Guntram

Track Listings

1. Prelude:/ 1 St. Act

2. Scene 1 :/ 1 St. Act

3. Scene 2 :/ 1 St. Act

4. Scene 3 :/ 1 St. Act

5. Prelude :/ 2 Nd . Act

6. Scene 1 :/ 2 Nd . Act

7. Scene 2 :/ 2 Nd . Act

8. Scene 3 :/ 2 Nd . Act

9. Prelude :/ 3 Rd . Act

10. Scene 1 :/ 3 Rd. Act

11. Scene 2 :/ 3 Rd. Act

12. Scene 3 :/ 3 Rd. Act

13. Scene 4 : / 3 Rd. Act

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Tracks:

Salome: Final Scene
Guntram: Fass' ich sie bang
Lucio Silla: Ah, corri, vola... Quest'improvviso tremito
Don Giovanni: Crudele? Ah no, moi bene...Non mi dir
Adriane auf Naxos: Es gibt ein Reich
Idomeneo: Oh smania! Oh furie! D'Oreste, d'Aiace
Arabella: Mein Elimer!
Don Giovanni: Or sai chi l'onore
Idomeneo: Idol moi
Die Agyptische Helena: Zweite Brautnacht!

Customer Reviews:

Jane Eaglen Is A Force Not To Be Reckoned With.......2005-05-18

Contrary to the previous review, I find that Jane Eaglen is the very definition of the dramatic soprano. Her voice is a Niagra Falls of vocal artistry- full or rich fullness and soaring upper register, generous mezzo di voce, and soothing pianissimi. Her voice is fine in this studio recording album. Eaglen has sung through the 90's and her voice is in its prime in this album. She comfortably takes on the demanding dramatic roles of Strauss Ariadne, Mozart's Dona Ana, Strauss' Salome, Strauss Arabella, the heroine in Guntram and Die Egytpian Helena and the heroine in Mozart' Idomeneo. She is an apt interpreter of bel canto and Wagner, her voice reminding me of such versatile sopranos as Edda Moser, who could sing both Wagner and Mozart.

Please give this album a chance and ignore any bashers' remarks. Her rendition of the Finale in Salome blew me away. She sends chills down my spine, with a voice that is a hurricane, full of storm and glory. Her Dona Ana is a steely victim, her Arabella a determined woman and her Ariadne very noble. Eaglen has a number of great diva roles under her belt- Tosca, Norma, Brunhilde, Isolde, each a magnificent portrayal. Look for her other albums, which are also available on Amazon.com, which continues to be a great source of opera for me, even rare and hard to find albums. Though that critic before me blindly criticized her Strauss method, I find that she is terrific as a singer of Strauss, finding herself the equal to Leontyne Price and Jessye Norman. In fact it would seem Jane Eaglen has a powerfully lunged black woman inside her!! I love this album and also recommend her Wagner/Bellini album, in which she sings the heck out of Casta Diva from Norma and other bel canto arias, as well as a fine Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde and Brunhilde's Immolation Scene. Also look for Strauss' Four Last Songs sung to perfection by Jane Eaglen. She can also be heard singing Tosca in English under the Chandos label as well as a towering Turandot.

Unidiomatic singing.......2003-11-06

Eaglen's performances of Mozart and Strauss are generally disappointing, for her singing doesn't have the simplicity for Mozart and the lustrous quality for the Strauss. It's far too over-generalised and the result is insipid.

Jane - A Force of Nature.......2002-01-25

Listening to Jane Eaglen is being caught in the midst of a wonderful storm of music. Each bell-like note is perfection, nothing strained, nothing overly melodramtic, just marvelous singing. The sweetness in her voice comes through again and again. I will borrow from another reviewer to say "BRAVA JANE! And thank you for reminding us that Wagner,and Strauss don't have to be screamed to be sung well."

Weakness exposing attempt.......2001-11-11

I'm afraid Jane Eaglen doesn't quite know of her own capabilities and limitations. Opera singing is not just a matter of beautiful sound. There has to be emotion, drama and charisma, none of these Eaglen has. Her Mozart is at least competent, though far from outstanding. But her Strauss definitely doesn't work! Just pull down any (yes, any) recording of Strauss by any (yes, any) soprano and you'll at once note how deficient Eaglen's interpretations are. No, she definitely is not for such repertoire. Besides, her top register isn't glorious at all - a liability in Strauss. This is just an ill-considered attempt which exposes her weakness as an artist.

