Janacek, Leos - The Makropulos Case - Opera (Chandos Audio CD)

Leoš Janacek (1854-1928)

The Makropulos Case 125:43
Opera in Three Acts
Libretto by the composer after Karel Capek's comedy Vec Makropulos
English translation by Norman Tucker

COMPACT DISC ONE
Act I 35:45
1 Prelude 5:22
2 'Oh dear, my goodness!' 4:14
Vítek, Gregor
3 'Daddy, she really is wonderful' 1:55
Kristina, Gregor, Vítek
4 'Come this way please' 11:23
Kolenaty, Kristina, Marty, Gregor
5 'Gone at last!' 5:53
6 'Emilia' 4:10
Gregor, Marty
7 'Found it! We've found it' 2:45
Kolenaty, Marty, Gregor, Prus

Act II 30:25
8 'Did you ever see such flowers?' 2:14
Cleaner, Stage Hand, Prus
9 'Janek, come on. No one here will see us' 6:35
Kristina, Janek, Prus, Marty, Gregor, Vítek
10 'Excuse me. Excuse me, may I…' 4:15
Hauk, Marty, Prus
11 'And the next! Is that the lot?' 1:34
Marty, Vítek, Kristina, Janek, Prus, Gregor
12 'Allow me to ask this question' 6:29
Prus, Marty
13 'Is that you, Bertie?' 9:17
Marty, Gregor, Cleaner, Janek, Prus
66:24
COMPACT DISC TWO
Act III 29:34
1 'Well? D'you hear me?' 5:30
Marty, Prus, Chambermaid
2 'Buenos dias Maxi! Why so early?' 3:29
Marty, Hauk, Chambermaid, Kolenaty, Gregor
3 'The seal and th'initials E.M.' 12:20
Gregor, Vítek, Kolenaty, Prus, Marty, Kristina
4 'Fetch the doctor!' 8:14
Kolenaty, Marty, Gregor, Vítek, Prus, Kristina, Chorus

Interview with Sir Charles Mackerras 29:27
Sir Charles Mackerra talks with Rodney Milnes about how he came to love Janácek, the man and the musician.
5 Part 1 3:11
6 Part 2 2:11
7 Part 3 1:24
8 Part 4 3:04
9 Part 5 4:14
10 Part 6 15:25
59:19
Cheryl Barker soprano - Emilia Marty (E.M.)
Neal Davies bass-baritone - Dr Kolenaty
John Graham-Hall tenor - Vítek
Elena Xanthoudakis soprano - Kristina
Robert Brubaker tenor - Albert Gregor
John Wegner baritone - Baron Jaroslav Prus
Thomas Walker tenor - Janek Prus
Graham Clark Count Hauk-Šendorf
Graham Danby bass - Stage Hand
Kathleen Wilkinson mezzo-soprano - Cleaner
Susanna Tudor-Thomas mezzo-soprano - Chambermaid
English National Opera Chorus
English National Opera Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras
Recorded in:
London Coliseum
18, 20, 24 & 26 May 2006
Producer(s)
Brian Couzens
Sound Engineer(s)
Mike Hatch
Andrew Mellor
Format: DDD
Bit Rate: 24 Bit / 96K