Prague National Theatre Orchestra, Zdeněk Košler – Smetana: The Secret and Viola (fragment) (2024) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Prague National Theatre Orchestra, Zdeněk Košler – Smetana: The Secret and Viola (fragment) (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:05:01 minutes | 1,82 GB | Genre: Classical, Opera
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In May 1876, even before the premiere of The Kiss, eliška Krásnohorská offered Smetana a subject that combined a story set in a folk environment with elements of fairy tale, magic, and superstition. The action was very complicated, and the material was not used, but certain motifs from it found their way into the libretto for their next opera together, The Secret. Like in The Bartered Bride, the story features two peasants with differing personalities. Atmosphere is provided by the mysterious surroundings of the ruins of old Bezděz Castle, and the plot’s various snares and pitfalls combine a realistic story with a tall tale. Old love amounts to a powerful motif. Somewhere below Bezděz Castle live two widowers, Kalina and Malina, who bear a mutual grudge for reasons lying in the distant past, when the poor man Kalina asked for the hand of Róza, the rich peasant Malina’s sister, but he was rejected by her family. He then married a poor girl, and because he was industrious and, above all, defiant, he managed to build a house, which is just about to be finished.

Tracklist:

1-1. Prague National Theatre Orchestra – The Secret: “Overture” (06:50)
1-2. Vera Soukupova – The Secret, Act I, Scene 1: “Beautiful Corn” (Miss Róza, Bonifác) (07:29)
1-3. Karel Prusa – The Secret, Act I, Scene 2: “Now, Master, Now!” (Bonifác, Kalina, Master bricklayer, Innkeeper) (04:53)
1-4. Jaroslav Horacek – The Secret, Act I, Scene 3: “How Lively It Is Here!” (Malina, Kalina, Skřivánek) (02:00)
1-5. Vaclav Zitek – The Secret, Act I: “Listen, You Distant World!” (Kalina, Skřivánek, Miss Róza, Bonifác, Master bricklayer, Innkeeper) (03:44)
1-6. Jaroslav Horacek – The Secret, Act I: “Not One Word More!” (Malina, Kalina, Miss Róza, Bonifác, Skřivánek, Master bricklayer, Innkeeper) (04:38)
1-7. Jaroslav Horacek – The Secret, Act I, Scene 4: “Look, the Bagpipes Have Arrived, Come, Uncle, Play!” (Malina, Kalina, Bonifác) (02:09)
1-8. Jaroslav Horacek – The Secret, Act I, Scene 5: “Father, Please! Stop It, Father!” (Malina, Kalina, Miss Róza, Blaženka, Vít) (01:23)
1-9. Leo Marian Vodička – The Secret, Act I: “My Little Vít! Including How I Love to Hear” (Vít) (01:44)
1-10. Vaclav Zitek – The Secret, Act I, Scene 6: “Here I Am Fighting” (Kalina, Vít, Bonifác) (02:36)
1-11. Karel Prusa – The Secret, Act I, Scene 7: “Where’s Councillor Kalina?” (Bonifác, Master bricklayer) (01:07)
1-12. Bohuslav Maršík – The Secret, Act I, Scene 8: “What’s the Hurry?” (Master bricklayer, Innkeeper, Jirka) (01:28)
1-13. Daniela Šounová-Brouková – The Secret, Act I, Scene 9: “I Wonder If She Is Here?” (Blaženka, Vít, Skřivánek, Jirka) (04:33)
1-14. Vaclav Zitek – The Secret, Act II, Scene 1: “I´m a Beggar!” (Kalina) (08:05)
