Martinu: Spalícek [complete], Etc / Jílek, Et Al

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Supraphon
Release Date
October 26, 2007
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MARTINU, BOHUSLAV
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Prague Symphony Orchestra, Prague Symphony Chorus, Kuhn Mixed Chorus
    • PERFORMER
      PRAGUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PRAGUE SYMPHONY CHORUS KUHN MIXED CHORUS
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 26, 2007
    • UPC
      099925392529
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SU3925-2
    • LABEL
      Supraphon
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Act I: Předehra: Povídám pohádku

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Kantilena Children's Chorus, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Anna Kratochvílová, Miroslav Kopp, Richard Novák

      Conductor: František Jílek

    2. Act I Scene 1: Hra na pannu

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Kantilena Children's Chorus, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Anna Kratochvílová, Miroslav Kopp, Richard Novák

      Conductor: František Jílek

    3. Act I Scene 2: Hra na hastrmana

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Kantilena Children's Chorus, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Anna Kratochvílová, Miroslav Kopp, Richard Novák

      Conductor: František Jílek

    4. Act I Scene 3: Hra na vlčka

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Kantilena Children's Chorus, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Anna Kratochvílová, Miroslav Kopp, Richard Novák

      Conductor: František Jílek

    5. Act I Scene 4: Hra o kohoutkovi a slepičce

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Kantilena Children's Chorus, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Anna Kratochvílová, Miroslav Kopp, Richard Novák

      Conductor: František Jílek

    6. Act I Scene 5: Před chalupou

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    7. Act I Scene 6: Tanec se zajícem

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    8. Act I Scene 7: Pečení zajíce

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    9. Act I Scene 8: Příchod krále a průvod

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    10. Act I Scene 9: V paláci černokněžníkově

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    11. Act I Scene 9: Proměna: Tanec lva

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    12. Act I Scene 9: Tanec krahujce

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    13. Act I Scene 9: Tanec malé myšky

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    14. Act I Scene 10: Finále: Proměna v nádherný palác

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    15. Act I Scene 10: Tanec kocoura

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    16. Act I Scene 10: Příchod krále a jeho družiny

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    17. Act I Scene 10: Tanec primabaleriny před králem

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    18. Act I Scene 10: Tanec malé myšky a kocoura

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    19. Act I Scene 10: Produkce žongléra

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    20. Act I Scene 10: Tanec akrobatu

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    21. Act I Scene 10: Finále sboru

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    22. Act II Scene 1: Venkovské náměstí a ševcovská dílna

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    23. Act II Scene 2: Švec se chystá do světa

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Kantilena Children's Chorus, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Anna Kratochvílová, Miroslav Kopp, Richard Novák

      Conductor: František Jílek

    24. Act II Scene 2: Trh a tanec koně

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    25. Act II Scene 2: Tanec motýla

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    26. Act II Scene 2: Tanec čmeláka

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    27. Act II Scene 3: Pohádka o ševci a smrti - Proměna

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Kantilena Children's Chorus, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Anna Kratochvílová, Miroslav Kopp, Richard Novák

      Conductor: František Jílek

    28. Act II Scene 3: Černé město

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    29. Act II Scene 3: Příchod princezny

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    30. Act II Scene 3: Příchod obra

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    31. Act II Scene 3: Zápas motýla s obrem

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    32. Act II Scene 3: Odjezd ševcův

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    33. Act II Scene 3: Kouzelná mošna

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    34. Act II Scene 4: Proměna: Putování ševce

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    35. Act II Scene 5: V zakletém zámku

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    36. Act II Scene 5: Tanec smrti

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    37. Act II Scene 5: Putování ševce

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Kantilena Children's Chorus, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Anna Kratochvílová, Miroslav Kopp, Richard Novák

      Conductor: František Jílek

    38. Act II Scene 6: Před branou pekla

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    39. Act II Scene 7: Před branou nebe

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    40. Act II Scene 7: Tanec smrti

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Kantilena Children's Chorus, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Anna Kratochvílová, Miroslav Kopp, Richard Novák

