Two Widows. Opera in 2 Acts

Act 2 – Scene 1: Fine Idea Keeping That Man Here

  • Recorded: 16th September 1975
  • Record Place: The Smetana Hall of Municipal House, Prague
  • First Release: 1976
  • (P) 1976 SUPRAPHON a.s.
  • Genre: Opera

Artists

  • music by: Bedřich Smetana
  • libretto by: Emanuel Züngel
  • soprano: Naďa Šormová
  • soprano: Marcela Machotková
  • bass: Jaroslav Horáček
  • conductor: František Jílek
  • musical group: Prague National Theatre Orchestra

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Smetana: The Complete Operas

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Catalogue Number: SU 4335-2
Published: 21st June 2024
Genre: Opera
Format: 17 CD
This album has received following awards:
  • Archive / Reissue of the Year, Presto Music (2024)
A complete edition of Smetana’s operas for the first time on CD on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Smetana’s birth

Amongst the works of Bedřich Smetana, operas are at the forefront alongside the cycle of symphonic poems Má vlast as the linchpins of the composer’s creative legacy. Nine operas in all, the last being unfinished, demonstrate the composer’s dramatic talent and individuality. The history of the Supraphon label has seen the making of a series of Smetana opera recordings interpreted by generations of Czech singers who performed mainly on the stage of the Prague National Theatre. The first and only time Smetana’s operas were published as a complete on LP by Supraphon was within a vast four-part project covering Smetana’s complete works released in the Year of Czech Music between 1984 and 1985. This representative set contained the recordings dating from the 1960s through the 1980s, but with the exception of The Bartered Bride, they are not currently available on the market as a physical product. To the still unsurpassed recording of The Bartered Bride and The Secret under the baton of Zdeněk Košler, we are adding his exceptional 1983 production of Libuše for the reopening of the Prague National Theatre. We are also including the only Supraphon recording of The Brandenburgers in Bohemia led by Jan Hus Tichý, Zdeněk Chalabala’s still definitive reading of The Devil’s Wall, and Dalibor conducted by Jaroslav Krombholc.

The luxurious 17CD box contains seven separately packaged 2CD sets plus one 3CD set with detailed information about the individual operas, a 40-page booklet with a comprehensive study, a wealth of photographic documentation, and a link to the downloadable librettos in the Czech and English languages.

The newly digitally transferred and remastered recordings also faithfully capture the sound of the Czech Smetana tradition when heard using digital Hi-Res quality playback.

Reviews

“Most of these recordings have been available only fitfully in the past. Now handsomely presented with informative booklets as separate 2– and 3-disc sets in a nicely designed, limited edition box at a sensible price, this is a collection that no lover of Czech music or 19th-century opera should be without.”
Europadisc, July 2024

“For me this magnificent set of Smetana’s complete operas is a sort of Má vlast for the stage, the dances (there are many to savour) and tone poetry supplemented by a rich fund of wonderful melodies… all in all, a magnificent achievement.”
Rob Cowan, September 2024

“Es ist wirklich eine fantastische Edition geworden, bei der einfach alles stimmt: die Optik, die Booklets, die Auswahl der klassischen Aufnahmen aus den 60er bis 80er Jahren. Von den „Brandenburgern in Böhmen bis zur "Teufelswand“ – lang Vergriffenes oder nie auf CD Erhältliches ist nun liebevoll remastert in einem Würfel beisammen.”
RBB Radio 3, September 2024

“And the complete cycle is, indisputably, a journey well worth taking: confirming Smetana’s stature as a musical dramatist of remarkable originality and (from The Bartered Bride onwards) assurance. Wagner excepted, among Smetana’s Austro-German contemporaries it’s hard to think of a happier comic opera than The Two Widows or a more sure-footed (and compelling) tragedy than Dalibor… The pearl of the set remains Zdenek Kosler’s 1981 The Bartered Bride – in every sense a prestige recording, with the Czech Philharmonic (its only appearance in this cycle) on sparkling form and a notably sweet-toned and engaging Marenka in Gabriela Benackova… this box offers a very serviceable entry point into a richly rewarding operatic world.”
Gramophone, Awards Issue 2024

“La fine fleur de l'école tchèque est là, à travers deux générations… loin voilà une très belle somme, qui fait honneur au génie lyrique de Smetana.”
Diapason, December 2024

