Opera - Osud (Fate)

LEOS JANACEK

Osud (Fate)

78:33

Opera in three acts

Libretto by Leoš Janácek and Fedora Bartošova

English translation by Rodney Blumer

Act I

1

Orchestra

1:42

2

Orchestra (Music from the bandstand)

3:30

'Free as a bird I bask in the sunshine'

A poet

3

'Heavens, it's him!'

4:53

Míla

4

'Is it your child you've come for?'

5:56

Míla

5

' ''Sun in the heavens up on high'' '

1:56

Dr Suda

6

'We're back too late'

4:39

Zivny

7

'The sun's vanished'

5:47

Míla

8

'Never will I forget this fleeting moment!'

4:46

Engineer

Act II

9

Orchestra

5:18

'Slumber on undisturbed in the shadow'

Zivny

10

Piano

3:08

'I do, I do!'

Míla

11

'We're married now'

2:50

Zivny

12

'Mummy, Mummy!'

2:24

Doubek

13

'Unspoken thoughts go far beyond words'

3:37

Míla's mother

Act III

14

Orchestra

3:43

'Listen to the thunder over the horizon'

Students

15

' ''Endless the pain I must suffer'' '

1:58

Hrazda

16

Orchestra

4:49

'Enough of that!'

Verva

17

' ''Mummy, Mummy! Do you know what love is?'' '

3:18

Verva

18

'People said it must have been his falling in love'

4:23

Zivny

19

'Bitter memories!'

5:46

Zivny

20

'It seems to be so clear'

4:11

Zivny

Helen Field soprano - Míla Valkova

Philip Langridge tenor - Zivny

Kathryn Harries soprano - Míla's mother

Sir Charles Mackerras

13-18 July 1989