Richard Strauss: Die Frau Ohne Schatten / Böhm, Rysanek

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Label
Orfeo
Release Date
September 21, 2005
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      STRAUSS, RICHARD
    • PERFORMER
      Hopf, Rysanek, Hongen, Bohme, Terkal, Hellwig, Weber, Goltz, Proglhof, Czerwenka, Dickie, Chor Der W
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. Act I: Licht uberm see (Amme, Geisterbote)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Elisabeth Höngen, Kurt Böhme

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    2. Act I: Amme! Wachst du? (Kaiser, Amme)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Hans Hopf, Elisabeth Höngen

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    3. Act I: Ist mein Liebster dahin? (Kaiserin, Falke, Amme)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Leonie Rysanek, Judith Hellwig, Elisabeth Höngen

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    4. Act I: Amme, um alles, wo find' ich den Schatten? (Kaiserin, Amme)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Leonie Rysanek, Elisabeth Höngen

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    5. Act I: Verwandlung - Dieb! Da, nimm! (Einaugiger, Einarmiger, Buckliger, Frau, Barak)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Harald Pröglhöf, Oscar Czerwenka, Murray Dickie, Christel Goltz, Ludwig Weber

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    6. Act I: Sie aus dem Hause, und das fur immer (Frau, Barak)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Christel Goltz, Ludwig Weber

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    7. Act I: Dritthalb Jahr bin ich dein Weib (Farberin, Frau)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Christel Goltz, Ludwig Weber

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    8. Act I: Was wollt ihr hier? (Farberin, Amme, Kaiserin, Dienerinnen, Jungling)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Christel Goltz, Elisabeth Höngen, Leonie Rysanek, Emmy Loose, Anny Felbermayer, Hilde Rössel-Majdan, Karl Terkal

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    9. Act I: Meine Seele ist satt geworden der Mutterschaft (Farberin, Amme, Kinderstimmen)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Christel Goltz, Elisabeth Höngen, Alfred Poell, Eberhard Wächter, Ljubomir Pantscheff

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    10. Act I: Trag' ich die ware selber zu markt (Barak, Farberin, Wachter)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Ludwig Weber, Christel Goltz, Alfred Poell, Eberhard Wächter, Ljubomir Pantscheff

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    11. Act II: Komm bald wieder nach Haus, mein Gebieter (Amme, Farberin, Kaiserin, Chorus)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Elisabeth Höngen, Christel Goltz, Leonie Rysanek

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    12. Act II: Was ist nun die Rede, du Prinzessin (Barak, Einaugiger, Einarmiger, Buckliger, Bettelkinder, Farberin)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Ludwig Weber, Harald Pröglhöf, Oscar Czerwenka, Murray Dickie, Liselotte Maikl, Ruthilde Boesch, Berta Seidl, Edith Priessner, Gertraud Bastezky, Christel Goltz

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    13. Act II: Verwandlung

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    14. Act II: Falke, Falke, du wiedergefundener (Kaiser)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Hans Hopf

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    15. Act II: Es gibt deren, die haben immer Zeit (Farberin, Barak, Amme, Jungling)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Christel Goltz, Ludwig Weber, Elisabeth Höngen, Karl Terkal

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    16. Act II: Ein handwerk verstehst du sicher nicht (Farberin, Barak, Kaiserin)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Ludwig Weber, Christel Goltz, Leonie Rysanek

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    17. Act II: Sieh - Amme - sieh (Kaiserin, Chorus, Falke)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Leonie Rysanek, Judith Hellwig

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    18. Act II: Es dunkelt, Dass ich nicht sehe zur Arbeit (Barak, Einaugiger, Einarmiger, Buckliger, Amme, Farberin, Kaiserin)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Ludwig Weber, Harald Pröglhöf, Oscar Czerwenka, Murray Dickie, Elisabeth Höngen, Christel Goltz, Leonie Rysanek

