This recording of Janácek's The Cunning Little Vixen was recorded live in 2019 at a London Barbican production directed by the sexagenarian bad boy of British theater, Peter Sellars. The production included rather graphic video depictions of the action of Janácek's opera on a screen behind the performers, and listeners may well wonder whether the recording, abstracted from the video, will have its full impact. Certainly, there are challenges; for one, LSO Live's engineering staff has to contend with a character walking out ...
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This recording of Janácek's The Cunning Little Vixen was recorded live in 2019 at a London Barbican production directed by the sexagenarian bad boy of British theater, Peter Sellars. The production included rather graphic video depictions of the action of Janácek's opera on a screen behind the performers, and listeners may well wonder whether the recording, abstracted from the video, will have its full impact. Certainly, there are challenges; for one, LSO Live's engineering staff has to contend with a character walking out into the audience as well as various other issues, but the good news is that this works perfectly well as an independent recording of The Cunning Little Vixen. Some of the credit goes to Sir Simon Rattle, who lends a real edge to the full-size version of the London Symphony Orchestra, as well as real grace to the Sinfonietta that fills out the second disc. However, it is the singers who make the show. They are led by soprano Lucy Crowe, a very effective vixen, lively and, in her love...
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