Than you God for Jane Eaglen!.......2000-02-17

Words fail me when trying to describe the awe one gets after listening to this singer. Live or on Disc few can match Jane in Talent, musicality, or beauty of tone. What a blessing she is to those who love opera. I Love this CD and all the wonderful excerpt featured here. I would love to hear a complete recording of every opera sung from here. It is so refreshing to hear the Egyptian Helen sung so beautifully, listen to how she soars over the orchestra, and listen to how easily her voice manages the high notes. AHHH! How enchanting, and the excerpt from Guntram WOW! . And then she tops it off with an excerpt from a different type of Strauss opera Arabella. This is how Strauss should be sung. Forget Ljuba, Birgit, or Hildegard Jane is your woman!

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Splendor in the Skies: Leontyne Price sings R. Strauss
An American Diva Sings German
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Leontyne Price sings Strauss Arias

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Tracks:

Die Frau Ohne Schatten: Empress' Awakening Scene
Der Rosenkavalier: Marschallin's Monologue
Die Agyptische Helena: Awakening Scene
Guntram: Fass' Ich Sie Bang
Ariadne Auf Naxos: Es Gibt Ein Reich
Salome: Interlude
Salome: Final Scene

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Splendor in the Skies: Leontyne Price sings R. Strauss.......2006-05-21

America's "diva di tutte le dive" soprano Leontyne Price rarely sang the German operatic repertoire onstage - "Die Kluge" "Die Zauberflaute"/"Ariadne auf Naxos" - throughout her illustrous and brilliant career. Thankfully, she included arias and scenas in her concerts and recitals, Richard Strauss' "Awakening Scene" (Egytian Helen) and Salome's "Final Scene" most often. Both are included in this vocally sumptuous RCA studio recorded CD collection of Strauss arias. Recorded in '72/73, Leontyne Price's "juicy lyric" soprano had developed into a formidable spinto with a stronger, darker middle, and a powerful, sterling upper register that seemed positioned to delve into the heavier musical waters of R. Wagner & Strauss. However,the American diva resisted the temptation to abandon the glorious legacy of her Italian-based repertoire(where she reigned supreme). In this concert, Leontyne Price's essaying of the "Frau" scene is simply stunning - dramatically urgent - with requisite power in the middle of the voice off-set by the thrust and freedom of her upper register. Indeed, her thrilling high Dflat has not been bettered(equalled by Leonie Rysanek). The Rosenkavalier monologue is sung sensitively with lovely vocal shadings, but lacks the ruminative quality that informs the finest of the Marschallins. Ms. Price sang the role of "Ariadne" onstage with the San Francisco Opera and at the MET successfully (if not definitely). Ariadne's "Es gibt ein Reich" is sung here with a majesterial, dark-toned beauty that glows in the penultimate section of the aria. Strauss' Salome is a 16 year-old woman-child, usually sung by "drammatische sopran" like the great Birgit Nilsson, due in part to the heavy orchestration. In Ms. Price's hands, Salome's tragically premature and short journey to adulthood is vividly captured, the voice cast in silver rather than steel, alternately viperish, kittenish, perplexed, and finally triumphant. The soprano's vibrant tone is lyric in nature, throbbing with appropriate girlishness, largely missing from more noted Salomes. Leontyne Price was the first artist to record the "Guntram" aria. The quasi-Wagnerian music, complete with heavy orchestration, poses no apparent terror for her, as she sings it with remarkable abandon, plush, creamy tone in the middle yielding to a gleaming, ringing climax of laser-like high notes. The excitement is palpable throughout. Finally, we are treated to a Price specialty, "Zweite Brautnacht", an aria that showcases the full arsenal of this magnificent voice. The exquisite vocalism throughout this entire collection reminds the listener of the incomparable soaring beauty, throb, and ease that made Leontyne Price the reigning Verdi soprano of her generation - and a sterling constellation in Strauss' rarified firmament.

