Opera Overtures, Choruses And Duets

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Label
Brilliant Classics
Release Date
April 5, 2019
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Staatskapelle Berlin, Chor Der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin, Schreier, Adam, Staatskapelle Dresden, K
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 05, 2019
    • UPC
      5028421954141
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI95414
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      3
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor): Overture

      Composer: Otto Nicolai

      Ensemble: Staatskapelle Berlin

      Conductor: Bernhard Klee

    2. Prodaná nevesta (The Bartered Bride): Overture

      Composer: Bedřich Smetana

      Ensemble: Orchester der Staatsoperette Dresden

      Conductor: Otmar Suitner

    3. Hansel und Gretel: Overture

      Composer: Engelbert Humperdinck

      Ensemble: Orchester der Staatsoperette Dresden

      Conductor: Otmar Suitner

    4. Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman): Overture

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    5. La Traviata, Act III: Prelude

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Orchester der Staatsoperette Dresden

      Conductor: Giuseppe Patanè

    6. Donna Diana, Act I: Overture

      Composer: Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek

      Ensemble: Dresdner Philharmonie

      Conductor: Herbert Kegel

    7. Dichter und Bauer (Poet and Peasant): Overture

      Composer: Franz von Suppé

      Ensemble: Orchester der Staatsoperette Dresden

      Conductor: Otmar Suitner

    8. Leichte Kavallerie (Light Cavalry): Overture

      Composer: Franz von Suppé

      Ensemble: Orchester der Staatsoperette Dresden

      Conductor: Otmar Suitner

    9. Die Fledermaus: Overture

      Composer: Johann Strauss II

      Ensemble: Bamberger Symphoniker

      Conductor: Manfred Honeck

    10. Otello, Act I: Fuoco di gioia!

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Chor der Berliner Staatsoper, Dresden Philharmonic Children's Choir, Staatskapelle Berlin

      Conductor: Otmar Suitner

    11. Carmen, Act IV: Les voici! Voici la quadrille des Toreros

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Chor der Berliner Staatsoper, Dresden Philharmonic Children's Choir, Berlin Staatskapelle

      Conductor: Otmar Suitner

    12. Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), Act II: Summ und brumm, du gutes Radchen

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Chor der Berliner Staatsoper, Dresden Philharmonic Children's Choir, Staatskapelle Berlin

      Conductor: Otmar Suitner

    13. Cavalleria rusticana: Gli aranci olezzano

      Composer: Pietro Mascagni

      Ensemble: Chor der Berliner Staatsoper, Dresden Philharmonic Children's Choir, Staatskapelle Berlin

      Conductor: Otmar Suitner

    14. Pagliacci, Act I: Don, Din, Don, Din

      Composer: Ruggero Leoncavallo

      Ensemble: Chor der Berliner Staatsoper, Dresden Philharmonic Children's Choir, Staatskapelle Berlin

      Conductor: Otmar Suitner

    15. Lohengrin, Act III: Treulich geführt, ziehet dahin (Wedding March)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Chor der Berliner Staatsoper, Dresden Philharmonic Children's Choir, Staatskapelle Berlin

      Conductor: Otmar Suitner

    16. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act II: O Isis und Osiris

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Chor der Berliner Staatsoper, Dresden Philharmonic Children's Choir, Staatskapelle Berlin

      Conductor: Otmar Suitner

    17. Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Act III: O susser Mond!

      Composer: Otto Nicolai

      Ensemble: Chor der Berliner Staatsoper, Dresden Philharmonic Children's Choir, Staatskapelle Berlin

      Conductor: Otmar Suitner

    18. Martha, Act I: Mädchen, brav und treu

      Composer: Friedrich von Flotow

      Ensemble: Chor der Berliner Staatsoper, Dresden Philharmonic Children's Choir, Staatskapelle Berlin

      Conductor: Otmar Suitner

    19. Aida, Act II: Gloria all'Egitto

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Chor der Berliner Staatsoper, Dresden Philharmonic Children's Choir, Staatskapelle Berlin

      Conductor: Otmar Suitner

    20. Act I: Vin ou bière, bière ou vin

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Chor der Berliner Staatsoper, Dresden Philharmonic Children's Choir, Staatskapelle Berlin

      Conductor: Otmar Suitner

    21. Act IV: Gloire immortelle

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Chor der Berliner Staatsoper, Dresden Philharmonic Children's Choir, Staatskapelle Berlin

      Conductor: Otmar Suitner

    22. Der Freischütz, J. 277, Act III: Was gleicht wohl auf Erden

      Composer: Carl Maria von Weber

      Ensemble: Chor der Berliner Staatsoper, Dresden Philharmonic Children's Choir, Staatskapelle Berlin

