Artist: Amanda Majeski, Simon ONeill, Katarina Dalayman, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
Title: Janáček: Katya Kabanova
Year Of Release: 2024
Label: LSO Live
Genre: Classical
Quality: 24bit-192kHz FLAC (tracks + booklet)
Total Time: 01:39:12
Total Size: 3.17 GB

Tracklist:

1. Janáček: Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act I Scene 1: Introduction (4:21)
2. Janáček: Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act I Scene 1: "Zázrak!" (1:40)
3. Janáček: Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act I Scene 1: "Přišel jsi sem lelky chytat?" (0:58)
4. Janáček: Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act I Scene 1: "Je baryňa doma?" (3:06)
5. Janáček: Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act I Scene 1: "Co pak je?" (2:08)
6. Janáček: Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act I Scene 1: "A potom běž domů" (5:43)
7. Janáček: Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act I Scene 1: Intermezzo I (1:18)
8. Janáček: Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act I Scene 2: "Víš co mi napadlo?" (6:12)
9. Janáček: Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act I Scene 2: "Zdráva..." (3:33)
10. Janáček: Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act I Scene 2: "Ale nač tobě to vykládám?" (2:08)
11. Janáček: Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act I Scene 2: "Což pak už mne nemáš rád?" (2:52)
12. Janáček: Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act I Scene 2: "Abych ani otce" (4:27)
13. Janáček: Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act II Scene 1: "Vida, chvástala jsi se" (2:11)
14. Janáček: Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act II Scene 1: "Půjdu též se projít" (6:08)
15. Janáček: Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act II Scene 1: "Nic zvláštního, jenom jsem trochu nachmelen" (3:36)
16. Janáček: Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act II Scene 2: Introduction (1:21)
17. Janáček: Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act II Scene 2: "Nikoho tu není!" (3:46)
18. Janáček: Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act II Scene 2: "Za vodou, za vodičkou" (1:50)
19. Janáček: Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act II Scene 2: "Jste to vy, Katěrino Petrovno?" (5:33)
20. Janáček: Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act II Scene 2: "Nuže, shodli jste se?" (4:11)
21. Janáček: Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act II Scene 2: "Choď si, dívka, do času" (2:44)
22. Janáček: Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act III Scene 1: Introduction - "Krápe!" (1:23)
23. Janáček: Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act III Scene 1: "Celého mne to pokropilo" (2:52)
24. Janáček: Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act III Scene 1: "Pssst! Pssst! Zdá se, že je to on!" (1:04)
25. Janáček: Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act III Scene 1: "Tu jdou! Maminka jde s nimi!" (3:08)
26. Janáček: Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act III Scene 2: "Ach Glašo!" (2:05)
27. Janáček: Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act III Scene 2: "Vidět se s ním" (3:27)
28. Janáček: Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act III Scene 2: "Proč se tak chovají?" (2:03)
29. Janáček: Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act III Scene 2: "Ale smrt nepřichází" (5:18)
30. Janáček: Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act III Scene 2: "Svedl nás Bůh!" (1:56)
31. Janáček: Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act III Scene 2: "Ale ne!" (3:12)
32. Janáček: Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act III Scene 2: "Ptáčci přiletí na mohylu" (3:13)

The second release in LSO Live’s cycle of Janáček opera recordings, Katya Kabanova tells a story of love, entrapment and, ultimately, tragedy. The album’s cast includes the superb tenor Simon O’Neill and, appearing in one of her signature roles as seen at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Amanda Majeski as Katya.

“Majeski gives such heartfelt commitment to the role of Katya that one worries how she can come back down from the emotional peaks and precipices that she scales.” – Opera Today

Katya is young, sensitive, and desperate for love. But trapped in a remote country village with a bored husband and his snobbish family, she has no way out, until a summer thunderstorm changes everything. Uncompromisingly honest, and pulsing with intensely human emotion, the story of Katya Kabanova is written in music that cuts straight to the chase. The LSO’s concert stagings of classic operas always make headlines: and this one was no different. Enjoy this recording, captured live at the Barbican in January 2023 under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle.