Janácek - Vec Makropulos
Elisabeth Söderström, Petr Dvorský, Vladimir Krejcik, Anna Czaková, Václav Zítek, Zdenek Svehla, Dalibor Jedlicka, Jirí Joran, Ivana Mixová, Beno Blachut & Blanka Vitková
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, François Huybrechts
For those wanting a Czech-language performance of Janácek's opera of mortality, Mackerras's 1978 account, led by the intelligently conceived Emilia Marty of Elisabeth Söderström, and with the...
Janácek - Vec Makropulos
Elisabeth Söderström, Petr Dvorský, Vladimir Krejcik, Anna Czaková, Václav Zítek, Zdenek Svehla, Dalibor Jedlicka, Jirí Joran, Ivana Mixová, Beno Blachut & Blanka Vitková
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, François Huybrechts
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For those wanting a Czech-language performance of Janácek's opera of mortality, Mackerras's 1978 account, led by the intelligently conceived Emilia Marty of Elisabeth Söderström, and with the...
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Contents and tracklist
- Vladimir Krejcik (tenor), Peter Dvorsky (tenor), Anna Czakova (mezzo-soprano), Elisabeth Söderström (soprano), Dalibor Jedlicka (bass), Vaclav Zitek (tenor), Ivana Mixova (mezzo-soprano), Jiri Joran (bass), Zdenek Svehla (tenor), Beno Blachut (tenor), Blanka Vitkova (contralto)
- Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper
- Sir Charles Mackerras
- Recorded: 1978-10
- Recording Venue: Wien Film Studios, Vienna
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- François Huybrechts
- Recorded: 1970-10-22
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Awards and reviews
November 2009
For those wanting a Czech-language performance of Janácek's opera of mortality, Mackerras's 1978 account, led by the intelligently conceived Emilia Marty of Elisabeth Söderström, and with the Vienna Philharmonic on resplendent form, retains the palm.
