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R. Strauss: Four Last Songs & An Alpine Symphony
Anja Harteros (soprano)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann
[The performance of Eine Alpensinfonie] underlines primarily the work's philosophical underpinnings and its symphonic logic; others might offer more thrills (and spills), but few offer such...
R. Strauss: Four Last Songs & An Alpine Symphony
Anja Harteros (soprano)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann
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[The performance of Eine Alpensinfonie] underlines primarily the work's philosophical underpinnings and its symphonic logic; others might offer more thrills (and spills), but few offer such...
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Many of Richard Strauss´s compositions had their world premiere in Dresden and the composer dedicated An Alpine Symphony to the Dresden orchestra. The programme includes Four Last Songs, Ernster Gesang by Wolfgang Rihm and the German premiere of the last completed Strauss song "Mallows" in an orchestral version, arranged specifically for Dresden by Wolfgang Rihm.
Anja Harteros performing the Last Songs is called “Soprano of the century” or “Stradivari of the voices”. She sung at the MET, Covent Garden, La Scala, Salzburg Festival, Paris, Munich etc. with conductors as Muti, Jansons, Mehta etc.
RECORDING DATE: 2014
SOUND FORMAT DVD: PCM Stereo, dts 5.1
PICTURE 16:9, HD
SUBTITLES: English, French, German, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, Chinese
BOOKLET: E, G, F
TOTAL RUNNING TIME. 103 MINS
Contents and tracklist
- Fabio Sartori (tenor), Francesca Sassu (soprano), Giovanni Battista Parodi (baritone), Mariana Pentcheva (mezzo-soprano), Giorgia Bertagni (mezzo-soprano)
- Parma Teatro Regio Orchestra, Parma Teatro Regio Chorus
- Antonello Allemandi
- Recorded: 16 and 23 October 2007
- Recording Venue: Teatro Verdi di Busseto, Italy
Sinfonia
Track length6:03
Act I: Di vermiglia, amabil luce (Chorus)
Track length3:21
Act I: Son fra voi! Gie sorto e il giorno (Riccardo, Chorus)
Track length2:32
Act I: Gia parmi udire il fremito (Riccardo, Chorus)
Track length2:53
Act I: Ah, sgombro e il loco alfin! (Leonora)
Track length2:56
Act I: Sotto il paterno tetto (Leonora)
Track length1:55
Act I: Oh, potessi nel mio core soffocar (Leonora)
Track length3:01
Act I: Oh patria terra, alfine io ti rivedo (Oberto, Leonora)
Track length3:31
Act I: Guardami! Sul mio ciglio (Oberto, Leonora)
Track length5:08
Act I: Odi! In quell'alte torri (Oberto, Leonora)
Track length1:05
Act I: Un amplesso ricevi, o pentita (Oberto, Leonora)
Track length3:27
Act I: Fidanzata avventurosa (Chorus)
Track length2:34
Act I: Basta, basta, o fedeli! (Cuniza, Riccardo)
Track length1:04
Act I: Il pensier d'un amore felice (Cuniza, Riccardo)
Track length3:58
Act I: Questa mano omai ritorni (Riccardo)
Track length3:00
Act I: Alta cagione adunque (Imelda, Leonora, Cuniza)
Track length3:01
Act I: Son io stesso! (Oberto, Cuniza, Leonora)
Track length3:25
Act I: Su quella fronte impressa (Oberto, Cuniza, Leonora)
Track length6:02
Act I: A me gli amici! (Cuniza, Riccardo, Leonora, Chorus, Oberto, Imelda)
Track length2:06
Act I: A quell'aspetto un fremito (Cuniza, Riccardo, Leonora, Chorus, Oberto, Imelda)
Track length2:21
Act I: Non basta una vittima (Oberto, Riccardo, Leonora, Cuniza, Imelda, Chorus)
Track length3:22
Act II: Infelice! Nel core tradito (Chorus, Imelda, Cuniza)
Track length3:09
Act II: Oh, chi torna l' ardente pensiero (Cuniza)
Track length3:14
Act II: Dunque imponi … Piu che i vezzi e lo splendore (Imelda, Cuniza)
Track length4:05
Act II: Dov'e l'astro che nel cielo (Chorus)
Track length3:16
Act II: Ei tarda ancor! … L'orror del tradimento (Oberto, Chorus)
Track length3:45
Act II: Ma tu, superbo giovane (Oberto)
Track length2:13
Act II: Eccolo! e desso! (Oberto, Riccardo, Cuniza)
Track length2:15
Act II: La vergogna ed il dispetto (Riccardo, Leonora, Cuniza, Oberto)
Track length4:02
Act II: Conte, lo vedi … Ah, Riccardo, se a misera amante (Cuniza, Riccardo, Leonora, Oberto)
Track length4:30
Act II: Li vedeste (Chorus)
Track length2:52
Act II: Ciel, che feci! Di quel sangue (Riccardo)
Track length3:43
Act II: Dove son? Li cerco invano! (Cuniza, Imelda, Chorus)
Track length2:24
Act II: Vieni, o misera (Cuniza, Chorus)
Track length1:42
Act II: Tutto ho perduto! … Tutto! (Leonora, Chorus)
Track length1:37
Act II: Sciagurata! A questo lido (Leonora, Chorus, Cuniza)
Track length4:42
Act II: Cela il foglio insanguinato (Leonora, Chorus)
Track length3:33
Awards and reviews
May 2015
[The performance of Eine Alpensinfonie] underlines primarily the work's philosophical underpinnings and its symphonic logic; others might offer more thrills (and spills), but few offer such coherence…[the Strauss songs] are distinguished primarily by [Anja Harteros's] sheer musicality, the phrasing and the intelligent use of words…Rihm's own Ernster Gesang provides a suitably sincere and autumnal opening to what was clearly an outstanding concert.
19th May 2015
[Harteros] sings the songs marvellously...throughout the performance her tone is gorgeous...Eine Alpensinfonie receives a very fine performance too. Thielemann is far too fastidious a conductor to adopt a sensationalist or ‘picture postcard’ style in this work. Instead he offers a finely controlled performance.
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