Bretan
Horia
Opera in Seven Scenes

Gheorghe Crasnaru, Horia
Emil Iurascu, Closca
Marcel Angelescu, Crisan
Iulia Buciuceanu, Dochia
Cornelia Pop, Ileana
Corneliu Fanateanu, Ionel
Dan Zancu, Baron Kemeny
Lucian Marinescu, Baron Nyil
Matilda Onofrei-Voiculet, Baroness Hunfy
Constantin Iliescu, Nutu
Nicolae Urziceanu, Pavel
Adrian Stefanescu, Costan
Orchestra and Chorus of the Romanian Opera, Bucharest
Stelian Olariu, chorus master
Cornel Trailescu, conductor








Disc One
1HoriaPrelude, Under Prince Stephen, the Great and Wise3.21
2Scene One, I'll begin with myself4.18
3So you may see how unjust you are, listen!4.48
4Listen to me! Do you own a house?5.20
5Scene Two, Oh, it's really not my day4.06
6I have no idea4.52
7Foolish girl, what have you done?6.02
8Well then, I have no time to lose!4.08
9Dear Lord, grant them a good life!3.03
10Is anybody here?4.35
11Oh, Horia!4.38
12Scene Three, Right at the top?5.12
13Ever since my wife died ...2.07
14I'm not a man of words4.44
15With you fellow, with the whole world!4.39
Disc Two
1Scene Four, We still have to agree3.26
2All those who fail to control themselves should reflect4.18
3Now I, Horia, do here, before the Lord1.40
4You, who placed us in this ancestral land3.06
5Scene Five, Under Prince Stephen, the Great and Wise3.50
6Nutu! Halt!4.50
7Well then, listen, and then judge!5.21
8I say that the Captain did well!3.23
9Now only swift action will save us3.13
10Scene Six, Triumph! We're saved!4.27
11I'll invent tortures and torments5.39
12Scene Seven, Above all else, Horia, Closca and Crisan4.49
13The way you have rendered your judgement1.42
14Whether we are guilty, I cannot say3.22
15Let me through, Christians!4.06
16My child, come to terms with fate7.17
17Death passes through the garden3.28
Recorded live in performance, July 8, 1980, in Bucharest

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