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Hindemith: Mathis der Maler / de Billy, Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Capriccio

Hindemith: Mathis der Maler / de Billy, Vienna Symphony Orchestra

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Composer
HINDEMITH, PAUL
Artist
Slovakischer Philharmonischer Chor, Wiener Symphoniker, Billy
Format
CD
Label
Capriccio
Released
Sep 03, 2021
Catalog #
C5450
UPC
845221054506

About

Mathis der Maler is the central composition of Paul Hindemith’s output for music theater. The reception began with its successful premiere of a symphony of three orchestral parts from the opera, in March of 1934 in Berlin. That was still before the composer was attacked in the National-Socialist press which prompted a defense of Furtwängler’s in a newspaper article titled “The Hindemith Case”. The opera wasn’t premiered until May 1938, in Zurich, where the Hindemith’s had emigrated to, before moving on to the United States. Much as Mathis, who found his political engagement in the Peasant’s War and his calling to paint solely for the glory of God to collide with the expectation to positions himself on religious matters during the Reformation, Hindemith found himself torn between his refusal to propagate for the Nazis, his urge to follow his inner voice, and the demand that he position himself against the regime. These highly acclaimed performances from 2012 at Theater an der Wien with Opera Star Roland Koch in the title role is finally now available as an album release.

REVIEW:

Hindemith wrote his own libretto for Mathis, an exploration of the clash between artists’ responsibility to their art and to the social and political issues of their time. The production is full of telling detail, with the climactic fourth scene depicting the Peasants’ Revolt itself, and Mathis’s vision in the sixth especially vivid. All the protagonists are portrayed with touching truthfulness too. Wolfgang Koch is the conflicted, all-too-human painter, Kurt Streit the cardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg, Franz Grundheber the Protestant Riedlinger and Manuela Uhl his daughter Ursula, with whom Mathis is in love. It’s superbly conducted by Bertrand de Billy, making the most of the opera’s visionary moments, and doing his best with its occasional longueurs.

– Guardian (UK)

