Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) - Rusalka, Op. 114 (1998)
Cover Front Album
Composer Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904)
Conductor Charles Mackerras
Orchestra / Ensemble I Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Length 162:55
Format CD
Genre Vocal; Opera
Chorus I The Kühn Mixed Choir
Chorus Master Pavel Kuhn
Index 188
Out of Print No
Musicians
Soloist Fleming; Heppner; Zajick; Hawlata; Urbanova; Kusnjer; Kloubova; Aghova; Buresova; Minutillo
Credits
Producer Michael Haas
Label Decca
Track List
57:24
01 Act I: Prelude 04:21
02 Act I: Hou, hou, hou, stoji mesic nad vodou 04:35
03 Act I: I pekne vitam, pekne vitam 03:07
04 Act I: Hastrmanku, taticku 05:10
05 Act I: Sem casto prichazi a v objeti me stoupa 04:08
06 Act I: Mesicku na nebi hlubokem 06:25
07 Act I: Ta voda studi, studi! Jezibabo! Jezibabo! 03:15
08 Act I: Staleta moudrost tva vsechno vi 05:03
09 Act I: Tvoje moudrost vsechno tusi 05:00
10 Act I: Cury mury fuk 02:49
11 Act I: Jel mlady lovec, jel a jel 04:35
12 Act I: Ustante v lovu, na hrad vrafte se 05:20
13 Act I: Sestry, jedna schazi z nas! 03:36
46:40
01 Act II: Jarku, jarku, klouce mile 04:27
02 Act II: U nas v lese strasi 04:06
03 Act II: Jiz tyden dlis po boku 05:06
04 Act II: Zda na chvili princ vzpomene si prec 05:50
05 Act II: Slavnostni hudba 05:03
06 Act II: Cely svet neda ti, neda 04:34
07 Act II: Kvetiny bile po ceste 03:22
08 Act II: Rusalko, znas mne, znas 07:00
09 Act II: Vidis je, vidis? Jsou tu zas 07:12
58:51
01 Act III: Necitelna vodni moci 08:40
02 Act III: Aj, aj? Uz jsi se navratila? 07:58
03 Act III: Vyrvana zivotu v hlubokou samotu 04:45
04 Act III: Ze se bojis? Tresky, plesky 07:34
05 Act III: Mam, zlate vlasky mam 09:11
06 Act III: Bila moje lani! Bila moje lani! 04:54
07 Act III: Milacku, znas mne, znas? 05:21
08 Act III: Libej mne, libej, mir mi prej 10:28
Personal
Purchase Date 7/30/2002
Value $51.00
Store BMG
Condition 100%
Librettist Jaroslav Kvapil (1868-1950)
Nationality Czech
Premiere National Theater, Prague, March 31, 1901
"Form" Lyrical Fairy-tale in Three Acts
Language Czech
Period Romantic
Details
Studio Rudolfinum, Prague
Catalog Number 460 568-2
Live No
Recording Date 4/28/1998
Spars DDD
Reissue No
Sound Stereo
Notes
Rusalka: Renee Fleming
Princ - The Prince: Ben Heppner
Vodnik - The Water Goblin: Franz Hawlata
Jezibaba - The Witch: Dolora Zajick
Cizi knezna - The Foreign Princess: Eva Urbanova
Hajny - The Gamekeeper: Ivan Kusnjer
Kuchtik - The Turnspit: Zdena Kloubova
Lesni zinky - Three Wood Nymphs: Livia Aghova; Dana Buresova; Hana Minutillo
Lovec - A Huntsman: Ivan Kusnjer

Notes, illustrations, text and translation

Essay: "'I Wanted to Devote All My Powers to the Creation of Opera': Dvorak and the Stage" by Patrick Lambert