Research Catalog

Title

From the house of the dead ; Mládi ; Říkadla / Janáček.

Author

Janáček, Leoš, 1854-1928.

Publication

New York, N.Y. : London, [1991], ℗1980.

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Additional Authors

• Zahradníček, Jiří.
• Žídek, Ivo.
• Zítek, Václav.
• Jedlička, Dalibor.
• Mackerras, Charles, 1925-2010.
• Atherton, David, 1944-
• Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881.
• Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor. prf
• Wiener Philharmoniker. prf
• London Sinfonietta. Chorus. prf
• London Sinfonietta. prf

Description

2 audio discs : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in. +

Uniform Title

Works. Selections

Alternative Title

• Works.
• From the house of the dead.
• Mládi.
• Říkadla.

Subject

• Operas
• Suites (Bassoon, clarinets (2), flute, horn, oboe)
• Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with instrumental ensemble

Note

• The 1st work is an opera; sung in Czech; libretto by the composer, based on: Zapiski iz mertvogo doma / Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
• The 2nd work is a suite for flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, horn, and bassoon.
• The 3rd work for 9 mixed voices, piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, double bass, ocarina, piano, and toy drum; sung in Czech, Slovak, and Ukranian.
• Performance of the 1st work based on the copyist manuscript containing subsequent additions by the composer, as well as the autograph score.
• Compact discs; analog recording.
• Durations: 1:31:00; 27:03; 15:24.
• Program notes and synopsis by John Tyrrell in English with French, German, and Italian translations, and libretto with English, French, and German translations (219 p.) included.

Event (note)

• The 1st work recorded Mar. 1980, Sofiensaal, Vienna; the 2nd-3rd works recorded July 1978, Rosslyn Hill Chapel, London.

Contents

Z mrtvého domu = From the house of the dead (90:23) -- Mládí = Youth (16:56) -- Ríkadla = Children's rhymes (15:24).

LCCN

2894303752

OCLC

• on1155625162
• 1155625162

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries