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(2CD) 楊納捷克: 歌劇(布魯切克先生的旅行)
亞羅斯拉夫.基茲林克 指揮
布拉格國家劇院管弦樂團
In April 1920, following 12 years of intricate work, Leos Janacek's The Excursions of Mr. Broucek premiered at the National Theatre in Prague, the one and only work of his to do so. A century later, the self-same theatre's soloists, chorus and orchestra returned to the "Broucekiad" at the Rudolfinum in Prague. The present studio recording, after Neumann's and Jilek's only the third in the Supraphon catalogue, was thus in part made owing to the closure of theatres and concert halls during the recent Covid pandemic.
Janacek dedicated The Excursions of Mr. Broucek to T. G. Masaryk, the first President of the newly founded Czechoslovak Republic. Declining to celebrate the two nations' acquired freedom and statehood by foregrounding Saint Wenceslas, Charles IV or another great figure of Czech history, the composer chose as the protagonist of his "national" opera one Mr. Broucek, a narrow-minded oaf, coward, hypocrite, liar, boor and drunkard. A man overly fond of food and beer, possessing a simplistic worldview, suspicious of everything different and unaccustomed, loathing artists and intellectuals. In The Excursion of Mr. Broucek to the Moon, his crassness clashes with the Moonlings' aesthetic, highbrow affectation, while in The Excursion of Mr. Broucek to the Fifteenth Century his unflinching self-centeredness, servility and mendacity contrast starkly with the ideals of the uncompromising Hussite warriors, fighting for "God's truth". As Janacek himself put it: "Broucek embodies our pettiness; made for stage." One hundred years down the road, this picture of the "ordinary Czech" is still befitting, worthy of exposing. The new album features Jaroslav Brezina, brilliantly portraying the lead character, and other distinguished Czech singers, under the seasoned conductor Jaroslav Kyzlink.
A significant role in enhancing the recording's quality is played by spatial feeling of the recording process itself as well as by the Dvorak Hall's splendid acoustics and colourful sound. By releasing the album, the National Theatre in Prague commemorates the 170th anniversary of the birth of Leos Janacek, the most globally renowned of Czech opera composers.
Janacek's "Mr. Broucek" on a new recording – still up-to-date after one hundred years…
CD 1
Leos Janacek
The Excursions of Mr. Broucek, JW I/7
1.Introduction 03:34
2.Act 1: Can One Believe Men 05:50
3.Act 1: Love, Yes, Love´s Charming Flower 02:25
4.Act 1: Malinka! I´ve a Diamond 06:21
5.Act 1: Ha! Ha! What Monster Does Frigtten My Astonished Eye! 04:26
6.Act 1: You Have Never yet Known Love 05:13
7.Act 1: Fright Now Spreads from You Just like from Medusa! 05:48
8.Act 2: This Meloda, Yes Indeed, but on the Bombardon! 06:07
9.Act 2: Dance - You Clown, You! - You, Titan of Songs! 03:04
10.Act 2: O Sweet Creature, You! 08:17
11.Act 2: Come Here! 06:12
12.Act 2: You´re Dearer to Me 03:57
13.Act 2: Interlude 03:50
14.Act 2: With Lasting Laurels I Adorn Your Curls 04:30
CD 2
Leos Janacek
The Excursions of Mr. Broucek, JW I/7
1.Act 1: There Were Deep Undergreound Passages 03:11
2.Act 2: Help! Help! 04:41
3.Act 1: O, You Sun of That Great Day 03:18
4.Act 1: We Must Remember Well This Newly Found Short-Cut! 06:04
5.Act 1: The Day of the Lord Begins! 02:10
6.Act 2: Introduction - If I Weren´t Sitting Here 06:35
7.Act 2: Here They Come from Church Service 05:11
8.Act 2: Alas, the Name of Czechs Has Been Dragged 09:12
9.Act 2: Hurrah, Tabor! 04:45
10.Act 2: Change of Scene - Hejsasa! Hejsasa! 04:51
11.Act 2: Look, One Is Crouching Here! 04:35
12.Act 2: He Too Went with Us 03:03
13.Act 2: Change of Scene - Ah! Ah! Ah! 03:34 |
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