Janacek: Jenufa

Cat. No. CHAN 3106(2)

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CD available From: 10 May 2004

Opera - Janufa

Leos Janacek (1854-1928)

Jenufa, her step-daughter (Brno version)

121:12

Opera in three acts

Libretto by the composer after Gabriela Preissová's play Jefí pastorkyna

English version by Edward Downes and Otakar Kraus

COMPACT DISC ONE

Act I

Scene 1

'Soon it will be evening'

11:59

Jenufa, Grandmother Buryja, Laca, Jano

Scene 2

'What are you doing here, Laca?'

5:07

Foreman, Laca, Jenufa, Grandmother Buryja, Kostelnicka

Scene 3

'Come now, Jenufa'

0:37

Grandmother Buryja, Jenufa

Scene 4

'They're all for marrying'

1:46

Recruits, Števa, Jenufa, Foreman, Laca

Scene 5

'My dear heart, my Števa, Števuška!'

13:03

Jenufa, Števa, Chorus, Kostelnicka, Grandmother Buryja, Laca, Foreman

Scene 6

'Števa, Števa, I know you got drunk today'

5:32

Jenufa, Števa, Grandmother Buryja

Scene 7

'How all this boasting of Števa'

4:31

Laca, Jenufa, Grandmother Buryja, Foreman, Barena

Act II

Scene 1

Introduction

1:16

'If I leave the door ajar a little'

7:11

Kostelnicka, Jenufa

Scene 2

'Yes, in all these twenty weeks'

2:05

Kostelnicka

Scene 3

'Aunt Kostelnicka, in the note you sent me'

8:49

Števa, Kostelnicka, Jenufa, Laca

Scene 4

'But I saw a man come in here just now'

3:11

Laca, Kostelnicka

65:21

COMPACT DISC TWO

Scene 5

'One moment. . . In that moment must I lose hope'

3:50

Kostelnicka

Scene 6

'Mamicka, my head is aching'

9:01

Jenufa

Scene 7

'Who is there?'

5:51

Jenufa, Kostelnicka

Scene 8

'He's coming now!. . .'

6:17

Kostelnicka, Laca, Jenufa

Act III

Scene 1

'Don't you feel nervous, Jenufka?'

2:35

Maid, Jenufa, Laca, Kostelnicka

Scene 2

'God be with you!'

4:26

Mayor, Maid, Laca, Jenufa, Kostelnicka, Mayor's Wife

Scene 3

'There now, Laca, just as I foresaw'

3:51

Jenufa, Laca

Scene 4

'Aha! Here they are'

2:38

Laca, Karolka, Števa, Jenufa

Scene 5

'There's no denying that all that was really a sight worth seeing'

0:16

Mayor, Kostelnicka, Laca, Mayor's Wife

Scene 6

'God be with you one and all!'

3:20

Barena, Peasant Girls, Mayor, Jenufa, Laca, Grandmother Buryja, Chorus, Kostelnicka

Scene 7

'What baby's that they're shouting about?'

0:30

Kostelnicka, Jano, Mayor, Števa, Chorus

Scene 8

'Come quickly now!'

0:44

Jano, Kostelnicka, Grandmother Buryja

Scene 9

'Števa, this is terrible. . .'

0:43

Karolka, Jenufa, Števa, Laca

Scene 10

'Ha, there now, you see his baby clothes!'

4:02

Jenufa, Mayor's Wife, Village Woman, Mayor, Chorus, Laca, Kostelnicka, Karolka, Maid

Scene 11

'Do not kneel, dear mother!'

3:55

Jenufa, Kostelnicka, Laca

Scene 12

'They have gone! Now you go!'

3:35

Jenufa, Laca

55:51

Elizabeth Vaughan mezzo-soprano - Grandmother Buryjovka

Dame Josephine Barstow soprano - The Kostelnicka

Janice Watson soprano - Jenufa

Peter Wedd tenor - Števa Buryja

Nigel Robson tenor - Laca Klemen

Neal Davies baritone - Foreman

Alan Fairs bass - Mayor

Marian McCullogh mezzo-soprano - Mayor's Wife

Charlotte Ellett soprano - Karolka

Claire Hampton soprano - Jano

Rosie Hay soprano - Barena

Imelda Drumm mezzo-soprano - Maid

Sarah Pope mezzo-soprano - Village woman

Chorus of Welsh National Opera

Orchestra of Welsh National Opera

Sir Charles Mackerras

Recorded in:

Brangwyn Hall, Swansea

20-26 July 2003

Producer(s)

Brian Couzens

Sound Engineer(s)

Ralph Couzens

Michael Common (Assistant)

Format: Digital CD 16Bit 44.1Khz
Originally recorded in: 24Bit 96Khz

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