Gabriela Benackova – Smetana: Libuše (2024) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Gabriela Benackova – Smetana: Libuše (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:46:14 minutes | 2,61 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © SUPRAPHON a.s.

The opera Libuše occupies a unique position in Czech national culture. Smetana composed it as a festive opera to be performed on occasions celebrating the Czech nation. The first such was theopening of the National Theatre in Prague in 1881, when the work was premiered. Supraphon’s catalogue already contains CDs of Smetana’s Libuše in two live complete recordings documenting the interpretational mastery of the artists associated with the National Theatre: the legendary recording of the performance in 1983 marking the reopening of the theatre after its reconstruction andfeaturing Gabriela Beňačková in the lead role, and the 1995 recording of the new production of Libuše at the National, when the lead role was undertaken by Eva Urbanová.

Tracklist:

1-1. Zdenek Kosler – Libuše: “Overture” (Live) (08:54)
1-2. Gabriela Benackova – Libuše, Act I, Scene 1: “You, Krok’s Illustrious Daughter” (Libuše, Krasava, Radmila) (Live) (03:30)
1-3. Gabriela Benackova – Libuše, Act I: “Eternal Gods, Ye That Dwell Above the Clouds” (Libuše, Krasava, Radmila) (Live) (06:37)
1-4. Vera Soukupova – Libuše, Act I: “I Cannot Join Them!” (Krasava, Radmila) (Live) (04:46)
1-5. Leo Marian Vodička – Libuše, Act I, Scene 2: “Alas That Between Sons Such” (Chrudoš, Šťáhlav, Lutobor, Radovan) (Live) (05:30)
1-6. Antonin Svorc – Libuše, Act I, Scene 3: “The Snake Is Not Here” (Chrudoš) (Live) (02:35)
1-7. Gabriela Benackova – Libuše, Act I: “You Elders, Chieftains!” (Libuše) (Live) (04:14)
1-8. Gabriela Benackova – Libuše, Act I: “I Am the Elder Son” (Libuše, Chrudoš, Šťáhlav) (Live) (05:17)
1-9. Gabriela Benackova – Libuše, Act I: “Both the Kinsmen, Brothers Klenovici” (Libuše, Chrudoš, Šťáhlav, Lutobor, Radovan) (Live) (02:21)
1-10. Gabriela Benackova – Libuše, Act I: “You Yourselves Have Heard How He Insulted Me” (Libuše, Radovan) (Live) (06:50)
1-11. Karel Prusa – Libuše, Act II, Scene 1: “Water the Horses Now and Wait for Me!” (Lutobor, Krasava) (Live) (05:52)
1-12. Leo Marian Vodička – Libuše, Act II: “My Father, Before You Proclaim Your Severe Judgment” (Šťáhlav, Lutobor, Krasava, Radmila) (Live) (11:21)
1-13. Karel Prusa – Libuše, Act II: “Like a Dark Cloud Chrudoš Rushed Through the Burg’s Gates” (Lutobor) (Live) (04:19)
1-14. Antonin Svorc – Libuše, Act II, Scene 2: “My Uncle Bid Me to My Father’s Grave” (Chrudoš, Krasava) (Live) (08:10)
1-15. Leo Marian Vodička – Libuše, Act II: “With Krasava He’s Reconciled!” (Chrudoš, Šťáhlav, Krasava, Radmila) (Live) (03:08)
1-16. Jana Jonasova – Libuše, Act II, Scene 3: “Heya! Heya! Without Rest Onward” (Four Harvesters) (Live) (04:30)
1-17. Vaclav Zitek – Libuše, Act II: “The Sun Is Blazing” (Přemysl) (Live) (06:02)
1-18. Jana Jonasova – Libuše, Act II: “Nature Might Will Reward Our Labours” (Přemysl, Four Harvesters) (Live) (01:32)
1-19. Vaclav Zitek – Libuše, Act II, Scene 4: “The Work Is Finished” (Přemysl) (Live) (02:47)
1-20. Vaclav Zitek – Libuše, Act III, Scene 5: “But I Shall Remain Here… O, Ye Lime-Trees” (Přemysl) (Live) (03:46)
1-21. Vaclav Zitek – Libuše, Act II, Scene 4, 5: “What Is This Noise?… From Libuše We Bring You Greetings” (Přemysl, Radovan) (Live) (07:35)
1-22. Vaclav Zitek – Libuše, Act II: “Peace Be With You, My Father’s Quiet Gardens” (Přemysl) (Live) (04:19)
1-23. Vaclav Zitek – Libuše, Act II: “In My Mind to You!” (Přemysl, Radovan) (Live) (01:58)
1-24. Gabriela Benackova – Libuše, Act III, Scene 1: “Peace Is Made Again Between Two Brothers” (Libuše, Chrudoš, Šťáhlav, Lutobor, Krasava, Radmila) (Live) (08:16)
1-25. Gabriela Benackova – Libuše, Act III, Scene 2: “He Comes! He Still Remains Hidden…” (Libuše, Chrudoš, Šťáhlav, Lutobor, Krasava, Radmila) (Live) (03:03)
1-26. Gabriela Benackova – Libuše, Act III, Scene 3: “Welcome to Us” (Libuše) (Live) (02:35)
1-27. Leo Marian Vodička – Libuše, Act III, Scene 4: “Did She Not Say That All the Power…” (Chrudoš, Šťáhlav, Lutobor, Krasava) (Live) (04:52)
1-28. Zdenek Kosler – Libuše, Act III, Scene 5: “Ceremonial Procession” (Live) (05:17)
1-29. Gabriela Benackova – Libuše, Act III: “Hail, Stronghold Vyšehrad… O Gods, Ye, Who Are Surrounded by Glory” (Libuše, Přemysl, Chrudoš, Šťáhlav, Lutobor, Radovan, Krasava, Radmila) (Live) (05:58)
1-30. Gabriela Benackova – Libuše, Act III: “I Have Learned About Two Brothers‘ Cruel Strife” (Libuše, Přemysl, Šťáhlav, Lutobor, Radovan, Krasava, Radmila) (Live) (06:03)
1-31. Gabriela Benackova – Libuše, Act III: “Libuše’s Prophecy: O Gods Almighty” (Libuše, Přemysl, Chrudoš, Šťáhlav, Lutobor, Radovan, Krasava, Radmila) (Live) (14:00)

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