Dvorak: Rusalka / Hickox, Barker, Owens, Martin, Et Al

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Label
Chandos
Release Date
January 1, 2008
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      DVORAK KVAPIL
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Barke, La Spina, Martin, Hickox
    Product Details
    Works
    1. Act I: Prelude

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    2. Act I: Hou, hou, hou (Wood Nymphs, Echo)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Opera Australia Chorus, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Sarah Crane, Taryn Fiebig, Dominica Matthews

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    3. Act I: I pekne vitam (Water Sprite, Wood Nymphs)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Bruce Martin, Sarah Crane, Taryn Fiebig, Dominica Matthews

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    4. Act I: Hastrmanku, taticku! (Rusalka, Water Sprite)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Cheryl Barker, Bruce Martin

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    5. Act I: Sem casto prichazi (Rusalka, Water Sprite)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Cheryl Barker, Bruce Martin

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    6. Act I: Mesicku na nebi hlubokem (Rusalka)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Cheryl Barker

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    7. Act I: Ta voda studi, studi! (Water Sprite, Rusalka, Jezibaba)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Bruce Martin, Cheryl Barker, Anne-Marie Owens

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    8. Act I: Staleta moudrost tva vsechno vi (Rusalka)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Cheryl Barker

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    9. Act I: To ja znam (Jezibaba, Rusalka)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Anne-Marie Owens, Cheryl Barker

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    10. Act I: Cury mury fuk (Jezibaba, Water Sprite)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Anne-Marie Owens, Bruce Martin

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    11. Act I: Jel mlady lovec, jel a jel (Huntsman, Prince)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Barry Ryan, Rosario La Spina

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    12. Act I: Vidino divna, presladka (Prince, Water Nymphs, Water Sprite)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Opera Australia Chorus, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Rosario La Spina, Bruce Martin

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    13. Act I: Vim, ze jsi kouzlo (Prince)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Rosario La Spina

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    14. Act II: Jarku, jarku, klouce mile (Gamekeeper, Kitchen Boy)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Barry Ryan, Sian Pendry

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    15. Act II: U nas v lese strasi (Gamekeeper, Kitchen Boy)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Barry Ryan, Sian Pendry

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    16. Act II: Jiz tyden (Prince, Princess)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Rosario La Spina, Elizabeth Whitehouse

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    17. Act II: Ach, vycitka to veru vcasna (Prince, Princess)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Rosario La Spina, Elizabeth Whitehouse

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    18. Act II: Ballet - Beda! Beda! (Water Sprite)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Bruce Martin

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    19. Act II: Cely svet neda ti, neda (Water Sprite)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Bruce Martin

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    20. Act II: Kvetiny bile po ceste (Guests, Water Sprite, Rusalka)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Opera Australia Chorus, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Bruce Martin, Cheryl Barker

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    21. Act II: O marno, o marno! (Rusalka)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Cheryl Barker

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    22. Act II: Vidis je, vidis? Jsou tu zas (Rusalka, Princess, Prince)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Cheryl Barker, Elizabeth Whitehouse, Rosario La Spina

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    23. Act II: Az pozar muj vas popali (Princess, Prince, Water Sprite)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Elizabeth Whitehouse, Rosario La Spina, Bruce Martin

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    24. Act III: Necitelna vodni moci (Rusalka)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Cheryl Barker

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    25. Act III: Mladosti sve pozbavena (Rusalka)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Cheryl Barker

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    26. Act III: Aj, aj? Uz jsi se navratila? (Jezibaba, Rusalka)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Anne-Marie Owens, Cheryl Barker

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    27. Act III: Lidskou krvi musis smyti (Jezibaba, Rusalka)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Anne-Marie Owens, Cheryl Barker

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    28. Act III: Vyrvana zivotu (Rusalka, Water Nymphs)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Opera Australia Chorus, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Cheryl Barker

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    29. Act III: Ze se bojis? Tresky, plesky (Gamekeeper, Kitchen Boy, Jezibaba)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Barry Ryan, Sian Pendry, Anne-Marie Owens

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    30. Act III: Nas princ tezce stune, prevelice (Kitchen Boy, Water Sprite, Gamekeeper, Jezibaba)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Sian Pendry, Bruce Martin, Barry Ryan, Anne-Marie Owens

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    31. Act III: Mam, zlate vlasky mam (Wood Nymphs, Water Sprite)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Sarah Crane, Taryn Fiebig, Dominica Matthews, Bruce Martin

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    32. Act III: Bila moje lani! Bila moje lani! (Prince)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Rosario La Spina

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    33. Act III: Milacku, znas mne, znas? (Rusalka, Prince)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Cheryl Barker, Rosario La Spina

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    34. Act III: Proc volal jsi mne v naruc svou (Rusalka)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Cheryl Barker

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    35. Act III: Libej mne, libej, mir mi prej (Prince, Rusalka, Water Sprite)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

      Performer: Rosario La Spina, Cheryl Barker, Bruce Martin

      Conductor: Richard Hickox




Mackerras unseated? This magical version from Australia comes close

Chandos certainly has guts, going toe-to-toe with Mackerras’s Gramophone Award-winning set. Hickox’s Australian forces need not fear the comparison. Cheryl Barker may not have the refulgent tones of Renée Fleming on Decca (who has?) but she is even more moving in conveying Rusalka’s desperation. Mackerras is still my must-own, but this runs it close.

-- Gramophone [3/2008]