Stanislaw Moniuszko - Halka: Opera In 4 Acts (Complete)
Stanislaw Moniuszko - Halka: Opera In 4 Acts (Complete) Singer: Stanislaw Moniuszko
Title: Halka: Opera In 4 Acts (Complete)
Label: Colosseum ‎– CRLP 188-189
Type: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
Country: US
Date of released: 1956
Category: Classical
Style: Opera, Romantic
Size MP3 zip: 1576 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1562 mb
Rating: 4.1✭
Format: MP3 VOX MP2 DTS MOD DXD AHX AAC FLAC

Tracklist

A1 Overture
Act I
A2.a Scene 1 (Chorus)
A2.b Scene 2 (Trio)
A2.c Scene 3 (Recitativo And Aria)
A2.d Scene 4 [Beginning] (Aria)
B1.a Scene 4 [Concluded] (Duet)
B1.b Scene 5 (Chorus And Aria)
Act II
B2.a Prelude
B2.b Scene 1 (Recitativo And Aria)
B2.c Scene 2 (Recitativo And Aria)
C1.a Scene 3 / Scene 4 (Duettino)
C1.b Scene 5 (Sextet And Chorus)
Act III
C2.a Prelude
C2.b Scene 1
C2.c Scene 2
C2.d Finale
Act IV
C3 Scene 1 / Scene 2 [Beginning] (Recitativo)
D1.a Scene 2 [Concluded] (Jontek's Aria)
D1.b Scene 3 / Scene 4
D1.c Scene 5 (The Prayer In The Church)
D1.d Finale

Companies, etc.

  • Record Company – Colosseum Records, Inc.

Credits

  • Artwork By – Karas
  • Baritone Vocals [Janusz (Yanusz)] – Marian Woznicko
  • Baritone Vocals [The Bagpiper] – Antoni Farulewski
  • Bass Vocals [Dziemba] – Jozef Michalla
  • Bass Vocals [Stolnik] – Edmund Kossowski
  • Chorus, Orchestra – Chorus And Orchestra Of The Polish National Theatre Of Poznan
  • Composed By – Stanislaw Moniuszko*
  • Conductor, Directed By – Walerian Bierdiajew
  • Libretto By – Wlodzimierz Wolski*
  • Soprano Vocals [Halka] – Antonina Kawecka
  • Soprano Vocals [Zofia] – Felicja Kurowiak
  • Tenor Vocals [A Peasant] – Juliusz Bienkowski
  • Tenor Vocals [Jontek (Yontek)] – Waclaw Dominiecki
  • Translated By [Libretto] – Bruno G. Ronty

Notes

Gatefold cover.
Includes foldout paper with libretto in Polish.
Originally issued with rice-paper inner sleeves.

Original Version Sung in Polish
Period: about 1840, Carpathian Mountains region of Poland.
Dances: Polonaise, Mazur, Highlander Dances

Special Production of the Moniuszko Philharmonic Society of Poznan, Poland

5th Anniversary Release
Grand Prix du Disque 1955

Side 1: Recorded in Asia
Side 2-4: Recorded in Europe

Discs are auto-coupled: Side 1&4 on Record 1; Side 2&3 on Record 2.

Dynamic Balance Control (DBC)

Copyright under International Copyright Convention. All rights reserved under Pan-American Copyright Convention.
Copyright 1955 by Colosseum Records Inc.

No part of the proceeds from this recording inures to the benefit of the contemporary government in Poland, or any of its agents or representatives.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side 1 label): CRLP-188P-A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side 2 label): CRLP-188P-B
  • Matrix / Runout (Side 3 label): CRLP-189P-A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side 4 label): CRLP-189P-B
  • Matrix / Runout (Side 1 runout): CRLP-188P-A 50088A 8w
  • Matrix / Runout (Side 2 runout): CRLP-188P-B 8w 50088B
  • Matrix / Runout (Side 3 runout): CRLP-189P-A 50089A 8w
  • Matrix / Runout (Side 4 runout): CRLP-189P-B 50089B 8w

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
LDX-A-8095/96 S. Moniuszko*, Solistes, Chœurs Et Orchestre De La Société Philharmonique Moniuszko De Poznan* S. Moniuszko*, Solistes, Chœurs Et Orchestre De La Société Philharmonique Moniuszko De Poznan* - Halka: Opéra En 4 Actes ‎(2xLP, Album, Mono) Le Chant Du Monde LDX-A-8095/96 France 1955