Tracklist 46 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Prelude: Concert of Angels 09:01
    Track
    1
    Title
    Prelude: Concert of Angels
    Duration
    09:01
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  3. 2 Tableau I Scene 1: Sonniges Land. Mildes Drängen schon nahen Sommers (Mathis, Chorus) 05:49
    Track
    2
    Title
    Tableau I Scene 1: Sonniges Land. Mildes Drängen schon nahen Sommers (Mathis, Chorus)
    Duration
    05:49
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Wolfgang Koch
    Ensemble
    Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  4. 3 Tableau I Scene 2: Aufmachen! Helft uns! (Scwalb, Mathis, Regina) 02:05
    Track
    3
    Title
    Tableau I Scene 2: Aufmachen! Helft uns! (Scwalb, Mathis, Regina)
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Raymond Very, Wolfgang Koch, Katerina Tretyakova
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  5. 4 Tableau I Scene 2: Woher kommt ihr denn? (Mathis, Regina) 01:07
    Track
    4
    Title
    Tableau I Scene 2: Woher kommt ihr denn? (Mathis, Regina)
    Duration
    01:07
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Wolfgang Koch, Katerina Tretyakova
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  6. 5 Tableau I Scene 2: Es wollt ein Maidlein … (Regina, Mathis) 04:41
    Track
    5
    Title
    Tableau I Scene 2: Es wollt ein Maidlein … (Regina, Mathis)
    Duration
    04:41
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Katerina Tretyakova, Wolfgang Koch
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  7. 6 Tableau I Scene 2: Was redest du da? (Schwalb, Mathis) 05:32
    Track
    6
    Title
    Tableau I Scene 2: Was redest du da? (Schwalb, Mathis)
    Duration
    05:32
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Raymond Very, Wolfgang Koch
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  8. 7 Tableau I Scene 3: Staub am Himmel (Regina, Schwalb, Mathis) 01:08
    Track
    7
    Title
    Tableau I Scene 3: Staub am Himmel (Regina, Schwalb, Mathis)
    Duration
    01:08
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Katerina Tretyakova, Raymond Very, Wolfgang Koch
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  9. 8 Tableau I Scene 4: Raus, Schwarzröcke, aus eurem Genistel (Sylvester, Brüder, Mathis) 02:06
    Track
    8
    Title
    Tableau I Scene 4: Raus, Schwarzröcke, aus eurem Genistel (Sylvester, Brüder, Mathis)
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Oliver Ringelhahn, Wolfgang Koch
    Ensemble
    Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  10. 9 Tableau II Scene 1: Dem Volk stopft man die falschen Lehren ins Maul (Päpstliche, Pommersfelden, Lutherische, Capito, Bürger, Studenten) 04:48
    Track
    9
    Title
    Tableau II Scene 1: Dem Volk stopft man die falschen Lehren ins Maul (Päpstliche, Pommersfelden, Lutherische, Capito, Bürger, Studenten)
    Duration
    04:48
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Martin Snell, Charles Reid
    Ensemble
    Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  11. 10 Tableau II Scene 2: Nach dem Lärm vieler Orte (Albrecht, Lutherische, Capito, Päpstliche, Pommersfelden) 03:38
    Track
    10
    Title
    Tableau II Scene 2: Nach dem Lärm vieler Orte (Albrecht, Lutherische, Capito, Päpstliche, Pommersfelden)
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Kurt Streit, Charles Reid, Martin Snell
    Ensemble
    Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  12. 11 Tableau II Scene 3: Man fühlt den Segen (Albrecht, Ursula) 01:42
    Track
    11
    Title
    Tableau II Scene 3: Man fühlt den Segen (Albrecht, Ursula)
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Kurt Streit, Manuela Uhl
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  13. 12 Tableau II Scene 3: Gewinnst du auch mein Herz (Albrecht, Mathis, Ursula, Riedinger) 04:24
    Track
    12
    Title
    Tableau II Scene 3: Gewinnst du auch mein Herz (Albrecht, Mathis, Ursula, Riedinger)
    Duration
    04:24
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Kurt Streit, Wolfgang Koch, Manuela Uhl, Franz Grundheber
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  14. 13 Tableau II Scene 4: Rom verzieh oft, was ihr euch an Freiheit nahmt (Pommersfelden, Albrecht, Capito) 03:48
    Track
    13
    Title
    Tableau II Scene 4: Rom verzieh oft, was ihr euch an Freiheit nahmt (Pommersfelden, Albrecht, Capito)
    Duration
    03:48
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Martin Snell, Kurt Streit, Charles Reid
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  15. 14 Tableau II Scene 5: Was gibt's? - Eine Botschaft (Albrecht, Sylvester, Mathis) 02:08
    Track
    14
    Title
    Tableau II Scene 5: Was gibt's? - Eine Botschaft (Albrecht, Sylvester, Mathis)
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Kurt Streit, Oliver Ringelhahn, Wolfgang Koch
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  16. 15 Tableau II Scene 5: Ein Verbrecher, den Tod verdient er (Pommersfelden, Albrecht, Mathis, Capito, Sylvester) 06:13
    Track
    15
    Title
    Tableau II Scene 5: Ein Verbrecher, den Tod verdient er (Pommersfelden, Albrecht, Mathis, Capito, Sylvester)
    Duration
    06:13
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Martin Snell, Kurt Streit, Wolfgang Koch, Charles Reid, Oliver Ringelhahn
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  17. Disc 2
