Various: Fidlovačka (2x CD) - CD

Scenes of Prague's national life with songs and dances in 4 acts, radio adaptation by Vladimír Procházka.

Vdova Mastílková, a wealthy butter-seller / MEDA VALENTOVÁ
Lidunka, her niece / JARMILA KRULIŠOVÁ
Václav Kroutil, a Prague citizen and shoemaker / OTTO MOTYČKA
Jeník, his son, a journeyman miller / JAROSLAV VÁGNER
Pan Dudéc, a Prague dandy / VÁCLAV ŠPIDLA
Panna Cibulčini, a former theatre singer / JINDRA HOLLMANOVÁ
Pan Hvězdoleský, a man of letters and reviewer / RUDOLF HRUŠÍNSKÝ st.
Paní Klinkáčková, a brewer's widow / ILONA HODAČOVÁ
Pan Hubínek, a butcher / JAROSLAV SENÍK
Kozelka, a matchmaker / FRANTIŠEK KREUZMANN
Ondřej Jammerweil, Mastílková's steward / FRANTIŠEK FILIPOVSKÝ
Markyta, Mastílková's housekeeper / JARMILA ŠVABÍKOVÁ
Pavelka, a woodcutter / STANISLAV SKLENÁŘ
Šebelka, a woodcutter / RUDOLF ŠIROKÝ
Živeles, a Jew / FRANTIŠEK KOVÁŘÍK
Dráb / JOSEF FRYČ
Starý Mareš, a blind violinist / FRANTIŠEK SMOLÍK
Bětuška, his granddaughter / VĚRA POKORNÁ
First songstress / MARIE KRTIČKOVÁ
Second songstress / TÁŇA LEPIČOVÁ

Drama Ensemble of Czechoslovak Radio in Prague, Choir of Czechoslovak Radio in Prague, choirmaster Jiří Pinkas
Prague Radio Orchestra conducted by František Dyk
Directed by Josef Bezdíček
Recorded at Czechoslovak Radio in Prague in 1951

BONUSES
Interview with Berta Škroupová, granddaughter of the composer František Škroup, on the occasion of her 70th birthday.
Recorded by Czech Radio editor Alfred Technik in 1944 (m) 07:48

František Škroup: Song “Kde domov můj” (Where is My Home)
Sung by Bořek Rujan, performed by the F. O. K. Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Václav Smetáček
Recorded in 1948 3:22

František Škroup: Festive Overture for the opening of the theatre in Chrudim
Performed by the Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Prague
conducted by Josef Hrnčíř
Czechoslovak Radio recording, Prague, 1968 7:44

František Ondříček: Rhapsodie Bohème for violin and orchestra, Op. 21
Performed by Vojtěch Frait and the Prague Radio Orchestra, conducted by Josef Hrnčíř
Czechoslovak Radio recording, Prague, 1962
Dvořák Hall of the House of Artists (Rudolfinum) in Prague 16:44

Antonín Dvořák: Domov můj (My Home). Overture from the incidental music to the play “Josef Kajetán Tyl” by František Ferdinand Šamberk, Op. 62 (B 125)
Performed by the Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Prague, conducted by Karel Šejna
Czechoslovak Radio recording, Prague, 1973 10:27

The farce Fidlovačka by Josef Kajetán Tyl (1808–1856), with music by František Škroup (1801–1862), was first performed at the Estates Theatre on 21 December 1834. Surprisingly, however, Tyl's topical depiction of life in bilingual Prague did not receive the expected audience acclaim. Fidlovačka was performed again on 11 January 1835 (in a shortened version), then disappeared from the repertoire of professional stages for a long 82 years. In the meantime, it went down in history thanks to the song of the blind Mareš, “Kde domov můj” (Where is My Home), which was popularised in numerous concerts by its first performer, Karel Strakatý (1804–1868). Fidlovačka was only newly staged on 9 June 1917, in the third year of the First World War, in an adaptation by Adolf Wenig at the Vinohrady Municipal Theatre, and in the same year it appeared on other Czech stages. A year later, the song, which had long been perceived as the national anthem of the Czechs, also became part of the state anthem of the new Czechoslovak state.

Tracklist

Fidlovačka, or No Anger and No Brawl
Act 1 - Overture / Scene 1 (choir, text) Sharpen, lads / Let's welcome God's day with a song / Scene 2 (Kozelka, woodcutters) Behind Emmaus on the hill / and Scene 3 (Lidunka, Jeník) I was at the Mother of God's / Scene 4 - Song (Lidunka) The breeze wafts through the meadows / Oh, who would not hope / Scene 5 (Ondřej, Kozelka) Oh, murderously! Herr Kozelka / Scene 5 (choir), Scene 6 (Mastílková, Kroutil) Oh, boy, oh, boy, welcome to us / Oh, mein Gott / Scene 5a Under the arbour / Oh, his misery / Scene 5b Bonnets / Scene 7 - Songs and finale / Act 2 Scene 1 - Monologue and song (Ondřej) Da steh ich - here I stand / Scene 2 Listen, lads / Scene 3 (Markytka enters) You all watch out for me / Scene 5 (Dudek enters) A bonjour, ma donna / and Scene 6 (Scene 4 omitted) (Kozelka, others) The room is empty / Welcome, Herr Kozelka / Scene 7 (Jeník's arrival) Here you have him! / Scene 8 Final music / Act 3 Scene 1 and 2 (Dudek, Živeles, Markytka) Corpo di Dio! / Oh, Herr Baron / and Scene 4 (Kroutil, Jeník, later the company) You will go home / For shame, devil / Scene 5 (Jeník, Lidunka), later Scene 6 (Živeles, Kozelka, Ondřej) Liduška! My Jeník! / So just come, Živeles / Scene 7 (Ondřej, Kozelka), then Scene 7 and 8 from the next transformation Will you give me a hand? / Herr Kozelka / Scene 9 (Mastílková, choir) There will be war, there will be
Fidlovačka, or No Anger and No Brawl
Act 4 Scene 1 (choir) then Scene 2 Fidlo-fidlo-fidlovačka / Czechs / Scene 3 (Kroutil, choir) Old Praguers / Scene 4 (songstresses) / Scenes 5, 6, and 7 A fellow is riding, riding / Don't make faces / Lo, our star / Look Bětuška / Scene 8 (Mareš, choir) Kde domov můj (Where is my home) / That's right / Scenes 9, 10, 12, 13 I beg you, Miss Cibulcini / Ich schwöre Ihnen (I swear to you) / Bless me / Oh, world / Scene 14 What a clamour / Scene 15 - Finale Where is the brewer / Scene 16 (Lidunka, Kozelka, choir) Life without a dance / Interview with Berta Škroupová, granddaughter of the composer František Škroup, on the occasion of her 70th birthday (bonus) / Kde domov můj (Where is My Home) (bonus) / Festive Overture for the opening of the theatre in Chrudim (bonus) / Rhapsodie Bohème for violin and orchestra Op. 21 (bonus) / Domov můj (My Home) Op. 62 B 125a. Overture to the play Josef Kajetán Tyl by F. F. Šamberk (bonus)