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Russalka Comp

Antonin Dvorak (Artist) | Format: Audio CD
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
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Disc: 1
1. Rusalka: Act One: Predehra - Prelude - A. Dvorak
2. Rusalka: Act One: Hou, hou, hou, stoji mesic nad vodou! (Wood Nymphs) - A. Dvorak
3. Rusalka: Act One: I pekne vitam, pekne vitam (Water Goblin) - A. Dvorak
4. Rusalka: Act One: Hastrmanku, taticku! (Rusalka) - A. Dvorak
5. Rusalka: Act One: Sem casto prichazi a v objeti me stoupa (Rusalka) - A. Dvorak
6. Rusalka: Act One: Mesicku na nebi hlubokem (Rusalka) - A. Dvorak
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Disc: 2
1. Rusalka: Act Two: Jarku, jarku, klouce mile (Gamekeeper) - Antonin Dvorak
2. Rusalka: Act Two: U nas v lese strasi (Gamekeeper) - Antonin Dvorak
3. Rusalka: Act Two: Jiz tyden dlis po boku (Princ) - Antonin Dvorak
4. Rusalka: Act Two: Zda na chvili princ vzpomene si prec (Princess) - Antonin Dvorak
5. Rusalka: Act Two: Slavnostni hudba - balet, Festive Music - Ballet - Antonin Dvorak
6. Rusalka: Act Two: Cely svet neda ti, neda (Water Goblin) - Antonin Dvorak
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Disc: 3
1. Rusalka: Act Three: Necitelna vodni moci (Rusalka) - Antonin Dvorak
2. Rusalka: Act Three: Aj, aj? Uz jsi se navratila? (Jezibaba) - Antonin Dvorak
3. Rusalka: Act Three: Vyrvana zivotu v hlubokou samotu (Rusalka) - Antonin Dvorak
4. Rusalka: Act Three: Ze se bojis? Tresky, plesky (Gamekeeper) - Antonin Dvorak
5. Rusalka: Act Three: Mam, zlate vlasky mam (First Wood Nymph) - Antonin Dvorak
6. Rusalka: Act Three: Bila moje lani! Bila moje lani! (The Prince) - Antonin Dvorak
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Product Description

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Charles Mackerras's lifetime love affair with Czech music makes him an ideal interpreter of Dvorak's most popular opera, an adaptation of themes from Hans Christian Anderson's Little Mermaid into Czech folklore. The watersprite Rusalka falls for a human prince and buys human form from the witch Jezibaba at the price of damnation should she fail to win and keep his heart, and silence while she attempts it; tragedy ensues, not least because the Prince cannot even make up his mind about infidelity. Renee Fleming is glorious in the "Hymn to the Moon" which is the opera's one hit number, equally so in her moments of pain and betrayal and the opera's elegaiac tone; Hoeppner makes the Prince both attractive and, in spite of his betrayal, likeable--this is a fairytale into which psychological accuracy creeps. Franz Hawlata makes the Water Goblin, Rusalka's mentor, as much a victim of the tragic outcome as she is--a mythological being as sad as a Verdi father, and Zajick is a wonderfully monstrous cackling villainess. Mackerras brings out the lyricism, the dance rhythms but also that structural solidness which far too many people assume Dvorak never had. --Roz Kaveney