      Conductor: František Jílek

    41. Act II Scene 7: Smrt vede ševce do nebe

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    42. Act III: Předehra

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Kantilena Children's Chorus, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Anna Kratochvílová, Miroslav Kopp, Richard Novák

      Conductor: František Jílek

    43. Act III Scene 1: Legenda o svaté Dorotě

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Kantilena Children's Chorus, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Anna Kratochvílová, Miroslav Kopp, Richard Novák

      Conductor: František Jílek

    44. Act III Scene 2: Vynášení smrti

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Kantilena Children's Chorus, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Anna Kratochvílová, Miroslav Kopp, Richard Novák

      Conductor: František Jílek

    45. Act III Scene 2: Hra na královnu

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Kantilena Children's Chorus, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Anna Kratochvílová, Miroslav Kopp, Richard Novák

      Conductor: František Jílek

    46. Act III Scene 3: Popelka doma

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    47. Act III Scene 3: Ples na zámku

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    48. Act III Scene 4: Náves

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    49. Act III Scene 4: Hra na zlatou bránu

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Kantilena Children's Chorus, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Anna Kratochvílová, Miroslav Kopp, Richard Novák

      Conductor: František Jílek

    50. Act III Scene 4: Tanec dam

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    51. Act III Scene 4: Tanec venkovských děvčat

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    52. Act III Scene 4: Valse

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: František Jílek

    53. Act III Scene 4: Svatba

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Kantilena Children's Chorus, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Anna Kratochvílová, Miroslav Kopp, Richard Novák

      Conductor: František Jílek

    54. Act III Scene 4: Polka

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Kantilena Children's Chorus, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Anna Kratochvílová, Miroslav Kopp, Richard Novák

      Conductor: František Jílek

    55. The Spectre's Bride

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Kühn Mixed Choir, Prague Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Jiřina Marková, Miroslav Kopp, Pavel Horacek

      Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek

    56. Romance z pampelišek (Romance of the Dandelions), H. 364

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Kühn Mixed Choir

      Performer: Milada Čejková

      Conductor: Pavel Kühn

    57. No. 1. Klobouk novej

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Kühn Female Choir

      Performer: Petr Messiereur, Stanislav Bogunia

      Conductor: Pavel Kühn

    58. No. 2. Nade dvorem

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Kühn Female Choir

      Performer: Petr Messiereur, Stanislav Bogunia

      Conductor: Pavel Kühn

    59. No. 3. Žaloba

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Kühn Female Choir

      Performer: Petr Messiereur, Stanislav Bogunia

      Conductor: Pavel Kühn

    60. No. 4. Malovane dřevo

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Kühn Female Choir

      Performer: Petr Messiereur, Stanislav Bogunia

      Conductor: Pavel Kühn

    61. No. 5. Poledne

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Kühn Female Choir

      Performer: Petr Messiereur, Stanislav Bogunia

      Conductor: Pavel Kühn


This is a recoupling made even more desirable than on its original issue by the inclusion of The Specter's Bride, Martinu's retelling of the same story set by Dvorák about a young girl who runs away with her dead lover's ghost, only to be rescued at the last minute from the cemetery by the arrival of dawn. It's a wonderful piece, as fine in its own way as Dvorák's setting, and, at half an hour, much shorter. Including it in this two-disc set makes a perfect program organized around settings of Czech folk poetry, the Dandelion Romance and The Primrose being two much shorter but very charming further examples.

The main attraction, however, is Špalícek, a ballet with songs in which each of the three acts incorporates the telling of a fairy tale, enhanced by plenty of additional dancing and commentary framing the main stories. The music is invariably appealing and rhythmically vivacious, Martinu in his most bubbly folk/neo-classical mode--and if you enjoy the suite (recorded by Mackerras on Conifer) then you will surely find the complete work equally enchanting.

All of the performances here are excellent in every respect. None of the soloists, save bass Richard Novák, are at all well known, but it doesn't matter a bit, while the conductors are veterans who can be counted on to deliver consistently idiomatic and persuasive results. Given the wide variety of forces--from full orchestra with chorus and soloists in The Specter's Bride and Špalícek to solo violin, piano, and a small group of sopranos and altos in The Primrose--the engineering is quite good. A major Martinu release, for sure.

--David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com