An American Diva Sings German.......2005-11-25

In this album, the first international black diva Leontyne Price sings German arias by Richard Strauss, a repertory she is not usually associated with. Leontyne Price will forever be lauded for her Verdi and Puccini Italian opera repertoire. But Price sang a wide variety of works, from Samuel Barber, Gershwin, Baroque works, French composers and German composers. Her versatility is prominently showcased in the album "Prima Donna". These arias are virtuosic interpretations and the New Philharmonia does an oustanding job. Erich Leinsdorf championed Leontyn Price more than any other conductor and knew how her voice can be transferred beautifully into recording. The first track is a dramatic and lyric aria from Strauss' last opera Die Frau Ohne Schatten (Woman Without Shadow). From the beginning, she shows command for the German diction and the melodic tone is rich, dark and dramatic. If I'm not mistaken this album was made in the 70's, a period of time that found Leontyne singing with a bigger voice and louder fortissimi, and this without sacrificing the beautiful pianissimi. This is quite evident in the Marschallin's Monologue from Der Rosenkavalier, which Leontyne Price essays with queenly grace, and with an even bigger voice than the more lyric Schwartzkopff, the most famous Marschallin. This is a beautiful aria in which the Marschallin expresses her sadness about growing older. Leontyne has a dark, mature voice that is wholly suited to the character and Price totally gets the part. Her voice is dark chocolate. The rare operas The Egyptian Helena and Guntram are not performed today but demonstrate a powerful musicality and theatrical prowess. Price sings the high tessitura of Helen's aria without any strain. It is smoothly sung and supremely dramatic. It is a fiendishly difficult aria and few singers have actually sung it (Today only Jane Eaglen in the Mozart and Strauss Album sings it). The final scene from Salome is hair-raising and Leontyne's voice raises above the staff and above the orchestra with thunderous power. She never performed Salome (only Maria Ewing is the only black singer to sing the role) and perhaps for good reason since in Price's time the reigning Salome was Birgit Nilsson and it was still very risque to dance in semi-nude costume. While Leontyne Price does not lighten her tone to sound girlish (Salome is a teenager) like some sopranos have done, but she is powerful, visceral and sexually charged. It is a masterpiece. Unfortunately, they didnt add Wagner arias to further show off Price's German repertoire. But Price has sung magnificent Wagner pieces - Sieglende from Die Walkure, the Liebestod from the final scene in Tristan and Elisabeth's Prayer Aria and Hall Aria from Tannhauser. Overall, this is one of Leontyne Price's better recording albums. I would recommend this one along with the Prima Donna Album.

PRICE IS ALWAYS NICE.......2003-03-02

A LIITLE OUT OF HER ELEMENT HERE. THE GERMAN ISN'T ALWAYS GERMANIC BUT MISS PRICE ALWAYS GIVES 100% IN MUSICIANSHIP AND CARE. IF YOU LOVE PRICE YOU NEED THIS CD. 5 STARS BECAUSE SHE HAD SOME OF THE MOST GLORIOUS UPPER REGISTER SOUNDS. SHE IS NEVER PHONY. SHE WORKS IT !ES GIBT EIN REICH IS A LITTLE SLOW FOR ME BUT WHO CARES. IT'S THE AMERICAN DIVA ASOLUTTA.

Better than even Leontyne suspects!.......2000-08-29

A great recording often manifests silently from inside the genuine humility, even doubts, of the artists laboring to create it. I suspect that is as apt a characterization as any of the effectiveness of this album. Leontyne Price has always been, to my mind, a marvelously transparent singer; one feels immediately her approach, and indeed her own trepidation on the high wire, as it were. This collection of Strauss is a model of that transparency. She is outside her safe zone here, albeit willingly and with customary copious voice, but it is, at least for those intimately familiar with Leontyne Price's voice, a land of no coasting and no boasting. And it is a remarkable triumph, with a fetching choice of material, and an incomparable version of the final scene of "Salome". The quixotic magic of Price's Salome is something to experience, her work with Leinsdorf has never been more collaborative, and the Boston Symphony really sizzles! The superb aria from "Ariadne" is a perfect 'calling up' of the Salome, directly preceding it as it does and alerting the countryside of the imminent eruption of Salome's arresting disintegration to come. Absolutely splendid work from a prima donna of deservedly legendary status, with the additional treat of first-rate orchestral playing.

