Dvorak: Kate and the Devil (Cert a Kácal) [Import]

Antonin Dvorak (Composer), Jiri Pinkas (Conductor), Anna Barova (Performer), Daniela Suryova (Performer), Brno Janácek Orchestra (Orchestra), Brigita Sulcova (Performer), Natalia Romanova (Performer), Milos Jezil (Performer), Oldrich Polasek (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Anna Barova, Daniela Suryova, Brigita Sulcova, Natalia Romanova, Milos Jezil, et al.
• Orchestra: Brno Janácek Orchestra
• Conductor: Jiri Pinkas
• Composer: Antonin Dvorak
• Audio CD (March 22, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Supraphon
• ASIN: B00000I7LC
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #523,066 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. The Devil and Kate (Cert a Káca), opera, B. 201 (Op. 112): Overture - Brno Janacek Opera Orch/Jiri Pinkas

2. The Devil and Kate (Cert a Káca), opera, B. 201 (Op. 112): Act 1. Why so early, shepherd - Brno Janacek Opera Chor/Josef Pancik/Milos Jezil

3. The Devil and Kate (Cert a Káca), opera, B. 201 (Op. 112): Act 1. O me, little shepherd poor - Milos Jezil

4. The Devil and Kate (Cert a Káca), opera, B. 201 (Op. 112): Act 1. Dance - Brno Janacek Opera/Jiri Pinkas

5. The Devil and Kate (Cert a Káca), opera, B. 201 (Op. 112): Act 1. Isn't it enraging? - Anna Barova/Daniela Suryova/Brno Janacek Opera Chor/Josef Pancik

6. The Devil and Kate (Cert a Káca), opera, B. 201 (Op. 112): Act 1. Good evening - Richard Novak/Brno Janacek Opera Chor/Josef Pancik/Oldrich Polasek

7. The Devil and Kate (Cert a Káca), opera, B. 201 (Op. 112): Act 1. May I offer you a drink, please? - Richard Novak/Anna Barova/Brno Janacek Opera Chor/Josef Pancik

8. The Devil and Kate (Cert a Káca), opera, B. 201 (Op. 112): Act 1. Hurray! Jirka is here again! - Brno Janacek Opera Chor/Josef Pancik/Milos Jezil

9. The Devil and Kate (Cert a Káca), opera, B. 201 (Op. 112): Act 1. I've been kicked out! - Milos Jezil/Brno Janacek Opera/Josef Pancik/Richard Novak/anna Barova

10. The Devil and Kate (Cert a Káca), opera, B. 201 (Op. 112): Act 1. It is somewhat out-of-the-way - Richard Novak/Anna Barova/Brno Janacek Opera/Josef Pancik/Daniela Suryova/Milos Jezil

Disc: 2

1. The Devil and Kate (Cert a Káca), opera, B. 201 (Op. 112): Act 2. Overture - Brno Janacek Opera Orch/Jiri Pinkas

2. The Devil and Kate (Cert a Káca), opera, B. 201 (Op. 112): Act 2. Glory to the might of gold - Brno Janacek Opera Chor/Josef Pancik/Ales Stava

3. The Devil and Kate (Cert a Káca), opera, B. 201 (Op. 112): Act 2. Shall I forever listen to your larm? - Jaroslav Horacek/Brno Janacek Opera/Josef Pancik/Jan Hladik

4. The Devil and Kate (Cert a Káca), opera, B. 201 (Op. 112): Act 2. Ah, poor me! - Richard Novak/Anna Barova/Brno Janacek Opera Chor/Josef Pancik/Jaroslav Horacek/Jan Hladik

5. The Devil and Kate (Cert a Káca), opera, B. 201 (Op. 112): Act 2. What seek you? What do you want here? - Jaroslav Horacek/Milos Jezil/Anna Barova/Richard Novak

6. The Devil and Kate (Cert a Káca), opera, B. 201 (Op. 112): Act 2. Everywhere I heard but laments - Richard Novak/Jaroslav Horacek

7. The Devil and Kate (Cert a Káca), opera, B. 201 (Op. 112): Act 2. He might, perhaps, carry her home! - Richard Novak/Milos Jezil

8. The Devil and Kate (Cert a Káca), opera, B. 201 (Op. 112): Act 2. Kate, get ready now! - Richard Novak/Anna Barova

9. The Devil and Kate (Cert a Káca), opera, B. 201 (Op. 112): Act 2. Devilish Dance - Brno Janacek Opera Chor/Jiri Pinkas

10. The Devil and Kate (Cert a Káca), opera, B. 201 (Op. 112): Act 2. How do you like it here in hell? - Brno Janacek Opera Chor/Josef Pancik/brigita Sulcova/Milos Jezil

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5.0 out of 5 stars The enchanted world of fairytale..., July 20, 2010

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Giedrius Alkauskas (Vilnius, Lithuania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dvorak: Kate and the Devil (Cert a Kácal) (Audio CD)

While listening to the operas of Dvorak, one is always left with the feeling of the manifold manifestations of a genius of the composer. As for myself, I always find it difficult to reconcile the fact that the person who created piano pieces "Legends", violin concerto, "Stabat Mater" and the opera "Kate and the devil", is the same person. In the operas of Dvorak, there are many places (in particular, in "Jacobin", "Rusalka", "Dimitri" and the opera under review) which could be (erroneously?) dubbed "wagnerian". I think that it is by no means wagnerian, it is purely dvorakian, only this side of the composer does only manifest in his later operas (and not in the early ones, like "The stubborn lovers" or "The cunning peasant").
The opera and the recording under review are terrific! Shivers roll down the spine when Marbuel is singing his very simple but completely enchanting aria about "The Purple Castle" (CD 1, Track 10). The song of Ovcak is beautifully orchestrated, and has so much longing! The second CD starts with a feast of devils, the ones mostly familiar from the rural folk theatre, and their boss Lucifer seems to be a nice old fellow, though an ill one and annoyed with not having enough peace and rest.
The drawback of this superb opera is (as in not a few cases with Dvorak) the libretto. For example, the text in the third act (which takes place in the castle of the princess) is a bit infantile, lacking the third dimension at least: for example, the princess suddenly repents all her previous sins and wants henceforth to do only good for the people.
Nevertheless, I would strongly recommend this recording to those who are not indifferent to the beauty of rural life, folk fantasy and the genius of Dvorak.