“Es lohnt sich, in diese tief romantische und melodienreiche Opernwelt mit ihren besonderen stimmlichen Ansprüchen an Tenöre und dramatische Soprane einzutauchen.”
Opernglas, February 2025

CD 1
Bedřich Smetana
The Brandenburgers in Bohemia. Opera in 3 Acts
1. Act 1 – Scene 1: But I Say You 09:40
2. Act 1 – Scene 2: Get on Horseback! 03:04
3. Act 1 – Scene 3: What a Bustle? 03:47
4. Act 1 – Scene 4: And the Sweet, Sweet Love Making!… You Here, My Lord? 07:09
5. Act 1 – Scene 5: Heavens! Call the People!… O, God Arise to Our Help 03:51
6. Act 1 – Scene 6: What You Will Find 00:59
7. Act 1 – Scene 7: You Have Refused to Give in Daytime 05:01
8. Act 1: Ballet 02:14
9. Act 1 – Scene 8: Now at Last Came Our Time! 03:41
10. Act 1 – Scene 9: Help Us, Dear People! 01:51
11. Act 1 – Scene 10: Eh, Your Flight Was in Vain! 04:13
12. Act 1: How Much Will You Pay? 01:47
13. Act 1 – Scene 11: Retreat, Rabble! 02:51
14. Act 1: And So, You, Prague People 01:28
15. Act 2 – Scene 1: Take Leave from Your Homeland Now 05:28
16. Act 2: O Lord into the Dust We’re Falling 04:59
17. Act 2: Listen! That Noise Beyond There! 00:41
18. Act 2 – Scene 2: Stand Still! Not One More Step Further! 02:40
19. Act 2 – Scene 3: An Order of the Prince 02:27
20. Act 2: Just Wait a While, Don't Exult as Yet! 02:42

CD 2
Bedřich Smetana
The Brandenburgers in Bohemia. Opera in 3 Acts
1. Act 2 – Scene 4: Prosecutor! Who Are the Witnesses of the Truth of Your Words? 08:31
2. Act 2 – Scene 5: Refrain! You Fathers of the Town! 03:21
3. Act 2 – Scene 6: O, How Lovely Are the Scenes of Nature! 05:01
4. Act 2: There Is, Oh, No Beauty for Us 04:57
5. Act 2: What a Lovely Dream 03:00
6. Act 2 – Scene 7: Ah! Whose It This Voice! 03:01
7. Act 2: O How Blissful, Lovely Is This Moment 01:29
8. Act 2 – Scene 8: Now Then My Maiden 05:10
9. Act 3 – Scene 1: You Go Home Now! 05:50
10. Act 3: O Had I Never… Your Image, Maiden 03:44
11. Act 3: Ah the Die Is Cast 01:13
12. Act 3 – Scene 2: Have You Succeeded, Dear Sir? 02:24
13. Act 3 – Scene 3: O Thanks to God, Freedom Is Beckoning! 01:44
14. Act 3 – Scene 4: As long as We Are… Keep Silent, Please! 06:00
15. Act 3 – Scene 5: Who Is Shouting Here? 00:56
16. Act 3 – Scene 6: The Night Is Quiet 04:15
17. Act 3 – Scene 7: That Is Strange... What a Sorrow 03:51
18. Act 3: In Vain Do I Look Round and Round 05:22
19. Act 3 – Scene 8: Here You Have Him the Murderer! 05:05
20. Act 3 – Scene 9: We Know Now… Long Live the Truth! 03:30