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Guntram
Strauss , Lewis , Farley , Sharpe , and Dickerson
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Guntram
R. Strauss , Woodrow , Wachutka , and Kuhn
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ASIN: B0000246LA
Release Date: 2004-07-20

Tracks:

Prelude:/ 1 St. Act
Scene 1 :/ 1 St. Act
Scene 2 :/ 1 St. Act
Scene 3 :/ 1 St. Act
Prelude :/ 2 Nd . Act
Scene 1 :/ 2 Nd . Act
Scene 2 :/ 2 Nd . Act
Scene 3 :/ 2 Nd . Act
Prelude :/ 3 Rd . Act
Scene 1 :/ 3 Rd. Act
Scene 2 :/ 3 Rd. Act
Scene 3 :/ 3 Rd. Act
Scene 4 : / 3 Rd. Act

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Customer Reviews:

Unknown treasure.......2003-07-15

I often wondered what an opera would sound like written between Parsifal and Salome. This is it! This opera certainly is Strauss's attempt at Wagnerian music drama be in only 90 mins in length. It looks back to Tristan und Isolde and ahead to Die Frau ohne Schatten. The vocal writing favors male singers with only one female role and very limited chorus. Perhaps the dreadfully difficult heldentenor role of Guntram which (in Strauss's own words) is lengthier than the role of Tristan!
I would love to hear Heppner or Domingo tackle some of the dramatic monologues in the studio, (just like Eaglen did on her Strauss and Mozart album singing a scene of Freihild...my first exposure to Guntram.
This work is a must for any German opera fan, and any devotee of Strauss and Wagner. The recording is of a live performance with no clapping, coughing or stage noise. This opera is a great value for a 2CD set even though the liner notes are skimpy and the libretto is in German only. No track lists or lengths are provided and no details as to the performance or recording or the obscure (to me at least) cast.

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B SIDE: R. Strauss...

Operatic Orchestral Music
Strauss , Rco , and Tate
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Release Date: 2005-01-11

Tracks:

I. Reisefieber Und Walzerscene: Lebhaft - Etwas Ruhig - Etwas Breit
II. Traumerei Am Kamin: Ruhig Schwebend
III. Am Spieltisch: Sehr Gemachlich
IV. Frohlicher Beschluss: Sehr Lebhaft Und Frohlich
Sextet (Prelude & Scene 1)
Pot-Pourri
Prelude (Act 1)
Langsam
(Langsam) - Sehr Lebhaft
Massig Bewegt
Massig Bewegt
Massig- Bewegt - Sehr Bewegt - Sehr Lebhaft
Etwas Feierlich Beginnend - Etwas Breit - Viel Ruhiger

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B SIDE: R. Strauss..........2005-12-27

If we were still in the age of the LP thats' where the selections
on this disc would appear. Sure, all the music is characteristic of Richard Strauss and the orchestrations shimmer in glorious digital sound. Included are very sketchy notes that aren't very helpful at all. The end result is music that goes nowhere. You will have to research elsewhere for a better storyline. The program spans Strauss's lifetime career, begining with "Guntram"(1894), ending with "Capriccio"(1941) his final opera. The works on this collection are best served as filler for Strauss's tone poems, for they barely are enough to stand on their own.

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Strauss: Preludes & Intermezzos

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Release Date: 2001-06-26

Tracks:

Guntram: Prld Act 1 - Bamberger SO/Karl Anton Rickenbacher
Guntram: Prld Act 2 - Bamberger SO/Karl Anton Rickenbacher
Feuersnot: Love Scene - Bamberger SO/Karl Anton Rickenbacher
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Prld Act 1 - Munchener Kammerorchester
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Prld Act 2 - Munchener Kammerorchester
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Act 2 - Munchener Kammerorchester
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Prld Act 3 - Munchener Kammerorchester
Interludio Zu ,Idomeneo' - Bamberger SO/Karl Anton Rickenbacher
Arabella: Prld Act 3 - Bamberger SO/Karl Anton Rickenbacher
Capriccio: Intro (Sextett) - Bamberger SO/Karl Anton Rickenbacher
Capriccio: Moonlight Music - Bamberger SO/Karl Anton Rickenbacher
Die Schweigsame Frau: Potpourri - Bamberger SO/Karl Anton Rickenbacher

Christian Thielemann - Pfitzner · Strauss / Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin

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A schoolmaster's idea of romance
Magnificent Performances of Pfitzner's and Strauss' music
A Treasury of Late Romanticism