  18. 1 Tableau III Scene 1: In dieser Arche wird unsre Habe (Lutherische, Riedinger, Capito, Bürger, Studenten) 06:51
    Track
    1
    Title
    Tableau III Scene 1: In dieser Arche wird unsre Habe (Lutherische, Riedinger, Capito, Bürger, Studenten)
    Duration
    06:51
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Franz Grundheber, Charles Reid
    Ensemble
    Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  19. 2 Tableau III Scene 2: Man könnte päpstlich werden (Bürger, Studenten, Ursula, Riedinger) 02:44
    Track
    2
    Title
    Tableau III Scene 2: Man könnte päpstlich werden (Bürger, Studenten, Ursula, Riedinger)
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Manuela Uhl, Franz Grundheber
    Ensemble
    Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  20. 3 Tableau III Scene 3: Was bin ich anderes in dieser Männerwelt? (Ursula, Mathis) 02:52
    Track
    3
    Title
    Tableau III Scene 3: Was bin ich anderes in dieser Männerwelt? (Ursula, Mathis)
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Manuela Uhl, Wolfgang Koch
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  21. 4 Tableau III Scene 3: Wir sind im innersten Grund verbunden (Ursula, Mathis) 02:56
    Track
    4
    Title
    Tableau III Scene 3: Wir sind im innersten Grund verbunden (Ursula, Mathis)
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Manuela Uhl, Wolfgang Koch
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  22. 5 Tableau III Scene 3: Ich kann nicht mehr malen (Mathis, Ursula, Lutherische) 05:20
    Track
    5
    Title
    Tableau III Scene 3: Ich kann nicht mehr malen (Mathis, Ursula, Lutherische)
    Duration
    05:20
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Wolfgang Koch, Manuela Uhl
    Ensemble
    Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  23. 6 Tableau III Scene 4: Unsre Schande leuchtete in des Feuers Schein (Riedinger, Ursula, Bürger) 02:54
    Track
    6
    Title
    Tableau III Scene 4: Unsre Schande leuchtete in des Feuers Schein (Riedinger, Ursula, Bürger)
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Franz Grundheber, Manuela Uhl
    Ensemble
    Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  24. 7 Tableau IV Scene 1: Du hast uns lange getreten (Bauern, Gräfin, Pfeifer) 04:05
    Track
    7
    Title
    Tableau IV Scene 1: Du hast uns lange getreten (Bauern, Gräfin, Pfeifer)
    Duration
    04:05
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Ladislav Podkamenský, Adam Blažo, Ladislav Hallon, Matúš Trávniček, Magdalena Anna Hofmann, Andrew Owens
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  25. 8 Tableau IV Scene 2: Wer hiess euch den Grafen ermorden? (Mathis, Bauern, Gräfin) 03:22
    Track
    8
    Title
    Tableau IV Scene 2: Wer hiess euch den Grafen ermorden? (Mathis, Bauern, Gräfin)
    Duration
    03:22
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Wolfgang Koch, Adam Blažo, Ladislav Hallon, Ladislav Podkamenský, Matúš Trávniček, Magdalena Anna Hofmann
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  26. 9 Tableau IV Scene 3: Das sieht euch gleich (Schwalb, Bauern, Mathis, Regina, Gräfin) 01:53
    Track
    9
    Title
    Tableau IV Scene 3: Das sieht euch gleich (Schwalb, Bauern, Mathis, Regina, Gräfin)
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Raymond Very, Adam Blažo, Ladislav Hallon, Ladislav Podkamenský, Matúš Trávniček, Wolfgang Koch, Katerina Tretyakova, Magdalena Anna Hofmann
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  27. 10 Tableau IV Scene 3: Kampf und kein Ende (Bauern, Regina, Gräfin, Schwalb, Mathis) 02:59
    Track
    10
    Title
    Tableau IV Scene 3: Kampf und kein Ende (Bauern, Regina, Gräfin, Schwalb, Mathis)
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Adam Blažo, Ladislav Hallon, Ladislav Podkamenský, Matúš Trávniček, Katerina Tretyakova, Magdalena Anna Hofmann, Raymond Very, Wolfgang Koch
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  28. 11 Tableau IV Scene 3: Sie Sind da (Schwalb, Bauern, Mathis) 03:00
    Track
    11
    Title
    Tableau IV Scene 3: Sie Sind da (Schwalb, Bauern, Mathis)
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Raymond Very, Adam Blažo, Ladislav Hallon, Ladislav Podkamenský, Matúš Trávniček, Wolfgang Koch
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  29. 12 Tableau IV Scene 4: Flohen nicht alle? (Truchsess, Sylvester, Gräfin) 02:43
    Track
    12
    Title
    Tableau IV Scene 4: Flohen nicht alle? (Truchsess, Sylvester, Gräfin)
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Ben Connor, Oliver Ringelhahn, Magdalena Anna Hofmann
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  30. 13 Tableau IV Scene 5: Wagen wollen, was ein Wille (Mathis) 02:58
    Track
    13
    Title
    Tableau IV Scene 5: Wagen wollen, was ein Wille (Mathis)
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Wolfgang Koch
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  31. 14 Tableau V Scene 1: Wollt ihr mich denn entmündigen? (Albrecht, Capito) 04:37
    Track
    14
    Title
    Tableau V Scene 1: Wollt ihr mich denn entmündigen? (Albrecht, Capito)
    Duration
    04:37
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Kurt Streit, Charles Reid
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  32. 15 Tableau V Scene 2: Du, Ursula! (Albrecht, Ursula) 08:36
    Track
    15
    Title
