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Smetana: The Bartered Bride Charles Mackerras CD
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  • Artist: Charles Mackerras
  • Year: 2005
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • UPC: 095115312827
  • Item Number: KOC531282
  • Release date: 11/22/2005
  • 1. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Overture
  • 2. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 1. Scene 1. Time at last for celebration
  • 3. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 1. Scene 1. Chorus. Why do you look so downcast
  • 4. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 1. Scene 2. Jenik, what will happen if Mother's right?
  • 5. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 1. Scene 2. Aria. Promise me that you would never
  • 6. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 1. Scene 2. Is it so unfair to want to know
  • 7. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 1. Scene 2. Duet. Such a mother is a blessing
  • 8. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 1. Scene 2. Faithful love I vow to you
  • 9. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 1. Scene 3. Every detail has been sorted
  • 10. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 1. Scene 3. Hold it! Are we not forgetting
  • 11. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 1. Scene 3. Trio. Well, as I told you, he's kind and he's gentle
  • 12. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 1. Scene 4. Look! She's coming!
  • 13. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 1. Scene 4. Fine then, say what you will
  • 14. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 1. Scene 5. Finale. Introduction. Polka. Take your partners for the polka
  • 15. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 2. Scene 1. So charge the glasses, lads
  • 16. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 2. Scene 1. Furiant
  • 17. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 2. Scene 2. Ma... Ma... My mamma said
  • 18. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 2. Scene 3. Don't say you're the boy
  • 19. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 2. Scene 3. Duet. I know there's a girl for you
  • 1. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 2. Scene 4. I have plenty of others
  • 2. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 2. Scene 4. Duet. Just a word or two, my friend
  • 3. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 2. Scene 4. Duet. Time and time again I encounter men
  • 4. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 2. Scene 4. Duet. Think what it's worth, lad
  • 5. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 2. Scene 4. You'll go home to Moravia?
  • 6. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 2. Scene 5. Ah, my friend! Once you learn
  • 7. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 2. Scene 6. Finale. Come now everyone, gather round
  • 8. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 3. Scene 1. I'm near now to despairing
  • 9. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 3. Scene 2. Roll up! Roll up ladies and gentlemen!
  • 10. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 3. Scene 2. Ballet
  • 11. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 3. Scene 2. Oh, it looks so lovely!
  • 12. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 3. Scene 2. Duettino. Mother doesn't matter, Mother wouldn't care!
  • 13. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 3. Scene 3. Oh, I don't understand it!
  • 14. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 3. Scene 3. Quartet. What? Dare he? Would he? You do what?
  • 15. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 3. Scene 4. No! I don't believe you!
  • 16. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 3. Scene 5. Oh, Vasek! Don't run away!
  • 17. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 3. Scene 5. Sextet. Think it over, Marenka, think it through
  • 18. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 3. Scene 6. Oh, but the pain! The burning pain!
  • 19. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 3. Scene 6. We dreamed upon a moonlit night
  • 20. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 3. Scene 7. Marenka mine, Marenka mine!
  • 21. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 3. Scene 8. So then, young man
  • 22. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 3. Scene 8. Trio. Be calm, oh my love
  • 23. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 3. Scene 9. Finale. Tell us, Marenka, it's all up to you
  • 24. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 3. Scene 9. Finale. It's Jenik! What's he doing here?
  • 25. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100, Act 3. Scene 10. Everybody get out of the way!
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Smetana: The Bartered Bride by Charles Mackerras on CD


The Bartered Bride continues Chandos' series Opera in English, and it succeeds admirably in this spirited and well-sung performance. The quality of translation is a critical element in the success of an endeavor such as this. Happily, the version by Kit Hesketh-Harvey (who also has a small role in the opera) is rendered into idiomatic and singable English. There is a whiff of W.S. Gilbert in the broad humor and in the rhyme schemes, but that is not entirely inappropriate, as the plot has some typically Gilbertian twists and characters and given the music's occasional similarities to that of Arthur Sullivan. Soprano Susan Gritton as Marenka and tenor Paul Charles Clarke as Jenik are adorably fresh and young sounding as the couple faced with the dilemma of Marenka's imminent arranged marriage to the village dullard, and they deliver their intimate banter with humor and lightness. The singers in the supporting roles are comparably strong. Bass Peter de Rose is hilarious as Kecal, the unctuous marriage broker, and baritone Neal Davies and mezzo-soprano Yvonne Howard bring warm and supple voices to the roles of Marenka's parents. Tenor Timothy Robinson captures both the humor and poignancy in Vasek, Marenka's intended bridegroom.The Philharmonia Orchestra and the Royal Opera House Chorus, under the leadership of Charles Mackerras, play and sing with exuberance and panache, bringing out both the lightness and lyric sweep the opera requires. Chandos' sound is clear, and effectively conveys the spatial relationships of a stage production. The performance is a compelling argument for this attractive and tuneful work that is seen too rarely in American opera houses. ~ Stephen Eddins, Rovi
  • Artist: Charles Mackerras
  • Year: 2005
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • UPC: 095115312827
  • Item Number: KOC531282
  • Release date: 11/22/2005
  • Label: Chandos
  • Genre: Classical
  • Style: Opera, Post-Romantic
  • Album Time: 142:06

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  • Smetana: The Bartered Bride Charles Mackerras CD
Smetana: The Bartered Bride Charles Mackerras CD