Opera - The Cunning Little Vixen

Leoš 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
1 Prelude 3:15
2 'Going to be a storm soon' 1:32
Forester
3 'Come on, old lady, and let's get the show started' 1:50
Cricket, Caterpillar, Mosquito, Frog
4 'Mummy! Mummy! What is that?' 1:40
Vixen Cub, Forester
5 Pantomime 3:23
6 Interlude 2:00
7 'Look at how big she's grown!' 1:24
Forester, Forester's Wife, Vixen, Dog
8 'I'm just the same too' 1:11
Vixen
9 'Look what we've got down 'ere' 1:01
Pepík, Frantík, Vixen, Forester's Wife, Forester
10 Interlude (beginning) ('Ou, ou!') 2:14
Vixen
11 Interlude (conclusion) 2:12
12 'You should take a lesson from me!' 0:58
Dog, Rooster, Hens, Chief Hen
13 'Sisters! Comrades!' 2:09
Vixen, Hens, Rooster
14 'Come on then, don't be frightened' 1:39
Chief Hen, Forester's Wife, Vixen, Forester

Act II
15 Prelude 0:58
16 'Ah!' - 'Who's that out there screaming?' 1:52
Vixen, Badger, Forest creatures
17 Interlude 1:19
18 'In my view parish things have got to be better!' 0:43
Priest, Forester
19 'Once long since, long ago' 3:13
Forester, Schoolmaster, Priest, Pásek
20 'Home now?' 1:23
Forester, Pásek
21 Interlude 1:00
22 'Something is wrong with my equilibrium' 1:49
23 'Staccato! Flageoletti!' 1:26
Schoolmaster
24 'So remember to be a good man!' 2:09
Priest
25 'Memnestho aner agathos einai' 1:11
Priest, Forester, Schoolmaster
26 Interlude 1:06
27 'O my God! He's so handsome!' 1:39
Vixen, Fox
28 'One dark night' 3:15
Vixen
29 'Fox Goldenstripe' 1:18
Fox, Vixen
30 'Can it be that I am lovely?' 3:57
31 'Let me go! I am afraid of you!' 3:54
Vixen, Fox
32 'If you had only seen what I saw just now' 0:53
Owl, Jay, Vixen, Fox
33 'That's how it is!' 2:30
Fox, Vixen, Woodpecker, Forest creatures
62:35

COMPACT DISC TWO
Act III
1 Prelude 2:02
2 'In the month of May' 1:39
Harašta
3 'Hey there, Harašta, how's it going?' 3:50
Forester, Harašta
4 'Little foxes running fast' 1:52
Fox Cubs, Vixen, Fox
5 'How many children do we have?' 2:59
Fox, Vixen, Harašta
6 'Put it down fast! Harašta, Harašta!' 3:44
Harašta, Vixen
7 Interlude 2:29
8 'Where is old man Pásek?' 2:18
9 'Well I'm damned!' 4:08
Forester, Innkeeper's Wife, Schoolmaster
10 Interlude 1:04
11 'Spring is here at last' 3:01
12 'When evening arrives, I welcome the rays' 2:44
13 'Hey! But I can't see the Vixen there!' 0:55
Forester
14 '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: DDD
Bit Rate: 24 Bit Remaster