Hindemith: Cardillac / Soltész, Munich Radio Orchestra

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BR Klassik
Release Date
July 7, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Paul Hindemith
    • PERFORMER
      Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Philharmonischer Chor Prag, Juliane Banse, Michaela Selinger, Jan-Hendri
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. Act I: Prelude

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Stefan Soltész

    2. Act I: Mörder! Mörder! Verborgen! Wo? (Chorus)

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Philharmonischer Chor Prag, Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Stefan Soltész

    3. Act I: Über euch allen, die Ordnung erschaffend (Provost Marshal, Chorus)

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Philharmonischer Chor Prag, Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Kay Stiefermann

      Conductor: Stefan Soltész

    4. Act I: Wer ging vorbei, verehrt fast wie ein Gott? (The Lady, The Courtier)

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Michaela Selinger, Oliver Ringelhahn

      Conductor: Stefan Soltész

    5. Act I: Wagschalen dieser Welt! (The Courtier)

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Oliver Ringelhahn

      Conductor: Stefan Soltész

    6. Act I: Die Zeit vergeht, Rose zerfiel (The Lady)

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Michaela Selinger

      Conductor: Stefan Soltész

    7. Act I: Pantomime

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Stefan Soltész

    8. Act II: Mag Sonne leuchten! (Cardillac, The Gold Merchant)

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Markus Eiche, Jan-Hendrik Rootering

      Conductor: Stefan Soltész

    9. Act II: Mein Geliebter kommt (Cardillac's Daughter)

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Juliane Banse

      Conductor: Stefan Soltész

    10. Act II: Der Wagen wartet (The Officer, Cardillac's Daughter)

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Torsten Kerl, Juliane Banse

      Conductor: Stefan Soltész

    11. Act II: Dies ist das Rechte! (Cardillac, Cardillac's Daughter)

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Markus Eiche, Juliane Banse

      Conductor: Stefan Soltész

    12. Act II: Was ich erschuf ist würdig eines Königs (The Officer)

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Torsten Kerl

      Conductor: Stefan Soltész

    13. Act II: Ich begehre das Schönste, was Ihr schuft (The Officer, Cardillac)

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Torsten Kerl, Markus Eiche

      Conductor: Stefan Soltész

    14. Act II: Mag Mondlicht leuchten! (Cardillac)

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Markus Eiche

      Conductor: Stefan Soltész

    15. Act III: Stimme des Alten drang mir ins Blut (The Officer, Cardillac, The Gold Merchant)

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Torsten Kerl, Markus Eiche, Jan-Hendrik Rootering

      Conductor: Stefan Soltész

    16. Act III: Trinker, kommt zum Rausch des Bluts! (The Gold Merchant, The Officer, Cardillac, Cardillac's Daughter)

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Jan-Hendrik Rootering, Torsten Kerl, Markus Eiche, Juliane Banse

      Conductor: Stefan Soltész

    17. Act III: Meine Lippen auf die Wunde (Cardillac's Daughter, The Officer, Chorus, Cardillac)

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Philharmonischer Chor Prag, Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Juliane Banse, Torsten Kerl, Markus Eiche

      Conductor: Stefan Soltész

    18. Act III: Vermöchte jener Winz'ge das Gewaltige zu fassen? (Cardillac, Chorus, The Officer)

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Philharmonischer Chor Prag, Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Markus Eiche, Torsten Kerl

      Conductor: Stefan Soltész

    19. Act III: Gegen mich hatte er diesen Abend den Dolch erhoben (The Officer, Cardillac's Daughter, Chorus)

      Composer: Paul Hindemith

      Ensemble: Philharmonischer Chor Prag, Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Torsten Kerl, Juliane Banse

      Conductor: Stefan Soltész


BR-KLASSIK presents the live recording of a concert performance of Hindemith's opera "Cardillac" from the Prinzregententheater in Munich on October 13, 2013, in memory of the great conductor Stefan Soltész. Soltész died unexpectedly on July 22, 2022 - exactly one year ago - after collapsing while conducting Richard Strauss' "Die schweigsame Frau" at the Munich National Theatre. The Hungarian-born Austrian conductor was General Music Director of the Essen Philharmonic and Artistic Director of the Essen Aalto Music Theatre from 1997 to 2013. Both institutions were decisively shaped by him and received several awards during his era. He was a welcome guest conductor with the orchestras in Munich. In addition to the standard works from Mozart to Strauss, an important focus of his opera repertoire was Classical modernism.

Paul Hindemith's three-act opera "Cardillac", composed in 1925/26, was the composer's long-awaited first full-length stage work, and was based on E. T. A. Hoffmann's novella "Das Fräulein von Scuderi". Hindemith’s librettist Ferdinand Lion created a large-scale opera that focused primarily on the goldsmith Cardillac and on the madness that leads him to murder. Any logically structured plot was replaced by individual, self-contained scenes, resembling isolated snapshots. The premiere took place on November 9, 1926 at the Dresden State Opera under the baton of Fritz Busch, who thus spectacularly continued his series of important world premieres. Although the opera's radical style was perceived as highly unusual, it was nevertheless well received. After 1933, the work disappeared from German-language repertoires, but it promptly returned in 1946. Hindemith undertook a fundamental revision, and it was premiered in Zurich in 1952 - combined with a performance ban on the first version. As early as 1960, however, the release of the 1926 version was achieved – and it went on to supplant its revised version almost completely. This recording also features the original, first version of the opera.