New,Busoni: Doktor Faust

Dietrich Henschel (Doktor Faust), Daniel Brenna (Mephistopheles), Wilhelm Schwinghammer (Wagner/Master of Ceremonies), Joseph Dahdahv (Duke of Parma), Olga Bezsmertna (Duchess of Parma)

Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Cornelius Meister, Davide Livermore

Meister [acquits himself well], conducting by turns with sensitivity and vigour, and capturing effectively the haunting, mysterious sound world of the piece. The orchestral playing could be more... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2024 More…

Release Date: 15th Mar 2024
Catalogue No: 57998
Label: Dynamic

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Busoni: Doktor Faust

Dietrich Henschel (baritone), Daniel Brenna (tenor), Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (opera company)
Cornelius Meister

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Doktor Faust was left incomplete at the time of Busoni’s death. Intended as his masterpiece, the opera’s genesis was complex and long. Based on Goethe’s tragic play, the story of Faust’s pact with the devil is well known but the opera’s structure represents Busoni’s unique conception, cast in two Prologues, a beautiful orchestral Intermezzo and three scenes. Exploring ideas of rationality and metaphysical doubt as well as the concepts of artifice and pretence inherent in operatic performance, the result is one of the most creative and unsettling of Busoni’s works.

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May 2024

Meister [acquits himself well], conducting by turns with sensitivity and vigour, and capturing effectively the haunting, mysterious sound world of the piece. The orchestral playing could be more refined but doesn’t lack for commitment.

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