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Orff: Ein Sommernachtstraum / Von Gehren, Andechser Orff-Akademie Des Munchner RO
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Orff: Ein Sommernachtstraum / Von Gehren, Andechser Orff-Akademie Des Munchner RO

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Composer
ORFF, CARL
Artist
Haun, Boehle, Sanchezetc, Festspielchor, Andechser Orff-Akademie Des Munchner Rundfunkorchesters, Ge
Format
CD
Label
CPO
Released
Jul 26, 2011
Catalog #
777657-2
UPC
761203765720

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ORFF Ein Sommernachtstraum • Christian von Gehren, cond; actors; Andechs Fest Ch; Munich Youth O; Munich Radio O Andechs ORFF Academy • CPO 777 657 (146:09) Live: Andechs 7/28–30/2010


Carl Orff’s incidental music for Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream grew out of the desire of the National Socialists—generally, but here specifically Frankfurt’s anti-Semitic Lord Mayor Friedrich Krebs—to produce an appropriately Aryan accompaniment to the play as replacement for the now inconveniently “Jewish” musical additions of Felix Mendelssohn. Orff, even as his scenic cantata Carmina burana was gaining popular acclaim in the new Germany, was concerned with his politically dubious reputation as a modernist and consorter with leftists during the Weimar years. So he took the commission despite warnings from his pragmatic publisher that he would never be able to “dispatch Mendelssohn.” In fairness, his interest in the Elizabethan comedy was real; he had been working on such incidental music since 1917. No doubt he also found the sizable advance attractive. But what had been politically expedient in 1938—he prospered during the Third Reich—was to haunt him after the war, however facile his explanations, and at the least diminishes any pleasure one might have in hearing what he has to offer.


Or maybe not. The audience certainly seems to enjoy this production from the 2010 Orff in Andechs Festival. It will be rougher going for anyone lacking fluent German. Though the story is well known, and the alert listener will be able to figure out what is happening some of the time, there is no text, translation, or synopsis, a serious failing shared with cpo’s other recording from this festival, the Orff/Monteverdi Orpheus . My admiration goes out to anyone who, textless, can happily attend for more than two hours and 20 minutes to heavily edited Shakespeare in German, with attractively dreamlike but inconsequential and repetitive music cues that cannot even be appreciated in context of the words they are to amplify.


Cynicism aside, one is left wondering what Orff did to earn his substantial commission. Many of the handful of independent pieces are adaptations of other compositions: The prelude is from Carmina burana (“Si puer cum puellula”) transformed into a fanfare, used again in full as a replacement for the wedding march. The Rustics are introduced (in this version of 1964) with music from the 1943 fairy tale opera Die Kluge, which, in this context, jars with its banality. Annotator Thomas Rösch suggests other sources: Carmina burana again (“Chramer, gip die varwe mir”) for Titania’s lullaby, and an allusion to the act II duet for Octavian and Sophie from Der Rosenkavalier for the moonrise scene. I suppose one could make a game out of identifying the remaining borrowed themes, but I’ll leave that to others.


There are magical moments; the playing of the trumpet to the moon has the same charm as the ending of Der Mond , the prelude to the ninth scene in Theseus’ palace recalls moments of repose in the famous cantata, and the wonderful midnight melodrama (though I would have wanted Puck’s speeches done less malevolently) and finale (name that source!) provide a fitting end. Would that it all had been so engaging. The youth orchestras, and the chorus in its brief outings, are able; the recording clear for those for whom German is not an obstacle. The birds chirping in the forest are a nice touch. In any case, though my curiosity has been only partly satisfied, at least now, thanks to cpo, the historical footnote is made tangible. You might want to check the samples online before buying. And find a translation.


