The facts speak for themselves: Dvorák composed his Stabat Mater after the deaths of his first three children and Suk composed his Asrael Symphony after the deaths of his father-in-law Dvorák and then his young wife Ottilie, Dvorák's fourth child. And yet, for all the music's horrors and anguish, Dvorák's Stabat Mater and Suk's Asrael are ...
This 1953 recording of Jenufa was the first complete recording of any Janácek opera and as such holds great historic interest. Later recordings may have better sound, better orchestras and excellent singers but this recording has ties to early performances of the opera which makes this a very valuable historic document. As was standard practice, ...
Smetana's frothy, almost operetta-like opera Hubicka (The Kiss) is a standard, popular work in Czech-speaking lands and has been since its premiere in 1876. This makes one wonder why it has not been recorded more often. The recording under consideration here, made by the then Czech state label Supraphon in 1952, was the only complete one for many, ...
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