CD 3
Bedřich Smetana
The Bartered Bride. A Comic Opera in 3 Acts
1. Overture 06:33
2. Act 1 – Scene 1: Let Us Rejoice, Let´s Be Merry 08:07
3. Act 1 – Scene 2: It Will Then Happen Like I Have Been Told! 01:22
4. Act 1 – Scene 2: Should I Ever Happen to Learn Something like That about You 03:52
5. Act 1 – Scene 2: It´s Only True That Your past Life Seems to Be Veiled in a Sort of Mystery 00:46
6. Act 1 – Scene 2: While a Mother´s Love Means Blessing, Painful Is a Stepmother´s Hate 02:23
7. Act 1 – Scene 2: Faithful Love Cannot Be Marred by Any Former Pledge or Promise 03:40
8. Act 1 – Scene 3: As I´m Saying, My Dear Fellow 05:04
9. Act 1 – Scene 3: Of Course, I Know Tobiáš Mícha since My Childhood 00:47
10. Act 1 – Scene 3: He´s Well Brought Up 03:45
11. Act 1 – Scene 4: Here She´s Coming! 04:48
12. Act 1 – Scene 4: Jeník Will Not Give In 01:43
13. Act 1 – Scene 5: Polka a Chorus - Come On, Girl, Let´s Be Merry 04:30
14. Act 2 – Scene 1: Beer´s No Doubt a Gift from Heaven 05:31
15. Act 2 – Scene 1: Furiant 02:10
16. Act 2 – Scene 2: My... My... My... Mother Dear Sa... Sa... Said to Me 02:18
17. Act 2 – Scene 3: You Are Surely Mařenka Krušinová´s Bridegroom? 01:18
18. Act 2 – Scene 3: I Know a Maiden Fair Whose Love for You Is Boundless 05:55

CD 4
Bedřich Smetana
The Bartered Bride. A Comic Opera in 3 Acts
1. Act 2 – Scene 4: As I Say, She’s Lovely, Sweet and Also Rich 02:54
2. Act 2 – Scene 4: Now Then, My Dear Man 03:33
3. Act 2 – Scene 4: I Know a Girl 01:58
4. Act 2 – Scene 4: And If You Renounce Mařenka I Shall Also Pay You Something 03:09
5. Act 2 – Scene 5: When You Find out for Whom You Have Bought a Bride 03:34
6. Act 2 – Scene 6: Come Inside, People 04:08
7. Act 3 – Scene 1: I... I Can’t Get It Off My... My Mind 04:01
8. Act 3 – Scene 2: March of the Comedians. We Announce to the Public 01:49
9. Act 3 – Scene 2: Dance of the Comedians (Saltation) 05:53
10. Act 3 – Scene 2: Oh... Oh... Oh... Oh, That Will Be Lovely 04:06
11. Act 3 – Scene 3: We Shall Make a Graceful Little Bear of You 01:34
12. Act 3 – Scene 4: Oh, Dear Me... Dear Me! 01:01
13. Act 3 – Scene 4: Quartetto - What? He Doesn´t Want Her? 02:38
14. Act 3 – Scene 4: No, No, I Don´t Believe 04:43
15. Act 3 – Scene 5: Tell...Tell Me What You Want? 01:14
16. Act 3 – Scene 5: Make up Your Mind, Mařenka, Take Your Time 03:14
17. Act 3 – Scene 6: Oh, What a Grief!... That Dream of Love 06:27
18. Act 3 – Scene 7: Mařenka Mine! 04:08
19. Act 3 – Scene 8: Well, so You Are Still Here, My Young Man? 01:07
20. Act 3 – Scene 8: Calm Down, Calm Down, Dear, Calm Down 03:28
21. Act 3 – Scene 9: What Have You Decided, Mařenka? 04:28
22. Act 3 – Scene 10: Save Yourselves! The Bear Has Got Loose! 03:00

CD 5
Bedřich Smetana
Dalibor. Opera in 3 Acts
1. Act 1 – Scene 1: Today the Judgement Will Be Passed 03:28
2. Act 1: An Orphan, Abandonned 04:59
3. Act 1 – Scene 1: March - The Arrival of the King and the Judges 02:19
4. Act 1: You Know By Now How Our Kingdom Fair 03:22
5. Act 1 – Scene 3: Step Forward Without Fear 03:19
6. Act 1: The Sun Did Set 06:23
7. Act 1 – Scene 4: Ah, What a Sight! 01:24
8. Act 1 – Scene 4: I Won´t Deny... When Zdeněk mine 02:50
9. Act 1: But Hear! 06:51
10. Act 1: Oh, Didst Thou Hear It 03:32
11. Act 1 – Scene 5: Here Do You See Me Bending Low 03:27
12. Act 1 – Scene 6: What Storm Here in My Bosom Is Raging 03:16
13. Act 2: Oh, Yes, the Gayest Is This Our World 03:25
14. Act 2 – Scene 1: By This Gay Song... My Dearest, My Yearning 02:34
15. Act 2: Of Dalibor´s Fate Didst Thou Surely Hear? 02:17
16. Act 2: Oh, Yes, the Gayest Is This Our World 04:59
17. Act 2 – Scene 1: Change of Stage I - Here Greatest Vigilance Is Needed 05:59
18. Act 2 – Scene 2: Oh, How Saddening Is a Jailer´s Life, How Hard 02:36
19. Act 2 – Scene 3: Everything Is Ready 04:52
20. Act 2 – Scene 4: Oh, Goodness! 02:44
21. Act 2 – Scene 5: Here Is the Violin 02:15