FANFARE: Ronald E. Grames

Tracklist 39 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Scene 1: Im Palaste des Theseus: Introduction 02:05
    Track
    1
    Title
    Scene 1: Im Palaste des Theseus: Introduction
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Josef Weber
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  3. 2 Scene 1: Im Palaste des Theseus: Dialog (Egeus, Theseus, Hermia, Demetrius, Lysander) 05:44
    Track
    2
    Title
    Scene 1: Im Palaste des Theseus: Dialog (Egeus, Theseus, Hermia, Demetrius, Lysander)
    Duration
    05:44
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Martin Dudeck, Wolfgang Bauschmid, Philipp Wimmer, Florian Fisch, Katharina Friedl, Josef Weber
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  4. 3 Scene 1: Im Palaste des Theseus: Melodram (Lysander, Hermia) 02:55
    Track
    3
    Title
    Scene 1: Im Palaste des Theseus: Melodram (Lysander, Hermia)
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Florian Fisch, Katharina Friedl, Josef Weber
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  5. 4 Scene 1: Im Palaste des Theseus: Dialog (Hermia, Helena, Lysander) 01:57
    Track
    4
    Title
    Scene 1: Im Palaste des Theseus: Dialog (Hermia, Helena, Lysander)
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Florian Fisch, Katharina Friedl, Julia Lowack, Josef Weber
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  6. 5 Scene 1: Im Palaste des Theseus: Melodram (Helena) 02:23
    Track
    5
    Title
    Scene 1: Im Palaste des Theseus: Melodram (Helena)
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Julia Lowack, Josef Weber
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  7. 6 Scene 2: Rupelszene 01:29
    Track
    6
    Title
    Scene 2: Rupelszene
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Josef Weber
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  8. 7 Scene 2: Dialog (Rupel: Squenz, Zettel, Flaut, Schlucker, Schnauz, Schnock) 06:29
    Track
    7
    Title
    Scene 2: Dialog (Rupel: Squenz, Zettel, Flaut, Schlucker, Schnauz, Schnock)
    Duration
    06:29
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Wolf von der Burg, Winfried Hubner, Sebastian Goller, Hans Otto Lampert, Michael Schlenger, Till Klewitz, Josef Weber
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  9. 8 Scene 3: Ein Wald bei Athen: Melodram (Puck, Elfe) 04:41
    Track
    8
    Title
    Scene 3: Ein Wald bei Athen: Melodram (Puck, Elfe)
    Duration
    04:41
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Christian Arndt Sanchez, Claudia Bachmann, Gaby Kerler, Magdalena Wede, Carin Meiler-Hemsing, Josef Weber
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  10. 9 Scene 3: Ein Wald bei Athen: Melodram (Oberon, Titania) 05:49
    Track
    9
    Title
    Scene 3: Ein Wald bei Athen: Melodram (Oberon, Titania)
    Duration
    05:49
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Andreas Haun, Barbara Boehler, Josef Weber
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  11. 10 Scene 3: Ein Wald bei Athen: Dialog (Oberon, Puck, Demetrius, Helena) 06:14
    Track
    10
    Title
    Scene 3: Ein Wald bei Athen: Dialog (Oberon, Puck, Demetrius, Helena)
    Duration
    06:14
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Andreas Haun, Christian Arndt Sanchez, Philipp Wimmer, Julia Lowack, Josef Weber
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  12. 11 Scene 4: Melodram (Titania, Elfenchor) 05:05
    Track
    11
    Title
    Scene 4: Melodram (Titania, Elfenchor)
    Duration
    05:05
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Barbara Boehler, Josef Weber
    Ensemble
    Andechser Festival Chorus, Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  13. 12 Scene 4: Dialog (Lysander, Hermia) 01:37
    Track
    12
    Title
    Scene 4: Dialog (Lysander, Hermia)
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Florian Fisch, Katharina Friedl, Josef Weber
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  14. 13 Scene 4: Melodram (Lysander, Hermia, Puck, Helena) 03:46
    Track
    13
    Title
    Scene 4: Melodram (Lysander, Hermia, Puck, Helena)
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Florian Fisch, Katharina Friedl, Christian Arndt Sanchez, Julia Lowack, Josef Weber
