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Busoni: Turandot & Arlecchino / Albrecht, Berlin Radio Symphony
Capriccio

Busoni: Turandot & Arlecchino / Albrecht, Berlin Radio Symphony

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Details

Composer
BUSONI, FERRUCCIO
Artist
Pape, Plech, Protschka, Lindsley, Worle, Schreckenbach, Matic, Lorenz, Lika, Radio Sinfonie Orcheste
Format
CD
Label
Capriccio
Released
Jan 03, 2020
Catalog #
C5398
UPC
845221053981

About

Busoni never came closer to his dream of Italian music than with that night on May 11, 1917 of double performance in Zurich, which he calls himself "La Nuova Commedia dell' Arte" I ("Turandot") and II ("Arlecchino"). In the unusually short time from December 1916 to March 1917 Busoni reworked the already existing material to the Incidental Music of Gozzis "Turandot" into an opera. This happened 4 years before Puccini started to work on the same content. "Arleccino", though in immediate neighborhood to "Dr. Faust" looking almost like a secondary work, is perhaps the composer's actual key composition. The speaking hero of his "theatralische Capriccio" represents a role model, which is at times more important to him than his aesthetic Faust, especially as the World War was increasing in intensity.

REVIEW:

Gerd Albrecht (so persuasive in unusual repertoire) conducts a spirited account of Turandot, attentive to both its smaller detail and its more majestic moments, and the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra respond with some stunningly inspired playing. Coupled with some excellent contributions from RIAS Chamber Choir and a vivid, suitably atmospheric recording.

Josef Protschka is a particularly fine and formidable Kalaf, and a superb trio of performances from Robert Worle Johannes Werner Prein and Gotthold Schwarz as Truffaldino, Pantalone and Tartaglia (the equivalent of Puccini's Ping, Pang and Pong).

Albrecht's reading of Arlecchino is equally authoritative.

