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Janacek: Jenufa
Running Time: 120:41
Release Date: May 2004
Originally recorded in July 2003
Composer (1854-1928)
Leoš Janácek
Leoš Janácek
Solo mezzo-soprano - Grandmother Buryjovka
Elizabeth Vaughan
Elizabeth Vaughan
Solo soprano - The Kostelnicka
Dame Josephine Barstow
Dame Josephine Barstow
Soprano Voice soprano - Jenufa
Janice Watson
Janice Watson
Tenor Voice tenor - Števa Buryja
Peter Wedd
Peter Wedd
Tenor Voice tenor - Laca Klemen
Nigel Robson
Nigel Robson
Baritone Voice baritone - Foreman
Neal Davies
Neal Davies
Solo bass - Mayor
Alan Fairs
Alan Fairs
Solo mezzo-soprano - Mayor's Wife
Marian McCullogh
Marian McCullogh
Solo soprano - Karolka
Charlotte Ellett
Charlotte Ellett
Solo soprano - Jano
Claire Hampton
Claire Hampton
Solo soprano - Barena
Rosie Hay
Rosie Hay
Solo mezzo-soprano - Maid
Imelda Drumm
Imelda Drumm
Solo mezzo-soprano - Village woman
Sarah Pope
Sarah Pope
Choral
Chorus of Welsh National Opera
Chorus of Welsh National Opera
Orchestra
Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
Conductor
Sir Charles Mackerras
Sir Charles Mackerras
Venue
Brangwyn Hall, Swansea
Brangwyn Hall, Swansea
Producer
Brian Couzens
Brian Couzens
Engineer
Ralph Couzens
Ralph Couzens
Engineer (Assistant)
Michael Common
Michael Common
Genre:
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
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Opera - Janufa
LEOŠ JANÁCEK
(1854-1928)Jenufa, her step-daughter (Brno version)
121:12
Opera in three acts
Libretto by the composer after Gabriela Preissová's play Jefí pastorkyna
English version by Edward Downes and Otakar Kraus
COMPACT DISC ONE
Act I
Scene 1
1.
'Soon it will be evening'
11:59
Jenufa, Grandmother Buryja, Laca, Jano
Scene 2
2.
'What are you doing here, Laca?'
5:07
Foreman, Laca, Jenufa, Grandmother Buryja, Kostelnicka
Scene 3
3.
'Come now, Jenufa'
0:37
Grandmother Buryja, Jenufa
Scene 4
4.
'They're all for marrying'
1:46
Recruits, Števa, Jenufa, Foreman, Laca
Scene 5
5.
'My dear heart, my Števa, Števuška!'
13:03
Jenufa, Števa, Chorus, Kostelnicka, Grandmother Buryja, Laca, Foreman
Scene 6
6.
'Števa, Števa, I know you got drunk today'
5:32
Jenufa, Števa, Grandmother Buryja
Scene 7
7.
'How all this boasting of Števa'
4:31
Laca, Jenufa, Grandmother Buryja, Foreman, Barena
Act II
Scene 1
8.
Introduction
1:16
9.
'If I leave the door ajar a little'
7:11
Kostelnicka, Jenufa
Scene 2
10.
'Yes, in all these twenty weeks'
2:05
Kostelnicka
Scene 3
11.
'Aunt Kostelnicka, in the note you sent me'
8:49
Števa, Kostelnicka, Jenufa, Laca
Scene 4
12.
'But I saw a man come in here just now'
3:11
Laca, Kostelnicka
65:21
COMPACT DISC TWO
Scene 5
1.
'One moment. . . In that moment must I lose hope'
3:50
Kostelnicka
Scene 6
2.
'Mamicka, my head is aching'
9:01
Jenufa
Scene 7
3.
'Who is there?'
5:51
Jenufa, Kostelnicka
Scene 8
4.
'He's coming now!. . .'
6:17
Kostelnicka, Laca, Jenufa
Act III
Scene 1
5.
'Don't you feel nervous, Jenufka?'
2:35
Maid, Jenufa, Laca, Kostelnicka
Scene 2
6.
'God be with you!'
4:26
Mayor, Maid, Laca, Jenufa, Kostelnicka, Mayor's Wife
Scene 3
7.
'There now, Laca, just as I foresaw'
3:51
Jenufa, Laca
Scene 4
8.
'Aha! Here they are'
2:38
Laca, Karolka, Števa, Jenufa
Scene 5
9.
'There's no denying that all that was really a sight worth seeing'
0:16
Mayor, Kostelnicka, Laca, Mayor's Wife
Scene 6
10.
'God be with you one and all!'
3:20
Barena, Peasant Girls, Mayor, Jenufa, Laca, Grandmother Buryja, Chorus, Kostelnicka
Scene 7
11.
'What baby's that they're shouting about?'
0:30
Kostelnicka, Jano, Mayor, Števa, Chorus
Scene 8
12.
'Come quickly now!'
0:44
Jano, Kostelnicka, Grandmother Buryja
Scene 9
13.
'Števa, this is terrible. . .'
0:43
Karolka, Jenufa, Števa, Laca
Scene 10
14.
'Ha, there now, you see his baby clothes!'
4:02
Jenufa, Mayor's Wife, Village Woman, Mayor, Chorus, Laca, Kostelnicka, Karolka, Maid
Scene 11
15.
'Do not kneel, dear mother!'
3:55
Jenufa, Kostelnicka, Laca
Scene 12
16.
'They have gone! Now you go!'
3:35
Jenufa, Laca
55:51
Solo: Elizabeth Vaughan mezzo-soprano - Grandmother Buryjovka
Solo: Dame Josephine Barstow soprano - The Kostelnicka
Solo: Alan Fairs bass - Mayor
Solo: Marian McCullogh mezzo-soprano - Mayor's Wife
Solo: Charlotte Ellett soprano - Karolka
Solo: Claire Hampton soprano - Jano
Solo: Rosie Hay soprano - Barena
Solo: Imelda Drumm mezzo-soprano - Maid
Solo: Sarah Pope mezzo-soprano - Village woman
Choral: Chorus of Welsh National Opera
Orchestra: Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras
20-26 July 2003
