Strauss, R: Capriccio

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Not only is Capriccio a source of constant and none-too-demanding delight but its performance and recording, especially in this CD reincarnation, are wellnigh faultless. Walter Legge assembled... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Catalogue No: 5673942
Label: Warner Classics
Series: Great Recordings of the Century
Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

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Strauss, R: Capriccio

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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Hans Hotter (bass), Eberhard Wächter (baritone), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Dermot Troy (tenor), Anna Moffo (soprano), Wolfgang Sawallisch (baritone), Karl Schmitt-Walter (baritone), David Winnard (bass), Dennis Wicks (bass), Edgar Fleet (tenor), Edward Darling (tenor), Geoffrey Walls (tenor), Ian Humphries (tenor), John Hauxvell (baritone), Lesley Fyson (tenor), Rudolf Christ (tenor)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Recorded: 1958-03-23
Recording Venue: 2-7 & 9-11 September 1957 & 28 March 1958 / Kingsway Hall, London

Einleitung (Streichsextett im Orchester)

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Bezaubernd ist sie heute wieder! (Flamand / Olivier)

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Bei sanfter Musik schläft sich's am besten

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Eine schöne Heroine has auch du nicht verschmäht (Direktor / Olivier / Flamand)

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Der Strom der Töne trug mich fort (Gräfin / Graf)

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Die Bühne ist fertig, wir können beginnen (Direktor / Graf / Gräfin / Flamand / Olivier)

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Da ist sie! Uch eile, sie zu begrüßen!...Szene 4: Sie ist doch gekommen! Du hast es erreicht (Graf / Olivier / Gräfin / Direktor / Flamand / Clairon)

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Deklamation: Ihr geht. Entließ Euch schon die Macht (Clarion / Graf)

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Sonett (gesprochen): Kein Andres, das mir so im Herzen loht...Bravo, bravo! Sie sind wirklich kein Laie (Graf / Clairon / Direktor)

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Ein Philosoph schreitet seiner Bekehrung entgegen...Sonett (gesprochen): Kein Andres, das mir so im Herzen loht...Ein schönes Gedicht! (Gräfin / Flamand / Olivier)

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Lassen Sie ihn gewähren (Gräfin / Olivier / Flamand)

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Sonett: Kein Andres, das mir so im Herzen loht (Flamand)

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Trio: Des Dichters Worte, wie leuchten sie klar!

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Wie schön die Worte (Gräfin / Olivier / Flamand)...Verzeiht mir, Frau Gräfin, ich muß ihn entführen (Direktor / Olivier)

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Verraten hab' ich meine Gefühle!

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Diese Liebe, plötzlich geboren an jenem Nachmittag (Flamand / Gräfin)

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Allegro moderato (Orchester / Gräfin)

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Welch' köstliche Gebegnung! (Graf / Gräfin)

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Wir kehren zurück in die Welt des Salons (Direktor / Olivier / Clairon / Graf / Gräfin)

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Tanz I (Passepied) (Direktor / Olivier)

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Tanz II (Gigue) (Clairon / Olivier / Direktor)

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Tanz III (Gavotte) (Orchester)

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Eure Kunst entzückt und begeistert mich (Graf / Flamand)

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Fuge (Diskussion über das Thema: Wort oder Ton): Tanz und Musik steh'n im Bann des Rhythmus

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Das sagt Ihr jetzt, in dem Augenblick (Olivier / Flamand / Direktor / Graf / Gräfin / Clairon)

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Duett: Addio mia vita, addio (Der italiensiche Sänger / Die italienische Sängerin / Gräfin / Graf / Flamand / Olivier)

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Darf ich Sie nach Paris zurückbringen (Graf / Clairon)

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Werden Ihre Neapolitaner...(Gräfin / Direktor / Olivier / Flamand / Graf / Clairon)

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Oktett (Erster Teil - Lachensemble): Ein possierlicher Einfall! (Graf / Gräfin / Clairon / Die Italiener / Flamand / Olivier / Direktor)

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Sie seh'n uns überrascht von Ihrer Phantasie (Gräfin / Direktor / Flamand / Olivier)

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Oktett (Zweiter Teil - Streitensemble): Aber so hört doch! (Direktor / Flamand / Olivier / Graf / Gräfin / Clairon / Die Italiener)

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Holà! Ihr Streiter in Apoll!