1-15. Pavel Horacek – The Secret, Act II, Scene 2: “Rise from under the Earth Including Mother of God, Bestow on Me” (Ghost of Friar Barnabáš) (01:33)
1-16. Prague National Theatre Chorus – The Secret, Act II, Scene 3: “Mother of God, Bestow on Me the Ray of Your Blessing!” (Kalina, Skřivánek) (02:50)
1-17. Daniela Šounová-Brouková – The Secret, Act II, Scene 4: “What? My Sweetheart… My Joy” (Blaženka, Vít) (04:14)
1-18. Daniela Šounová-Brouková – The Secret, Act II: “When I But Hear the Tune of Your Horn” (Blaženka) (03:23)
1-19. Daniela Šounová-Brouková – The Secret, Act II: “What Has Saddened Your Hard So? … You Cast Down Your Sweet Eyes” (Blaženka, Vít) (02:38)
1-20. Daniela Šounová-Brouková – The Secret, Act II, Scene 5: “What a Pretty Scene!” (Blaženka, Vít, Bonifác) (01:53)
1-21. Jaroslav Horacek – The Secret, Act II: “There, There, Look If It Is True” (Malina, Kalina, Skřivánek, Master bricklayer) (01:50)
1-22. Jaroslav Horacek – The Secret, Act II, Scene 6: “Well, Father!” (Malina, Kalina, Miss Róza, Blaženka, Vít, Skřivánek, Master bricklayer) (04:59)
1-23. Jaroslav Horacek – The Secret, Act II: “What False Assumption” (Malina, Kalina, Miss Róza, Blaženka, Vít, Bonifác, Skřivánek, Master bricklayer) (03:56)
1-24. Vera Soukupova – The Secret, Act II: “That Is the Fire of True Love!” (Miss Róza) (02:52)
1-25. Vera Soukupova – The Secret, Act II: “Who’s Here? It’s Me, Dear!” (Miss Róza, Bonifác) (03:52)
1-26. Vaclav Zitek – The Secret, Act II, Scene 8: “I’m Ready. I’ve Made Up My Mind!” (Kalina, Miss Róza, Bonifác) (03:33)
1-27. Jaroslav Horacek – The Secret, Act III, Scene 1: “With Joy and Happiness We’ll Help with the Hops” (Malina, Miss Róza, Blaženka, Master bricklayer) (01:50)
1-28. Daniela Šounová-Brouková – The Secret, Act III: “The Water from the High Hills Is Falling – Look! What Is This? Unheard Of!” (Blaženka) (03:09)
1-29. Jaroslav Horacek – The Secret, Act III: “You Are Wrong If You Think I´ll Give Her to Vít” (Malina, Miss Róza, Master bricklayer) (01:42)
1-30. Jaroslav Horacek – The Secret, Act III: “I’ll Give Vít My Faughter” (Malina, Bonifác, Skřivánek) (02:19)
1-31. Jaroslav Horacek – The Secret, Act III, Scene 2: “Auntie, May Vít Come In?” (Malina, Miss Róza, Blaženka, Vít, Bonifác, Master bricklayer, Skřivánek) (05:34)
1-32. Jaroslav Horacek – The Secret, Act III: “Why Such a Silence? Sing, Skřivánek!” (Malina, Bonifác, Skřivánek) (01:49)
1-33. Vaclav Zitek – The Secret, Act III: “Hah – ’Tis Him! And Alive!” (Kalina, Miss Róza) (02:33)
1-34. Jaroslav Horacek – The Secret, Act III, Scene 4: “What’s Happening Here?” (Malina, Kalina, Blaženka, Vít) (01:23)
1-35. Jaroslav Horacek – Viola, Act I, Scene 1: “How Dread! Behold, the Boat Is Forced on the Rocks!” (Marko) (01:52)
1-36. Drahomira Drobkova – Viola, Act I, Scene 2: “My Protector, Where Are We?” (Sebastian, Antonio) (03:38)
1-37. Marie Vesela – Viola, Act I, Scene 3: “They Have Already Landed Beneath the Rocks” (Viola, Marko, The Fisherman) (02:38)
1-38. Jaroslav Horacek – Viola, Act I: “My Child! You Look So Magnanimous!” (Marko, Viola) (03:48)
1-39. Jaroslav Horacek – Viola, Act I, Scene 4: “Even in the Wilderness I Am Not Alone” (Marko, Orsino) (02:16)

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