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    19. Act II: Das Weib ist irre (Barak, Einaugiger, Einarmiger, Buckliger, Amme, Kaiserin, Farberin)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Ludwig Weber, Harald Pröglhöf, Oscar Czerwenka, Murray Dickie, Elisabeth Höngen, Leonie Rysanek, Christel Goltz

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    20. Act III: Schweigt doch, ihr Stimmen! (Farberin)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Christel Goltz

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    21. Act III: Mir anvertraut, dass ich sie hege (Barak, Farberin)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Ludwig Weber, Christel Goltz, Hilde Rössel-Majdan

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    22. Ach III: Verwandlung - Sie kommen! (Geisterbote, Chorus)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Emmy Loose, Anny Felbermayer, Hilde Rössel-Majdan, Kurt Böhme

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    23. Act III: Fort von hier! (Amme, Kaiserin)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Elisabeth Höngen, Leonie Rysanek

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    24. Act III: Was Menschen bedurfen? (Amme, Barak, Farberin, Echo, Bote)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Elisabeth Höngen, Ludwig Weber, Christel Goltz, Kurt Böhme

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    25. Act III: Verwandlung - Vater bist du's? (Kaiserin, Farberin, Barak, Chorus)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Leonie Rysanek, Alfred Poell, Eberhard Wächter, Ljubomir Pantscheff, Christel Goltz, Ludwig Weber

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    26. Act III: Wenn das Herz aus Kristall … (Kaiser, Kaiserin, Chorus)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Hans Hopf, Liselotte Maikl, Ruthilde Boesch, Berta Seidl, Edith Priessner, Gertraud Bastezky, Leonie Rysanek

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    27. Act III: Trifft mich sein Lieben nicht (Farberin, Barak, Chorus)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Christel Goltz, Ludwig Weber, Liselotte Maikl, Ruthilde Boesch, Berta Seidl, Edith Priessner, Gertraud Bastezky

      Conductor: Karl Böhm

    28. Act III: Nun will ich jubeln (Barak, Kaiser, Farberin, Chorus)

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Ludwig Weber, Hans Hopf, Leonie Rysanek, Christel Goltz, Liselotte Maikl, Ruthilde Boesch, Berta Seidl, Edith Priessner, Gertraud Bastezky

      Conductor: Karl Böhm


This recording, live from the Vienna State Opera in 1955, was taped just weeks before virtually the same cast (there's only one major difference) entered the studio and recorded it for Decca. The performances are remarkably similar: Karl Böhm, a master of this complex, beautiful score, presents it almost complete (there are, I believe, very small cuts here and there) and has assembled a superb, enthralled, and enthralling cast. The one major change from the studio recording is that whereas Paul Schöffler was the Barak for Decca, here we get Ludwig Weber, whose voice may be somewhat less beautiful than Schöffler's, but is easily as expressive, endearing, and impressive.

Leonie Rysanek is the familiar Empress, seemingly hypnotized and enchanted, her voice settling down after some initial pitch problems mid-range to offer a glorious reading, with gleaming, cutting top notes and true sentiment throughout. She makes us feel for the character and her plight. Her Emperor is the beefy tenor Hans Hopf, who is less crude than usual and has the notes and stamina for the role, particularly in the seemingly endless final scene, which, when presented as complete as is it here, can be quite a challenge.

As the Dyer's Wife, Christel Goltz is not quite in the same class with the others; her singing is secure and good enough but she lacks any subtlety and can't compare with, say, Christa Ludwig in the role. Elisabeth Höngen's Nurse is nasty and biting, and she gets through the role without shouting. Kurt Böhme's Messenger is potent and the rest of the cast--Vienna stalwarts from the '50s--is top notch.

Böhm captures just the correct otherworldliness of the music, and the Vienna Philharmonic, tam tam, gongs and all, plays with great feeling and love. The sound is pure, clear monaural (the studio recording is early stereo but is essentially no better), with even the harps audible; Strauss' exotica is underlined but not so prominent that we can't hear the gorgeously tonal score. The vibrancy of the live experience is thrilling. If you own the Decca, you won't need this, really, but you must own one or the other.

--Robert Levine, ClassicsToday.com