Strauss, R: Ariadne auf Naxos

Karajan's Ariadne is perfectly cast, magnificently performed, and very well recorded. The scoring, for a small orchestra, demands virtuoso playing from what, in effect, is a group of soloists;... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Catalogue No: 5670772
Label: Warner Classics
Series: Great Recordings of the Century
Length: 2 hours 8 minutes

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Strauss, R: Ariadne auf Naxos (1999 Digital Remaster)

Work length2:08:16

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Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Erich Strauss (baritone), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Anny Felbermayer (soprano), Alfred Neugebauer (narrator), Hugues Cuénod (tenor), Grace Hoffman (mezzo-soprano), Gerhard Unger (tenor), Rudolf Schock (tenor), Lisa Otto (soprano), Fritz Ollendorff (bass), Helmut Krebs (tenor), Karl Dönch (baritone), Otakar Kraus (baritone), Hermann Prey (baritone), Rita Streich (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan

Ouvertüre

Track length2:37

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Mein Herr Haushofmeister! (Musiklehrer / Haushofmeister / Lakai / Offizier)

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Lieber Freund! Verschaffen Sie mir die Geigen (Komponist / Lakai)

Track length1:49

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O, ich möcht' vieles ändern noch in zwölfter Stund' (Komponist)

Track length1:19

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Das! Für einen Bacchus! (Tenor / Komponist / Perückenmacher)

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Erst nach der Oper kommen wir daran (Zerbinetta / Primadonna / Musiklehrer / Komponist / Tanzmeister)

Track length1:12

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Nach meiner Oper? (Komponist / Musiklehrer)

Track length3:20

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Meine Partner! Meine erprobten Freunde! (Zerbinetta / Komponist / Musiklehrer / Primadonna / Tanzmeister)

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Die Herrschaften stehen von Tisch auf! (Lakai / Musiklehrer / Haushofmeister / Primadonna / Tanzmeister / Tenor / Zerbinetta / Komponist)

Track length4:48

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Ariadne auf Naxos, Herr (Komponist / Tanzmeister / Haushofmeister / Musiklehrer / Tenor / Primadonna / Zerbinetta)

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Nein, Herr, so kommt es nicht! (Komponist / Zerbinetta / Musiklehrer)

Track length2:16

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Kindskopf! Merk auf: wir spielen mit in dem Stück "Ariadne auf Naxos" (Zerbinetta / Komponist)

Track length7:03

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An Ihre Plätze, meine Damen und Herrn! (Musiklehrer / Primadonna / Komponist)

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Ouverture

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Schläft sie? (Najade / Dryade / Echo)

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Ach! Wo war ich? (Ariadne / Echo / Harlekin / Zerbinetta / Truffaldin)

Track length3:21

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Ein Schönes war, hieß Theseus-Ariadne (Ariadne / Najade / Dryade / Echo / Harlekin / Zerbinetta / Scaramuccio / Truffaldin)

Track length6:50

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Ach, so versuchet doch ein kleines Lied!.....Lieben, Hassen, Hoffen, Zagen (Zerbinetta / Harlekin)

Track length2:26

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Es gibt ein Reich, wo alles rein ist (Ariadne)

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Die Dame gibt mit trübem Sinn (Brighella / Scaramuccio / Harlekin / Truffaldin / Zerbinetta)

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Großmächtige Prinzessin, wer verstünde nicht (Zerbinetta)

Track length11:08

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Hübsch gepredigt! Aber tauben Ohren! (Harlekin / Zerbinetta / Brighella / Scaramuccio / Truffaldin)

Track length7:52

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Ein schönes Wunder! (Dryade / Najade / Echo)

Track length3:41

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Circe, Circe, kannst du mich hören? (Bacchus / Ariadne / Najade / Dryade / Echo)

Track length8:29

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Du schönes Wesen!

Track length7:54

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Bin ich ein Gott, schuf mich ein Gott (Bacchus / Ariadne)

Track length5:42

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Gibt es kein Hinüber? (Ariadne / Bacchus / Najade / Dryade / Echo / Zerbinetta)

Track length9:14

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2010

Karajan's Ariadne is perfectly cast, magnificently performed, and very well recorded. The scoring, for a small orchestra, demands virtuoso playing from what, in effect, is a group of soloists; the members of the Philharmonia Orchestra rise brilliantly to the occasion.
There's a warmth and beauty of tone, a sweep of phrase, that gives lively promise of the wonderful playing we hear throughout the opera. Karajan's genius has never been more apparent than in his treatment of the Bacchus-Ariadne scene, where he makes the score glow with a Dionysiac ardour and in which, at the tremendous climax when Bacchus enters and is greeted by Ariadne as the herald of Death, he gets an ample volume of tone from his players.
Every character is vividly brought to life – Karl Dönch's harassed music master is offset by the cynical dancing master of Hugues Cuénod, and Alfred Neugebauer, in his speaking role, conveys with a superbly calm pomposity his contempt for both sets of artists. The way he enunciates his words is superb. The other small parts, all sung by experienced artists, are wholly in the picture. Rita Streich sings the lyrical phrases of Zerbinetta beautifully. Technical difficulties do not appear to exist for her and all she does is musical. Irmgard Seefried, as the Composer, has less beauty of tone but more variety. The ineffably lovely trio for the Naiad, Dryad and Echo is exquisitely sung by Lisa Otto, Grace Hoffman and Anny Felbermayer, paralleled by the equally beautiful singing of the other trios. They are simply ravishing and, like all the concerted music, have a perfect ensemble. The commedia dell'arte characters are all very good, especially Hermann Prey: and their ensembles between themselves and with Zerbinetta are a great delight. After an awkward start, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, as Ariadne, brings the dark tone that's needed, to Ariadne's sorrows, and gives us much lovely singing thereafter, and also all the rapture called for at the end of her great address to the herald of Death and in her greeting to Bacchus. Rudolf Schock sings the latter with heroic tone and sufficient nuance to make one believe in the youthful god.
The general impression is of a truly magnificent performance and recording in which all concerned have, under Karajan's superb direction, been inspired to give of their best.

Strauss, R: Ariadne auf Naxos

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