Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen, Sinfonietta

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Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen, Sinfonietta

Lucy Crowe (Vixen), Gerald Finley (Forester), Sophia Burgos (Fox), Jan Martiník (Badger/Parson), Peter Hoare (Mosquito/Rooster/Schoolmaster), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (Harašta)

London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle

If this Vixen is good, the Sinfonietta is outstanding – arguably the best on disc, though you need to experience the work in a concert hall with the nine trumpets blazing. They’re supremely sophisticated... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2020, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Release Date: 4th Sep 2020
Catalogue No: LSO0850
Label: LSO Live
Length: 1 hour 59 minutes

Presto Recording of the Week

4th September 2020
Gramophone Magazine

October 2020

Editor's Choice
Presto Recordings of the Year

Finalist 2020
Gramophone Magazine

Critics' Choice 2020
The Times Records of the Year

2020
Grammy Awards

64th Awards (2022)

Nominee - Best Opera Recording

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Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen (Příhody lišky Bystroušky), JW I / 9, Act I

Work length27:02

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Anna Lapkovskaja, Inji Galliet-Jakoby, Gerald Finley, Olivia Solomou, Maeve McAllister, Saoirse Exelby, Paulina Malefane, Poppy Dawid, Eben Watson, Lucy Crowe, Sophia Burgos, Peter Hoare
London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus
Sir Simon Rattle

Prelude

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Scene I, Dostaneme bóřku

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Scene I, Kmotřenko, zakoncertovala si také

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Scene I, Mami!

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Scene I, Pantomime

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Interlude (Proměna)

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Scene II, To čučiš, Lapáku!?

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Scene II, Že nevíš, co máme?

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Scene II, Pantomime

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Interlude (Svitáni)

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Scene II, Mělas dělat podlivámě!

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Scene II, Zbabělče, podivé se, jeli už mrtvá?

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Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen (Příhody lišky Bystroušky), JW I / 9, Act II

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Gerald Finley, Jonah Halton, Sophia Burgos, Irene Hoogveld, Jan Martiník, Peter Hoare, Paulina Malefane, Lucy Crowe
London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus
Sir Simon Rattle

Prelude [2]

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Scene III, Ach!

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Act II: Interlude (Proměna) [2]

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Scene IV, Ano, ve Stráni bude daleko lépe!

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Scene IV, Bývalo, bývalo, dávno už neni

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Scene IV, Domů? Pro ten šňupec tvýho spaní?

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Act II: Interlude (Proměna) [3]

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Scene V, Bud'to mám těžiště pohyblivé

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Scene V, Pomni, abys byl dobrým mužem!

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Scene V, Memnesthó anér agathos einai

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Act II: Interlude (Proměna) [4]

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Scene VI, Bóžinku, ten je hezké!

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Scene VI, Kradla jsem!

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Scene VI, Zlatohřbítek, lišák s kroužkovými pesíky, z Hluboké zmoly

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Scene VI, Jsemli opravdu tak krásná?

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Scene VI, Pusťte mě!

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Scene VI, Kdybyste věděli, co já viděla

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Scene VI, Když je to tak

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Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen (Příhody lišky Bystroušky), JW I / 9, Act III

Work length33:00

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Theo Smith, Anna Lapkovskaya, Olivia Solomou, Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Gerald Finley, Sophia Burgos, Peter Hoare, Lucy Crowe
London Symphony Orchestra, LSO Discovery Voices
Sir Simon Rattle

Prelude [3]

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Scene VII, Dež sem vandroval

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Scene VII, Tož co, Harašto, máš se dobře?

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Scene VII, Běži liška k Táboru

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Scene VII, Kolik jsme to měli děti!?

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Scene VII, Nůšo důle!

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Act III: Interlude (Proměna) [5]

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Scene VIII, A kde otec Pásek?

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Scene VIII, Do hroma!

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Act III: Interlude (Proměna) [6]

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Scene IX, Neříkal jsem to?

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Scene IX, A přece su rád

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Scene IX, Hoj! Ale není tu Bystroušky!

