Dvorak - Armida - Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra (3 CDs)

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• SKU: 35770
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• Label(s): Multisonic
• Year of release: 1994
• 3 CD Set

• Composer Antonin Dvorak

• 1 Overture
• 2 Scene I. (courtiers, King Hydraot's retinue) Jak z derviocyvh prsu rinou se vonna zrnka ruzence Scene II. (Hydraot, Ismen) Jak mohla by me take milovat (Ismen) Lsti zvitezis (Ismen)
• 3 Scene III. (Armida, Hydraot, Ismen). Za stihlou gazelou (Armida). Ty sladke vymluvnosti duchu (Ismen). O, veru, nadpozemskou moci (Armida, Hydraot, Ismen)
• 4 Scene I. Scene II. Scene III. Scene IV. Scene V.
• 5 Scene VI. Scene VII. Scene VIII.
• 6 Act 3. Scene I. Scene II. Scene III. Scene IV.
• 7 Scene V. Scene VI. Scene VII. Scene VIII.
• 8 Act 4. Scene I. Scene II. Scene III.
• 9 Scene IV. (Rinald, Ismen) Scene V. (Rinald, Armida)

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
Armida
Opera in four acts

Libretto by Jaroslav Vrchlicky

CD 1

1. Overture

Act 1
2. Scene I. (courtiers, King Hydraot's retinue)
Jak z derviocyvh prsu rinou se vonna zrnka ruzence
Scene II. (Hydraot, Ismen)
Jak mohla by me take milovat (Ismen)
Lsti zvitezis (Ismen)
3. Scene III. (Armida, Hydraot, Ismen)
Za stihlou gazelou (Armida)
Ty sladke vymluvnosti duchu (Ismen)
O, veru, nadpozemskou moci (Armida, Hydraot, Ismen)

CD 2

Act 2
1. Scene I. (the knights)
Pri telu tvem (chorus)
Scene II. (Rinald, Dudo, Ubald, Sven, Roger, Gernand)
Dost v pousti toho otaleni (Gernand)
Scene III. (the herald, Rinald, Dudo, Ubald, Sven, Roger, Gernand)
Scene IV. (Rinald, Dudo, Ubald, Sven, Roger, Gernand)
Scene V. (Armida, guards, later Peter, Dudo, Gernand, Rinald)
O, srdce, ztis svuj tlukot smely (Armida)
2. Scene VI. (Bohumir, Rinald, Armida, Peter, the knights)
Vy jiz jste vedeni se dali memu (Bohumir)
Slys, z hlubin bidy svoji (Armida)
O duchu vecny (Bohumir)
Scene VII. (Rinald, Armida)
Mne nelze cekat del (Rinald)
Scene VIII. (Armida, Rinald, Peter, later knights and Ismen)
Ni o krok dal (Peter)

CD 3

Act 3
1. Scene I (Armida, Rinald, sirens)
Poutniku, jenz pouste prachem (Siren)
Kde septa rakos tise (nymphs)
Jen niz se sklon (Rinald)
Pres plan i horu (fairies)
Scene II. (Ismen)
Na prahu desnych pousti (Ismen)
Scene III. (Ismen, Armida)
Dost, Armido, jiz nebezpecne hry (Ismen)
Scene IV. (Ismen, Armida, Rinald)
Pojd, vecer se jiz smraka (Ismen, Armida, Rinald)
2. Scene V. (Ismen, sirens)
Poutniku, jenz pouste prochem (chorus of sirens)
Ten zpev? (Ismen)
Scene VI. (Ubald, Sven, Ismen)
Ten palac byl kdys statkem mym (Ismen)
On v jasny den promeni noc (Ismen)
Scene VII. (sirens, nymphs)
Tise, tise, vetrik dyse (chorus of sirens)
Scene VIII. (Ubald, Sven, Armida, Rinald, Ismen)
Jen dale statne vydrz (Ubald)

Act 4
3. Scene I. (Rinald)
Sam, v pousti sam (Rinald)
Scene II. (Rinald, Ubald, Sven Peter)
Ach, je-li mozne odpusteni (Rinald)
Scene III. (Rinald, Ubald, Sven, Peter, crusade soldiers)
Zas vlaje Kristuv prapor savaty (chorus of crusaders)
Zas citim v nadrech silu plati (Rinald)
4. Scene IV. (Rinald, Ismen)
Scene V. (Rinald, Armida)
O, vladce nebe, peprv nyni (Rinald)
V sklon teskne drahy jsme prec svoji (Armida, Rinald)

Hydraot, King of Damascus (bass) - Ladislav Mraz
Armida, his daughter (soprano) - Milada Subrtova
Ismen, the ruler of Syria and a wizard (baritone) - Zdenek Otava
Bohumir of boullion, Commander of Crusaders (baritone)
Peter, the hermit (bass) - Karel Berman
Rinald, knight (tenor) - Ivo Zidek
Gernald, knight (bass) - Jaroslav Horasek
Dudo, knight (tenor) - Antonin Votava
Ubald, knight (bass) - Jiri Joran
Sven, knight (tenor) - Antonin Zlesak
Roger, knight (tenor) - Bohumir Vich
Herald (bass) - Jindrich Jindrak
Muezzin (baritone) - Jiri Bar
Siren (soprano) - Stanislava Souckova

Prague Radio Chorus
Chorusmaster Josef Blacky
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Vaclav Jiracek

Recording of the Czech Radio, Prague
Recorded at Prague from 24 November to 6 December 1956