Christian Thielemann - Pfitzner · Strauss / Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Hans Pfitzner , Richard Strauss , Christian Thielemann , and Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
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Palestrina: Palestrina: Vorspiel zum I. Akt
Palestrina: Palestrina: Vorspiel zum II. Akt
Palestrina: Palestrina: Vorspiel zum III. Akt
Das Herz, op. 39: Das Herz, op. 39: Liebesmelodie
Das Kchen von Heilbronn op. 17: Das Kchen von Heilbronn op. 17: Ouverture (op. 17a)
Guntram, op. 25: Guntram, op. 25: Vorspiel zum I. Akt
Capriccio, op. 85: Capriccio, op. 85: Vorspiel (Streichsextett)
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Near the end of his life, the great German conductor Eugen Jochum saw off a visitor to his Munich home with the rather unexpected admonition, "Don't forget Pfitzner and Reger!" Well, Reger has had it pretty good on recordings since then, while Pfitzner has been ignored, if not forgotten, until recently. Enter Christian Thielemann, a conductor who has clearly mastered the grand manner and who possesses an undeniable affinity with the music. Leading the orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, whose music director he became in 1997, he makes a welcome contribution to the Pfitzner discography in this, his debut recording for DG. Thielemann's accounts of the preludes to Acts I, II, and III of Palestrina, and of orchestral excerpts from other operas by Pfitzner and Strauss, are full of conviction and refreshingly old-fashioned in their lyric intensity and sweep. Especially lovely: the playing Thielemann elicits in Strauss's unabashedly Parsifalian prelude to Guntram, a work that failed at its premiere, but of which the composer was so fond he quoted some of its music in Ein Heldenleben. --Ted Libbey

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A schoolmaster's idea of romance.......2006-01-02

Thielemann captures Pfitzner's characteristic warm-bath style very well, but this is still romanticism as seen by a schoolmaster. All three preludes to Palestrina are dreamily diffuse, as if the idea of writing Parsifal came to mind and that was enough. The long overture Katchen von Heilbronn is also weak tea, although it manages to work up a mdicum of discreet passion. If you find Busoni, Schmidt, and Reger too hot-blooded, I guess Pfitzner is your man.

The second half of the CD is devoted to out-of-the-way excerpts from Strauss operas. As with the Pfitzner selections, the attraction here comes mostly from Thielemann's way with his orcehstra--he makes the Deutsche Oper ensemble sound glowing and relaxed. Personally, I like a lot more bite, but Strauss was floating along in the Prelude to his early opera Guntram, and the prelude to Capriccio is hardly bracing, either. The Love Scene from Feuerssnot is like to be the only music most of us will ever hear form that work, and it actually ends on a forte--how shocking.

This whole 75 min. CD is devoid of spine, but that's the nature of a certain strain of last-minute German romanticism. All in all, this is the perfect recording to listen to while eating marzipan or if you need a birthday present for some jellyfish.

Magnificent Performances of Pfitzner's and Strauss' music.......2001-09-06

Along with his recent recording of Wagner's music with the Philadelphia Orchestra, this recording of Pfitzner's and Strauss' scores may be Thielemann's finest to date. Most noteworthy is the ebullient warm performance of Pfitzner's Palestrina from the Deutsche Oper orchestra, but I also enjoyed hearing two of Richard Strauss' lesser known works. I wholeheartedly recommend this CD as a splendid introduction to Pfitzner's music.

A Treasury of Late Romanticism.......2001-08-10

All of the works on this CD beautifully evoke a lost world of idealism, heroism, chivalry, and courtly love. This disc has been a constant companion for nearly five years now. I have given at least five copies as gifts. I bought it because I am a Richard Strauss fanatic, and recordings of the orchestral passages of his first two operas, GUNTRAM and FEUERSNOT, are very rare. Thielemann's performances of the Strauss selections are superb. But I seldom listen to them, because this CD was my introduction to the works of Hans Pfitzner and I find myself simply listening to the Pfitzner selections over and over again. The CD begins with the Preludes to the three acts of his operatic masterpiece PALESTRINA. They are obviously indebted to Wagner's PARSIFAL. These works ache with desire, not for the sensuous, but for the noble, the etherial, the transcendent. The Prelude to the second act is particularly riveting and sublime. The other two pieces--the love theme from the opera DAS HERZ and the overture to DAS KAETCHEN VON HEILBRONN--evoke more sensuous but no less noble longings. The performances and recording are magnificent in every way. Every romantic will fall in love with this CD.

