Moniuszko: The Haunted Manor

Tomasz Konieczny (Miecznik), Małgorzata Walewska (Cześnikowa), Edyta Piasecka (Halka), Monika Ledzion- Porczyńsk (Jadwiga), Arnold Rutkowski (Stefan), Mariusz Godlewski (Zbigniew), Marcin Bronikowski (Maciej), Rafał Siwek (Skołuba), Karol Kozłowski (Damazy)

Orchestra of the 18th Century

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As in Flis, one seems to move with ease from the world of Beethoven to those of Tchaikovsky and Verdi, and the articulation and phrasing of the Orchestra of the 18th Century bring the necessary... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2020 More…

Release Date: 1st May 2020
Catalogue No: NIFCCD084
Label: Frederick Chopin Institute
Length: 2 hours 26 minutes

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Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt I Scena 1: Intrada

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Orchestra of the 18th Century

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt I Scena 2: Więc gdy się rozstaniem, przed słońca świtaniem

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Mariusz Godlewski, Arnold Rutkowski, Marcin Bronikowski, Podlasie Opera And Philharmonic Choir

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt I Scena 3: Ach! Pani Marto, mówcie szczerze

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Joanna Motulewicz, Paweł Cichoński, Podlasie Opera And Philharmonic Choir

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt I Scena 4: Cichy domku

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Arnold Rutkowski, Marcin Bronikowski, Mariusz Godlewski, Paweł Cichoński

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt I Scena 5: Witam Was, witam Was kochane dzieciska

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Małgorzata Walewska, Arnold Rutkowski, Mariusz Godlewski

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt I Scena 6: Biada! Już zebrała się gromada!

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Małgorzata Walewska, Paweł Cichoński, Mariusz Godlewski, Arnold Rutkowski, Joanna Motulewicz, Podlasie Opera And Philharmonic Choir

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt II Scena 1: Spod igiełek kwiaty rosną

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Monika Ledzion-Porczyńska, Oksana Gołambowska, Edyta Piasecka, Podlasie Opera And Philharmonic Choir

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt II Scena 2: Biegnie słuchać w lasy, w knieje, dziewczę gdyby kwiat

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Monika Ledzion-Porczyńska

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt II Scena 3: Gdzież postawić to naczynie?

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Karol Kozłowski, Edyta Piasecka

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt II Scena 4: Ślicznie, jak widzę dziewczęta moje

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Tomasz Konieczny, Monika Ledzion-Porczyńska, Karol Kozłowski

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt II Scena 5: Już ogień płonie, ku naszej stronie padają skry

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Edyta Piasecka, Monika Ledzion-Porczyńska, Karol Kozłowski, Tomasz Konieczny, Podlasie Opera And Philharmonic Choir

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt II Scena 6: Kto z mych dziewek serce której w cnych afektów wplącze nić

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Tomasz Konieczny

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt II Scena 7: to niespodzianka! Pani Cześnikowa

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Tomasz Konieczny, Małgorzata Walewska, Karol Kozłowski, Edyta Piasecka, Monika Ledzion-Porczyńska

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt II Scena 8: Traf szczególny! Próżne gniewy, próżny krzyk

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Rafał Siwek, Tomasz Konieczny, Karol Kozłowski, Podlasie Opera And Philharmonic Choir

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt II Scena 9: O, drodzy goście!

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Tomasz Konieczny

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt II Scena 10: W dziecięcych latek swobodnej doli

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Monika Ledzion-Porczyńska, Mariusz Godlewski, Arnold Rutkowski, Małgorzata Walewska, Tomasz Konieczny, Rafał Siwek, Marcin Bronikowski, Karol Kozłowski, Podlasie Opera And Philharmonic Choir

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt III Scena 1: Czemuśmy nie wzięli świecy?

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Marcin Bronikowski, Rafał Siwek

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt III Scena 2: Ten zegar stary

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Rafał Siwek

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt III Scena 3: Poszedł, zostawił mnie… niech Cię piorun trzaśnie

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Marcin Bronikowski, Edyta Piasecka, Monika Ledzion-Porczyńska, Mariusz Godlewski

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt III Scena 4: Te dwie, o te dwie postacie

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Marcin Bronikowski, Arnold Rutkowski, Mariusz Godlewski

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt III Scena 5: Cisza dokoła, noc jasna, czyste niebo

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Arnold Rutkowski

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt III Scena 6: Morfeusz do mnie wcale nie przylata!

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Mariusz Godlewski

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt III Scena 7: Kto tu?… Kto?… Pan brat!

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Arnold Rutkowski, Mariusz Godlewski

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt III Scena 8: Gdym przy wieczerzy patrzył w jej oczy

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Mariusz Godlewski, Arnold Rutkowski

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt III Scena 9: a jednak… a jednak…

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Mariusz Godlewski, Monika Ledzion-Porczyńska, Arnold Rutkowski, Edyta Piasecka, Marcin Bronikowski

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt III Scena 10: Tak! to Hanna i Jadwiga!

