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Schubert: The Magic Harp
Gramola Records

Schubert: The Magic Harp

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Details

Composer
Schubert, Franz
Artist
Lessky, Junge Philharmonie Wien
Format
CD
Label
Gramola Records
Released
Apr 08, 2022
Catalog #
GRAM99263
UPC
9003643992634

About

Franz Schubert’s opera “The Magic Harp” was premiered in 1820 at Theater an der Wien, Vienna, but was withdrawn after only eight performances due to in part devastating response from audience and critics (“nonsense and tedious”, “wretched trash”). The apparently poor libretto and detailed records of the staging were lost, only the music survived, with the overture later serving as the overture to “Rosamunde” and becoming extremely popular. The musicologist and Schubert specialist Brian Newbould transformed the existing melodramas into an orchestral suite, which was premiered in 2019 by the Junge Philharmonie Wien under conductor Michael Lessky. The present world premiere recording of this Magic Harp Suite shows that the music of the then 23-year-old Schubert is already quite progressive and forward-looking, and full of gripping drama in support of the action of the libretto, which could be reconstructed in excerpts.

Tracklist 10 tracks

  1. 1 I. Overture 06:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Overture
    Duration
    06:00
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Junge Philharmonie Wien
    Conductor
    Michael Lessky
  2. 2 II. The Palindrome 01:15
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. The Palindrome
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Junge Philharmonie Wien
    Conductor
    Michael Lessky
  3. 3 III. Melodrama: The spark has flared up 07:03
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Melodrama: The spark has flared up
    Duration
    07:03
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Junge Philharmonie Wien
    Conductor
    Michael Lessky
  4. 4 IV. Overture to Act 3 05:10
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Overture to Act 3
    Duration
    05:10
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Junge Philharmonie Wien
    Conductor
    Michael Lessky
  5. 5 V. Melodrama: Behind the Scenes 02:04
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Melodrama: Behind the Scenes
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Junge Philharmonie Wien
    Conductor
    Michael Lessky
  6. 6 VI. Melodrama: Fury, tremble! 05:31
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Melodrama: Fury, tremble!
    Duration
    05:31
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Junge Philharmonie Wien
    Conductor
    Michael Lessky
  7. 7 VII. Melodrama: There they leave in the clear moonlight 02:54
    Track
    7
    Title
    VII. Melodrama: There they leave in the clear moonlight
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Junge Philharmonie Wien
    Conductor
    Michael Lessky
  8. 8 VIII. Appendix: Chorus of Spirits 03:32
    Track
    8
    Title
    VIII. Appendix: Chorus of Spirits
    Duration
    03:32
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Junge Philharmonie Wien
    Conductor
    Michael Lessky
  9. 9 IX. Melodrama: Ha! What happened to me? 05:44
    Track
    9
    Title
    IX. Melodrama: Ha! What happened to me?
    Duration
    05:44
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Junge Philharmonie Wien
    Conductor
    Michael Lessky
  10. 10 X. Finale 04:13
    Track
    10
    Title
    X. Finale
    Duration
    04:13
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Ensemble
    Junge Philharmonie Wien
    Conductor
    Michael Lessky