BEDRICH SMETANA
The Bartered Bride (Prague, 1866)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bĕlohlávek
2h16
Digital
HMC902119.20
Apple Music
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A classic! And yet Smetana was thoroughly irritated by the torrents of praise lavished, in the last years of his life, on this Bartered Bride which had been categorically rejected at its premiere (1866) by a Czech public waiting to hear the genuine national opera. Four versions of the work later, and after many critical complaints (sometimes it was found too long, sometimes too short), it was realised that the composer had given birth to a genre built to last. For nearly 150 years now, The Bartered Bride has triumphed in opera houses all over the world; and in the present recording it is in the hands of a true team of experts.
BEDRICH SMETANA The Bartered Bride La Fiancée vendue · Overture (6'35) ACT I · Scene 1. Sbor Proc bychom se netesili (8'02) · Scene 2. Marenka Tak tedy prece se to státi má? (1'20) · Marenka Kdybych se co takového (3'43) · Marenka Konecne je celá (0'42) · Jeník, Marenka Jako matka pozehnáním (5'56) · Scene 3. Kecal Jak vám pravím (4'59) · Krusina Ovsem, Tobiáse Míchu znám uz od detství (0'51) · Kecal Mladík slusny a mravu víc tichych (3'41) · Scene 4. Krusina, Ludmila, Kecal Tu ji máme (5'04) · Marenka Jeník neupustí, to vím (1'51) · Scene 5. Kecal Ach, jak svet je zvráceny (4'44) ACT II · Scene 1. Sbor To pivecko to veru je nebesky dar (5'08) · Furiant (2'14) · Scene 2. Vasek Ma... ma... ma... maticka (2'18) · Scene 3. Marenka Vy jste zajisté zenich Krusinovy Marenky? (1'20) · Marenka Známt já jednu dívcinu (5'55)
The Bartered Bride La Fiancée vendue ACT II · Scene 4. Kecal Jak pravím, hezká je (0'39) · Kecal Nuze, mily chasníku (7'49) · Kecal Odreknes-li se Marenky (3'09) · Scene 5. Jeník Az uzrís, komus (3'03) · Scene 6. Kecal Pojdte, lidicky (4'24) ACT III · Scene 1. Vasek To... to mi v hlave le... lezí (3'33) · Scene 2. Pochod Komediantu (0'32) · Principál Ohlasujeme slavnému publikum (1'27) · Skocná (5'50) · Vasek Je... je... je... je, to bude hezké (4'30) · Principál, Esmeralda Milostné zvírátko (1'44) · Scene 3. Vasek Oh, já ne... nestastny! (1'03) · Háta, Kecal, Mícha Aj, jakze? Jakze? (2'35) · Scene 4. Marenka Ne, tomu neverím (4'09) · Scene 5. Vasek Co... co poráde chcete? (1'05) · Vsichni Rozmysli si, Marenko, rozmysli (3'44) · Scene 6. Marenka Oh, jaky zal! (5'48) · Scene 7. Jeník Marenko má, Marenko má (4'16) · Scene 8. Kecal Hle, hle! Chasníku, cekás uz na peníze? (1'09) · Jeník Utis se, dívko, utis se (3'10) · Scene 9. Sbor Jak jsi se, Marenko, rozmyslila? (4'56) · Scene 10. Jeden Kluk Spaste dusi! (0'14) · Vasek Ne... ne... nebojte se! (0'38) · Sbor Dobrá vec se podarila (2'08)
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