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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Janacek: Kata KabanovaThe tragic libretto portrays a woman driven to despair and suicide by her husband and monstrous mother-in-law. The result is a deeply moving, intensely lyrical work, as engaging in the beauty of the vocal and orchestral writing as in its story – which also revealed the tragedy of Slavic provincial life, of which Janácek was only too well aware: ‘There is much sadness and Slav tenderness and depth of feeling in it. May I find the right way to express it with equal intensity’, wrote Janácek on The Storm, the Ostrovsky play that was his source for Katya Kabanova.
Cheryl Barker (soprano) / Jane Henschel (mezzo-soprano) / Victoria Simmonds (mezzo-soprano) / Kathleen Wilkinson (mezzo-soprano) / Claire Hampton (soprano) / Robert Brubaker (tenor) / Peter Hoare (tenor) / Peter Wedd (tenor) / Owen Webb (baritone) / Gwynne Howell (bass) / Sian Meinir (mezzo-soprano) & Philip Lloyd-Holtam (tenor) Chorus of Welsh National Opera & Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi Only available recording in English “Cheryl Barker’s Katya is a huge achievement, rapturously sung, pertinently acted…” Venue Magazine (on WNO's performances of Katya Kabanova) “…Rizzi illuminates… with almost Puccinian warmth, while keenly evoking the tightening tensions beneath. …Barker's… intense soprano, large for the role, makes Katya sound stronger than usual yet also more neurotic… Her brief over Boris, sung with appropriate charm and vague callousness by Robert Brubaker, and her useless husband Tchon, well sketched by Peter Hoare, are just the agents. Katya's real downfall is the trap set by her oppressive mother-in-law Kabanicha... Jane Henschel sings her with steely hauteur...” BBC Music Magazine, December 2007 *****  BBC Music Magazine
Opera Choice - December 2007 |
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| |  | Edition Staatskapelle Dresden - Volume 16
Janacek: | Kata Kabanova complete recording |
Elfriede Trötschel (Soprano), Helmut Schindler (Tenor), Helena Rott (Alto), Heinrich Pflanzel (Bass), Karl-Heinz Thomann (Tenor), Erich Zimmermann (Tenor), Werner Faulhaber (Baritone), Sieglinde Gossmann (Mezzo Soprano), Käte Höfgen (Mezzo Soprano) Staatskapelle Dresden & Chor der Staatsoper Dresden, Ernst Richter This is a historical recording dating from 1949. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Elisabeth Söderström, Petr Dvorsky, Nedezda Kniplová & Vladimir Krejcik Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Charles Mackerras "... Charles Mackerras's ... long knowledge of the score has flowered into the richest account of it he has yet given ... he draws wonderful playing from the Vienna Philharmonic ... it is an outstanding operatic recording by any standards ... there is an understanding between conductor and singer, in the collaboration between Mackerras and Miss Söderström that articulates this beautiful and touching opera with unfailing eloquence."
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Drahomira Tikalova, Beno Blachut, Bohumir Vich & Zdenek Kroupa Prague National Theatre Orchestra, Jaroslav Krombholc Recorded 1960 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Nancy Gustafson, Felicity Palmer, Ryland Davies, Barry McCauley, John Graham-Hall, Louise Winter London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus, Andrew Davis Subtitles in German, English, French, Spanish | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Angela Denoke, David Kuebler, Jane Henschel, Hubert Delamboye Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovakian Philharmonic Choir, Sylvain Cambreling, stage direction by Christoph Marthaler | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Ludek Vele, Peter Straka, Eva Randová & Dagmar Pecková Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Mackerras | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Henk Smit, David Kuebler, Jane Henschel, Hubert Delamboye, Angela Denoke, Rainer Trost, Dagmar Pecková, Frédéric Caton, Ulrika Precht, Elisabeth Starzinger Tschechische Philharmonie, Slowakischer Philharmonischer Chor, Sylvain Cambreling | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras (Recorded - Vienna, December 1976 - April 1982) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Gramophone Awards 2008
BBC Music Magazine Awards 2008