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Blodek: V studni / In the Well

$29.99

Details

Composer
Vilem Blodek
Artist
Stepanka Stepanova, Milada Subrtova, Ivo Zidek, Zdenek Kroupa, Prague National Theatre Opera Chorus
Format
CD
Label
Supraphon
Released
Apr 25, 2025
Catalog #
SU4341-2
UPC
099925434120

About

For the Year of Czech Music and for the 150th anniversary of the death of the Czech composer Vilem Blodek, Supraphon has prepared a real treat for opera lovers in the form of the 1959 stereo recording of the opera In the Well (V studni), never before released on any physical medium. The recording was released briefly in the first half of the 1960s on LP records, but only in a mono- phonic version. After that, it disappeared from the catalogue for several deca- des. Only now, nearly 66 years since the recording was made and after careful restoration of the sound from the original tapes, this rarity from the early days of stereophonic recording technology is being released in all of it's original sonic glory. The soloists were Milada Šubrtova, Štepanka Štepanova, Ivo Židek, and Zdenek Kroupa. The chorus and orchestra of the Prague National Theatre were conducted by František Škvor in his only complete operatic recording in the Supraphon catalogue. At the same time, this release also commemorates the recent 100th anniversary of the birth of Milada Šubrtova, a singer at the Prague National Theatre. On CD for the first time in the original stereophonic version

