DVD Video, Janáček (composer)
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Janáček: Káťa Kabanová
RecommendedCorinne Winters (Kát’a), Evelyn Herlitzius (Kabanicha), David Butt Philip (Boris), Jaroslav Březina (Tichon), Jarmila Balážová (Varvara), Benjamin Hulett (Váňa), Jens Larsen (Dikój)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Jakub Hrůša, Barrie Kosky
Winters is utterly remarkable throughout, words and gestures always telling...Despite Kosky’s occasional idiosyncrasies, this is musically overwhelming. You really do need to hear it. — More…
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2023, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - DVD/Blu-ray of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Winner - Video Opera
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Life with Czech Music - Janacek & Martinu
RecommendedElisabeth Söderström (soprano), Drahomira Drobkova (contralto), Frantisek Livora (tenor), Richard Novak (bass), Jan Hora (organ), Kvetoslava Nemeckova (soprano), Leo Marian Vodicka (tenor), Vaclav Zitek (baritone), Josef Ruzicka (piano), Jan Bouse (timpani), Eva Urbanova (soprano), Bernarda Fink...
Even the recording acoustic is warm, enough sometimes to curl the music’s edges and smudge away little details. But Mackerras’s handling of this repertoire is so fresh, so responsive to the... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Choral
4 CDs + DVD Video
$44.25Downloads
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Janáček: From the House of the Dead
Olaf Bär, Eric Stocklossa, Stefan Margita, Heinz Zednik & John Mark Ainsley
Arnold Schoenberg Chor & Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Presently the only DVD version of Janácek's last opera, and it's a good one - even if it doesn't match the Scottish Opera/Welsh National staging many will remember. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2008, DVD of the Month
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2008
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Janáček: The Makropulos Case
Angela Denoke (Emilia Marty), Raymond Very (Albert Gregor), Peter Hoare (Vitek), Jurgita Adamonyte (Krista), Johan Reuter (Jaroslav Prus), Jochen Schmeckenbecher (Dr. Kolenaty), Ales Briscein (Janek)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Esa-Pekka Salonen
The vocal performances are nearly all compelling. The men - Janacek's usual weak and neurotic bunch - are entirely believable...Both the lead and female roles are remarkably complete. Jurgita... — More…
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Janáček: Jenůfa
Asmik Grigorian (Jenůfa), Karita Mattila (Kostelnička), Saimir Pirgu (Števa Buryja), Nicky Spence (Laca Klemeň), Elena Zilio (Grandmother Buryjovka), David Stout (Stárek), Jacquelyn Stucker (Karolka)
Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Henrik Nánási, Claus Guth
Guth has a fine cast to work with...Nánási understands the architecture of Janáček’s score, too, building each climax with proper care as the Royal Opera House Orchestra plays its heart out.... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Opera
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Mariss Jansons Live: The Radio Recordings 1990-2014
Sergei Leiferkus (narrator), Emanuel Ax (piano), Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Anna Prohaska (soprano)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Mariss Jansons
13 CDs + DVD Video
$105.75Downloads
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Janáček: Jenufa
Gitta-Maria Sjöberg (Kostelnicka), Erika Sunnegårdh (Jenufa), Daniel Frank (Laca), Ingrid Tobiasson (Grandmother Buryjovka), Joachim Bäckström (Steva), Per Høyer (Foreman)
Orchestra and Chorus of The Malmö Opera, Marko Ivanovic (conductor) & Orpha Phelan (stage director)
The fact that Sunnegårdh doesn't sacrifice vocal accuracy for visceral drama...makes you feel her tragedy more strongly because you don't lose yourself in operatic heat...The opera's problematically... — More…
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Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen
Isabel Bayrakdarian (Bystrouška, the vixen), Lauren Curnow (Fox), Quinn Kelsey (Gamekeeper), Judith Christin (Gamekeeper´s wife, Owl)
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Seiji Ozawa (conductor) & Laurent Pelly (director)
Pelly's staging has plenty of charm but precious little of the dramatic depth that makes the opera such an extraordinary experience in a great production...Bayrakadrian is an affecting Vixen... — More…
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Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen - Catalan Version
The Animated Film of Janacek's Opera (Catalan Version)
Christine Buffle (Vixen), Grant Doyle (Forester), Richard Coxon (Fox), Keel Watson (Harasta), Peter Van Hulle (Schoolmaster, Mosquito, Grasshopper), Andrew Foster-Williams (Badger), Katarina Giotas (Forester’s Wife, Owl), Richard Roberts (Cockerel), Michelle Sheridan (Chief Hen), Mark Wilde (Woodpecker),...
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Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen
Lucy Crowe (Vixen), Emma Bell (Fox), Sergei Leiferkus (Forester), William Dazeley (Harasta), Mischa Schelomianski (Badger/Parson), Jean Rigby (Forester's Wife/Owl), Adrian Thompson (Schoolmaster/Mosquito), Colin Judson (Pásek, Innkeeper), Sarah Pring (Innkeeper’s Wife)
London Philharmonic Orchestra,...
Still, with her background in choreography and a very visceral take on children's theatre, is an ideal director. There's nothing cutesy about her treatment of the animal characters...Jurowski... — More…
