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Author Janáček, Leoš, 1854-1928, composer, librettist.

Title From the house of the dead ; Mládi ; Říkadla / Janáček.

Publication Info. New York, N.Y. : London, [1991]
℗1980, ©1991

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Description 2 audio discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time 013100 002703 001524
Physical Medium 4 3/4 in.
plastic metal
Description digital
optical
stereo
1.4 m/s
audio file
CD audio
Medium of Performance 2nd work flute 1 piccolo 1 oboe 1 clarinet 1 horn 1 bassoon 1 bass clarinet 1 6
3rd work vocal ensemble 1 instrumental ensemble 1 2
Note The 1st work is an opera; libretto by the composer, based on Zapiski iz mertvogo doma by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
The 2nd work is a suite for flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, horn, and bassoon.
The 3rd work for 9 mixed voices, piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, double bass, ocarina, piano, and toy drum.
Performer In the 1st work: Jiří Zahradníček (Filka Morozov), Ivo Žídek (Skuratov), tenors ; Václav Zítek (Shishkov), baritone ; Dalibor Jedlička (Goryanchikov), bass ; supporting soloists ; Wiener Staatsopernchor ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; Sir Charles MacKerras, conductor. In the 2nd-3rd works: London Sinfonietta and Chorus ; David Atherton, conductor.
Note Performance of the 1st work based on the copyist manuscript containing subsequent additions by the composer, as well as the autograph score.
Event 1st work Recorded 1980 March Sofiensaal, Vienna.
2nd-3rd works Recorded 1978 July Rosslyn Hill Chapel, London.
Note Titles from disc labels.
Durations: 1:31:00; 27:03; 15:24.
Program notes and synopsis by John Tyrrell in English with French, German, and Italian translations, and libretto and sung texts with English, French, and German translations (219 pages) inserted in container.
Contents Z mrtvého domu = From the house of the dead (90:23) -- Mládí = Youth (16:56) -- Ríkadla = Children's rhymes (15:24).
Language The 1st work sung in Czech; the 3rd work sung in Czech, Slovak, and Ukrainian
Subject Operas.
Operas.
Operas -- Librettos.
Operas -- Librettos.
Suites (Bassoon, clarinets (2), flute, horn, oboe)
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with instrumental ensemble.
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with instrumental ensemble.
Suites (Bassoon, clarinets (2), flute, horn, oboe)
Genre/Form Operas.
Operas.
Librettos.
Librettos.
Suites.
Suites.
Chamber music.
Chamber music.
Art music.
Art music.
Sound recordings.
Sound recordings.
Added Author Zahradníček, Jiří, singer.
Žídek, Ivo, singer.
Zítek, Václav, singer.
Jedlička, Dalibor, singer.
Mackerras, Charles, 1925-2010, conductor.
Atherton, David, 1944- conductor.
Tyrrell, John, 1942-2018, writer of added commentary.
Opera adaptation of (work): Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881. Zapiski iz mertvogo doma.
Container of (work): Janáček, Leoš, 1854-1928. Z mrtvého domu.
Container of (work): Janáček, Leoš, 1854-1928. Z mrtvého domu (Libretto)
Container of (expression): Janáček, Leoš, 1854-1928. Z mrtvého domu (Libretto). English.
Container of (expression): Janáček, Leoš, 1854-1928. Z mrtvého domu (Libretto). French.
Container of (expression): Janáček, Leoš, 1854-1928. Z mrtvého domu (Libretto). German.
Container of (work): Janáček, Leoš, 1854-1928. Mládí.
Container of (work): Janáček, Leoš, 1854-1928. Říkadla.
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, singer.
Wiener Philharmoniker, instrumentalist.
London Sinfonietta. Chorus, singer.
London Sinfonietta, instrumentalist.
Added Title Works. Selections https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83129442
From the house of the dead
Mládi
Říkadla
Standard No. 028943037525
Music No. 430 375-2 London (set)
430 376-2 London (disc 1)
430 377-2 London (disc 2)