Smetana: The Bartered Bride

Harmonia Mundi: HMC902119/20

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Harmonia Mundi

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HMC902119/20

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28th Aug 2012

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3149020211922

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Smetana: The Bartered Bride

sung in Czech

Tomás Juhás (Jeník), Dana Buresová (Marenka), Jozsef Benci (Kecal), Svotapluk Sem (Krusina), Stanislava Jirku (Ludmilla), Ales Vorácek (Vasek), Jaroslav Brezina (Ringmaster), Katerina Knezíková (Esmeralda), Ondrej Mráz (Indian), Lucie Hilscherová (Háta), Gustáv Belácek (Micha), Maxim Dusek (First Child) & Babette Rust (Second Child)

BBC Singers & BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jirí Belohlávek

CD - 2 discs

$26.25

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Smetana: The Bartered Bride

play Overture

play Act I, Scene 1

play Act I, Scene 2a

play Act I, Scene 2b

play Act I, Scene 2c

play Act I, Scene 2d

play Act I, Scene 3a

play Act I, Scene 3b

play Act I, Scene 3c

play Act I, Scene 4a

play Act I, Scene 4b

play Act I, Scene 5

play Act II, Scene 1a

play Act II, Scene 1b

play Act II, Scene 2

play Act II, Scene 3a

play Act II, Scene 3b

play Act II, Scene 4a

play Act II, Scene 4b

play Act II, Scene 4c

play Act II, Scene 5

play Act II, Scene 6

play Act III, Scene 1

play Act III, Scene 2a

play Act III, Scene 2b

play Act III, Scene 2c

play Act III, Scene 2d

play Act III, Scene 2e

play Act III, Scene 3a

play Act III, Scene 3b

play Act III, Scene 4

play Act III, Scene 5a

play Act III, Scene 5b

play Act III, Scene 6

play Act III, Scene 7

play Act III, Scene 8a

play Act III, Scene 8b

play Act III, Scene 9

play Act III, Scene 10a

play Act III, Scene 10b

play Act III, Scene 10c

13th September 2012 ****	“It's a thoughtful, searching interpretation that emphasises Smetana's bittersweet sense of comedy and is, at times, extraordinarily moving; it might not be quite to your taste if you view the piece primarily as bucolic farce. Bělohlávek occasionally deploys bigger, more dramatic voices than we would usually find in western European performances...Voráček [is] the best ever Vašek”
December 2012 ****	“The slimlined BBC Symphony Orchestra adapts admirably to Jiri Belohlavek's blend of rustic cheerfulness and Wagnerian hues; they are absolutely irresistable in the Dance of the Comedians...Dana Buresová and Tomás Juhás are not, perhaps, the most warm-hearted of lovers, but both negotiate Smetana's technical challenges with aplomb.”
The Arts Desk 10th November 2012	“Deep joy…One of those opera recordings that you’re reluctant to switch off”
December 2012	“[Belohlavek] has something of Wolfgang Sawallisch's temperament: intelligent, alert but observing the music from an objective mid-distance...But even chestnuts such as the famous Overture lack that extra edge of vitality often heard elsewhere...[Buresova] comes to the role of Marenka as a Smetana specialist whose every phrase has a ring of truth.”
2nd December 2012 *****	“an irresistible performance...Effervescent from overture to the finale, the BBC Symphony Orchestra plays with sheeny strings, while the BBC Singers deliver crisp and clear ensemble...although Dana Buresova and Tomas Juhas enjoy the sweetest melodies as the frustrated lovers, tenor Ales Voracek steals the show as the stuttering Vasek.”
9th December 2012	“If none of the names in Belohlavek’s all-Czech cast is of the household variety, they have this “nationalist” tragicomedy in their blood.”