Lachner: Catharina Cornaro / Weikert, Munich Radio Orchestra

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CPO
Release Date
September 7, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      LACHNER, FRANZ
    • PERFORMER
      Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Weikert
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 07, 2018
    • UPC
      761203781225
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      777812-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Overture

      Composer: Franz Paul Lachner

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Ralf Weikert

    2. Act I Scene 1: Ein Freudentag voll Lust und Glanz (Catharina Cornaro, Chorus)

      Composer: Franz Paul Lachner

      Ensemble: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Kristiane Kaiser

      Conductor: Ralf Weikert

    3. Act I Scene 2: Recitative and Duet: Mein Marco (Catharina Cornaro, Marco Venero, Andrea Cornaro)

      Composer: Franz Paul Lachner

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Kristiane Kaiser, Daniel Kirch, Simon Pauly

      Conductor: Ralf Weikert

    4. Act I Scene 3: Aria: Mir leben auf die Tage entschwund'ner Lebenslust (Andrea Cornaro)

      Composer: Franz Paul Lachner

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Simon Pauly

      Conductor: Ralf Weikert

    5. Act I Scene 4: Recitative and Duet: Signor, ein Fremder will euch sprechen (Servant, Andrea, Onofrio)

      Composer: Franz Paul Lachner

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Matthias Ettmayr, Simon Pauly, Christian Tschelebiew

      Conductor: Ralf Weikert

    6. Act I Scene 5: Finale: Ein Freudentag voll Lust und Glanz (Catharina, Marco, Andrea, Onofrio, Chorus)

      Composer: Franz Paul Lachner

      Ensemble: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Kristiane Kaiser, Daniel Kirch, Simon Pauly, Christian Tschelebiew

      Conductor: Ralf Weikert

    7. Act II: Introduction

      Composer: Franz Paul Lachner

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Ralf Weikert

    8. Act II Scene 1: Blickt auf mit Vertrauen (Chorus)

      Composer: Franz Paul Lachner

      Ensemble: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Ralf Weikert

    9. Act II Scene 2: Recitative and Aria: Auf immer getrennt (Catharina, Andrea)

      Composer: Franz Paul Lachner

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Kristiane Kaiser, Simon Pauly

      Conductor: Ralf Weikert

    10. Act II Scene 3: Duet: Dein Haupt schmückt eine Krone (Andrea, Catharina)

      Composer: Franz Paul Lachner

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Simon Pauly, Kristiane Kaiser

      Conductor: Ralf Weikert

    11. Act II Scene 4: Finale: Wie? Hab' ich recht verstanden? (Catharina, Marco, Spirido, Angelo)

      Composer: Franz Paul Lachner

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Kristiane Kaiser, Daniel Kirch, Timo Jansen, Wolfgang Klose

      Conductor: Ralf Weikert

    12. Act III: Introduction

      Composer: Franz Paul Lachner

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Ralf Weikert

    13. Act III Scene 1: Niemals auf dem Erdenrunde blühte eine schön're Braut (Chorus)

      Composer: Franz Paul Lachner

      Ensemble: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Ralf Weikert

    14. Act III Scene 2: Recitative and Aria: Wohl dir! (Andrea, Catharina, Page, Jakob II, Chorus)

      Composer: Franz Paul Lachner

      Ensemble: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Simon Pauly, Kristiane Kaiser, Priska Eser, Mauro Peter

      Conductor: Ralf Weikert

    15. Act III Scene 3: Hoch lebe Zyperns Königin (Chorus, Onofrio)

      Composer: Franz Paul Lachner

      Ensemble: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Christian Tschelebiew

      Conductor: Ralf Weikert

    16. Act III Scene 4: Recitative and Trio: Hier an dieser Stelle kämpft ich in der Nacht (Marco, Spirido, Angelo)

      Composer: Franz Paul Lachner

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Daniel Kirch, Timo Jansen, Wolfgang Klose

      Conductor: Ralf Weikert

    17. Act III Scene 5: Finale: Wenn sie zum Altare treten (Marco, Spirido, Angelo, Chorus, Jakob II, Catharina)

      Composer: Franz Paul Lachner

      Ensemble: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Daniel Kirch, Timo Jansen, Wolfgang Klose, Mauro Peter, Kristiane Kaiser

      Conductor: Ralf Weikert

    18. Act IV Scene 1: Entr'act

      Composer: Franz Paul Lachner

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Ralf Weikert

    19. Act IV Scene 2: Recitative and Aria: Zum Heil hat uns Venedig dich gesandt (Catharina)

      Composer: Franz Paul Lachner

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Kristiane Kaiser

      Conductor: Ralf Weikert

    20. Act IV Scene 3: Recitative and Duet: Catharina, meine teure Gattin (Jakob II, Catharina)

      Composer: Franz Paul Lachner

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Mauro Peter, Kristiane Kaiser

      Conductor: Ralf Weikert

    21. Act IV Scene 4: Recitative and Duet: Oh Herr! (Officer, Jakob II, Catharina, Marco)

      Composer: Franz Paul Lachner

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Andreas Burkhart, Mauro Peter, Kristiane Kaiser, Daniel Kirch

      Conductor: Ralf Weikert

    22. Act IV Scene 5: Recitative and Quartet: Unglücklicher, was suchst du hier (Catharina, Marco, Onofrio, Jakob II, Chorus)

      Composer: Franz Paul Lachner

      Ensemble: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Kristiane Kaiser, Daniel Kirch, Christian Tschelebiew, Mauro Peter

      Conductor: Ralf Weikert

    23. Act IV Scene 6: Auf zum Sternenthrone schwingt sich sein Geist (Chorus)

      Composer: Franz Paul Lachner

      Ensemble: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Ralf Weikert


At a time when the majority of German composers turned from the opera to the singspiel and its considerably smaller dimensions, Franz Lachner continued the tradition of the grand historical opera with Catharina Cornaro. Lachner’s once so very successful opera, last performed in Munich in 1903, was forgotten for many decades, but a few years ago the editor Volker Tosta of Stuttgart prepared a new edition of this work, its first published version, especially for the concert performance by the Munich Radio Orchestra. The action of the tragic opera is based on the true-life story of the Queen of Cyprus. Political intrigues and great passions distinguish the plot. It is difficult to believe that this musically so very appealing work, which captivated the audience at Munich’s Prince Regent Theater already with its highly atmospheric overture during the performance on which this album is based, ever could be forgotten. “With this opera the German school has been enriched with a dramatic work that has to be counted as one of the most genial and magnificent of the works belonging to it.” This is what the Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung wrote after the premiere, and Max Zenger’s Geschichte der Münchner Oper of 1923 documents the pathbreaking effect of this opera when it states that Catharina Cornaro had “quite literally become Munich’s hallmark, like the two towers of the Cathedral of Our Lady.”