A gifted child, the Bohemian composer Jaromír Weinberger studied at the Prague Conservatory with Vitězslav Novák and then with Max Reger in Leipzig, pursuing an early career as a conductor and pianist. He wrote music in particular for the theatre and, during a period teaching in America, sought to emulate Dvořák in a planned ‘Union Rhapsody’, a purpose never realised. At home he became briefly director of the opera in Bratislava and director of the Cheb Music School before moving to Prague. Compelled to emigrate after the Anschluss, he returned to America in 1939, settling in Florida where his later depression led to suicide.
Opera
Weinberger’s lasting success was the Czech opera Švanda the Bagpiper, first staged in Prague in 1927, then at the Vienna State Opera in 1930 and at the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1931. This folk-opera won wide popularity, being staged in various translations and providing a particularly popular instrumental movement for the concert hall in its Polka and Fugue. His other stage works never achieved the same level of success.
Tracks:
Disc 1
Svanda Dudak (Svanda the Bagpiper)
1. Overture 00:10:58 序曲
2. Act I Scene 1: Hej hola! (Hey, hey, hurrah!) (Soldier) 00:10:18
第一幕:第一场:嗨,嗨,好哇!(士兵演唱)
3. Act I Scene 1: Zda znas tu slavnou baj (Have you ever heard this famous legend) (Babinsky) 00:04:05
第一幕:第一场:你听说过这个著名的传奇故事吗?(巴宾斯基演唱)
4. Act I Scene 1: Jak je as krasny ten dalny svet (How wonderful that distant world can be) (Svanda) 00:08:12
第一幕:第一场:远方的世界多奇妙(什万达演唱)
5. Act I Scene 1: Entr'acte 00:04:50
第一幕:第一场:幕间曲
6. Act I Scene 2: Vmem srdci chlad a kolem stin a led (There is a coldness in my heart, with shadows and ice around) (Queen) 00:07:34
第一幕:第二场:暮色笼罩,冰天雪地,我感到透心凉(女王演唱)
7. Act I Scene 2: Polka 00:05:56
第一幕:第二场:波尔卡舞曲
8. Act I Scene 2: Jsem tva, jsem tva (I'm yours, I'm yours) (Queen) 00:05:37
第一幕:第二场:我是你的,我是你的(女王演唱)
9. Act I Scene 2: Pres hory a strane (Through mountains and hillside) (Dorota) 00:04:11
第一幕:第二场:穿过万重山(多萝塔演唱)
10. Act I Scene 2: Vsechny sny uz pochovany (All dreams are buried now) (Queen) 00:03:53
第一幕:第二场:现在一切梦想全破灭(女王演唱)
Disc 2
Svanda Dudak (Svanda the Bagpiper)
1. Act I Scene 3: Uz dohral! (Already finished!) (Magician) 00:04:28
第一幕:第三场:已经结束!(魔法师演唱)
2. Act I Scene 3: Devce rozmile (You charming lass) (Svanda) 00:06:07
第一幕:第三场:你这迷人的少女(什万达演唱)
3. Act I Scene 3: Vidis, jaky jsi ty osemetny nevernik (A deceitful, faithless man you are) (Dorota) 00:06:51
第一幕:第三场:你是个骗子、负心人(多萝塔演唱)
4. Act I Scene 3: Dorotko, neplac (Dorota, don't cry) (Babinsky) 00:06:29
第一幕:第三场:别哭,多萝塔(巴宾斯基演唱)
5. Act II Scene 1: Jo, jo zac pakvlastne bratru stoji takovyhle zivot (Oh yes, what is such a life worth) (Devil) 00:06:25
第二幕:第一场:这样的生命有什么价值?(魔鬼演唱)
6. Act II Scene 1: Devil's Polka 00:02:49
第二幕:第一场:魔鬼波尔卡
7. Act II Scene 1: Coz zapomenout mozno vsrdci uprimnem na svoji rodnou zem (Can a native country ever be forgotten... ) (Svanda) 00:04:31
第二幕:第一场:难道祖国会被遗忘……(什万达演唱)
8. Act II Scene 1: Rad odpoved dam (I'll answer you gladly) (Babinsky) 00:07:31
第二幕:第一场:我会很高兴地回答你(巴宾斯基演唱)
9. Act II Scene 1: Co vidim Karty (What do I see Cards) (Babinsky) 00:06:43
第二幕:第一场:我看见什么?是牌?(巴宾斯基演唱)
10. Act II Scene 1: Vase pekelne Velicenstvo (Your devilish Excellency) (Devil's Servant) 00:05:56
第二幕:第一场:可恶的阁下(魔鬼的仆人演唱)
11. Act II Scene 1: Fugue 00:05:56
第二幕:第一场:赋格
12. Act II Scene 2: Toz pribeh se konci (So the story ends) (Babinsky) 00:05:36
第二幕:第二场:故事就这样结束(巴宾斯基演唱)