Composer: Jakov Gotovac
Performer: Valentina Fijacko, Tomislav Mužek, Jelena Kordic, Ivica Čikeš, Ljubomir Puškarić, Suzana Czesnaj
Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra
Conductor: Ivan Repušić
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: CPO
Catalogue: 555080-2
Release: 2020
Size: 548 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Ero s Onoga Svijeta
CD 01
01. Duni mi, duni lađane
02. Đula pred kućom sjedila
03. Oh, bože! Šta je?
04. Vidjele ste, siđoh odozgora
05. Da l’ od naših nekog tamo viđe?
06. Koij vam je jutros vrag?
07. Evo torba!
08. Ja sam ti o Đurđevu dne kitio pendžere
09. Šta radi ovdje stranac?
10. He, he! Da je tvoje, Što je moje
11. Ero!
12. Što je sjajno, Ero, žuto zlato!
13. Što ti je?
14. Ha, ha! Bruka, jest!
15. Kao da sam tvoje misli znala
16. Oj! Brblje voda, žrvnji rokću
17. Ja sam gazde, marka žena!
18. Majko, majčice
19. Otari s lica suze đevoijko
20. Od mog dvora do dragina
21. A sad da vidiš čuda!
22. Juri, juri, stari sokole
23. Što su konji, Ero, za jesenje!
24. Šta ne ideš?
25. Jao meni!
26. Ah, ti si ovdje?
27. Šta da čovjek radi?
CD 02
01. Skitao se budalina tale
02. Oba mi se slomiše koljena
03. Ne dođoh ne dernek da gladnim i žednim
04. Gazda Marko!
05. Što su mome, Ero, za kradenje!
06. Ti znaš, Mića, dok sam dijete bila
07. Jao meni, joj!
08. Caca! Cako!
09. Čekaj samo čas!
10. Neću da se dulje ponizuješ ovdje
11. Meine moja majka svjetovala
12. Pa šta si onda varao i krao?
13. Što je sjajno, Ero, žuto zlato!
14. Kako. Što na nebu sja visoko
Ero the Joker is the absolute all-time favorite opera among Croatians. After its immediate success in 1935 it toured through what was then the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, and today it continues to be a favorite selection for performance programs in the countries of the former Yugoslavia. In Germany, however, this comic opera brimming with musical wit has to be assigned the status of a rarity. Its last performance prior to this one was in Munich in 1942 – in a German translation. But now back to the original: on Sunday, 19 May 2019, the Munich Radio Orchestra under its principal conductor, the Croatian Ivan Repušić, presented a concert performance of Ero the Joker in Croatian. Gotovac’s music sparkles with Eastern European and Mediterranean folkloric influences. The composer is regarded as one of the founders of a Croatian national musical language that in the nineteenth century was fueled by the yearning for national identity. Here we hear music full of lyrical and witty moments and with magnificent arias and choral numbers. And its hero is a joker who challenges fate.