– Gramophone

Tracklist 37 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Prelude 01:15
    Track
    1
    Title
    Prelude
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Ensemble
    Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Gerd Albrecht
  3. 2 Act I Scene 1: Peking Stadt der Wunder (Kalaf, Barak) 03:32
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Peking Stadt der Wunder (Kalaf, Barak)
    Duration
    03:32
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Performer
    Josef Protschka, Friedrich Molsberger
    Ensemble
    Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Gerd Albrecht
  4. 3 Act I Scene 1: Lamento: Verweilt, man mordet (Königinmutter, Chorus) 01:46
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Lamento: Verweilt, man mordet (Königinmutter, Chorus)
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Performer
    Celina Lindsley
    Ensemble
    RIAS Kammerchor, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Gerd Albrecht
  5. 4 Act I Scene 1: Arioso: Barak, o du tückischer Alter (Kalaf, Barak) 01:57
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Arioso: Barak, o du tückischer Alter (Kalaf, Barak)
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Performer
    Josef Protschka, Friedrich Molsberger
    Ensemble
    Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Gerd Albrecht
  6. 5 Act I Scene 1: Pantomime and Finale: Dich will ich rächen (Kalaf, Barak) 01:43
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Pantomime and Finale: Dich will ich rächen (Kalaf, Barak)
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Performer
    Josef Protschka, Friedrich Molsberger
    Ensemble
    Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Gerd Albrecht
  7. 6 Act I Scene 2: Introduction and Arietta: Rechts zunächst der große Thron (Truffaldino) 02:29
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Introduction and Arietta: Rechts zunächst der große Thron (Truffaldino)
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Performer
    Robert Wörle
    Ensemble
    Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Gerd Albrecht
  8. 7 Act I Scene 2: Recitative: Das find' ich doch sehr vernünftig (Truffaldino) 01:21
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Recitative: Das find' ich doch sehr vernünftig (Truffaldino)
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Performer
    Robert Wörle
    Ensemble
    Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Gerd Albrecht
  9. 8 Act I Scene 2: Einzug des Kaisers: Wir sind die Doktores (Chorus) 02:00
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Einzug des Kaisers: Wir sind die Doktores (Chorus)
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Ensemble
    RIAS Kammerchor, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Gerd Albrecht
  10. 9 Act I Scene 2: Intermezzo in dialogue: Das Zeremoniell wirkt immer erhebend (Altoum, Pantalome, Tartaglia) 01:15
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Intermezzo in dialogue: Das Zeremoniell wirkt immer erhebend (Altoum, Pantalome, Tartaglia)
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Performer
    René Pape, Johannes Werner Prein, Gotthold Schwarz
  11. 10 Act I Scene 2: Aria: Konfutse, dir hab ich geschworen (Altoum) 02:21
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Aria: Konfutse, dir hab ich geschworen (Altoum)
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Performer
    René Pape, Gabriele Schreckenbach, Linda Plech, Robert Wörle
    Ensemble
    Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Gerd Albrecht
  12. 11 Act I Scene 2: Dialogue: Steh' auf unkluger Jüngling (Altoum, Kalaf) 01:43
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Dialogue: Steh' auf unkluger Jüngling (Altoum, Kalaf)
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Performer
    René Pape, Josef Protschka
    Ensemble
    Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Gerd Albrecht
  13. 12 Act I Scene 2: Quartet: Ach, diese Jugend (Altoum, Kalaf, Pantalone, Tartaglia) 02:40
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Quartet: Ach, diese Jugend (Altoum, Kalaf, Pantalone, Tartaglia)
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Performer
    René Pape, Josef Protschka, Johannes Werner Prein, Gotthold Schwarz
    Ensemble
    Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Gerd Albrecht
  14. 13 Act I Scene 2: March and Scene: Lieber möcht' ich gar (Pantalone, Altoum, Kalaf, Tartaglia, Chorus, Turandot, Adelma) 05:59
    Track
    13
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: March and Scene: Lieber möcht' ich gar (Pantalone, Altoum, Kalaf, Tartaglia, Chorus, Turandot, Adelma)
    Duration
    05:59
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Performer
    Johannes Werner Prein, René Pape, Josef Protschka, Gotthold Schwarz, Linda Plech, Gabriele Schreckenbach
