Maria Podvalova: Complete Recordings 1939-1950 | Supraphon SU43072

Maria Podvalova: Complete Recordings 1939-1950

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Label: Supraphon

Cat No: SU43072

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 10th June 2022

Contents

Works

Dvorak, Antonin

Armida
» O, srdce ztis svuj tlukot smely (Act 2)
Kate and the Devil (Cert a Kaca), op.112 B201
» Jak smutno v zamku (Act 3)
Rusalka, op.114
» Vam v ocich divny zar se zraci (Act 2)
The Jacobin, op.84
» My cizinou jsme bloudili (We have wandered in foreign lands) (Act 2)

Fibich, Zdenek

Sarka
» Jak jsi krasna (Act 2)
» Vy rikate, ze krasna jsem? (Act 2)
The Bride of Messina, op.18
» Don Cesar! ... Beda mne! (Act 3)
» Zda on to? ... O, proc jsem opustila celu svou (Act 3)

Janacek, Leos

Jenufa
» Co chvila (A moment)

Novak, Vitezslav

Karlstejn
» Chce se mi pit, muj mily, neverici hochu (Act 3)
» Muj Karle! … Ma Elisko! (Act 3)

Novotny, Josef Ondrej

Stoji jablon v sirem poli

Rosenkranc, Vaclav Josef

V Cechach, tam ja jsem rozena

Skrivan, Herman

Cechove jsou narod dobry

Smetana, Bedrich

Dalibor
» Jaka, jaka to boure nadra mi plni (Act 1)
» Jak je mi (Act 2)
» O, nevyslovne stesti lasky (Act 2)
» Pohasnul den (Act 1)
Libuse
» Bohove mocni (Act 3)
» Bohove vecni tamo nad oblaky (Eternal gods) (Act 1)
» Bud' vitana, nevesto ctna (Act 3)
» Hoj, tvrdy Vysehrad (Act 3)
» On jde! (Act 3)
The Devil's Wall
» O, Boze lasky (Act 3)
The Two Widows
» Ach, jak krute souzi chladny odpor ten srdce me (Act 2)
» Aj, jaky to krasny den (Act 2)
» Milostiva pani (Act 2)
» Samostatne vladnu ja ... Rozhodnuto, uzavreno (Act 2)
» Vezen prede dvermi tam ... O, jakou tisen me srdce citi (Act 1)

Artists

Marie Podvalova (soprano)
Jan Konstantin (baritone)
Jindrich Blazicek (tenor)
Marta Krasova (mezzo-soprano)
Ivo Zidek (tenor)
Jaroslav Gleich (tenor)
Zdenek Otava (baritone)
Stepanka Jelinkova (soprano)
Jaroslav Jaros (tenor)
Josef Otakar Masak (tenor)
Maria Tauberova (soprano)
Ludek Mandaus (bass)
Stanislav Muz (baritone)
Josef Bohuslav Foerster (piano)
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Prague National Theatre Orchestra and Choir

Conductors

Rudolf Vasata
Zdenek Chalabala
Jaroslav Krombholc
Frantisek Skvor
Zdenek Folprecht
Karel Nedbal
Otakar Jeremias

Works

Dvorak, Antonin

Armida
» O, srdce ztis svuj tlukot smely (Act 2)
Kate and the Devil (Cert a Kaca), op.112 B201
» Jak smutno v zamku (Act 3)
Rusalka, op.114
» Vam v ocich divny zar se zraci (Act 2)
The Jacobin, op.84
» My cizinou jsme bloudili (We have wandered in foreign lands) (Act 2)

Fibich, Zdenek

Sarka
» Jak jsi krasna (Act 2)
» Vy rikate, ze krasna jsem? (Act 2)
The Bride of Messina, op.18
» Don Cesar! ... Beda mne! (Act 3)
» Zda on to? ... O, proc jsem opustila celu svou (Act 3)