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Ich diene den ew'gen Gestzen des Theatres (Direktor)

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Heute im Zenith meiner ruhmreichen Laufbahn...La Roche, du bist groß! (Direktor / Clairon / Flamand / Olivier / Die Italiener / Graf)

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Ich hörtet die mahnende Stimme uns'res Freundes! (Gräfin / Graf / Clairon)

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Quartett: Was hebt sich göttergleich aus hohem Äther?...Das ist mehr als eine Versöhnung

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Nun gleich an die Arbeit

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Ich wüßte ein äußerst fesselndes Thema! (Flamand / Olivier / Clairon / Direktor / Gräfin / Graf)

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Der Einfall ist köstlich (Olivier / Direktor / Gräfin / Clairon / Flamand)

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Gut in eure Mäntel gehüllt (Direktor / Graf / Ein Diener / Clairon / Flamand / Olivier)

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Das war ein schöner Lärm (Die Diener / Haushofmeister)

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Herr Direktor! Herr Direktor! (Monsieur Taupe / Haushofmeister)

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Andante con moto (Orchester)

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Wo ist mein Bruder? (Gräfin / Haushofmeister)

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Morgen mittag um elf!

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Sonett: Kein Andres, das mir so im Herzen loht

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Ihre Liebe schlägt mir entgegen

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Wählst du den einen - verlierst du den andern!

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Du Spiegelbild der verliebten Madeleine (Gräfin)

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Frau Gräfin, das Souper ist serviert (Haushofmeister)

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2010

Not only is Capriccio a source of constant and none-too-demanding delight but its performance and recording, especially in this CD reincarnation, are wellnigh faultless. Walter Legge assembled for the recording in 1957 what was almost his house cast, each singer virtually ideal for his or her part. Some might say that no role she recorded suited Schwarzkopf's particular talents more snugly than Countess Madeleine. Her ability to mould words and music into one can be heard here to absolute advantage. Then the charming, flirtatious, sophisticated, slightly artificial character, with the surface attraction hiding deeper feelings revealed in the closing scene (quite beautifully sung), suit her to the life. She, like her colleagues, is superbly adept at the quick repartee so important an element in this work.
As her brother, the light-hearted, libidinous Count, the young Eberhard Waechter is in his element. So are the equally young Nicolai Gedda as the composer Flamand, the Sonnet so gently yet ardently delivered, and Fischer-Dieskau as the more fiery poet Olivier. Christa Ludwig is nicely intimate, conversational and cynical as the actress Clairon, handling her affairs, waning with Olivier, waxing with the Count, expertly. Above all towers the dominating presence of Hotter as the theatre director La Roche, impassioned in his defence of the theatre's conventions, dismissive of new and untried methods, yet himself not above a trivial flirtation – and how delicately Hotter manages his remarks about his latest protegee as she dances for the assembled company.
Even with so many distinguished singers gathered together, it's the closeness of the ensemble, the sense of a real as distinct from a manufactured performance that's so strongly conveyed.
And Legge did not neglect the smaller roles: Rudolf Christ makes an endearingly eccentric Monsieur Taupe, the veteran Schmitt-Walter a concerned Major-domo. Anna Moffo and Dermot Troy sing the music of the Italian soprano and tenor with almost too much sensitivity.
Crowning the performance is the musical direction of Wolfgang Sawallisch, always keeping the score on the move, yet fully aware of its sensuous and its witty qualities: Krauss's amusing libretto has much to do with the work's fascination.
Both the extended Prelude and the interludes are gloriously played by the vintage Philharmonia, who are throughout alert to the old wizard's deft scoring, as refined here as in any of his earlier operas. The recording might possibly have given a little more prominence to the instruments; in every other respect, although it's in mono, it hardly shows its age.

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