      Conductor: Otmar Suitner

    23. Don Pasquale, Act III: Che interminabile andirivieni

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Ensemble: Chor der Berliner Staatsoper, Dresden Philharmonic Children's Choir, Staatskapelle Berlin

      Conductor: Otmar Suitner

    24. Tannhäuser, Act II: Freudig begrüssen wir die edle Halle

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Chor der Berliner Staatsoper, Dresden Philharmonic Children's Choir, Staatskapelle Berlin

      Conductor: Otmar Suitner

    25. Nabucco, Act III: Va pensiero, sull'ali dorata

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Chor der Berliner Staatsoper, Dresden Philharmonic Children's Choir, Staatskapelle Berlin

      Conductor: Otmar Suitner

    26. Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride), Act II: Komm, mein Sohnchen, auf ein Wort - Wer in Lieb' entbrannt (Sung in German)

      Composer: Bedřich Smetana

      Ensemble: Orchester der Staatsoperette Dresden

      Performer: Peter Schreier, Theo Adam

      Conductor: Otmar Suitner

    27. Faust, Act I: Ich bin da! Was soll das Estaunen? (Sung in German)

      Composer: Charles Gounod

      Ensemble: Orchester der Staatsoperette Dresden

      Performer: Peter Schreier, Theo Adam

      Conductor: Otmar Suitner

    28. Les pecheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers), Act I: Am Abend war's - Der Tempel Brahmas strahlt (Sung in German)

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Orchester der Staatsoperette Dresden

      Performer: Peter Schreier, Theo Adam

      Conductor: Otmar Suitner

    29. La forza del destino: Die Stunde ist heilig (Sung in German)

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Orchester der Staatsoperette Dresden

      Performer: Peter Schreier, Theo Adam

      Conductor: Otmar Suitner

    30. Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Abduction from the Seraglio), K. 384, Act II: Vivat Bacchus! Bacchus lebe

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Orchester der Staatsoperette Dresden

      Performer: Peter Schreier, Theo Adam

      Conductor: Otmar Suitner

    31. Act IV: Lied: Ich war in meinen jungen Jahren - Im Wein ist Wahrheit

      Composer: Albert Lortzing

      Ensemble: Orchester der Staatsoperette Dresden

      Performer: Peter Schreier, Theo Adam

      Conductor: Otmar Suitner

    32. Act II: Was seh ich? Ihr seid glucklich wieder da? - O wie köstlich ist das Reisen

      Composer: Albert Lortzing

      Ensemble: Orchester der Staatsoperette Dresden

      Performer: Peter Schreier, Theo Adam

      Conductor: Otmar Suitner

    33. Act I: Die Weisheitslehre dieser Knaben

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Orchester der Staatsoperette Dresden

      Performer: Peter Schreier, Theo Adam

      Conductor: Otmar Suitner

    34. Act II: Bewahret euch vor Weibertucken

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Orchester der Staatsoperette Dresden

      Performer: Peter Schreier, Theo Adam

      Conductor: Otmar Suitner

    35. Act II: Pamina, wo bist du?

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Orchester der Staatsoperette Dresden

      Performer: Peter Schreier, Theo Adam

      Conductor: Otmar Suitner


From Mozart to Leoncavallo: three hours of opera's greatest hits in rhythmically buoyant, highly enjoyable East-German recordings. Taped between 1959 (Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer) and 1993 (Die Fledermaus), a collection of overtures gets this operatic compilation off to a (literally) flying start. Suitner in particular directs deliciously sprung performances of Humperdinck (Hansel und Gretel), Smetana (The Bartered Bride) and Suppé (Dichter und Bauer / Poet and Peasant and Leichte Kavallerie / Light Cavalry). The Austro-Germanic angle of the first half of the release is widened on the second half by a selection of opera choruses that represents some of the most powerful moments of 19th-century Italian opera. There is the triumphant hymn in praise of Egypt from the second act of Aida as well as the sublime song of pride and defiance, 'Va pensiero', that crowns Nabucco and became before long the unofficial anthem of the Risorgimento and the struggle for Italian unification. Verismo choruses are here too, taken from that evergreen pairing of Pagliacci and Cavelleria rusticana. Favourite German operatic choruses include the Chorus of Guests in Wagner's Tannhäuser as well as the hymn of the priests in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte. Suitner directs all these: a compilation album made in Berlin in 1978. He also exercises a subtle guiding hand over the Staatskapelle Dresden for a compilation of tenor/baritone opera duets recorded in 1972 with the two foremost East-German male singers of their generation, Peter Schreier and Theo Adam. 'Expectably' commented Fanfare, 'the results are echt Deutsch' - even if the repertoire itself again covers Smetana, Gounod and Verdi as well as Mozart and Lortzing, with all the numbers sung in German and 'performed with zest'.