Strauss, R: Intermezzo, Op. 72

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Schneider is a dusky voice, with effortlessly bright and nuanced top notes when necesssary...She plays down her character's overbearing quality, as any soprano must if Pauline/Christine's 'beautiful... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 1st Sep 2014
Catalogue No: 777901-2
Label: CPO
Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

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Strauss, R: Intermezzo, Op. 72

Work length2:14:57

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Brenden Patrick Gunnell (tenor), Simone Schneider (soprano), Marc Kugel (bass-baritone), Markus Eiche (baritone), Peter Schöne (baritone), Martina Welschenbach (mezzo-soprano), Günter Missenhardt (bass), Michael Dries (baritone), Martin Homrich (tenor), Maria Bulgakova (soprano), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano), Sophie Mitterhuber (soprano)
Munich Radio Orchestra
Ulf Schirmer
Recorded: 7-8 June 2011
Recording Venue: Live recording, Werdenfelssaal, Germany

Act I Scene 1

Track length22:57

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Act I Scene 2

Track length5:29

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$1.30

Act I Scene 3

Track length5:47

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Act I Scene 4

Track length4:12

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Act I Scene 5

Track length21:20

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Act I Scene 6

Track length4:52

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Act I Scenes 7-8

Track length12:40

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Act II Scene 1

Track length14:01

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Act II Scene 2

Track length5:16

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Act II Scene 3

Track length7:39

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Act II Scene 4

Track length7:02

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Act II Scene 5

Track length7:37

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Act II Scene 6

Track length16:05

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Scenes from a Marriage: The tension between a high-flying artistic existence and down-to-earth middle-class life was the theme of the Richard Strauss Festival in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 2011. The musical highlight of the festival was without a doubt the concert performance of Strauss’s opera Intermezzo by the Munich Radio Orchestra under Ulf Schirmer, recorded here on CPO.

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January 2015

Schneider is a dusky voice, with effortlessly bright and nuanced top notes when necesssary...She plays down her character's overbearing quality, as any soprano must if Pauline/Christine's 'beautiful soul', as Strauss put it, is to shine through...Schirmer's conducting is remarkable less for effulgence than clear textures.

9th October 2014

It’s a darker interpretation than any we’ve previously heard. The Strausses’ feuding alter egos...are played by Simone Schneider and Markus Eiche – bigger-voiced, more dramatic singers than their predecessors – with the result that what is often presented as a sad comedy of misunderstandings becomes something altogether more troubling and abrasive. Ulf Schirmer’s conducting is formidable.

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