Life With an Idiot: Act II

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composer:Альфред Гарриевич Шнитке (Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer and pianist)
librettist:Виктор Ерофеев
part of:Life With an Idiot (order: 2)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1992-04-16 – 1992-04-26Life With an Idiot: Act II, Scene 1. "A few days later Vova started tearing up the books" (I, Wife, Vova, Marcel Proust, Chorus)partialRotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Мстислав Ростропович3:25
1992-04-16 – 1992-04-26Life With an Idiot: Act II, Scene 1. "Ekh!" (Vova, Chorus, I, Wife)partialRotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Мстислав Ростропович4:31
1992-04-16 – 1992-04-26Life With an Idiot: Act II, Scene 1. "In the beginning Vova was very reserved" (I, Vova, Chorus)partialRotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Мстислав Ростропович5:45
1992-04-16 – 1992-04-26Life With an Idiot: Act II, Scene 1. "In the evenings, to prevent Vova suffering from insomnia" (I, Chorus)partialRotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Мстислав Ростропович1:35
1992-04-16 – 1992-04-26Life With an Idiot: Act II, Scene 1. "Once, on returning home, I chanced upon the following scene" (I, Chorus, Vova)partialRotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Мстислав Ростропович1:38
1992-04-16 – 1992-04-26Life With an Idiot: Act II, Scene 1. "Suddenly, one fine day, he dumped a whole pile in the middle of the room" (I, Wife)partialRotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Мстислав Ростропович2:11
1992-04-16 – 1992-04-26Life With an Idiot: Act II, Scene 1. IntermezzopartialRotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Мстислав Ростропович1:12
1992-04-16 – 1992-04-26Life With an Idiot: Act II, Scene 2. "Don't offend him. Don't traumatise Vova" (Wife, I, Chorus)partialRotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Мстислав Ростропович1:54
1992-04-16 – 1992-04-26Life With an Idiot: Act II, Scene 2. "Ekh!" (Vova, Chorus, I, Wife)partialRotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Мстислав Ростропович5:54
1992-04-16 – 1992-04-26Life With an Idiot: Act II, Scene 2. "He had a brand-new and perfectly tolerable wife" (Wife, Marcel Proust, I, Vova)partialRotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Мстислав Ростропович2:47
1992-04-16 – 1992-04-26Life With an Idiot: Act II, Scene 2. "I am Renoir" (Chorus, I)partialRotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Мстислав Ростропович1:57
1992-04-16 – 1992-04-26Life With an Idiot: Act II, Scene 2. "I love you. Love!" (Wife, Chorus, Marcel Proust, I, Vova)partialRotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Мстислав Ростропович2:26
1992-04-16 – 1992-04-26Life With an Idiot: Act II, Scene 2. "I was intrigued as to which proclivities of Vova my wife bent over backwards to meet" (I, Wife, Chorus)partialRotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Мстислав Ростропович3:50
1992-04-16 – 1992-04-26Life With an Idiot: Act II, Scene 2. "Life with an idiot is full of surprises!" (Wife, I, Chorus)partialRotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Мстислав Ростропович3:00
1992-04-16 – 1992-04-26Life With an Idiot: Act II, Scene 2. "Suddenly, the wife declares: 'Vova! Either him...'" (Chorus, Wife, I, Vova)partialRotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Мстислав Ростропович4:26
1992-04-16 – 1992-04-26Life With an Idiot: Act II, Scene 2. "The guard greeted me like I was one of the family" (I, Vova, Chorus, Wife, Marcel Proust)partialRotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Мстислав Ростропович7:01
1992-04-16 – 1992-04-26Life With an Idiot: Act II, Scene 2. "They made their home in the second room" (Marcel Proust, Wife, I, Vova)partialRotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Мстислав Ростропович2:17
1992-04-16 – 1992-04-26Life With an Idiot: Act II, Scene 2. "Vova has cleaned up his act a lot" (Wife, I, Chorus, Vova, Marcel Proust)partialRotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Мстислав Ростропович5:49
1992-04-16 – 1992-04-26Life With an Idiot: Act II, Scene 2. "We beat her up, beat her up!" (Chorus, Vova, I, Wife)partialRotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Мстислав Ростропович3:26
1992-04-16 – 1992-04-26Life With an Idiot: Act II, Scene 2. "Well, and now, cock-sucking reader, whoever you are" (I, Chorus, Vova)partialRotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Мстислав Ростропович3:11