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Scene IX, Totok nésu já

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Janáček: Sinfonietta

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London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle

I. Fanfare. Allegretto - Allegro - Maestoso

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II. The Castle, Brno. Andante - Allegretto - Maestoso - Tempo I - Allegretto

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III. The Queen's Monastery, Brno. Moderato - Con moto - Tempo I - Prestissimo - Moderato

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IV. The Street Leading to the Castle. Allegretto - Adagio - Presto - Andante - Presto - Prestissimo

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V. The Town Hall, Brno. Andante con moto - Maestoso - Tempo I - Allegretto - Allegro - Maestoso - Adagio

Track length6:54

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Recording of the Week, Simon Rattle conducts Janáček's Sinfonietta and The Cunning Little Vixen

4th September 2020

Simon Rattle conducts the London Symphony Orchestra and a cast including Lucy Crowe and Gerald Finley in an exquisitely characterful performance of Janáček's opera.

Melodious and charming, The Cunning Little Vixen is a work rooted in Czech history and folk music; a sentimental journey through the cycles of life. For Sir Simon Rattle, it's a deeply personal and emotional work. "It's the piece that made me want to become an opera conductor... and still one of the pieces that reduces me to tears more easily than any other," says the LSO's Music Director. Recorded with an outstanding cast during semi-staged performances, this recording is the second in an LSO Live series showcasing acclaimed collaborations between Rattle and the celebrated stage director Peter Sellars. Towering fanfares open Janácek's Sinfonietta, an ode to the composer's hometown of Brno in the now Czech Republic. It's a portrait composed for a national celebration of Slavic culture, with Janácek's love of musical tradition evident in dancing strings and celebratory brass.

Reviews

December 2020

If this Vixen is good, the Sinfonietta is outstanding – arguably the best on disc, though you need to experience the work in a concert hall with the nine trumpets blazing. They’re supremely sophisticated as well as clarion here; Rattle, being a sound man first and foremost, makes every odd instrumental combination tell and there’s a drive sometimes lacking in the Vixen.

October 2020

With pinpoint playing from the LSO and close, detailed recorded sound, this is a Vixen with sharp teeth as well as sharp ears… The sense of dramatic vividness is conveyed superbly by the cast, led by Lucy Crowe’s impulsive Vixen, brimming with joie de vivre and mischief and singing with airy ease…The generous coupling is every bit as compelling: a taut account of the Sinfonietta that bristles with nervous energy and exultant joy… All in all, an outstanding release, and a rewarding celebration of this wonderful composer’s art.

November 2020

Rattle’s conception of the opera has become broader and more expressive over the years, and the result is perhaps the most overtly lyrical account of the opera on disc. The principals clearly relish this...Crowe’s vocal characterization reveals someone who is really inside the role as well as having just the right voice for it. Gerald Finley’s Forester is not only beautifully sung but also very original.

4th September 2020

Sometimes when listening to a new recording for the first time, you can tell more or less straight away that what you are about to hear is going to be pretty special...The opening prelude, a brilliant representation of a forest teeming with life, is extraordinary in Rattle's hands: The LSO strings sound electrifyingly insectile..Crowe perfectly captures the quixotic, scheming moods of "Sharp-Ears...For me, though, the standout is Gerald Finley as the Forester.

13th September 2020

Crowe makes the text integral to her vivid performance, and Gerald Finley’s nobly sung Forester is up there with [Thomas] Allen’s. Sophia Burgos’s soprano Fox sounds perhaps too like Crowe, but all of the small parts are well characterised and the orchestra play with heart, soul and joy.

24th September 2020

It’s a warm, wonderfully detailed performance, superbly sung by all involved, in which Rattle’s admiration for Janáček’s score shines through; Cunning Little Vixen was the piece, he’s said, that made him want to conduct opera, and that affection certainly comes across.

Opera Now September 2020

Crowe can be infinitely touching; and you can hear how astonishingly free her voice is, particularly in the second act. Crowe’s voice also works supremely well with that of the Puerto Rican-American soprano Sophia Burgos, who takes the role of The Fox. The Forester is Gerald Finley, who fully realises the importance of Janáček’s speech rhythms in the vocal writing. A fabulous performance of huge character and conviction – far more than a momento of a clearly unforgettable occasion.

Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen, Sinfonietta

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