Release 11: Janaček’s “The Cunning Little Vixen”

Album by Leoš Janáček & New York Philharmonic & Alan Gilbert

The Cunning Little Vixen is an opera by Czech composer Leoš Janáček, first performed in 1924. The score blends folk-influenced melodies, modal harmonies and speech-inflected rhythms, exemplifying Janáček's mature operatic language and reflecting his interest in nature and folkloric storytelling within his later career.
First released: 9th August 2011

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Prihody Lisky Bystrousky (The Cunning Little Vixen), Act I, Scene 1: How They Caught the Vixen
    11:45
  2. 2.
    Prihody Lisky Bystrousky (The Cunning Little Vixen), Act I, Scene 2: Vixen in the Farmyard of the Forester’s Lodge
    9:51
  3. 3.
    Prihody Lisky Bystrousky (The Cunning Little Vixen), Act I, Scene 3: Vixen the Politician
    3:05
  4. 4.
    Prihody Lisky Bystrousky (The Cunning Little Vixen), Act I, Scene 4: Vixen Runs Away
    2:01
  5. 5.
    Prihody Lisky Bystrousky (The Cunning Little Vixen), Act II, Scene 1: Vixen Expropriates
    4:13
  6. 6.
    Prihody Lisky Bystrousky (The Cunning Little Vixen), Act II, Scene 2: Vixen’s Philandering
    13:18
  7. 7.
    Prihody Lisky Bystrousky (The Cunning Little Vixen), Act II, Scene 3: Vixen’s Courtship and Love
    18:48
  8. 8.
    Prihody Lisky Bystrousky (The Cunning Little Vixen), Act III, Scene 1: Vixen Got Ahead of Harasta
    17:54
  9. 9.
    Prihody Lisky Bystrousky (The Cunning Little Vixen), Act III, Scene 2: How the Vixen Died
    6:27
  10. 10.
    Prihody Lisky Bystrousky (The Cunning Little Vixen), Act III, Scene 3: The Young Vixen
    7:07