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Deutsche Grammophon
art direction Fred Münzmaier
baritone vocals [poet (prague) / oblačny / vacek bradatý] Václav Sibera
baritone vocals [sacristan at st.vitus cathedral / lunobor / domšik from the bell] Roman Janál
baritone vocals [the apparition of the poet svatopluk Čech / second taborite] Ivan Kusnjer
bass vocals [first taborite] Charles Gibbs
bass vocals [würfl / Čaroskvouci / councillor] Zdeněk Plech
chorus BBC Singers
chorus master Stephen Betteridge
composed by Leoš Janáček
concept by [based on the novel by] Svatopluk Čech
conductor Jiří Bělohlávek
contralto vocals [kedruta] Lenka Šmídová
edited by Neil Pemberton
edited by Philip Burwell
engineer [recording] Neil Pemberton
executive producer Roland Ott
illustration [cover] Monika Aichele
libretto by [cooperation] František Gellner
libretto by [cooperation] Jiří Mahen
libretto by [cooperation] Leoš Janáček
libretto by [cooperation] Max Brod
libretto by [cooperation] Viktor Dyk
libretto by [part ii] František Serafínský Procházka
liner notes [essay, synopsis] Nigel Simeone
mezzo-soprano vocals [young waiter / child prodigy / student] Martina Bauerová
orchestra BBC Symphony Orchestra
photography by Clive Barda
producer [recording and editing] Ann McKay
score editor Jiří Zahrádka
soprano vocals [málinka / etherea / kunka] Maria Haan
supervised by [score edition] Sir Charles Mackerras
tenor vocals [another poet] Christopher Bowen
tenor vocals [composer / harfoboj / miroslav the goldsmith] Aleš Briscein
tenor vocals [matěj brouček] Jan Vacík
tenor vocals [mazal / blankytný / petřik] Peter Straka
tenor vocals [painter / duhoslav / vojta from the peacocks / voice of the professor] Jaroslav Březina
tenor vocals [poet] Edward Goater
Phonographic Copyright (p) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
Recorded At Barbican Centre
Copyright (c) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
The Excursions of Mr. Brouček, opera in two main parts, composed between 1908 and 1918

Recorded live at Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom, February 2007

℗ 2008 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg

This recording was awarded the Midem Classical Award 2009 in Cannes

First booklet (pp1-159) contains notes & synopses plus Czech libretto (Part I & Part II Act I) with English, French & German translations.
Second booklet (pp.160-225) contains libretto of Part II Act II with translations.

Barcode: 0028947773870
Label Code: LC 0173
Rights Society: BIEM/SABAM



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