    Ensemble
    RIAS Kammerchor, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Gerd Albrecht
  15. 14 Act I Scene 2: The Three Riddles: Was kriecht am Boden (Tutti) 08:51
    Track
    14
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: The Three Riddles: Was kriecht am Boden (Tutti)
    Duration
    08:51
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Performer
    Linda Plech, Josef Protschka, Johannes Werner Prein, Gotthold Schwarz, René Pape, Gabriele Schreckenbach, Robert Wörle
    Ensemble
    RIAS Kammerchor, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Gerd Albrecht
  16. 15 Act I Scene 2: Intermezzo in dialogue: Ich überstehe nicht die Scham (Turandot, Altoum, Pantalone, Kalaf, Tartaglia) 00:56
    Track
    15
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Intermezzo in dialogue: Ich überstehe nicht die Scham (Turandot, Altoum, Pantalone, Kalaf, Tartaglia)
    Duration
    00:56
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Performer
    Linda Plech, René Pape, Johannes Werner Prein, Josef Protschka, Gotthold Schwarz
  17. 16 Act I Scene 2: Finale: Wes Stamms und Namens (Kalaf, Chorus) 02:45
    Track
    16
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Finale: Wes Stamms und Namens (Kalaf, Chorus)
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Performer
    Josef Protschka
    Ensemble
    RIAS Kammerchor, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Gerd Albrecht
  18. 17 Act II Scene 3: Song and Chorus: La, la, la, la (Chorus) 01:07
    Track
    17
    Title
    Act II Scene 3: Song and Chorus: La, la, la, la (Chorus)
    Duration
    01:07
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Ensemble
    RIAS Kammerchor, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Gerd Albrecht
  19. 18 Act II Scene 3: Dance and Song: Nacht wird zum Tag (Chorus) 03:41
    Track
    18
    Title
    Act II Scene 3: Dance and Song: Nacht wird zum Tag (Chorus)
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Ensemble
    RIAS Kammerchor, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Gerd Albrecht
  20. 19 Act II Scene 3: Recitative and Aria: Genug! Mein Kopf (Turandot) 03:06
    Track
    19
    Title
    Act II Scene 3: Recitative and Aria: Genug! Mein Kopf (Turandot)
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Performer
    Linda Plech
    Ensemble
    Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Gerd Albrecht
  21. 20 Act II Scene 3: Intermezzo in dialogue: Ich erkenn' euch nicht wieder - Hören wir zunächst (Adelma, Turandot, Truffaldino) 01:25
    Track
    20
    Title
    Act II Scene 3: Intermezzo in dialogue: Ich erkenn' euch nicht wieder - Hören wir zunächst (Adelma, Turandot, Truffaldino)
    Duration
    01:25
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
  22. 21 Act II Scene 3: Aria: Ich schlich geschickt und unerblickt (Truffaldino, Turandot) 02:24
    Track
    21
    Title
    Act II Scene 3: Aria: Ich schlich geschickt und unerblickt (Truffaldino, Turandot)
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Performer
    Robert Wörle, Linda Plech
    Ensemble
    Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Gerd Albrecht
  23. 22 Act II Scene 3: Intermezzo in dialogue: Seid getrost, Prinzessin (Adelma, Truffaldino, Altoum, Turandot, Pantalone, Tartaglia) 01:10
    Track
    22
    Title
    Act II Scene 3: Intermezzo in dialogue: Seid getrost, Prinzessin (Adelma, Truffaldino, Altoum, Turandot, Pantalone, Tartaglia)
    Duration
    01:10
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Performer
    Gabriele Schreckenbach, Robert Wörle, René Pape, Linda Plech, Johannes Werner Prein, Gotthold Schwarz
  24. 23 Act II Scene 3: Arioso: So höre: Heimliche Kunde kam zu mir (Altoum, Turandot, Pantalone, Tartaglia) 02:21
    Track
    23
    Title
    Act II Scene 3: Arioso: So höre: Heimliche Kunde kam zu mir (Altoum, Turandot, Pantalone, Tartaglia)
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Performer
    René Pape, Linda Plech, Johannes Werner Prein, Gotthold Schwarz
    Ensemble
    Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Gerd Albrecht
  25. 24 Act II Scene 3: Duet: Adelma, meine Freundin (Turandot, Adelma) 03:21
    Track
    24
    Title
    Act II Scene 3: Duet: Adelma, meine Freundin (Turandot, Adelma)
    Duration
    03:21
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Performer
    Linda Plech, Gabriele Schreckenbach
    Ensemble
    Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Gerd Albrecht
  26. 25 Act II Scene 3: Intermezzo 02:09
    Track
    25
    Title
    Act II Scene 3: Intermezzo
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Ensemble
    Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Gerd Albrecht
  27. 26 Act II Scene 4: Throne-room: Hört mir nur das klägliche Getrommel! (Tartaglia, Pantalone, Chorus, Kalaf, Altoum) 02:10
