From the House of the Dead

by Leoš Janáček

From the House of the Dead cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Decca
  • Country: Czechoslovakia
  • Length: 1:32:19
  • Community rating: 4.15/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under the masterful direction of Sir Charles Mackerras, this definitive rendition of Janáček's final opera is critically acclaimed for restoring the composer's original, harsher score. Based on Dostoevsky's novel of a Siberian prison camp, the work is a stark, expressionistic triumph of modern 20th-century classical composition. The Decca release set a new benchmark for interpreting the Czech master's repertoire.

Genres

Descriptors: Modern, operatic, orchestral, choral, theatrical, dissonant

Tracklist

  1. Overture And Act I (27:08)
  2. Act II (Beginning) (25:12)
  3. Act II (Conclusion) (4:27)
  4. Act III (Beginning) (15:43)
  5. Act III (Conclusion) (19:49)

Credits

  • Leoš Janáček - primary artist, composed by
  • Jiří Zahradníček - primary artist, vocals [filka morozov]
  • Ivo Žídek - primary artist, vocals [skuratov]
  • Václav Zítek - primary artist, vocals [shishkov]
  • Wiener Staatsopernchor - primary artist, chorus
  • Sir Charles Mackerras - primary artist, conductor
  • N. Karazin - artwork [cover]
  • G - lacquer cut by

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