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  15. 14 Scene 4: Melodram (Hermia) 03:06
    Track
    14
    Title
    Scene 4: Melodram (Hermia)
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Katharina Friedl, Josef Weber
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  16. 15 Scene 5: Dialog (Rupel: Zettel, Squenz, Schnauz, Schlucker, Schnock) 04:43
    Track
    15
    Title
    Scene 5: Dialog (Rupel: Zettel, Squenz, Schnauz, Schlucker, Schnock)
    Duration
    04:43
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Sebastian Goller, Wolf von der Burg, Michael Schlenger, Winfried Hubner, Till Klewitz, Josef Weber
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  17. 16 Scene 5: Melodram (Puck, Rupel) 04:39
    Track
    16
    Title
    Scene 5: Melodram (Puck, Rupel)
    Duration
    04:39
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Christian Arndt Sanchez, Wolf von der Burg, Winfried Hubner, Sebastian Goller, Hans Otto Lampert, Michael Schlenger, Till Klewitz, Josef Weber
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  18. 17 Scene 5: Lied (Zettel, spater Melodram: Titania, Elfen) 09:24
    Track
    17
    Title
    Scene 5: Lied (Zettel, spater Melodram: Titania, Elfen)
    Duration
    09:24
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Sebastian Goller, Barbara Boehler, Claudia Bachmann, Gaby Kerler, Magdalena Wede, Carin Meiler-Hemsing, Josef Weber
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  19. Disc 2
  20. 1 Scene 6: Dialog (Puck, Oberon, Demetrius, Hermia) 03:09
    Track
    1
    Title
    Scene 6: Dialog (Puck, Oberon, Demetrius, Hermia)
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Christian Arndt Sanchez, Andreas Haun, Philipp Wimmer, Katharina Friedl
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  21. 2 Scene 6: Melodram (Demetrius, Oberon, Puck) 04:12
    Track
    2
    Title
    Scene 6: Melodram (Demetrius, Oberon, Puck)
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Philipp Wimmer, Andreas Haun, Christian Arndt Sanchez
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  22. 3 Scene 6: Dialog (Helena, Lysander, Demetrius, Hermia, Oberon, Puck) 09:36
    Track
    3
    Title
    Scene 6: Dialog (Helena, Lysander, Demetrius, Hermia, Oberon, Puck)
    Duration
    09:36
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Julia Lowack, Florian Fisch, Philipp Wimmer, Andreas Haun, Christian Arndt Sanchez, Katharina Friedl
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  23. 4 Scene 6: Melodram (Puck, Oberon, Lysander, Demetrius) 04:14
    Track
    4
    Title
    Scene 6: Melodram (Puck, Oberon, Lysander, Demetrius)
    Duration
    04:14
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Christian Arndt Sanchez, Andreas Haun, Philipp Wimmer, Florian Fisch
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  24. 5 Scene 6: Melodram (Helena, Puck, Hermia) 02:39
    Track
    5
    Title
    Scene 6: Melodram (Helena, Puck, Hermia)
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Julia Lowack, Christian Arndt Sanchez, Katharina Friedl
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  25. 6 Scene 6: Mondaufgang 03:09
    Track
    6
    Title
    Scene 6: Mondaufgang
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Josef Weber
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  26. 7 Scene 7: Melodram (Zettel, Titania, Elfen, Oberon) 04:36
    Track
    7
    Title
    Scene 7: Melodram (Zettel, Titania, Elfen, Oberon)
    Duration
    04:36
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Sebastian Goller, Barbara Boehler, Claudia Bachmann, Gaby Kerler, Magdalena Wede, Carin Meiler-Hemsing, Andreas Haun, Josef Weber
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  27. 8 Scene 7: Melodram (Oberon, Titania, Puck) 03:09
    Track
    8
    Title
    Scene 7: Melodram (Oberon, Titania, Puck)
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Andreas Haun, Barbara Boehler, Christian Arndt Sanchez
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  28. 9 Scene 7: Morgengrauen 01:40
    Track
    9
    Title
    Scene 7: Morgengrauen
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Josef Weber
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  29. 10 Scene 7: Dialog (Theseus, Lysander, Egeus, Demetrius) 02:34