CD 6
Bedřich Smetana
Dalibor. Opera in 3 Acts
1. Act 2: Change of Stage II. - Listesso tempo (orchestra) 05:40
2. Act 2: It Was He Again? 04:07
3. Act 2 – Scene 2: Accept, I Beg, This Trifle from My Hand! 06:45
4. Act 2 – Scene 2: Oh, Unspeakable Charm of Love! 05:31
5. Act 3 – Scene 1: Glourious King! 03:18
6. Act 3: It Will be Near to Forty Years 04:02
7. Act 3 – Scene 2: At This Late Hour... Beautiful Aim That Any King Can Follow 05:31
8. Act 3: Are You Ready? 05:23
9. Act 3 – Scene 3: Change of Stage 1, It´s the Third Night... Oh, by What Marvel Thou 03:18
10. Act 3 – Scene 4: Oh, Heaven! He Shook His Chains! 05:30
11. Act 3 – Scene 4: Let so It Be! I’m Now Prepared to Die 05:32
12. Act 3 – Scene 5: No Trace as Yet of Our Convened Signal? 04:55
13. Act 3 – Scene 6: Milada! - Where Am I? 03:09
14. Act 3: Oh, Behold This Tender Rosebud 02:18
15. Act 3 – Scene 2: At This Late Hour... Beautiful Aim That Any King Can Follow 01:59

CD 7
Bedřich Smetana
Libuše. Festival Opera in 3 Acts
1. Overture 08:54
2. Act 1 – Scene 1: You, Krok’s Illustrious Daughter 03:30
3. Act 1: Eternal Gods, Ye That Dwell Above the Clouds 06:37
4. Act 1: I Cannot Join Them! 04:46
5. Act 1 – Scene 2: Alas That Between Sons Such 05:30
6. Act 1 – Scene 3: The Snake Is Not Here 02:35
7. Act 1: You Elders, Chieftains! 04:14
8. Act 1: I Am the Elder Son 05:17
9. Act 1: Both the Kinsmen, Brothers Klenovici 02:21
10. Act 1: You Yourselves Have Heard How He Insulted Me 06:50

CD 8
Bedřich Smetana
Libuše. Festival Opera in 3 Acts
1. Act 2 – Scene 1: Water the Horses Now and Wait for Me! 05:52
2. Act 2: My Father, Before You Proclaim Your Severe Judgment 11:22
3. Act 2: Like a Dark Cloud Chrudoš Rushed Through the Burg’s Gates 04:19
4. Act 2 – Scene 2: My Uncle Bid Me to My Father’s Grave 08:10
5. Act 2: With Krasava He’s Reconciled! 03:08
6. Act 2 – Scene 3: Heya! Heya! Without Rest Onward 04:30
7. Act 2: The Sun Is Blazing 06:02
8. Act 2: Nature Might Will Reward Our Labours 01:32
9. Act 2 – Scene 4: The Work Is Finished 02:47
10. Act 2: But I Shall Remain Here… O, Ye Lime-Trees 03:46
11. Act 2 – Scene 4, 5: What Is This Noise?… From Libuše We Bring You Greetings 07:35
12. Act 2: Peace Be With You, My Father’s Quiet Gardens 04:19
13. Act 2: In My Mind to You! 01:58

CD 9
Bedřich Smetana
Libuše. Festival Opera in 3 Acts
1. Act 3 – Scene 1: Peace Is Made Again Between Two Brothers 08:16
2. Act 3 – Scene 2: He Comes! He Still Remains Hidden… 03:03
3. Act 3 – Scene 3: Welcome to Us 02:35
4. Act 3 – Scene 4: Did She Not Say That All the Power… 04:52
5. Act 3 – Scene 5: Ceremonial Procession 05:17
6. Act 3: Hail, Stronghold Vyšehrad… O Gods, Ye, Who Are Surrounded by Glory 05:59
7. Act 3: I Have Learned About Two Brothers‘ Cruel Strife 06:03
8. Act 3: Libuše’s Prophecy: O Gods almighty 14:00