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Straussian Sumptuousness: "La Splendissima" Leontyne Price sings Strauss

Puccini, Strauss: Opera Arias & Lieder

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Release Date: 2002-01-01

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Act 2, Piangi Perche Un Bel Di Vedremo
Act 3 Tu Tu Piccolo Iddio
Tosca- Act 2- Vissi D'arte
Act 2- In Quelle Trine Morbide
Act 4- Sola Perduta Abbandonata
Act 1- Signore Ascolta
Act 3- Tu Che Di Gel Sei Cinta
Senza Mamma
Act1- Ore Dolci E Divine
Act 1- Chi Il Bel Sogno Di Doretta
Act 3- Addio Donde Lieta Usci
Bimba Bimba Non Piangere
Bimba Dagli Occhi
Vogliatemi Bene
Act 1- Oh Saro La Piu Belle Tu Tu Amore
Act 2- Scuoti Quelle Fronda Di Celiegio
Ariane Auf Naxos- Es Gibt Ein Reich
Die Agyptische Helena- Arie Der Helena
Zwinschenspiel
Finale
Erwachensszene Der Kaiserin
Monolog Der Marschallin
Fass' Ich Sie Bang
Allerseelen Op. 10 No. 8
Schlagende Hertzen Op. 29 No. 2
Freundliche Visiion Op. 48 No. 1
Wie Sollten Wir Geheim Op. 19 No. 4

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Straussian Sumptuousness: "La Splendissima" Leontyne Price sings Strauss.......2006-07-05

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Heppner's glorious tenor in operatic Strauss

Ben Heppner Sings Richard Strauss

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ASIN: B00000DQD9
Release Date: 1995-01-01

Tracks:

Guntram: 'Ewig einsam - Wenn du einst die Gauen'
Feuersnot: Love Scene
Die Frau ohne Schatten: Act II Scene Change And 'Falke, Falke, du wiedergefundener'
Intermezzo: No. 10b Traumerei am Kamin
Die Liebe der Danae: Orchestral Introduction To Act III And 'In Syriens Glut...'
Daphne: 'Was erblicke ich?'
Die schweigsame Frau: Potpourri
Der Rosenkavalier: 'Di rigori armato il seno'
Intermezzo: No. 10d Frohlicher Beschluss

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Heppner's glorious tenor in operatic Strauss.......2006-01-09

I can't think of another recital of tenor arias from the oepras of Richard Strauss, but this one with Canadian forces is magnificent. Heppner was in best voice in 1994 appearing with the Toronto Sym. under its then-conductor Andrew Davis. Neither orchestra nor conductor are first-rate, but it hardly matters. Heppner soars over all challenges, in taxing arias ranging from extremely early Strauss--his first opera, the highly Wagnerian Guntram--to the late Daphne and Die Liebe der Danae.

Much of this music is obscure; most listeners will only recognize the famous Italin tenor's aria form the first act of Rosenkavalier. But Heppner makes it all worthwhile thanks to his unsurpased vocalism. Davis helps the pace by inserting four orchestral selections between the five long arias (the Guntram selection is 12 min., the one from Frau ohne Schatten 11 min.) For anyone who hasn't heard Heppner as the Emperor, this last is a great treat. The recorded sound is a bit too bright but not so much that listening is unpleasant. Overall, this unique album is one to be deeply grateful for.

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Gerhard Guntram Gschwind
Manufacturer: Him
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00004TAX8
Release Date: 2000-05-22

Tracks:

Riddle
Super Trouper
Ritmo De La Noche
Ring My Bell (Eiffel 65 Radio Edit)
Que Sera
Six Days On The Road
Nutbush City Limits
Kalimba De Luna
American Pie
City Lights
Que Sera Mi Vida
Long Train Running
Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You
Hands Up
In The Summertime
Those Were The Days
Maria Maria
Only You
O Solo Mio
Stand By Your Man
Das Spiel Ist Aus
Uber Den Wolken
Eine Neue Liebe Ist Wie Ein Neues Leben
Ich Zieh Die Arschkarte
Anton Aus Tirol
Im Fruhstau Bei Herne
Autostop
Rudi Mit Dem Gelben Nummernschild
Resi I Hol Di Mit Mel'm Traktor Ab
300 Ps
Autorennen (Everybody)
Ein Neuer Tag
Das Schone Madchen Von Der Autobahn
Im Wagen Vor Mir
Es Fahrt Ein Zug Nach Niergedwo
Es Geht Eine Trane Auf Reisen
Griechischer Wein
Santamarghuaritanobiledimontepulciano
Super Ingo
Sladdgo Was Du Woll

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