    Track
    26
    Title
    Act II Scene 4: Throne-room: Hört mir nur das klägliche Getrommel! (Tartaglia, Pantalone, Chorus, Kalaf, Altoum)
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Performer
    Gotthold Schwarz, Johannes Werner Prein, Josef Protschka, René Pape
    Ensemble
    RIAS Kammerchor, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Gerd Albrecht
  28. 27 Act II Scene 4: Finale: Diese Zeichen von Trauer (Tutti) 07:44
    Track
    27
    Title
    Act II Scene 4: Finale: Diese Zeichen von Trauer (Tutti)
    Duration
    07:44
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Performer
    Linda Plech, Josef Protschka, René Pape, Johannes Werner Prein, Gotthold Schwarz, Robert Wörle, Gabriele Schreckenbach
    Ensemble
    RIAS Kammerchor, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Gerd Albrecht
  29. Disc 2
  30. 1 Part I: Introduction: Ein Schauspiel ist's für Kinder nicht, noch Götter (Arlecchino, Matteo) 07:50
    Track
    1
    Title
    Part I: Introduction: Ein Schauspiel ist's für Kinder nicht, noch Götter (Arlecchino, Matteo)
    Duration
    07:50
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Performer
    Peter Matić, Robert Wörle, René Pape
    Ensemble
    Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Gerd Albrecht
  31. 2 Part I: Duet: Und noch hab ich euch zu danken (Abbate, Dottore) 04:13
    Track
    2
    Title
    Part I: Duet: Und noch hab ich euch zu danken (Abbate, Dottore)
    Duration
    04:13
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Performer
    Siegfried Lorenz, Peter Lika
    Ensemble
    Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Gerd Albrecht
  32. 3 Part I: Terzetto: Treibt euch leichtfertig auf offener Straße umher? (Matteo, Abbate, Dottore) 04:14
    Track
    3
    Title
    Part I: Terzetto: Treibt euch leichtfertig auf offener Straße umher? (Matteo, Abbate, Dottore)
    Duration
    04:14
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Performer
    René Pape, Siegfried Lorenz, Peter Lika
    Ensemble
    Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Gerd Albrecht
  33. 4 Part II: Marcia e Scena: Den Schlüssel ließ ich mir nachfertigen (Arlecchino, Matteo) 03:44
    Track
    4
    Title
    Part II: Marcia e Scena: Den Schlüssel ließ ich mir nachfertigen (Arlecchino, Matteo)
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Performer
    Peter Matić, René Pape
    Ensemble
    Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Gerd Albrecht
  34. 5 Part III: Scene and Aria: Herr Kapitän, um Vergebung (Colombina, Arlecchino) 05:03
    Track
    5
    Title
    Part III: Scene and Aria: Herr Kapitän, um Vergebung (Colombina, Arlecchino)
    Duration
    05:03
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Performer
    Marcia Bellamy, Peter Matić, Robert Wörle, Katharina Koschny
    Ensemble
    Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Gerd Albrecht
  35. 6 Part III: Scene e due, poi a tree: Mit dem Schwert, mit der Laute (Leandro, Colombina, Arlecchino) 09:19
    Track
    6
    Title
    Part III: Scene e due, poi a tree: Mit dem Schwert, mit der Laute (Leandro, Colombina, Arlecchino)
    Duration
    09:19
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Performer
    Robert Wörle, Marcia Bellamy, Peter Matić
    Ensemble
    Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Gerd Albrecht
  36. 7 Part IV: Scene, Quartet and Melodrama: Es ist schon ganz finster (Dottore, Abbate, Colombina, Leandro, Arlecchino) 14:04
    Track
    7
    Title
    Part IV: Scene, Quartet and Melodrama: Es ist schon ganz finster (Dottore, Abbate, Colombina, Leandro, Arlecchino)
    Duration
    14:04
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Performer
    Peter Lika, Siegfried Lorenz, Marcia Bellamy, Robert Wörle, Peter Matić
    Ensemble
    Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Gerd Albrecht
  37. 8 Part IV: Monologue: Wahrlich, ich weiß nicht mehr aus noch ein! (Matteo) 03:08
    Track
    8
    Title
    Part IV: Monologue: Wahrlich, ich weiß nicht mehr aus noch ein! (Matteo)
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Performer
    René Pape
    Ensemble
    Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Gerd Albrecht
  38. 9 Part IV: Procession and Dance Finale: Verehrliche Versammlung (Arlecchino) 03:25
    Track
    9
    Title
    Part IV: Procession and Dance Finale: Verehrliche Versammlung (Arlecchino)
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Performer
    Peter Matić
    Ensemble
    Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Gerd Albrecht
  39. 10 Rondo arlecchinesco, Op. 46, "Élégie No. 3" 11:51
    Track
    10
    Title
    Rondo arlecchinesco, Op. 46, "Élégie No. 3"
    Duration
    11:51
    Composer
    Ferruccio Busoni
    Ensemble
    Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Gerd Albrecht