    Track
    10
    Title
    Scene 7: Dialog (Theseus, Lysander, Egeus, Demetrius)
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Martin Dudeck, Wolfgang Bauschmid, Florian Fisch, Philipp Wimmer, Josef Weber
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  30. 11 Scene 7: Melodram (Demetrius, Hermia, Helena, Zettel, Lysander) 02:54
    Track
    11
    Title
    Scene 7: Melodram (Demetrius, Hermia, Helena, Zettel, Lysander)
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Philipp Wimmer, Katharina Friedl, Florian Fisch, Julia Lowack, Sebastian Goller, Josef Weber
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  31. 12 Scene 7: Melodram (Zettel) 02:28
    Track
    12
    Title
    Scene 7: Melodram (Zettel)
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Sebastian Goller, Josef Weber
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  32. 13 Scene 8: Dialog (Rupel: Squenz, Schlucker, Flaut, Schnock) 01:11
    Track
    13
    Title
    Scene 8: Dialog (Rupel: Squenz, Schlucker, Flaut, Schnock)
    Duration
    01:11
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Wolf von der Burg, Till Klewitz, Hans Otto Lampert, Winfried Hubner, Josef Weber
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  33. 14 Scene 8: Marsch 01:17
    Track
    14
    Title
    Scene 8: Marsch
    Duration
    01:17
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Josef Weber
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  34. 15 Scene 9: Im Palaste des Theseus: Vorspiel 02:29
    Track
    15
    Title
    Scene 9: Im Palaste des Theseus: Vorspiel
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Josef Weber
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  35. 16 Scene 9: Im Palaste des Theseus: Dialog (Hippolyta, Theseus, Lysander, Philostrat) 01:34
    Track
    16
    Title
    Scene 9: Im Palaste des Theseus: Dialog (Hippolyta, Theseus, Lysander, Philostrat)
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Martin Dudeck, Theresa Bendel, Florian Fisch, Wolfgang Bauschmid, Josef Weber
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  36. 17 Scene 9: Im Palaste des Theseus: Rupel-Marsch 01:32
    Track
    17
    Title
    Scene 9: Im Palaste des Theseus: Rupel-Marsch
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Josef Weber
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  37. 18 Scene 9: Im Palaste des Theseus: Dialog (Squenz, Theseus, Demetrius, Wand, Pyramus, Thisbe) 07:54
    Track
    18
    Title
    Scene 9: Im Palaste des Theseus: Dialog (Squenz, Theseus, Demetrius, Wand, Pyramus, Thisbe)
    Duration
    07:54
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Wolf von der Burg, Martin Dudeck, Philipp Wimmer, Josef Weber
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  38. 19 Scene 9: Im Palaste des Theseus: Lied (Pyramus, Rupelchor, Thisbe) 02:48
    Track
    19
    Title
    Scene 9: Im Palaste des Theseus: Lied (Pyramus, Rupelchor, Thisbe)
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Josef Weber
    Ensemble
    Andechser Festival Chorus, Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  39. 20 Scene 9: Im Palaste des Theseus: Ein Tanz von Rupeln 01:02
    Track
    20
    Title
    Scene 9: Im Palaste des Theseus: Ein Tanz von Rupeln
    Duration
    01:02
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Josef Weber
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  40. 21 Scene 9: Im Palaste des Theseus: Mitternacht (spater Melodram: Theseus, Puck) 04:11
    Track
    21
    Title
    Scene 9: Im Palaste des Theseus: Mitternacht (spater Melodram: Theseus, Puck)
    Duration
    04:11
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Martin Dudeck, Christian Arndt Sanchez
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren
  41. 22 Scene 9: Im Palaste des Theseus: Finale (Titania, Oberon, Elfen) 04:55
    Track
    22
    Title
    Scene 9: Im Palaste des Theseus: Finale (Titania, Oberon, Elfen)
    Duration
    04:55
    Composer
    Carl Orff
    Performer
    Barbara Boehler, Andreas Haun, Claudia Bachmann, Gaby Kerler, Magdalena Wede, Carin Meiler-Hemsing, Josef Weber
    Ensemble
    Andechs Orff Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christian von Gehren