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Though Czech opera has often had questionable export value due to linguistic barriers, this first truly international recording of Dvorák's most viable opera--inspired by Wagner's love of mythology and Verdi's melodic drama--suggests that non-Czech artists can be more than just credible. As a water sprite who becomes human for love of a prince, Renée Fleming gives her best recorded performance so far with a dramatic heat and theatrical dimension (plus her customary vocal luster) that her Czech predecessors haven't always mustered. Ben Heppner is a robust-voiced prince, though this one- dimensional role doesn't inspire any special affinity from him. Dolora Zajick is a vivid, vocally commanding witch. The one substantial disappointment is Franz Hawiata as the leathery-voiced water goblin. Conductor Sir Charles Mackerras is less interested in creating surface excitement than in bringing out subtleties that help compensate for the composer's occasional lack of melodic precision, though the big moments are by no means slighted. --David Patrick Stearns
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Not just the best Rusalka ever... July 10 2004
By T
Format:Audio CD
No matter how hard I try I cannot find a single flaw in Fleming's voice. I have put it under the microscope (headphones, countless replays, 100% of concentration) and still I haven't found the slightest flaw from bottom to top of this wonder-instrument. Deep chest register, middle of the creamiest beauty and high notes with coloratura technique that will dazzle you. Is she just a lyrical soprano? well if she is the Kanawa and Cotrubas seem like school students before her. The drama in her voice at some points is so strong it reminds you that of a dramatic soprano. Even the long pauses she deliberately makes before a very difficult coloratura line seem to enhance the dramatic effect creating some kind of agony.
For me it is a wonder that Fleming still has her voice today. After singing a VAST repertoire from light coloraturas (Sonnambula, Straniera, Costanze, Sandrina) to dramatic coloratura (Lucrezia, Imogene, Countess Folleville, Padilla, Rosmonda, Armida, Alcina),to lyrical soprano (Fiordiligi, Donna Anna, Countess, Marschallin, Daphne, Illia, Arabella) to semi-dramatic roles (Thais, Manon, Rusalka, Luise, Faust, Jenufa, Herodias) to multi dimensional roles like Violeta, and with a huge range that goes from deep chest to a high G above the Queen's F, this woman has proved that she can sing everything perfectly.
Rusalka is technically a very easy role for Fleming. She sings the water Nymphe like a true Goddess with a column of sound so thick and solid in the entire spectrum of vocalisation.
Like Thais we thank God that Fleming decided to sing this role so that we can have it sung with Unrepeatable Perfection.
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Not bad but not the best July 7 2004
Format:Audio CD
Knowing Subrtova, Zidek, Haken recording conducted by Chalabala, I simply could not give five stars. I like Fleming and I regard her as a one of the best current soprano, but if you could listen the older recording mentioned above, you would get to know WHAT Rusalka IS.
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On Par With The Best Of Puccini And Mozart Jun 30 2004
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
...if one digs a little deeper than the facile and the popular, one will find a true 'diamond in the rough' on par with the best of puccini and mozart, in my humble opinion...

...mackerras' interpretation of dvorak is complex, rich, sensitive, melodic and moving...the thrust of this work is such as to make 'o silver moon' but a part of a greater whole...and if one wishes to see the union of beauty (vocally) and emotion in the form of fleming, then this is it...

...truly superb...five stars!...

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Most recent customer reviews
Superb
Superb. The best opera recording of the year. The last CD is the real gold. The opera just makes you wanna cry. Fleming's dramatic dedication is admirable. Read more
Published on Feb 28 2004 by D. Fair
BEST RUSALKA
This review will be very short. This is easily the best Rusalka ever and will probably never be surpassed. Read more
Published on Jan 5 2004 by VM
A twentieth century masterpiece
I just reviewed Renee Fleming's new Bel Canto album and it got me thinking about her Rusalka. I have loved this opera for years, and in London we have been relatively priveleged to... Read more
Published on Oct 12 2003 by Ed Beveridge
Beautiful, Romantic and Accessible
This is a worthy recording of my FAVORITE opera. Flemming is a gorgous Rusalka. Dvoraks score is not only beautiful but very accessable to modern listeners. Read more
Published on Jun 18 2003 by "jcsprstr20"
A good, yet underappreciated, opera
Now, I will admit that I've never heard another version of this opera, but I enjoyed this recording immensely. Read more
Published on Aug 2 2002 by B. C. Giles
A magnificent recording of "nothing" music
Let me be fair. Fleming is fantastic, Heppner sings gorgeously and Mackerras conducts with flair and style. Read more
Published on April 14 2001 by madamemusico
Fantastic!
I bought, as I imagine most of the reviewers, based on the Grammophone recomendatiom. As most of the times they are correct.

The performance is incredible and Mrs. Read more

Published on Dec 2 2000 by Santiago Barcon
A great Ruslaka
This recording, of Rusalka, is great. I heard othe versions of the moon song, but here fleming sings it extraorinary well. Read more
Published on Oct 22 2000
This recording made the music known
Having all the enthousiastic reviewers, Gramophone's award and various happy critics in mind I should not be writing this review. Read more
Published on Feb 26 2000 by Tommy Nielsen
FABULOUS!!!!
Dvorak took a wretchedly bad libretto and transformed it into the beautiful opera Rusalka. His talent as a composer overshadows the poetaster Jaroslav Kvapil. Read more
Published on May 20 1999 by MmeFluorin@aol.com
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