Lortzing: Ouvertures

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Label
CPO
Release Date
August 16, 2024
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Albert Lortzing
    • PERFORMER
      WDR Funkhausorchester, Philipp Baader, Marc Gruber
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 16, 2024
    • UPC
      0761203562626
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      555626-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Casanova: Overture

      Composer: Albert Lortzing

      Ensemble: West German Radio Orchestra

      Conductor: Ernst Theis

    2. Undine, Act II: Ballet Music

      Composer: Albert Lortzing

      Ensemble: West German Radio Orchestra

      Conductor: Ernst Theis

    3. Die beiden Schützen: Overture

      Composer: Albert Lortzing

      Ensemble: West German Radio Orchestra

      Conductor: Ernst Theis

    4. Konzertstück for Horn and Orchestra in E Major

      Composer: Albert Lortzing

      Ensemble: West German Radio Orchestra

      Performer: Marc Gruber

      Conductor: Ernst Theis

    5. Der Pole und sein Kind: Overture

      Composer: Albert Lortzing

      Ensemble: West German Radio Orchestra

      Conductor: Ernst Theis

    6. Hans Sachs: Ballet Music

      Composer: Albert Lortzing

      Ensemble: West German Radio Orchestra

      Conductor: Ernst Theis

    7. Rolands Knappen: Overture

      Composer: Albert Lortzing

      Ensemble: West German Radio Orchestra

      Conductor: Ernst Theis

    8. Theme and Variations for Trumpet and Orchestra

      Composer: Albert Lortzing

      Ensemble: West German Radio Orchestra

      Performer: Philipp Baader

      Conductor: Ernst Theis

    9. Yelva: Overture

      Composer: Albert Lortzing

      Ensemble: West German Radio Orchestra

      Conductor: Ernst Theis


Albert Lortzing, who did not even reach the age of fifty, composed a towering number of stage works, several of which are regarded as German national treasures even today. Others have proven themselves to have stood the test of time thanks to excellent recordings. Although he became immortal with his Zar und Zimmermann and Undine, his purely orchestral output is quite thin. If it were not for the concert piece for horn and a similar work for trumpet, there would only be a number of overtures and pieces of ballet music available to a symphonic ensemble to produce a colourful portrait. The WDR Funkhausorchester has thus recorded a lively mixture of soloistic brilliance, entertaining dances and "dramatic" overtures whose existence was previously only known to die-hard Lortzing fans.