Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen

Cat. No. CHAN 3101(2)

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CD available From: 15 September 2003

Opera - The Cunning Little Vixen

Leos Janacek (1854-1928)

The Cunning Little Vixen

96:47

The Adventures of Fox Sharp-Ears

Opera in three acts

Libretto by Leoš Janácek, English translation by Yveta Synek Graff and Robert T. Jones

COMPACT DISC ONE

Act I

Prelude

3:15

'Going to be a storm soon'

1:32

Forester

'Come on, old lady, and let's get the show started'

1:50

Cricket, Caterpillar, Mosquito, Frog

'Mummy! Mummy! What is that?'

1:40

Vixen Cub, Forester

Pantomime

3:23

Interlude

2:00

'Look at how big she's grown!'

1:24

Forester, Forester's Wife, Vixen, Dog

'I'm just the same too'

1:11

Vixen

'Look what we've got down 'ere'

1:01

Pepík, Frantík, Vixen, Forester's Wife, Forester

Interlude (beginning) ('Ou, ou!')

2:14

Vixen

Interlude (conclusion)

2:12

'You should take a lesson from me!'

0:58

Dog, Rooster, Hens, Chief Hen

'Sisters! Comrades!'

2:09

Vixen, Hens, Rooster

'Come on then, don't be frightened'

1:39

Chief Hen, Forester's Wife, Vixen, Forester

Act II

Prelude

0:58

'Ah!' - 'Who's that out there screaming?'

1:52

Vixen, Badger, Forest creatures

Interlude

1:19

'In my view parish things have got to be better!'

0:43

Priest, Forester

'Once long since, long ago'

3:13

Forester, Schoolmaster, Priest, Pásek

'Home now?'

1:23

Forester, Pásek

Interlude

1:00

'Something is wrong with my equilibrium'

1:49

'Staccato! Flageoletti!'

1:26

Schoolmaster

'So remember to be a good man!'

2:09

Priest

'Memnestho aner agathos einai'

1:11

Priest, Forester, Schoolmaster

Interlude

1:06

'O my God! He's so handsome!'

1:39

Vixen, Fox

'One dark night'

3:15

Vixen

'Fox Goldenstripe'

1:18

Fox, Vixen

'Can it be that I am lovely?'

3:57

'Let me go! I am afraid of you!'

3:54

Vixen, Fox

'If you had only seen what I saw just now'

0:53

Owl, Jay, Vixen, Fox

'That's how it is!'

2:30

Fox, Vixen, Woodpecker, Forest creatures

62:35

COMPACT DISC TWO

Act III

Prelude

2:02

'In the month of May'

1:39

Harašta

'Hey there, Harašta, how's it going?'

3:50

Forester, Harašta

'Little foxes running fast'

1:52

Fox Cubs, Vixen, Fox

'How many children do we have?'

2:59

Fox, Vixen, Harašta

'Put it down fast! Harašta, Harašta!'

3:44

Harašta, Vixen

Interlude

2:29

'Where is old man Pásek?'

2:18

'Well I'm damned!'

4:08

Forester, Innkeeper's Wife, Schoolmaster

Interlude

1:04

'Spring is here at last'

3:01

'When evening arrives, I welcome the rays'

2:44

'Hey! But I can't see the Vixen there!'

0:55

Forester

'Tha-that wasn't me'

1:18

Frog

34:12

Thomas Allen bass - Forester

Robert Tear tenor - Mosquito/Schoolmaster

Gillian Knight soprano - Forester's Wife/Owl

Lillian Watson soprano - Vixen Sharp-Ears

Gwynne Howell bass - Priest/Badger

John Dobson tenor - Pásek

Nicholas Folwell baritone - Harašta

Diana Montague mezzo-soprano - Fox

Elizabeth Bainbridge mezzo-soprano - Innkeeper's Wife

Royal Opera Chorus

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Simon Rattle

Recorded in:

No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

June 1990

Producer(s)

David R. Murray

Sound Engineer(s)

Mark Vigars

Format: Digital CD 16Bit 44.1Khz
Originally recorded in: 24 Bit Remaster

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