Martinu - The Greek Passion
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Label: Supraphon
Cat No: SU39842
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 14th June 2010
Contents
Artists
Jaroslav HoracekRene Tucek
Zdenek Jankovsky
Oldrich Spisar
Vilem Pribyl
Lubomir Havlak
Nada Sormova
Richard Novak
Karel Petr
Eva Depoltova
Bozena Effenberkova
Martin Ruzek
Milos Jezil
Bohuslav Marsik
Ivana Mixova
Vojtech Kocian
Prague Radio Chorus
Prague Radio Children’s Chorus
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Libor PesekWorks
The Greek PassionArtists
Jaroslav HoracekRene Tucek
Zdenek Jankovsky
Oldrich Spisar
Vilem Pribyl
Lubomir Havlak
Nada Sormova
Richard Novak
Karel Petr
Eva Depoltova
Bozena Effenberkova
Martin Ruzek
Milos Jezil
Bohuslav Marsik
Ivana Mixova
Vojtech Kocian
Prague Radio Chorus
Prague Radio Children’s Chorus
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Libor PesekAbout
Nikos Kazantzakis’s novel Christ Recrucified captivated the composer with the fate of refugees amid an unconcerned, indifferent world. Martinů himself was a refugee. In the libretto, which he prepared on the basis of the novel’s English translation, he captured in an effective stage contraction the transformations of the characters and the reversions of the action. Applying remarkable technique and groundbreaking compositional invention, he depicted a world of church, genuine faith and life in the Greek countryside. He interconnected the ideational and musical content with musical motifs of the Cross and compassionate love.
The elaborate operatic drama The Greek Passion was scheduled to be premiered in London, yet the intention ultimately did not materialise. Subsequently, London would have to wait forty-two years for the staging of the opera (London version). After the opera was rejected, Martinů did not discard the work but revised it conceptually into a new, more compendious, more operatic and musically more sublime form. Yet he did not live to see the second version performed either.
The Greek Passion was first staged almost two years after the composer’s death, in Zurich on 9 June 1961. In the autumn of 1981, the independent preparations for this gramophone recording courageously strove to bring the Czech text closer to the original deep spiritual sense of this extraordinary work for the first time.
Cast:
- Jaroslav Horáček (Grigoris)
- René Tuček (Kostandis)
- Zdeněk Jankovský (Yannakos)
- Oldřich Spisar (Panait)
- Vilém Přibyl (Manolios)
- Lubomír Havlák (Michelis)
- Naďa Šormová (Lenio)
- Richard Novák (Fotis)
- Karel Petr (Starýmuž)
- Eva Děpoltová (Katerina)
- Božena Effenberková (Despinio)
- Martin Růžek (Ladas)
- Miloš Ježil (Nikolio)
- Bohuslav Maršík (Patriarcheas)
- Ivana Mixová (Old woman)
- Vojtech Kocián (Andonis)
Recorded at the Rudolfinum, Prague, September 29 – October 1, 1981. Remastered from the original mastertapes, 2010.
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