Nicolae Bretan: Horia
On this CD:
1. Horia, opera
Composed by Nicolae Bretan
Performed by Marcel Angelescu, Nicolae Bratu, Iulia Buciuceanu, Nicolae Constantinescu, Ion Curelea, Ion Englesi, Corneliu Fanateanu, Constantin Iliescu, Emil Iurascu, Valentin Loghin, Lucian Marinescu
Nicolae Bretan: Horia, Music, Bujor Vesa, Cornel Stavru, Cristian Mihailescu, Emil Iurascu, Ion Englesi, Lucian Marinescu, Nicolae Constantinescu, Nicolai Urziceanu, Virgil Puicea, Cristian Mavrichie, Dan Zancu, Horia Tigoiu, Iuliu Trutea, Valentin Loghin, Nicolae Bretan, Cornel Trailescu, Iulia Buciuceanu, Cornelia Pop, Matilda Onofrei-Voiculet, Constantin Iliescu, Corneliu Fanateanu, Ion Curelea, Jon Stoian, Marcel Angelescu, Nicolae Bratu, Chamber Music & Recitals, Classical, Classical Music, Miscellaneous Music, Opera, Opera/Operetta
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Contemporary Music IV
Manufacturer: Electrecord
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
 General Modern
| Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
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General
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ASIN: B0007MSURQ
Release Date: 2005-02-22 |
Customer Reviews:
Superb voices!.......2006-03-01
The Madrigal Choir under the leadership of its founder Marin Constantin was once described as a "Stradivarius violin in a Paganini's hand". Listening to this CD you will know why. Highly recommended.
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- A pox on all censors!
- Betan: Horia
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Nicolae Bretan: Horia
Manufacturer: Nimbus Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
Chamber Music
| Forms & Genres
| Classical (c.1770-1830)
| Historical Periods
| Classical
| Styles
| Music
General Modern
| Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
| Historical Periods
| Classical
| Styles
| Music
General
| Classical
| Styles
| Music
General
| Chamber Music
| Classical
| Styles
| Music
General
| Opera & Vocal
| Styles
| Music
Operettas
| Opera & Vocal
| Styles
| Music
ASIN: B0000064AY
Release Date: 1998-03-17 |
Tracks:
- Prld: Under Prince Stephen, The Great And Wise - Chor Of The Romanian Opr, Bucharest/Stelian Olariu
- Prld: I'll Begin With Myself - Gheorghe Crasnaru
- Prld: So You May See How Unjust You Are, Listen! - Dan Zancu
- Prld: Listen To Me! Do You Own A House? - Dan Zancu
- Scene Two: Oh, It's Really Not My Day - Cornelia Pop
- Scene Two: I Have No Idea - Iulia Buciuceanu
- Scene Two: Foolish Girl, What Have You Done? - Iulia Buciuceanu
- Scene Two: Well Then, I Have No Time To Lose! - Corneliu Fanateanu
- Scene Two: Dear Lord, Grant Them A Good Life! - Iulia Buciuceanu
- Scene Two: Is Anybody Here? - Lucian Marinescu
- Scene Two: Oh, Horia! - Iulia Buciuceanu
- Scene Three: Right To The Top? - Constantin Iliescu
- Scene Three: Ever Since My Wife Died - Nicolae Urziceanu
- Scene Three: I'm Not A Man Of Words - Constantin Iliescu
- Scene Three: With You Fellow, With The Whole World! - Constantin Iliescu
Tracks:
- Scene Four: We Still Have To Agree - Gheorghe Crasnaru
- Scene Four: All Those Who Fail To Control Themselves Should Reflect - Gheorghe Crasnaru
- Scene Four: Now I, Horia, Do Here, Before The Lord - Gheorghe Crasnaru
- Scene Four: You, Who Placed Us In This Ancestral Land - Adrian Stefanescu
- Scene Five: Under Prince Stephen, The Great And Wise - Chor Of The Romanian Opr, Bucharest/Stelian Olariu
- Scene Five: Nutu! Halt! - Gheorghe Crasnaru
- Scene Five: Well Then, Listen, And Then Judge! - Gheorghe Crasnaru
- Scene Five: I Say That The Captain Did Well! - Ion Curelea
- Scene Five: Now Only Swift Action Will Save Us - Gheorghe Crasnaru
- Scene Six: Triumph! We're Saved! - Chor Of The Romanian Opr, Bucharest/Stelian Olariu
- Scene Six: I'll Invent Tortures And Torments - Dan Zancu
- Scene Seven: Above All Else, Horia, Closca And Crisan - Dan Zancu
- Scene Seven: The Way You Have Rendered Your Judgment - Emil Iurascu
- Scene Seven: Whether We Are Guilty, I Cannot Say - Gheorghe Crasnaru
- Scene Seven: Let Me Through, Christians! - Cornelia Pop
- Scene Seven: My Child, Come To Terms With Fate - Gheorghe Crasnaru
- Scene Seven: Death Passes Through The Garden - Chor Of The Romanian Opr, Bucharest/Stelian Olariu
Customer Reviews:
A pox on all censors!.......2006-02-26
Horia, as Nicolae Bretan wrote it, is a very good opera. This performance has been mutilated by the Communist censors. The finest aria in the opera is Father Costan's blessing in scene 4, which the censors have cut for being too religious. This is a musical crime. Dramatically, the culmination of the opera is Horia's charge to his daughter in scene 7. The censors have also cut this for being too religious. Without this bridge, the final chorus is a jarring shift in the flow of the music and makes no dramatic sense at all.
If we can't have a post-Communist performance, could we at least have this performance with the cuts restored?
Betan: Horia.......2001-04-25
Lyrical and powerful, Bretan makes good use of the score to amplify the libretto. Those who enjoyed Golem or Luceafule will appreciate this welcome addition to the published works of a composer who deserves wider recognition.
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