    Tableau V Scene 2: Du, Ursula! (Albrecht, Ursula)
    Duration
    08:36
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Kurt Streit, Manuela Uhl
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  33. 16 Tableau V Scene 3: Ihr wollt das Ergebnis (Albrecht, Riedinger, Capito, Ursula) 03:54
    Track
    16
    Title
    Tableau V Scene 3: Ihr wollt das Ergebnis (Albrecht, Riedinger, Capito, Ursula)
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Kurt Streit, Franz Grundheber, Charles Reid, Manuela Uhl
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  34. 17 Tableau V Scene 3: Mein Freund, schmäht eure Tochter nicht (Albrecht, Ursula) 03:16
    Track
    17
    Title
    Tableau V Scene 3: Mein Freund, schmäht eure Tochter nicht (Albrecht, Ursula)
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Kurt Streit, Manuela Uhl
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  35. Disc 3
  36. 1 Tableau VI Scene 1: Vorspiel 02:35
    Track
    1
    Title
    Tableau VI Scene 1: Vorspiel
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  37. 2 Tableau VI Scene 1: Du wirst mich verlieren (Mathis, Regina) 04:19
    Track
    2
    Title
    Tableau VI Scene 1: Du wirst mich verlieren (Mathis, Regina)
    Duration
    04:19
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Wolfgang Koch, Katerina Tretyakova
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  38. 3 Tableau VI Scene 1: Alte Märchen woben uns fromme Bilder (Mathis, Regina) 05:15
    Track
    3
    Title
    Tableau VI Scene 1: Alte Märchen woben uns fromme Bilder (Mathis, Regina)
    Duration
    05:15
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Wolfgang Koch, Katerina Tretyakova
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  39. 4 Tableau VI Scene 2: Das kann nicht der gleiche Mann sein (Mathis, Gräfin, Pommersfelden) 04:12
    Track
    4
    Title
    Tableau VI Scene 2: Das kann nicht der gleiche Mann sein (Mathis, Gräfin, Pommersfelden)
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Wolfgang Koch, Magdalena Anna Hofmann, Martin Snell
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  40. 5 Tableau VI Scene 2: Gibst du noch so viel (Ursula) 02:56
    Track
    5
    Title
    Tableau VI Scene 2: Gibst du noch so viel (Ursula)
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Manuela Uhl
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  41. 6 Tableau VI Scene 2: In einem Augenblick (Mathis, Ursula, Capito, Schwalb) 03:39
    Track
    6
    Title
    Tableau VI Scene 2: In einem Augenblick (Mathis, Ursula, Capito, Schwalb)
    Duration
    03:39
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Wolfgang Koch, Manuela Uhl, Charles Reid, Raymond Very
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  42. 7 Tableau VI Scene 2: Dein ärgster Feind sitzt in dir selbst (Chorus, Mathis, Ursula, Gräfin, Schwalb, Capito) 05:28
    Track
    7
    Title
    Tableau VI Scene 2: Dein ärgster Feind sitzt in dir selbst (Chorus, Mathis, Ursula, Gräfin, Schwalb, Capito)
    Duration
    05:28
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Wolfgang Koch, Manuela Uhl, Magdalena Anna Hofmann, Raymond Very, Charles Reid
    Ensemble
    Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  43. 8 Tableau VI Scene 3: Mein Bruder, entreisse dich der höllentiefen Qual (Albrecht, Mathis) 06:11
    Track
    8
    Title
    Tableau VI Scene 3: Mein Bruder, entreisse dich der höllentiefen Qual (Albrecht, Mathis)
    Duration
    06:11
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Kurt Streit, Wolfgang Koch
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  44. 9 Tableau VI Scene 3: Wenn du demütig dem Bruder dich bogst (Albrecht, Mathis) 02:50
    Track
    9
    Title
    Tableau VI Scene 3: Wenn du demütig dem Bruder dich bogst (Albrecht, Mathis)
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Kurt Streit, Wolfgang Koch
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  45. 10 Tableau VII Scene 1: Das ist der Kreuzweg (Ursula) 03:26
    Track
    10
    Title
    Tableau VII Scene 1: Das ist der Kreuzweg (Ursula)
    Duration
    03:26
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Manuela Uhl
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  46. 11 Tableau VII Scene 1: Ursula … Mein Kind (Regina, Ursula) 05:17
    Track
    11
    Title
    Tableau VII Scene 1: Ursula … Mein Kind (Regina, Ursula)
    Duration
    05:17
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Katerina Tretyakova, Manuela Uhl
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  47. 12 Tableau VII Scene 1: Zwischenspiel 03:42
    Track
    12
    Title
    Tableau VII Scene 1: Zwischenspiel
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  48. 13 Tableau VII Scene 2: Du bringst es über dich, mein Freund (Albrecht, Mathis) 06:26
    Track
    13
    Title
    Tableau VII Scene 2: Du bringst es über dich, mein Freund (Albrecht, Mathis)
    Duration
    06:26
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Kurt Streit, Wolfgang Koch
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy
  49. 14 Tableau VII: Finale: Auf denn, zum lezten Stück des Weges (Mathis) 03:22
    Track
    14
    Title
    Tableau VII: Finale: Auf denn, zum lezten Stück des Weges (Mathis)
    Duration
    03:22
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Wolfgang Koch
    Ensemble
    Wiener Symphoniker
    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy