Janacek: The Makropulos Case (The Makropulos Affair, Vec Makropulos)

This page lists all recordings of The Makropulos Case (The Makropulos Affair, Vec Makropulos), by Leos Janacek (1854-1928) on CD & DVD. Generally, more recent CDs and DVDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock.

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Janácek - Vec Makropulos

Janacek:

The Makropulos Case

(Vec Makropulos)

Elisabeth Söderström, Petr Dvorský, Vladimir Krejcik, Anna Czaková, Václav Zítek, Zdenek Svehla, Dalibor Jedlicka, Jirí Joran, Ivana Mixová, Beno Blachut & Blanka Vitková

Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Charles Mackerras

Lachian Dances

London Philharmonic Orchestra, François Huybrechts

“For those wanting a Czech-language performance of Janácek's opera of mortality, Mackerras's 1978 account, led by the intelligently conceived Emilia Marty of Elisabeth Söderström, and with the Vienna Philharmonic on resplendent form, retains the palm.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2009 ****

Decca - Originals - 4781711

(CD - 2 discs)

$21.99

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Janacek: The Makropulos Case

Sung in English (translation by Norman Tucker)

Cheryl Barker (Emilia Marty - 'E.M.'), Robert Brubaker (Albert Gregor), John Graham-Hall (Vítek), Elena Xanthoudakis (Kristina), John Wegner (Baron Jaroslav Prus), Thomas Walker (Janek Prus), Neal Davies (Dr Kolenaty), Graeme Danby (Stage Hand), Graham Clark (Count Hauk-Šendorf)

English National Opera Chorus & English National Opera Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras

Live recording from the Coliseum

"Sir Charles Mackerras conducts with the energy of a man possessed, confirming his status as the world’s preeminent Janácek interpreter and producing a blistering performance from the ENO orchestra… It’s the humanity of Janácek’s music that finally triumphs in this magnificent, insightful production." The Guardian (review from the performance)

“Mackerras's reading, recorded in live performance, is slightly more expansive than his benchmark Vienna version… but the passionately lyrical urgency and sense of mystery drive it along just as compellingly. Cheryl Barker has the right kind of imperious soprano for Emilia Marty... This doesn't outclass Mackerras's Viennese set... But this is more vivid and dramatic, and its immediacy also offers English-speaking listeners easier access to this strange but rewarding masterpiece.” BBC Music Magazine, March 2007 ****

Gramophone Awards 2007