Offer,Weber: Der Freischütz

Maximilian Schmitt (Max), Polina Pasztircsák (Agathe), Kateryna Kasper (Ännchen), Dimitry Ivashchenko (Kaspar), Yannick Debus (Kilian), Matthias Winckhler (Kuno), Christian Immler (Hermit), Max Urlacher (Samiel)

Freiburger Barockorchester, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, René Jacobs

If it all convinces that’s because Jacobs has an absolute instinct for Weber’s score. The horns of the Freiburger Barockorchester are almost a character in their own right in this Romantic opera... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Release Date: 29th Apr 2022
Catalogue No: HMM90270001
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Length: 2 hours 17 minutes

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29th April 2022
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29th April 2022

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Weber: Der Freischütz, Op. 77, Act 1: Nr. 1, Overtura

Work length8:56

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René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester

Weber: Der Freischütz, Op. 77, Act 1 Scene 1: Aria "Allerbarmen! Herr dort oben!" (Der Eremit)

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René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester, Christian Immler

Weber: Der Freischütz, Op. 77, Act 1 Scene 2

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Christian Immler, René Jacobs, Polina Pastirchak, Freiburger Barockorchester, Kateryna Kasper

Dialog "Wo Agathe nur bleiben mag?" (Der Eremit, Agathe, Ännchen)

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Duetto "Nimm hin des Freundes Gabe" (Der Eremit, Agathe)

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Weber: Der Freischütz, Op. 77, Act 1 Scene 3

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René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester, Maximilian Schmitt, Yannick Debus, Zürcher Sing-Akademie

Chor "Viktoria! Viktoria!" (Chor der Landleute, Max)

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Lied "Schau' der Herr mich an als König!" (Kilian, Chor)

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Weber: Der Freischütz, Op. 77, Act 1 Scene 4: Dialog "Was ist hier los?" (Kuno, Kilian, Max, Samiels Stimme, Kaspar)

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Matthias Winckhler, Yannick Debus, Maximilian Schmitt, Max Urlacher, Dimitry Ivashchenko, Freiburger Kinder

Franz Schubert, Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, Op. 77, Act 1 Scene 4: Romanze "Herr Ottokar jagte durch Heis und durch Wald" (Kuno) & Dialog

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René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester, Matthias Winckhler, Yannick Debus, Maximilian Schmitt, Max Urlacher, Dimitry Ivashchenko, Zürcher Sing-Akademie

Weber: Der Freischütz, Op. 77, Act 1 Scene 4 & 5: Nr. 2, Terzetto con Cori "Oh diese Sonne" (Max, Kuno, Kaspar, Chor) & Dialog

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René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester, Maximilian Schmitt, Matthias Winckhler, Dimitry Ivashchenko, Zürcher Sing-Akademie

Weber: Der Freischütz, Op. 77, Act 1 Scene 5: Nr. 3, Scena ed Aria. Walzer

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René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester

Weber: Der Freischütz, Op. 77, Act 1 Scene 6: Rezitativ "Nein, länger trag' ich" & Aria "Durch die Wälder, durch die Auen" (Max, Samiels Stimme)

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René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester, Maximilian Schmitt, Max Urlacher

Weber: Der Freischütz, Op. 77, Act 1 Scene 7

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René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester, Maximilian Schmitt, Max Urlacher, Dimitry Ivashchenko

Dialog & Nr. 4, Lied "Hier im ird'schen Jammertal" (Kaspar, Samiels Stimme, Max)

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Dialog "Agathe hat recht" (Max, Kaspar, Samiels Stimme)

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Nr. 5, Aria "Schweig', schweig', damit dich niemand warnt!" (Kaspar)

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Weber: Der Freischütz, Op. 77, Act 2 Scene 1

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René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester, Polina Pastirchak, Kateryna Kasper

Dialog & Nr. 6, Duetto "Schelm! Halt fest!" (Ännchen, Agathe)

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Nr. 7, Arietta "Kommt ein schlanker Bursch gegangen" (Ännchen) & Dialog

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Weber: Der Freischütz, Op. 77, Act 2 Scene 2: Nr. 8, Scena ed Aria "Wie nahte mir der Schlummer" (Agathe)

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René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester, Polina Pastirchak

Weber: Der Freischütz, Op. 77, Act 2 Scene 3

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Polina Pastirchak, René Jacobs, Maximilian Schmitt, Freiburger Barockorchester, Kateryna Kasper

Dialog "Lieber Max, was ist los?" (Agathe, Max, Ännchen)

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Nr. 9, Terzetto "Wie? Was? Entsetzen!" (Agathe, Ännchen, Max)

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Weber: Der Freischütz, Op. 77, Act 2 Scene 4: Dialog (Samiels Stimme) & Nr. 10, "Milch des Mondes fiel auf's Kraut" (Chor)

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René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Max Urlacher

Weber: Der Freischütz, Op. 77, Act 2 Scene 5: Dialog (zwei Geister) & Melodram "Was für eine schreckliche Hitze!" (Kaspar)

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René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester, Dimitry Ivashchenko

Weber: Der Freischütz, Op. 77, Act 2 Scene 7: Ha! Furchtbar gähnt der düst're Abgrund (Max)

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René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester, Maximilian Schmitt

Weber: Der Freischütz, Op. 77, Act 2 Scene 7 & 8: Dialog "Der Mond, der Mond verfinstert sich" (Max, Kaspar) & Melodram (Samiel)

