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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte / Mackerras, Hendricks, Anderson

2 CD / Telarc / 2008-09-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Bernheimer, Julia; Bishop, Michael [Engineer]; Dawson, John; Hadley, Jerry; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Hornik, Gottfried; Ison, Daniel; Lloyd, ...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Cunning Little Vixen

2 CD / Decca Import / 2008-02-12

Works: Leos Janácek: Príhody Lisky Bystrousky (The Cunning Little Vixen); The Cunning Little Vixen
Performers: Hudecov, Zuzana; Jedlicka, Dalibor; Krejcik, Vladimir; Marova, Libuse; Novak, Richard; Ondraskov, Miriam; Popp, Lucia; Randova, Eva; Saray, Peter; Zigmundov, Eva; Zitek, Vaclav
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir

BBC Music Magazine
The first in the original astringent but atmospheric scoring. Mackerras is slightly less warmly idiomatic than his Czech rivals, but it's better sung.
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Personnel: Peter Saray, Eva Zigmundová, Ivana Mixova, Vaclav Zitek, Eva Randova, Eva Hríbiková, Miriam Ondrásková, Zuzana Hudecová, Libuse Marova, Vladimir Krejcik, Richa...continue...

Janacek: The Operas / Mackerras, Vienna Philharmonic

9 CD / Decca / 2006-09-12

Works: Leos Janácek: Jenufa; Jealousy; Príhody Lisky Bystrousky (The Cunning Little Vixen); The Cunning Little Vixen; From the House of the Dead- Suite; The Makropulos Case (Vec Makropulos), ope...
Performers: Blachut, Beno; Czakov, Anna; Drechsler, Hedwig; Dvorsky, Peter; Hribikov, Eva; Hudecov, Zuzana; Jahn, Gertrude; Janska, Jaroslava; Jedlicka, Dalibor; Jonasova, Jana; Joran, Jiri; Kniplova, Nadezda; K...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

BBC Music Magazine
Charles Mackerras's partnership with soprano Söderström produced definitive and superbly recorded studio performances of Kát'a Kabanová, Jenufa and...continue...

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte highlights / Sir Charles Mackerras

1 CD / Telarc / 2006-01-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Bernheimer, Julia; Dawson, John; Hadley, Jerry; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Hornik, Gottfried; Ison, Daniel; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Miles, ...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Chorus; Scottish Chamber Orchestra

...the sound is outstanding both clean and rich. American Record Guide...continue...

Opera in English - Janacek: Osud / Mackerras, Field, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-11-02

Works: Leos Janácek: Osud (Fate), opera, JW 1/5
Performers: Bronder, Peter; Field, Helen [Soprano Vocals]; German, Timothy; Harries, Kathryn; Jones, Yolande; Kale, Stuart [Tenor Vocal]; Langridge, Philip; Linay, Samuel; Mora, Barry; Preston-Roberts, Michael; ...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Orchestra

"...Until David Pountney's brilliant production for English National Opera many commentators thought 'Osud' virtually unstageable. But then there is the music: a miracle of lyricism...continue...