CD 10
Bedřich Smetana
Two Widows. Opera in 2 Acts
1. Overture 06:22
2. Act 1 – Scene 1: A Fine Morning 04:18
3. Act 1 – Scene 2: Oh, Good Morning, Dear Causin! 00:57
4. Act 1: I Rule Independently 03:59
5. Act 1: Well Then, What Would You Have Me Do? 00:46
6. Act 1 – Scene 3: Good Morning, Gracious Lady! 03:07
7. Act 1 – Scene 3: Our Good and Gracious Lady Feels Sympathy for Poachers 05:04
8. Act 1 – Scene 3: His Only Redeeming Grace Is That He Misses Everything! 01:50
9. Act 1 – Scene 4: If He Brings Here Now, What Then? 00:36
10. Act 1 – Scene 5: Will I Wander Here Long 04:51
11. Act 1 – Scene 6: Everything Is in Order, Gracious Lady 01:32
12. Act 1 – Scene 7: The Prisoner Is at the Door! 03:45
13. Act 1 – Scene 7: My ladies, I beg your forgiveness! 05:36
14. Act 1 – Scene 7: What Do You Want? 02:16
15. Act 1 – Scene 7: You Little Beast 06:07
16. Act 1: Look, Mumlal, We´ve Got You Here… Divine Love, a True Gift 04:43

CD 11
Bedřich Smetana
Two Widows. Opera in 2 Acts
1. Act 2: Overture II 02:19
2. Act 2 – Scene 1: When May Comes Calling 02:19
3. Act 2 – Scene 1: Fine Idea Keeping That Man Here 02:09
4. Act 2 – Scene 2: There Is No More Doubt… Decided, Finished 07:36
5. Act 2 – Scene 3: A Poem! 01:33
6. Act 2 – Scene 3: Do You Want to Keep Fleeing from Me 01:23
7. Act 2 – Scene 3: Ah, How Cruelly My Feigned Resistance 02:09
8. Act 2: What Do You Want to Tell Me? 05:24
9. Act 2 – Scene 3: But That Was Not in the Letter, Sir 02:29
10. Act 2 – Scene 4: Halt, Sir! 02:37
11. Act 2 – Scene 5: They Are Leaving Together to Have Fun 04:35
12. Act 2 – Scene 5: Oh, What a Beautiful Day 03:50
13. Act 2 – Scene 6: Fine! Wonderful! 01:24
14. Act 2 – Scene 6: When Anything at All Bothers Me 03:27
15. Act 2 – Scene 6: My Beloved, Worthy Friend 00:42
16. Act 2 – Scene 7: What´s This, Girl, What’s This? 04:02
17. Act 2 – Scene 8: Mumlal, Go and Grumble Like a Bear 04:22
18. Act 2 – Scene 9: Oh! Ah, What a Surprise 04:54
19. Act 2 – Scene 9: Gracious Lady! 04:58
20. Act 2: Finale: I Hereby Bring the Glorious News 00:31
21. Act 2: The Lord God Must Love Us 02:06
22. Act 2: Polka (dance) - The Lord God Must Love Us 04:09

CD 12
Bedřich Smetana
The Kiss. Comic Opera in 2 Acts
1. Overture 06:01
2. Act 1 – Scene 1: Vendulka! Father! Listen! Where Are You? 04:35
3. Act 1 – Scene 2: They´re Coming 01:04
4. Act 1 – Scene 3: Good Evening! You Act Like You’re Drunk 03:14
5. Act 1: Barče, Quickly, Something for Our Guests! 06:03
6. Act 1 – Scene 4: My Dearest! You Are Mine! ... We Belong to Each Other? 02:35
7. Act 1: No! Leave Me Be! 04:00
8. Act 1 – Scene 5: Never, Never in My Sorrow 07:09
9. Act 1 – Scene 5: No, I Say, Leave Me Be! 08:37
10. Act 1 – Scene 6: Just as I Said, So Has It Happened! 03:07
11. Act 1: Was He Right When He Warned Me? 01:19
12. Act 1 – Scene 7: Where´s He Going? ... As if He Forgot About That Lovely Time 02:24
13. Act 1: What Happened? ... I’m an Old Woman, My Dear Girl 03:20
14. Act 1 – Scene 7: And You, My Baby - Sleep Now, My Angel - A Little Snow White Dove Was Flying 04:23
15. Act 1 – Scene 8: What a Disgrace! 02:21
16. Act 1 – Scene 9: You Should Be Ashamed! Even a Boy Would Be Ashamed to Misbehave Like This! 02:32

