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Marschner: Overtures & Stage Music, Vol. 1 / Salvi, Czech Chamber PO Pardubice
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Marschner: Overtures & Stage Music, Vol. 1 / Salvi, Czech Chamber PO Pardubice

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Composer
Heinrich August Marschner
Artist
Dario Salvi
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Dec 02, 2022
Catalog #
8574449
UPC
747313444977

About

Heinrich Marschner, the leading German composer of Romantic opera between Weber and Wagner, was a progressive innovator, bringing to his music a new dimension – the supernatural anti-hero enmeshed in horror, such as the protagonist of Der Vampyr (1828). Before his psychological operas, however, Marschner composed a series of overtures and stage works exploring more conventional material. These have long been overlooked. In this first volume Schön Ella represents Marschner’s mastery of form, skillful orchestration and melodic gifts, while the excerpts from Ali Baba reveal his flair for theatrical concision and mood setting.

REVIEW:

With his call for a German national opera free of foreign influences, Heinrich August Marschner had a lasting influence on Richard Wagner. But Wagner’s success ultimately became Marschner’s undoing. Increasingly overshadowed by Wagner, he died largely unnoticed.

When it came to romantic expressiveness in the orchestra, melodrama and descriptions of situations, Marschner was in his element. With influences from Weber but also from Mendelssohn, his music is inventive and appealing.

Dario Salvi launches a complete recording of Marschner’s overtures and other pieces from his stage works. He does so very stylishly, with a stimulating alternation between relaxed and more dramatic music-making, and the Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice responds at a high technical level.

-- Pizzicato (Remy Franck)

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 Der Kyffhäuser Berg (The Kyffhäuser Hill): Overture 08:40
    Track
    1
    Title
    Der Kyffhäuser Berg (The Kyffhäuser Hill): Overture
    Duration
    08:40
    Composer
    Heinrich August Marschner
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Dario Salvi
  2. 2 Schön Ella (Beautiful Ella): Overture 06:21
    Track
    2
    Title
    Schön Ella (Beautiful Ella): Overture
    Duration
    06:21
    Composer
    Heinrich August Marschner
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Dario Salvi
  3. 3 Schön Ella (Beautiful Ella), Act II: Entr'acte 02:32
    Track
    3
    Title
    Schön Ella (Beautiful Ella), Act II: Entr'acte
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Heinrich August Marschner
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Dario Salvi
  4. 4 Schön Ella (Beautiful Ella), Act II: Ballet 12:04
    Track
    4
    Title
    Schön Ella (Beautiful Ella), Act II: Ballet
    Duration
    12:04
    Composer
    Heinrich August Marschner
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Dario Salvi
  5. 5 Schön Ella (Beautiful Ella), Act III: Entr'acte 01:29
    Track
    5
    Title
    Schön Ella (Beautiful Ella), Act III: Entr'acte
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Heinrich August Marschner
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Dario Salvi
  6. 6 Schön Ella (Beautiful Ella), Act IV: Entr'acte 03:23
    Track
    6
    Title
    Schön Ella (Beautiful Ella), Act IV: Entr'acte
    Duration
    03:23
    Composer
    Heinrich August Marschner
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Dario Salvi
  7. 7 Schön Ella (Beautiful Ella), Act IV: Marsch der Krieger und Mädchen (March of the Warriors and Maidens) 02:40
    Track
    7
    Title
    Schön Ella (Beautiful Ella), Act IV: Marsch der Krieger und Mädchen (March of the Warriors and Maidens)
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Heinrich August Marschner
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Dario Salvi
  8. 8 Schön Ella (Beautiful Ella), Act V: Entr'acte 04:08
    Track
    8
    Title
    Schön Ella (Beautiful Ella), Act V: Entr'acte
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Heinrich August Marschner
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Dario Salvi
  9. 9 Ali Baba, oder Die vierzig Räuber (Ali Baba, or The Forty Thieves): Overture 07:23
    Track
    9
    Title
    Ali Baba, oder Die vierzig Räuber (Ali Baba, or The Forty Thieves): Overture
    Duration
    07:23
    Composer
    Heinrich August Marschner
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Dario Salvi
  10. 10 Ali Baba, oder Die vierzig Räuber (Ali Baba, or The Forty Thieves), Act II: Melodrama 01:42
    Track
    10
    Title
    Ali Baba, oder Die vierzig Räuber (Ali Baba, or The Forty Thieves), Act II: Melodrama
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Heinrich August Marschner
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Dario Salvi
  11. 11 Ali Baba, oder Die vierzig Räuber (Ali Baba, or The Forty Thieves), Act II: Schluss (Ending) 02:09
    Track
    11
    Title
    Ali Baba, oder Die vierzig Räuber (Ali Baba, or The Forty Thieves), Act II: Schluss (Ending)
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Heinrich August Marschner
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Dario Salvi
  12. 12 Ali Baba, oder Die vierzig Räuber (Ali Baba, or The Forty Thieves), Act III: Ballet 06:16
    Track
    12
    Title
    Ali Baba, oder Die vierzig Räuber (Ali Baba, or The Forty Thieves), Act III: Ballet
    Duration
    06:16
    Composer
    Heinrich August Marschner
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Dario Salvi
  13. 13 Ali Baba, oder Die vierzig Räuber (Ali Baba, or The Forty Thieves), Act III: Schluss (Ending) 01:30
    Track
    13
    Title
    Ali Baba, oder Die vierzig Räuber (Ali Baba, or The Forty Thieves), Act III: Schluss (Ending)
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Heinrich August Marschner
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Dario Salvi
  14. 14 Der Holzdieb (The Wood Thief): Overture 04:40
    Track
    14
    Title
    Der Holzdieb (The Wood Thief): Overture
    Duration
    04:40
    Composer
    Heinrich August Marschner
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Dario Salvi
  15. 15 Die Wiener in Berlin (The Viennese in Berlin): Overture 06:11
    Track
    15
    Title
    Die Wiener in Berlin (The Viennese in Berlin): Overture
    Duration
    06:11
    Composer
    Heinrich August Marschner
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Dario Salvi