Dvorák: Saint Ludmila

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Naxos
Release Date
May 10, 2019
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      DVORAK, ANTONIN
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus
    • PERFORMER
      Saling, Kohutkova, Mikulas, Bytnarova, Ce
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 10, 2019
    • UPC
      747313402373
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8574023-24
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. Part I: Introduction - Chorus: Tmy vrátily se v skrýše skal a lesů (Darkness has returned to the nooks in the rocks and forests) (Priests)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Leoš Svárovský

    2. Part I: Recitative: Vesno smavá, Vesno snivá (Smiling Spring, dreamy Spring) (Peasant)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Ondrej Šaling

      Conductor: Leoš Svárovský

    3. Part I: Chorus: Květy, jimiž Vesna vábí (Flowers with which Spring attracts) (People)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Leoš Svárovský

    4. Part I: Chorus: Svaté jitro jest (The morning is sacred) (Priests, People)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Leoš Svárovský

    5. Part I: Aria: Od dětství ku oltáři mne vodil svatý cit (From childhood a holy emotion led me to the altar) (Ludmila)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Adriana Kohútková

      Conductor: Leoš Svárovský

    6. Part I: Vždy bozi s námi jsou, kam bludný krok se šine (The gods are always with us, wherever the mistaken step edges slowly forward) (Chorus)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Leoš Svárovský

    7. Part I: Sem rychle Vesny květ (Here quickly the flower of Spring) (Peasant)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Ondrej Šaling

      Conductor: Leoš Svárovský

    8. Part I: Aria: Do prachu s Vámi! Jeden jest Bůh! (Into the dust with you! There is one god!) (Ivan, Chorus)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Peter Mikuláš

      Conductor: Leoš Svárovský

    9. Part I: Kdo onen muž, jejž nestih's nebe blesk? (Who is this man, whom lightning in the heavens did not strike) (Chorus)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Leoš Svárovský

    10. Part I: Aria: Ó dovol, o dovol (Oh, allow me the courage) (Ludmila)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Adriana Kohútková

      Conductor: Leoš Svárovský

    11. Part I: Vše láme se a bortí v chaos tmavý (Everything breaks and crumbles into a dark chaos) (Chorus)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Leoš Svárovský

    12. Part II: Introduction - Recitative: Ó, v jaké šeré lesní stíny (Oh, into what dim forest shadows) - Aria: Já neměla ti víry dáti (I ought not have believed you) (Svatava)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Karla Bytnarová

      Conductor: Leoš Svárovský

    13. Part II: Duet: Ted' ptám se tě: co najít chceš? (Now I ask you: what do you want to find?) (Svatava, Ludmila)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Karla Bytnarová, Adriana Kohútková

      Conductor: Leoš Svárovský

    14. Part II: Aria: Já neklamal se, bud' vítána, dcero! (I was not under any illusion, be welcome, daughter!) (Ivan)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Peter Mikuláš

      Conductor: Leoš Svárovský

    15. Part II: Ó jaký obraz oku mému (Oh, what a picture to my eye) (Bořivoj, Chorus)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Tomáš Černý

      Conductor: Leoš Svárovský

    16. Part II: Recitative: Ach, ona, po níž srdce moje prahne (Oh, she for whom my heart pines) (Bořivoj, Ivan)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Tomáš Černý, Peter Mikuláš

      Conductor: Leoš Svárovský

    17. Part II: Aria: Ó, cestu ukaž mi, jak ji mám dobýt (Oh, show me the way, how I am to conquer her) (Bořivoj)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Tomáš Černý

      Conductor: Leoš Svárovský

    18. Part II: Recitative: Ó, kterak mohu zvednout k tobě zraku (Oh, how can I raise my eyes to you) (Ludmila)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Adriana Kohútková

      Conductor: Leoš Svárovský

    19. Part II: Ó běda, nechce slyšet jeho lkání! (Oh, woe, she does not want to hear his lamenting!) (Chorus)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Leoš Svárovský

    20. Part II: Recitative: Jak z krásného snu náhle procitlý (How, suddenly awake from a beautiful dream) (Bořivoj, Ivan)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Tomáš Černý, Peter Mikuláš

      Conductor: Leoš Svárovský

    21. Part II: Quartet: Já hledala jsem záři toho jitra (I looked for the glow of that morn) (Ludmila, Svatava, Bořivoj, Ivan, Chorus)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Adriana Kohútková, Karla Bytnarová, Tomáš Černý, Peter Mikuláš

      Conductor: Leoš Svárovský

    22. Part III: Introduction - Hospodine, pomiluj ny! (Lord, have mercy on us!) (Chorus)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Leoš Svárovský

    23. Part III: Duet: Ó, nech juž skanout nad našimi čely (Oh, allow now to drop on our foreheads) (Bořivoj, Ludmila)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Tomáš Černý, Adriana Kohútková

      Conductor: Leoš Svárovský

    24. Part III: Duchu svatý, sestup v nachu (Holy spirit, descend in purple) (Ivan, Priests)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Peter Mikuláš

      Conductor: Leoš Svárovský

    25. Part III: Ó zněte, písně, zněte k nebes báni (Oh, resound, songs, resound to the dome of heaven) (Chorus, Svatava, Ivan)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Karla Bytnarová, Peter Mikuláš

      Conductor: Leoš Svárovský

    26. Part III: Hospodine, pomiluj ny! (Lord, have mercy on us!) (Ludmila, Svatava, Bořivoj, Ivan, Chorus)

      Composer: Antonín Dvořák

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Adriana Kohútková, Karla Bytnarová, Tomáš Černý, Peter Mikuláš

      Conductor: Leoš Svárovský


Antonin Dvorak's success in Europe during the 1880s led to invitations to visit England and the commissioning of his oratorio Saint Ludmila for the Leeds Festival. It tells the moving and turbulent story of Ludmila's conversion to Christianity, an important event in Bohemian history that led to her becoming Bohemia's patron saint. Written for large forces and with a predominant part for the chorus in the tradition of Handel, Saint Ludmila is full of Dvorak's typical warmth and melodic beauty, and stands alongside his Stabat Mater and Requiem as one of his greatest works. Here, the piece is interpreted by the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, led by Leos Svarovsky. Leos Svarovsky studied flute and conducting at the Academy of Music in Prague as the last student of the renowned professor Vaclav Neumann. He started his career at the National Theatre in Prague as assistant to Zdenek Kosler and subsequently went on to hold principal positions with the Prague Chamber Opera, the Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra Ostrava, the Brno Philharmonic, the Zilina State Chamber Orchestra, the Czech Chamber Orchestra, and others.