CD 13
Bedřich Smetana
The Kiss. Comic Opera in 2 Acts
1. Act 2: Overture II 02:45
2. Act 2 – Scene 1: Go on! 04:23
3. Act 2 – Scene 2: Woe Is Me! ... If I Knew How to Erase My Guilt 03:53
4. Act 2 – Scene 3: What a Chase He Led Me! He Vanished like a Ghost! Just Ask for It, You Fool 07:06
5. Act 2 – Scene 4: Ha, ha, Lukáš, You Have Such Troubles With Your Love! 02:38
6. Act 2 – Scene 5: But There Are Two People! 03:43
7. Act 2 – Scene 5: Oh, How Could I Believe so Foolishly 03:21
8. Act 2 – Scene 6: Vendulka, Dearie, How Do You Like 02:47
9. Act 2 – Scene 6: Good Morning, Sir 02:30
10. Act 2 – Scene 6: He Showed You Well What Is Hidden in a Man 02:35
11. Act 2 – Scene 7: Ah! I Cannot Breathe for Running… Announce, Little Bird, a Good Morning! 05:02
12. Act 2 – Scene 8: Here Is Martinka’s Abode 04:25
13. Act 2 – Scene 9: It’s Him! It’s Her! 04:12

CD 14
Bedřich Smetana
The Secret. Comic Opera in 3 Acts
1. Overture 06:50
2. Act 1, Scene 1: Beautiful Corn 07:29
3. Act 1 – Scene 2: Now, Master, Now! 04:53
4. Act 1 – Scene 3: How Lively It Is Here! 02:00
5. Act 1: Listen, You Distant World! 03:44
6. Act 1: Not One Word More! 04:38
7. Act 1 – Scene 4: Look, the Bagpipes Have Arrived, Come, Uncle, Play! 02:09
8. Act 1 – Scene 5: Father, Please! Stop It, Father! 01:23
9. Act 1: My Little Vít! Including How I Love to Hear 01:44
10. Act 1 – Scene 6: Here I Am Fighting 02:36
11. Act 1 – Scene 7: Where’s Councillor Kalina? 01:07
12. Act 1 – Scene 8: What’s the Hurry? 01:28
13. Act 1 – Scene 9: I Wonder If She Is Here? 04:33
14. Act 2 – Scene 1: I´m a Beggar! 08:05
15. Act 2 – Scene 2: Rise from under the Earth Including Mother of God, Bestow on Me 01:33
16. Act 2 – Scene 3: What? My Sweetheart… My Joy 02:50
17. Act 2 – Scene 4: What? My Sweetheart… My Joy 04:14
18. Act 2: When I But Hear the Tune of Your Horn 03:23
19. Act 2: What Has Saddened Your Hard So? … You Cast Down Your Sweet Eyes 02:38
20. Act 2 – Scene 5: What a Pretty Scene! 01:53
21. Act 2: There, There, Look If It Is True 01:50

CD 15
Bedřich Smetana
The Secret. Comic Opera in 3 Acts
1. Act 2 – Scene 6: Well, Father! 04:59
2. Act 2: What False Assumption 03:56
3. Act 2: That Is the Fire of True Love! 02:52
4. Act 2 – Scene 7: Who’s Here? It’s Me, Dear! 03:52
5. Act 2 – Scene 8: I’m Ready. I’ve Made Up My Mind! 03:33
6. Act 3, Scene 1: With Joy and Happiness We'll Help with the Hops 01:50
7. Act 3: The Water from the High Hills Is Falling - Look! What Is This? Unheard Of! 03:09
8. Act 3: You Are Wrong If You Think I´ll Give Her to Vít 01:42
9. Act 3: I’ll Give Vít My Faughter 02:19
10. Act 3, Scene 2: Auntie, May Vít Come In? 05:34
11. Act 3: Why Such a Silence? Sing, Skřivánek! 01:49
12. Act 3 – Scene 3: Hah - ’Tis Him! And Alive! 02:33
13. Act 3 – Scene 4: What’s Happening Here? 01:23
Bedřich Smetana
Viola. Comic Opera (fragment)
14. Act 1 – Scene 1: How Dread! Behold, the Boat Is Forced on the Rocks! 01:52
15. Act 1 – Scene 2: My Protector, Where Are We? 03:38
16. Act 1 – Scene 3: They Have Already Landed Beneath the Rocks 02:38
17. Act 1: My Child! You Look So Magnanimous! 03:48
18. Act 1 – Scene 4: Even in the Wilderness I Am Not Alone 02:16

