah, my dear children 03:20
8. Act 3 - You, said Filka 03:24
9. Act 3 - And Filka shouts 02:09
10. Act 3 - And I was drunk 04:02
11. Act 3 - The next day, drunk as a sod 03:59
12. Act 3 - And I folowed her to the room 03:46
13. Act 3 - They call: Alexander Petrovich Gorianchikov! 02:34
14. Act 3 - Petrovich, I have offended you 02:23
15. Act 3 - You are my fother! 02:47