Beethoven: Fidelio - 1805 Version / Nylund, Streit, de Billy, ORF Radio Symphony Vienna

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Label
Oehms Classics
Release Date
November 16, 2010
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Orf Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
    • PERFORMER
      De Billy, Nylund, Streit, Rose, Grochowski, Geller, Kerschbaum, L
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. Ouverture

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    2. Tagein, tagaus!… (Rocco)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Martin Schwab

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    3. Act I: Aria: O war' ich schon mit dir vereint… (Marzelline)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Brigitte Geller

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    4. Act I: Duet: Jetzt, Schatzchen, jetzt sind wir allein… (Jaquino, Marzelline)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Brigitte Geller, Dietmar Kerschbaum

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    5. Werbung, Sich-Strauben, Verzicht… (Rocco)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Martin Schwab

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    6. Act I: Terzett: Ein Mann ist bald genommen… (Rocco, Marzelline, Jaquino)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Peter Rose, Brigitte Geller, Dietmar Kerschbaum

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    7. Ja, wir sind blind gewesen… (Rocco)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Martin Schwab

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    8. Act I: Quartet: Mir ist so wunderbar! (Marzelline, Leonore, Rocco, Jaquino)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Brigitte Geller, Camilla Nylund, Peter Rose, Dietmar Kerschbaum

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    9. Ich war schliesslich geschickt (Rocco)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Martin Schwab

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    10. Act I: Aria: Hat man nicht auch Gold beyneben (Rocco)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Peter Rose

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    11. Es war ein Abend im April… (Rocco)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Martin Schwab

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    12. Act I: Terzett: Gut, Sohnchen, gut… (Rocco, Leonore, Marzelline)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Peter Rose, Camilla Nylund, Brigitte Geller

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    13. Pizarro! Wir glaubten schon, er kame nicht mehr… (Rocco)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Martin Schwab

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    14. Act II: Marsch

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    15. Schildwachen auf den Wall! (Rocco)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Martin Schwab

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    16. Act II: Aria: Ha, welch ein Augenblick! (Pizarro)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Gerd Grochowski

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    17. Er oder wir - darum geht es jetzt… (Rocco)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Martin Schwab

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    18. Act II: Duet: Jetzt, Alter, hat es Eile… (Pizarro, Rocco)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Peter Rose, Gerd Grochowski

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    19. Und wir - hier in der Mitte! (Rocco)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Martin Schwab

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    20. Act II: Duet: Um froh im Ehestand zu leben… (Marzelline, Leonore)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Brigitte Geller, Camilla Nylund

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    21. Fidelio, ich verstehe dich ja (Rocco)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Martin Schwab

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    22. Act II: Recitative and Aria: O brich noch nicht, du mattes Herz! (Leonore)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Camilla Nylund

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    23. Doch, es gab etwas, das entsetzlicher war als die Furcht (Rocco)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Martin Schwab

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    24. Act II: O welche Lust! In freyer Luft (Chorus)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    25. Act III: Recitative and Aria: Gott! Welch ein Dunkel hier! (Florestan)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Kurt Streit

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    26. Die Nacht verging… (Rocco)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Martin Schwab

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    27. Act III: Duet: Nur hurtig fort, nur frisch gegraben! (Rocco, Leonore)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Peter Rose, Camilla Nylund

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    28. Er wollte Wasser, der Gefangene… (Rocco)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Martin Schwab

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    29. Act III: Terzett: Euch werde Lohn in bessern Welten! (Florestan, Rocco, Leonore)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Kurt Streit, Camilla Nylund, Peter Rose

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    30. Ja, und dann hab ich es getan… (Rocco)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Martin Schwab

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    31. Act III: Quartet: Er sterbe! (Pizarro, Florestan, Leonore, Rocco)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Kurt Streit, Camilla Nylund, Peter Rose, Gerd Grochowski

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    32. Die Trompete! Oben vom Turm! (Rocco)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Martin Schwab

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    33. Act III: Recitative and Duet: Ich kann mich noch nicht fassen… (Florestan, Leonore)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Camilla Nylund, Kurt Streit

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    34. Von uberall her, die Gefangenen (Rocco)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Martin Schwab

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy

    35. Act III: Zur Rache! Zur Rache! (Chorus)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Conductor: Bertrand de Billy


REVIEWS:

"All Fidelio and Beethoven fans will need this."

As most opera lovers know, Beethoven toiled greatly over his sole opera which was premiered in 1805 and revised in 1806--and then finally again in 1814, in the version that is now famous and beloved. The recording under consideration here is of the first version; this is the third time it has been recorded commercially.

Listening to this version...is an ear-opener: much music was eventually used in the familiar 1814 version, but even within those many pages there are small alterations everywhere and they're great fun to spot.

The performance is excellent, indeed marginally better than [the recording by John Eliot] Gardiner. It's as tightly led in exciting passages but Bertrand de Billy also captures some rapturous stillness and warmth in "Mir ist so wunderbar" and elsewhere, while Gardiner seems a bit clinical. De Billy also has slightly better singers. Camilla Nyland's sound is grander than Hillevi Martinpelto, and her reading of the text is deeper; Kim Begley and Kurt Streit are vocally both fine, but Streit's sweetness and goodness make a better case for Florestan. Peter Rose's understated Rocco is never mugged, and while I prefer a heavier voice than Gerd Gochowski's as Pizarro, his ease with the vocal line is a pleasure to hear. Dietmar Kerschbaum's Jaquino never cloys and Brigitte Geller's Marzelline is beautifully sung. De Billy gets thrilling playing from the Vienna Radio Symphony--the scoring in this version of the opera is very horn-heavy and generally heftier than the 1814--and I have a preference for ORF's non-period instruments here. The Arnold Schoenberg Choir sings with accuracy and feeling. All Fidelio and Beethoven fans will need this.

-- ClassicsToday.com