CD 16
Bedřich Smetana
The Devil´s Wall. Opera in 3 Acts
1. Overture 02:56
2. Act 1 – Scene 1: A Horse Without a Rider Has Come 02:19
3. Act 1: He Is the First Man Among the Czechs… At First Sight We Can’t Be 04:17
4. Act 1 – Scene 2: No One? … Happy Me 03:50
5. Act 1 – Scene 2: The Morn’s Greetings! … The Sun Has Risen 02:39
6. Act 1 – Scene 3: I Bid You Welcom, My Maiden 02:02
7. Act 1 – Scene 3: Have You, Perchance, Lost Faith in Me? … Thus to Rest in Your Arms 04:39
8. Act 1 – Scene 4: Ha, ha, ha, My Dearest Ones 01:23
9. Act 1 – Scene 5: Welcome Home, Our Noble Lord 04:40
10. Act 1 – Scene 5: My, My Lord! O, My Dearest Lord! 06:53
11. Act 1 – Scene 5: O, Woe Is Me! 05:40
12. Act 1 – Scene 6: A Swift Messenger Is Approaching... Is It for Me? 04:15
13. Act 1 – Scene 6: Only One Lovely Woman´s Beauty Touched Me 05:41
14. Act 1 – Scene 6: In Fatherly Way You Wish to Protect Her 02:08
15. Act 2 – Scene 1: Who Will Offer Shelter to the Weary? 01:27
16. Act 2 – Scene 1: Where Can I Flee before so Sweet an Image? 05:57
17. Act 2 – Scene 1: Sleep, My Innocent One! 01:10

CD 17
Bedřich Smetana
The Devil´s Wall. Opera in 3 Acts
1. Act 2 – Scene 1: May Love’s Sweet Delusion 04:04
2. Act 2 – Scene 2: It Is Hard to Get Accustomed To! 04:19
3. Act 2 – Scene 3: Do Something, Father, That Lord Vok May Now Take That 02:45
4. Act 2 – Scene 4: Jarek! My Dearest Friend! Welcome!… Like an Orphaned Bird 03:21
5. Act 2 – Scene 4: O, What Great Happiness 02:32
6. Act 2 – Scene 5: Welcome, Welcome to This Castle! 01:29
7. Act 2 – Scene 5: I Am an Orphan… Your Dearest Mother’s Voice 04:37
8. Act 2 – Scene 6: O, What a Whirl! 05:20
9. Act 2 – Scene 7: What Is Your Grave News, Our Lord? 06:22
10. Act 3, Scene 1 - There´s the Monastery 03:13
11. Act 3, Scene 2 - Where Are You Taking Me? 04:07
12. Act 3, Scene 3 - My Eyes Have Seen It! 08:03
13. Act 3, Scene 4 - I Am Good Shepherd of Sheep 03:24
14. Act 3 – Scene 5: Come, Quietly and Stealthily 05:17
15. Act 3 – Scene 6: Ah! Run for safety! 00:22
16. Act 3 – Scene 6: A Hellish Dance 02:40
17. Act 3 – Scene 6: Enough Now! 02:36
18. Act 3 – Scene 7: Ah, I Know Why Záviš Is Pursuing Me So Hard!… O, God of Love 03:17
19. Act 3 – Scene 7: Where Are You Going? To Help and Save Vok 00:48
20. Act 3 – Scene 8: Save Yourselves! Floods Threaten the Monastery! 00:33
21. Act 3 – Scene 9: To Pray Alone He Went to the Church 02:38
22. Act 3 – Scene 9: Permit, Lord of the Rose 02:38

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