Dvořák - Saint Ludmila / Remastered (Century's record.: Václav Smetáček, Prague Orchestra & Choir)

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Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904) Dvořák: Saint Ludmila, Op. 71
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00:00 Part I (Courtyard of the Castle of Mělník. In the middle a large golden statue of the goddess Bába. Noble, priests and people): Tmy vrátily se v skrýše skal a lesů: The dusk departs to gloomy caves and forests
09:36 Květy, jimiž Vesna vábí: Blossoms, with which Spring allures us (Chorus of People)
27:30 Od dětství ku oltáři mne vodil svatý cit: When young it was the altar I ever held most dear (Soprano Aria: Ludmila)
44:37 Kdo onen muž, jejž nestih's nebe blesk?: What man is this whom lightening will not fell?
1:05:15 Part II (In the woods near Beroun. In the background a hollow rock with Ivan’s hermitage): Ó, v jaké šeré lesní stíny: Oh, in the fearful forest shadows (Introduction, Recitative & Contralto Aria: Svatava)
1:26:14 Ó jaký obraz oku mému se v stínu lesním otvírá!: Oh, what a sight there in the shadows, and one that causes me to fear! (Tenor & Chorus: Bořivoj)
1:31:24 Ó neklamu se, chápu juž: I think, the truth I now infer (Chorus)
1:50:13 Part III (The Cathedral of Velehrad. Baptism of Bořivoj and Ludmila. Priests, nobles and people): Hospodine, pomiluj ny!: Mighty Lord, have mercy on us! (Introduction & Chorus)
2:06:28 Ó zněte písně, zněte k nebes báni: Now let the heavens echo with our anthem (Contralto & Bass duet with Chorus: Svatava & Ivan)
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(Czech)
Saint Ludmila (Soprano): Eva Zikmundová
Svatava , her companion (contralto): Věra Soukupová
Bořivoj (tenor): Beno Blachut
A Husbandman (tenor): Vladimír Krejčík
Saint Ivan (bass): Richard Novák
Prague (Czech) Philharmonic Choir
Chorus Master: Josef Veselka
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Václav Smetáček
Recorded in 1963, at Prague
New mastering in 2023 by AB for CMRR

Large-scale full-length vocal works with orchestra occupy a special place in the output of Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904). The major source of his world-wide renown lay elsewhere: namely, in the domain of orchestral production. Dvořák's concertos and symphonies have remained staple items of the international repertoire. Apart from them, equally high prestige has been enjoyed by a duo of outstanding sacred works: the Stabat Mater and Requiem. Still in Dvořák's lifetime, another two vocal compositions, in which he used texts by leading Czech poets, brought him similar success at home: They were the cantata The Spectre's Bride (on the poem of Karel Jaromír Erben), and the oratorio St.Ludmila (based on Jaroslav Vrchlický's poem). Perhaps the specifically Czech subjects of these two pieces underlie the fact that in terms of international popularity they have somewhat lagged behind the above-listed sacred works. And yet they are true masterpieces containing all the ingredients of Dvorák's compositional art and his profound, if outwardly simple, philosophy of life and faith.

This particular recording is the first ever made of the work, and makes available one of the very best creations of prominent Czech conductor Václav Smetáček whose readings of that part of Dvořák's legacy won him wide acclaim…

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Other Album available // Dvořák: Requiem Op. 89 Karel Ančerl
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Antonín Dvořák PLAYLIST (reference recordings): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3UZpQL9LIxOmR1pAUFUL-0JK-EcbVFUG