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Rusalka: Highlights from the Opera

Antonín Dvořák · 1988

60 min · 10 tracks · classical music

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Elevation

Our rating, out of 100 — and why.

AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.

70 /100
Treeline
Higher than 50% of albums we've rated

Dvořák’s vocal writing and the act-by-act selection give the excerpts lasting substance, though the cuts interrupt the opera’s dramatic continuity.

What we noticed

  • The selections move from Act I through Act III in order, but skip connective material between the opera’s scenes.
  • Rusalka’s Act I moon aria is followed by Ježibaba’s brisker exchange, then a multi-character act-ending passage.
  • The excerpts alternate solo numbers with ensemble scenes; the final track is the Rusalka–Prince–Watersprite trio.
Composition 25% of the score
8/10

the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics

Craft 20% of the score
6/10

production, performance, arrangement

Durability 25% of the score
7/10

whether it rewards returning to it

Distinctiveness 18% of the score
6/10

whether it sounds like itself

Sequencing 12% of the score
5/10

running order, pacing, length

Influence 6/10

Significant within its genre. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

  • 1 Rusalka: Hou, hou, hou (The Dryads - 1st Act) 4:58
  • 2 Rusalka: Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém (Rusalka - 1st Act) 5:06
  • 3 Rusalka: Čury mury fuk (Ježibaba - 1st Act) 2:27
  • 4 Rusalka: Vidino divná, přesladká (The Prince, The Watersprite, The Naiads - Conclusion of 1st Act) 6:25
  • 5 Rusalka: Již týden dlíš mi po boku (The Prince, The Foreign Princess - 2nd Act) 8:06
  • 6 Rusalka: Polonaise (2nd Act) 4:30
  • 7 Rusalka: Celý svět nedá ti, nedá (The Watersprite, Chorus - 2nd Act) 7:28
  • 8 Rusalka: Necitelná vodní moci (Rusalka - 3rd Act) 6:09
  • 9 Rusalka: Mám zlaté vlásky, mám (The Dryads - 3rd Act) 4:00
  • 10 Rusalka: Proč volal jsi mne v náruč svou (Rusalka, The Prince, The Watersprite) 11:09

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