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Smetana: The Bartered Bride

Gabriela Benacková, Peter Dvorský, Richard Novák, Miroslav Kopp, Marie Veselá, Jindrich Jindrák, Marie Mrázová, Jaroslav Horá?ek, Jana Jonášová & Alfréd Hampl

Prague Philharmonic Chorus & Czech Philharmonic, Zdenek Košler

Enjoy this for the superb performances of two great Slovak voices, Benackova and Dvorsky, superbly accompanied by Zdenek Kosler. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2006, More…

Release Date: 14th Aug 2006
Catalogue No: SU70119
Label: Supraphon

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Tomás Juhás (Jeník), Dana Buresová (Marenka), Jozsef Benci (Kecal), Svotapluk Sem (Krusina), Stanislava Jirku (Ludmilla), Ales Vorácek (Vasek), Jaroslav Brezina (Ringmaster), Katerina Knezíková (Esmeralda), Ondrej Mráz (Indian), Lucie Hilscherová (Háta), Gustáv Belácek (Micha), Maxim Dusek (First...

The slimlined BBC Symphony Orchestra adapts admirably to Jiri Belohlavek's blend of rustic cheerfulness and Wagnerian hues; they are absolutely irresistable in the Dance of the Comedians...Dana... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, More…

Release Date: 28th Aug 2012
Catalogue No: HMC902119/20
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

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Smetana: The Bartered Bride

Susan Gritton (Ma¡renka), Yvette Bonner (Esmeralda), Yvonne Howard (Ludmila), Diana Montague (Háta), Paul Charles Clarke (Jeník), Robin Leggate (Ringmaster), Timothy Robinson (Va¡sek), Neal Davies (Kru¡sina), Geoffrey Moses (Mícha), Peter Rose (Kecal) & Kit Hesketh-Harvey (Indian)

Philharmonia...

By almost any reckoning, this is the most popular of Czech operas, in the repertory of almost every opera house, so it is astonishing how few recordings have appeared in recent years; Košler's... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 10th Oct 2005
Catalogue No: CHAN3128
Label: Chandos
Series: Opera in English
Length: 2 hours 22 minutes

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Smetana: The Bartered Bride

Hilde Konetzni, Richard Tauber, Stella Andreva, Fritz Krenn, Marko Rothmuller, Sabine Kalter, Heinrich Tessmer, Gerhard Hinze, Mary Jarrod, Jarmila Novotna, Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender, Paul Kemp

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin State Orchestra, Covent Garden Chorus, London Philharmonic,...

Release Date: 1st Jan 2005
Catalogue No: URN22286
Label: Urania
Length: 2 hours 8 minutes

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Smetana: The Bartered Bride

Ludmila Cervinková (Marenka), Jarmila Palivcova (Ludmilla), Ladislav Mraz (Krusina), Josef Heriban (Micha), Rudolf Vonásek (Vasek), Vera Krilová (Hata), Beno Blachut (Jenik), Karel Kalas (Kecal), Bohumir Vich (Circus master), Jarmilla Pechová (Esmeralda), Jan Soumar (Indian)

Prague Radio Symphony...

Release Date: 7th Oct 2013
Catalogue No: OPD1354
Label: Opera dOro
Length: 2 hours 0 minutes

Smetana: The Bartered Bride

Jaroslav Gleich, Jan Konstantin, Ada Nordenova, Marie Pixova, Emil Pollert, Vladimir Toms

Prague National Opera Company Orchestra and Chorus, Otakar Ostrcil

This is the first ever recording of Smetana's most popular opera, performed by a team steeped in the tradition of interpreting the work in Prague.
Otakar Ostrcil gives a rhythmically exhilarating,... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Catalogue No: 8110098-99
Label: Naxos
Series: Historical, Great Opera Recordings
Length: 2 hours 7 minutes

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Hans Braun (Krušina), Hilde Konetzni (Ludmila), Irmgard Seefried (Marie), Ludwig Welter (Micha), Rosette Anday (Háta), Murray Dickie (Wenzel), Waldemar Kmentt (Hans), Oskar Czerwenka (Kecal), László Szemere (Zirkusdirektor), Liselotte Maikl (Esmeralda) & Hans Schweiger (Muff)

Chor und Orchester...

[Klobucar] knows how to weight Smetana's sometimes Germanic scoring more towards Liszt than Brahms...Irmgard Seefried would be the greatest interpretative Marenka on disc if she was singing the... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2010 More…