Janacek, Leos

Jenufa
» Co chvila (A moment)

Novak, Vitezslav

Karlstejn
» Chce se mi pit, muj mily, neverici hochu (Act 3)
» Muj Karle! … Ma Elisko! (Act 3)

Novotny, Josef Ondrej

Stoji jablon v sirem poli

Rosenkranc, Vaclav Josef

V Cechach, tam ja jsem rozena

Skrivan, Herman

Cechove jsou narod dobry

Smetana, Bedrich

Dalibor
» Jaka, jaka to boure nadra mi plni (Act 1)
» Jak je mi (Act 2)
» O, nevyslovne stesti lasky (Act 2)
» Pohasnul den (Act 1)
Libuse
» Bohove mocni (Act 3)
» Bohove vecni tamo nad oblaky (Eternal gods) (Act 1)
» Bud' vitana, nevesto ctna (Act 3)
» Hoj, tvrdy Vysehrad (Act 3)
» On jde! (Act 3)
The Devil's Wall
» O, Boze lasky (Act 3)
The Two Widows
» Ach, jak krute souzi chladny odpor ten srdce me (Act 2)
» Aj, jaky to krasny den (Act 2)
» Milostiva pani (Act 2)
» Samostatne vladnu ja ... Rozhodnuto, uzavreno (Act 2)
» Vezen prede dvermi tam ... O, jakou tisen me srdce citi (Act 1)

Artists

Marie Podvalova (soprano)
Jan Konstantin (baritone)
Jindrich Blazicek (tenor)
Marta Krasova (mezzo-soprano)
Ivo Zidek (tenor)
Jaroslav Gleich (tenor)
Zdenek Otava (baritone)
Stepanka Jelinkova (soprano)
Jaroslav Jaros (tenor)
Josef Otakar Masak (tenor)
Maria Tauberova (soprano)
Ludek Mandaus (bass)
Stanislav Muz (baritone)
Josef Bohuslav Foerster (piano)
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Prague National Theatre Orchestra and Choir

Conductors

Rudolf Vasata
Zdenek Chalabala
Jaroslav Krombholc
Frantisek Skvor
Zdenek Folprecht
Karel Nedbal
Otakar Jeremias

About

For four decades, Marie Podvalová (1909–1992) was one of the most popular and sought-after opera singers of the National Theatre in Prague, where she was engaged from 1937 to 1978. She dazzled in the part of Bedřich Smetana’s Libuše, which she created in 1938 under the guidance of the conductor Václav Talich, as well as in the roles of Milada in Dalibor and Anežka in Two Widows. She also appeared in Dvořák operas, performing to acclaim Armida, the Foreign Princess in Rusalka and Julie in The Jacobin, and in Janáček works, primarily excelling as Kostelnička in Jenůfa.

Supraphon is for the first time releasing the complete studio recordings Marie Podvalová made between 1939 and 1950. The set encompasses three songs from the collection Věnec ze zpěvů vlasteneckých (A Garland of Patriotic Songs, 1835–1844), which she performs accompanied on the piano by J.B. Foerster. It contains Marie Podvalová’s final, previously unreleased, studio recording, with the soprano singing Beatrice in a scene from Zdeněk Fibich’s opera The Bride of Messina.

The album also captures the voices of Jan Konstantin, Jindřich Blažíček, Marta Krásová, Ivo Žídek, Jaroslav Gleich, Zdeněk Otava, Štěpánka Jelínková, Jaroslav Jaroš, Josef Otakar Masák, Maria Tauberová, Luděk Mandaus, Stanislav Muž, and other singers. The Prague Symphony Orchestra and the National Theatre Orchestra are conducted by Rudolf Vašata, Zdeněk Chalabala, Jaroslav Krombholc, František Škvor, Zdeněk Folprecht, Otakar Jeremiáš and Karel Nedbal. The release marks the 30th anniversary of the legendary artist’s death.

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