Offer,Smetana: The Bartered Bride
Susan Gritton (Ma¡renka), Yvette Bonner (Esmeralda), Yvonne Howard (Ludmila), Diana Montague (Háta), Paul Charles Clarke (Jeník), Robin Leggate (Ringmaster), Timothy Robinson (Va¡sek), Neal Davies (Kru¡sina), Geoffrey Moses (Mícha), Peter Rose (Kecal) & Kit Hesketh-Harvey (Indian)
Philharmonia...
By almost any reckoning, this is the most popular of Czech operas, in the repertory of almost every opera house, so it is astonishing how few recordings have appeared in recent years; Košler's... — More…
2 CDs
$21.25Contents
Excerpt,
- Sir Charles Mackerras, Philharmonic Orchestra
Overture
Smetana: The Bartered Bride, Act I Scene I
- Sir Charles Mackerras, Philharmonic Orchestra, The Royal Opera Chorus, Paul Charles Clarke, Susan Gritton
Time at last for celebration
Why do you look so downcast
Smetana: The Bartered Bride, Act I Scene II
- Sir Charles Mackerras, Philharmonic Orchestra, Susan Gritton, Paul Charles Clarke
Jeník, what will happen if Mother's right?
Aria "Promise me that you would never"
Is it so unfair to want to know
Duet "Such a mother is a blessing"
Faithful love I vow to you
Smetana: The Bartered Bride, Act I Scene III
- Sir Charles Mackerras, Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Rose, Neal Davies, Yvonne Howard
Every detail has been sorted
Hold it! Are we not forgetting
Trio "Well, as I told you, he's kind and he's gentle"
Smetana: The Bartered Bride, Act I Scene IV
- Sir Charles Mackerras, Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Rose, Yvonne Howard, Neal Davies, Susan Gritton
Look! She's coming!
Fine then, say what you will
Smetana: The Bartered Bride, Act I Scene V
- Sir Charles Mackerras, Philharmonic Orchestra, The Royal Opera Chorus
Introduction. Polka
Smetana: The Bartered Bride, Act II Scene I
- Sir Charles Mackerras, Philharmonic Orchestra, The Royal Opera Chorus, Paul Charles Clarke, Peter Rose
So charge the glasses, lads
Furiant
Smetana: The Bartered Bride, Act II Scene II
- Sir Charles Mackerras, Philharmonic Orchestra, Timothy Robinson
Ma. . . Ma. . . My mamma said
Smetana: The Bartered Bride, Act II Scene III
- Sir Charles Mackerras, Philharmonic Orchestra, Susan Gritton, Timothy Robinson
Don't say you're the body
Duet "I know there's a girl for you"
Smetana: The Bartered Bride, Act II Scene IV
- Sir Charles Mackerras, Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Rose, Paul Charles Clarke
I have plenty of others
Duet "Just a word or two, my friend
Time and time again I encounter men
Think what it's worth, lad
You'll go home to Moravia?