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René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester, Maximilian Schmitt, Dimitry Ivashchenko, Max Urlacher

Weber: Der Freischütz, Op. 77, Act 2 Scene 8: Ah! Zische, brause, koche auf (Samiel, Kaspar, Chor, Max)

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René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester, Max Urlacher, Dimitry Ivashchenko, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Maximilian Schmitt

Weber: Der Freischütz, Op. 77, Act 3 Scene 1

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Dimitry Ivashchenko, René Jacobs, Maximilian Schmitt, Freiburger Barockorchester

Nr. 11, Entre-Akt

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Dialog "Guten Morgen, Kamerad! Ausgeschlafen?" (Kaspar, Max)

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Weber: Der Freischütz, Op. 77, Act 3 Scene 2: Nr. 12, Cavatina "Und ob die Wolke" (Agathe)

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René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester, Polina Pastirchak

Weber: Der Freischütz, Op. 77, Act 3 Scene 3

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Polina Pastirchak, René Jacobs, Kateryna Kasper, Freiburger Barockorchester

Dialog "Na, du bist früher auf als ich!" (Agathe, Ännchen)

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Nr. 13, Romanza ed Aria "Einst traümte meiner sel'gen Base" (Ännchen)

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Weber: Der Freischütz, Op. 77, Act 3 Scene 3, 4 & 5: Dialog & Nr. 14, Volkslied "Wir winden dir den Jungfernkranz" (Agathe, Frauenchor) & Dialog

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René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester, Polina Pastirchak, Kateryna Kasper

Weber: Der Freischütz, Op. 77, Act 3 Scene 5 & 6: Dialog "Mit einem lauten Schrei" (Samiels Stimme) & Dialog "Liebe Freunde" (Ottokar)

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Max Urlacher, Yannick Debus, Freiburger Barockorchester

Weber: Der Freischütz, Op. 77, Act 3 Scene 6: Nr. 15, Jägerchor "Was gleicht wohl auf Erden" (Chor der Jäger)

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René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester, Zürcher Sing-Akademie

Weber: Der Freischütz, Op. 77, Act 3 Scene 6 & 7: Dialog "Das war wirklich meisterhaft" (Ottokar, Kuno, Kaspar, Samiel, Max)

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Yannick Debus, Matthias Winckhler, Dimitry Ivashchenko, Maximilian Schmitt, Max Urlacher

Weber: Der Freischütz, Op. 77, Act 3 Scene 7

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René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester, Yannick Debus, Christian Immler, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Kateryna Kasper, Matthias Winckhler, Polina Pastirchak, Dimitry Ivashchenko, Maximilian Schmitt, Max Urlacher

Nr. 16, Finale "Schaut, o schaut "(Chor, Ännchen, Agathe, Kaspar, Max, Samiels Stimme, Kuno, Ottokar)

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Nur du kannst dieses Rätsel lösen (Ottokar, Max, Kuno, Agathe, Ännchen, Chor)

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Wer legt auf ihn so strengen Bann? (Der Eremit, Ottokar, Chor, Max, Kuno, Ännchen)

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Doch jetzt erhebt noch eure Blicke (Der Eremit, Chor, Alle)

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Recording of the Week, Weber's Der Freischütz from René Jacobs

29th April 2022

The Belgian conductor's restoration of the original libretto's prologue lends a wonderful symmetry and coherence to Weber's supernatural Singspiel, whilst German actor Max Urlacher is properly spine-chilling in the expanded role of the demon Samiel.

Delving into black magic and folk culture, Weber created with Der Freischütz a new aesthetic that was to nourish the imaginative world of a whole generation of composers. René Jacobs has gone back to the sources of the initial project and here offers us a completely new reading of the very first german Romantic opera: the prologue initially conceived by the librettist is restored to its original place, giving due symbolic and structural weight to the character of the Hermit. A fascinating rediscovery!

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July 2022

If it all convinces that’s because Jacobs has an absolute instinct for Weber’s score. The horns of the Freiburger Barockorchester are almost a character in their own right in this Romantic opera about huntsmen and the forest, and the woodwind – notably Weber’s beloved clarinets – near perfect.

July 2022

the outstanding Freiburg orchestra remains centre stage, consistently showing how suited Weber’s vivid score is to the rich palette of colour and nuance obtainable using period instruments...Vocally, too, the overall standard is high...Like his magnificent Beethoven Leonore, it suggests that Jacobs’s greatest legacy may well turn out not to be the Baroque operas with which he was so long associated.

29th April 2022

Jacobs's new prologue combines dialogue, melodrama and music recycled from the Hermit’s later appearance into a satisfying scene which not only makes the ending feel more organic but also lends a welcome symmetry to the piece as a whole and underlines the Christian element which is largely sidelined in the standard version. The use of period instruments provides further revelations, with rasping natural horns, fife-like flutes and judiciously wonky string-intonation all adding to the rough-and-ready rustic atmosphere.

28th April 2022

The musical copying and pasting works well enough, and Jacobs’ performance is never short on energy and atmosphere, with the period instruments of the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, especially the natural horns, adding a nice edge of menace to the sound world..

27th April 2022

With the prologue back in place, along with other bits and bobs, Act III’s conclusion and the intervention of the hermit character finally make sense…The orchestra is consistently colourful, and the lusty Zürcher Sing-Akademie help the folksy choral numbers go with a swing. As for the supernatural highlight, the Wolf’s Glen scene, shivers went down my spine.

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Recording of the Week, Weber's Der Freischütz from René Jacobs