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Karol Kozłowski, Marcin Bronikowski, Mariusz Godlewski

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt III Scena 11: Pan? Pan w zegarze?

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Arnold Rutkowski, Mariusz Godlewski, Karol Kozłowski, Marcin Bronikowski

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt IV Scena 1: "Do grobu trwać w bezżennym stanie!"

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Edyta Piasecka

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt IV Scena 2: Pani! Pani! Co się dzieje!… Panna Hanna!… Nie zaprzeczaj…

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Karol Kozłowski, Edyta Piasecka, Tomasz Konieczny, Mariusz Godlewski, Arnold Rutkowski, Marcin Bronikowski

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt IV Scena 3: Co to ma znaczyć?

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Tomasz Konieczny, Mariusz Godlewski, Arnold Rutkowski, Marcin Bronikowski, Rafał Siwek, Podlasie Opera And Philharmonic Choir

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt IV Scena 4: Mazur: Hej! Zagrajcie siarczyście, rżnijcie nam od ucha

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Podlasie Opera And Philharmonic Choir

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt IV Scena 5: Gospodarzu, gospodarzu!

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Tomasz Konieczny, Mariusz Godlewski, Arnold Rutkowski, Marcin Bronikowski, Rafał Siwek, Karol Kozłowski, Podlasie Opera And Philharmonic Choir

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt IV Scena 6: Przed stoma laty, mój zacny dziad

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Tomasz Konieczny, Edyta Piasecka, Monika Ledzion-Porczyńska, Podlasie Opera And Philharmonic Choir

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt IV Scena 7: Finał (I niesłusznie w pani mowie)

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Tomasz Konieczny, Edyta Piasecka, Monika Ledzion-Porczyńska, Arnold Rutkowski, Mariusz Godlewski, Karol Kozłowski, Małgorzata Walewska, Marcin Bronikowski, Rafał Siwek, Joanna Motulewicz, Paweł Cichoń

Moniuszko: Straszny Dwór, Akt IV Scena 8: Finał II (bis)[Patrz Jadwisiu! to Twój mąż!]

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Tomasz Konieczny, Edyta Piasecka, Monika Ledzion-Porczyńska, Arnold Rutkowski, Mariusz Godlewski, Karol Kozłowski, Małgorzata Walewska, Marcin Bronikowski, Rafał Siwek, Joanna Motulewicz, Paweł Cichoń

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This is the first recording on period instruments of Moniuszko's Opera in Four Acts, The Haunted Manor which was written in 18611862. Intoxicated by the Warsaw success of Halka which unexpectedly raised him to the pinnacle of his career, Moniuszko was full of enthusiasm and wanted to write more operas but his collaboration with Wlodzimierz Wolski had ended and he needed a new librettist. Jan Chechinski (18261874) appeared on the horizon who was an esteemed translator of operatic libretti (French and Italian, including for Giuseppe Verdi) who would become the composer's new regular collaborator. The libretto of The Haunted Manor, regarded as Chechinski's finest work, was completed in mid January 1862. It soon came into the hands of the composer, who by June had probably finished a piano reduction of the new work, and possibly also part of the orchestration. The opera's manuscript authorised by the composer was copied out clean between October 1862 and 9 January 1863. In both musical and dramatic terms, The Haunted Manor contains many references to the French opéra-comique, of which the unquestioned masters during the nineteenth century were considered to be the now forgottenbut admired by MoniuszkoParisian composers Adolphe Adam (18031856) and Daniel Auber (17821871). Present-day music lovers will easily recognise the rhythms of Polish dances (polonaise, krakowiak and mazur) yet in The Haunted Manor we also hear echoes of cosmopolitan drawing-room dances: waltz, polka, galop and even minuet. However, the hidden patriotic message and the references to the myth of the Polish nobility, reiterated with pathos, made The Haunted Manororiginally conceived as a musical comedya semi seria opera which makes it a Polish operatic epic. The Orchestra of the 18th Century, specialising in the restoration of the original version of music from the past, performs the first ever recorded version of this work on historical instruments, conducted by Grzegorz Nowak.

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Orchestra of the 18th Century

Grzegorz Nowak

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August 2020

As in Flis, one seems to move with ease from the world of Beethoven to those of Tchaikovsky and Verdi, and the articulation and phrasing of the Orchestra of the 18th Century bring the necessary clarity without sacrificing any expressive depth...the cast of Polish singers is very strong indeed. Bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny as Miecznik and soprano Edyta Piasecka as Hanna are particularly impressive, but in fact the sense of ensemble is so strong that is seems invidious to single out particular singers.

August 2020

The playing across all sections of the orchestra is light and fleet-footed yet sonorous, revealing the depth of colour in Moniuszko’s orchestration...the tenor Arnold Rutkowski brings lightness and plangent tone—a Lensky voice, as it were—to Stefan, and the baritone Mariusz Godlewski supplies strong, muscular sound as Zbigniew.

14th June 2020

Nowak conducts his Orchestra of the 18th Century with infectious elan. A sizzling rediscovery.

Moniuszko: The Haunted Manor

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