Tracklist 22 tracks

  1. 1 Overture 08:34
    Track
    1
    Title
    Overture
    Duration
    08:34
    Composer
    Vilem Blodek
    Ensemble
    Prague National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    František Škvor
  2. 2 Scene 1: Introduction: Aj, zlý to čas (Zpěv Veruny) (Oh, times are hard now) (Veruna) 05:03
    Track
    2
    Title
    Scene 1: Introduction: Aj, zlý to čas (Zpěv Veruny) (Oh, times are hard now) (Veruna)
    Duration
    05:03
    Composer
    Vilem Blodek
    Performer
    Štěpánka Štěpánová
    Ensemble
    Prague National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    František Škvor
  3. 3 Scene 2: Aj, co sem vede Lidunku? (So what did you come for, Lidunka?) (Veruna, Lidunka) 03:19
    Track
    3
    Title
    Scene 2: Aj, co sem vede Lidunku? (So what did you come for, Lidunka?) (Veruna, Lidunka)
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Vilem Blodek
    Performer
    Štěpánka Štěpánová, Milada Šubrtová
    Ensemble
    Prague National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    František Škvor
  4. 4 Scene 2: A co ti o mně pravili (What they told you about me) (Veruna, Lidunka) 02:18
    Track
    4
    Title
    Scene 2: A co ti o mně pravili (What they told you about me) (Veruna, Lidunka)
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Vilem Blodek
    Performer
    Štěpánka Štěpánová, Milada Šubrtová
    Ensemble
    Prague National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    František Škvor
  5. 5 Scene 2: Mladá láska, to je ráj (Young love that's a paradise) (Veruna, Lidunka) 04:57
    Track
    5
    Title
    Scene 2: Mladá láska, to je ráj (Young love that's a paradise) (Veruna, Lidunka)
    Duration
    04:57
    Composer
    Vilem Blodek
    Performer
    Štěpánka Štěpánová, Milada Šubrtová
    Ensemble
    Prague National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    František Škvor
  6. 6 Scene 3: Dnes svatojanský večer je (It's St. John's Eve today) (Lidunka, Veruna, Janek, Vojtěch) 05:56
    Track
    6
    Title
    Scene 3: Dnes svatojanský večer je (It's St. John's Eve today) (Lidunka, Veruna, Janek, Vojtěch)
    Duration
    05:56
    Composer
    Vilem Blodek
    Performer
    Milada Šubrtová, Štěpánka Štěpánová, Zdenek Kroupa, Ivo Žídek
    Ensemble
    Prague National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    František Škvor
  7. 7 Scene 3: Již na hory vystoupí večerní zář (The evening light rises in the mountains) (Lidunka, Vojtěch, Janek, Veruna) 02:12
    Track
    7
    Title
    Scene 3: Již na hory vystoupí večerní zář (The evening light rises in the mountains) (Lidunka, Vojtěch, Janek, Veruna)
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Vilem Blodek
    Performer
    Milada Šubrtová, Ivo Žídek, Zdenek Kroupa, Štěpánka Štěpánová
    Ensemble
    Prague National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    František Škvor
  8. 8 Scene 4: Chce vidět v studni tvář (She wants to see the face) (Vojtěch) 02:39
    Track
    8
    Title
    Scene 4: Chce vidět v studni tvář (She wants to see the face) (Vojtěch)
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Vilem Blodek
    Performer
    Ivo Žídek
    Ensemble
    Prague National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    František Škvor
  9. 9 Scene 5: Aj, to bude švanda! (This is going to be fun) (Janek) 02:37
    Track
    9
    Title
    Scene 5: Aj, to bude švanda! (This is going to be fun) (Janek)
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Vilem Blodek
    Performer
    Zdenek Kroupa
    Ensemble
    Prague National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    František Škvor
  10. 10 Scene 6: Intermezzo: Východ měsíce (Moonrise) 05:32
    Track
    10
    Title
    Scene 6: Intermezzo: Východ měsíce (Moonrise)
    Duration
    05:32
    Composer
    Vilem Blodek
    Ensemble
    Prague National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    František Škvor
  11. 11 Scene 7: Svatojanské ohnì rozžeme po horách (We'll light the St. John's fires on the mountains) (Chorus) 02:05
    Track
    11
    Title
    Scene 7: Svatojanské ohnì rozžeme po horách (We'll light the St. John's fires on the mountains) (Chorus)
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Vilem Blodek
    Ensemble
    Prague National Theatre Chorus, Prague National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    František Škvor
  12. 12 Scene 7: My tady počkáme (We shall wait here) (Chorus, Lidunka) 02:20
    Track
    12
    Title
    Scene 7: My tady počkáme (We shall wait here) (Chorus, Lidunka)
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Vilem Blodek
    Performer
    Milada Šubrtová
    Ensemble
    Prague National Theatre Chorus, Prague National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    František Škvor
  13. 13 Scene 7: Zapálíme si po horách hranice velikánské (We shall light the great bonfires on the montains) (Chorus) 02:02
    Track
    13
    Title
    Scene 7: Zapálíme si po horách hranice velikánské (We shall light the great bonfires on the montains) (Chorus)
    Duration
    02:02
    Composer
    Vilem Blodek
    Ensemble
    Prague National Theatre Chorus, Prague National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    František Škvor
  14. 14 Scene 8: Aj, jděte jen, jděte jen, jděte jen (Oh, just go, just go, just go) (Janek) 01:59
    Track
    14
    Title
    Scene 8: Aj, jděte jen, jděte jen, jděte jen (Oh, just go, just go, just go) (Janek)
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Vilem Blodek
    Performer
    Zdenek Kroupa
    Ensemble
    Prague National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    František Škvor
  15. 15 Scene 9: Ty zlatá, zlatá Veruno (Golden, golden Veruna) (Vojtěch, Janek) 02:50
    Track
    15
    Title
    Scene 9: Ty zlatá, zlatá Veruno (Golden, golden Veruna) (Vojtěch, Janek)
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Vilem Blodek
    Performer
    Ivo Žídek, Zdenek Kroupa
    Ensemble
    Prague National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    František Škvor
  16. 16 Scene 10: Svatojanské ohně hoří (St. John's fires glow) (Chorus) 00:56
    Track
    16
    Title
    Scene 10: Svatojanské ohně hoří (St. John's fires glow) (Chorus)
    Duration
    00:56
    Composer
    Vilem Blodek
    Ensemble
    Prague National Theatre Chorus, Prague National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    František Škvor
  17. 17 Scene 10: Volám v háje, v lesy (I call in the holts and forests) (Lidunka, Vojtěch) 03:21
    Track
    17
    Title
    Scene 10: Volám v háje, v lesy (I call in the holts and forests) (Lidunka, Vojtěch)
    Duration
    03:21
    Composer
    Vilem Blodek
    Performer
    Milada Šubrtová, Ivo Žídek
    Ensemble
    Prague National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    František Škvor
  18. 18 Scene 10: Dlouho jsem již čekala (I have been waiting for a long time) (Lidunka, Vojtěch) 03:03
    Track
    18
    Title
    Scene 10: Dlouho jsem již čekala (I have been waiting for a long time) (Lidunka, Vojtěch)
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Vilem Blodek
    Performer
    Milada Šubrtová, Ivo Žídek
    Ensemble
    Prague National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    František Škvor
  19. 19 Scene 11: Finale: Svatojanské ohně září (St. John's fires glow) (Chorus, Lidunka) 01:55
    Track
    19
    Title
    Scene 11: Finale: Svatojanské ohně září (St. John's fires glow) (Chorus, Lidunka)
    Duration
    01:55
    Composer
    Vilem Blodek
    Performer
    Milada Šubrtová
    Ensemble
    Prague National Theatre Chorus, Prague National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    František Škvor
  20. 20 Scene 11: Běda! Běda! To čert! (Woe! Woe! It's the devil!) (Chorus, Janek, Vojtěch, Lidunka) 03:51
    Track
    20
    Title
    Scene 11: Běda! Běda! To čert! (Woe! Woe! It's the devil!) (Chorus, Janek, Vojtěch, Lidunka)
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Vilem Blodek
    Performer
    Zdenek Kroupa, Ivo Žídek, Milada Šubrtová
    Ensemble
    Prague National Theatre Chorus, Prague National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    František Škvor
  21. 21 Scene 11: My si spolu rozumíme (We understand one another) (Lidunka, Vojtěch) 01:32
    Track
    21
    Title
    Scene 11: My si spolu rozumíme (We understand one another) (Lidunka, Vojtěch)
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Vilem Blodek
    Performer
    Milada Šubrtová, Ivo Žídek
    Ensemble
    Prague National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    František Škvor
  22. 22 Scene 11: Zapálíme si po horách hranice velikánské (We shall light the great bonfires on the mountains) (Chorus) 02:04
    Track
    22
    Title
    Scene 11: Zapálíme si po horách hranice velikánské (We shall light the great bonfires on the mountains) (Chorus)
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Vilem Blodek
    Ensemble
    Prague National Theatre Chorus, Prague National Theatre Orchestra
    Conductor
    František Škvor