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Nicolae Constantinescu, Ion Englesi, Emil Iurascu
Nicolae Bretan: Horia
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (15) - Disc #1
1. Horia, opera: Prelude: 'Under Prince Stephen, the Great and Wise'
2. Horia, opera: Prelude: 'I'll begin with myself'
3. Horia, opera: Prelude: 'So you may see how unjust you are, listen!'
4. Horia, opera: Prelude: 'Listen to me! Do you own a house?'
5. Horia, opera: Scene Two: 'Oh, it's really not my day'
6. Horia, opera: Scene Two: 'I have no idea'
7. Horia, opera: Scene Two: 'Foolish girl, what have you done?'
8. Horia, opera: Scene Two: 'Well then, I have no time to lose!'
9. Horia, opera: Scene Two: 'Dear Lord, grant them a good life!'
10. Horia, opera: Scene Two: 'Is anybody here?'
11. Horia, opera: Scene Two: 'Oh, Horia!'
12. Horia, opera: Scene Three: 'Right to the top?'
13. Horia, opera: Scene Three: 'Ever since my wife died'
14. Horia, opera: Scene Three: 'I'm not a man of words'
15. Horia, opera: Scene Three: 'With you fellow, with the whole world!'
Track Listings (16) - Disc #2
1. Horia, opera: Scene Four: 'We still have to agree'
2. Horia, opera: Scene Four: 'All those who fail to control themselves should reflect'
3. Horia, opera: Scene Four: 'Now I, Horia, do here, before the Lord'
4. Horia, opera: Scene Four: 'You, who placed us in this ancestral land'
5. Horia, opera: Scene Five: 'Under Prince Stephen, the Great and Wise'
6. Horia, opera: Scene Five: 'Nutu! Halt!'
7. Horia, opera: Scene Five: 'Well then, listen, and then judge!'
8. Horia, opera: Scene Five: 'I say that the Captain did well!'
9. Horia, opera: Scene Five: 'Now only swift action wil save us.'
10. Horia, opera: Scene Six: 'Triumph! We're saved!'
11. Horia, opera: Scene Six: 'I'll invent tortures and torments'
12. Horia, opera: Scene Seven: 'Above all else, Horia, Closca and Crisan'
13. Horia, opera: Scene Seven: 'The way you have rendered your judgment'
14. Horia, opera: Scene Seven: 'Let me through, Christians!'
15. Horia, opera: Scene Seven: 'My child, come to terms with fate'
16. Horia, opera: Scene Seven: 'Death passes through the garden'

CD Details

All Artists: Nicolae Constantinescu, Ion Englesi, Emil Iurascu, Lucian Marinescu, Cristian Mihailescu, Virgil Puicea, Cornel Stavru, Nicolai Urziceanu, Bujor Vesa, Nicolae Bretan, Cornel Trailescu, Iulia Buciuceanu, Matilda Onofrei-Voiculet, Cornelia Pop, Marcel Angelescu, Nicolae Bratu, Ion Curelea, Corneliu Fanateanu, Constantin Iliescu, Jon Stoian
Title: Nicolae Bretan: Horia
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Nimbus Records
Release Date: 3/17/1998
Genre: Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 710357551321

CD Reviews

Betan: Horia

martin kriewaldt | Brisbane, Queensland Australia | 04/25/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"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."

A pox on all censors!

Allen A. Smith | Miami, FL | 02/25/2006

(3 out of 5 stars)

"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?"