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Strauss: Four Last Songs, Arias / Anne Schwanewilms
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Details
- Composer
- STRAUSS
- Artist
- Schwanewilms, Gürzenich Orchester Köln, Stenz
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Orfeo
- Released
- Nov 13, 2012
- Catalog #
- ORF-C858121
- UPC
- 4011790858128
About
"Anne Schwanewilms is one of the leading Strauss sopranos of our times. Here she offers some plums from the composer’s huge output for the soprano voice.
The trio from the last act of Der Rosenkavalier is one of the most sumptuous passages in all Strauss. It’s very well sung here - and, not for the first time on the disc, the Gürzenich-Orchester is inspired by Markus Stenz to some gorgeous playing. My only complaint is that the extract is tantalisingly short. Given the short playing time of the disc could not the remainder of the closing scene have been included, even if Miss Schwanewilms would not have been involved?
There’s ample compensation, however, in the form of the closing scene from Capriccio. There’s some wonderful singing here, especially during the rapturous music to which Strauss sets Olivier’s sonnet when the Countess reads it. Miss Schwanewilms is particularly passionate in tone at ‘Du wirst geliebt und kannst dich nicht’. Then, as the scene draws to a close she’s rapt at ‘Du Spiegelbild der verliebten Madeleine’, spinning a delectable vocal line. From this point until the end of the track the orchestral playing is notably distinguished.
She’s also excellent as Arabella. At the start of the solo her singing is touching and with a hint of vulnerability to it. Later, from ‘Dann aber, wie ich Sie gespürt’, she becomes more impassioned, as the music and the sentiments of the text demand."
-- John Quinn, MusicWeb International
The trio from the last act of Der Rosenkavalier is one of the most sumptuous passages in all Strauss. It’s very well sung here - and, not for the first time on the disc, the Gürzenich-Orchester is inspired by Markus Stenz to some gorgeous playing. My only complaint is that the extract is tantalisingly short. Given the short playing time of the disc could not the remainder of the closing scene have been included, even if Miss Schwanewilms would not have been involved?
There’s ample compensation, however, in the form of the closing scene from Capriccio. There’s some wonderful singing here, especially during the rapturous music to which Strauss sets Olivier’s sonnet when the Countess reads it. Miss Schwanewilms is particularly passionate in tone at ‘Du wirst geliebt und kannst dich nicht’. Then, as the scene draws to a close she’s rapt at ‘Du Spiegelbild der verliebten Madeleine’, spinning a delectable vocal line. From this point until the end of the track the orchestral playing is notably distinguished.
She’s also excellent as Arabella. At the start of the solo her singing is touching and with a hint of vulnerability to it. Later, from ‘Dann aber, wie ich Sie gespürt’, she becomes more impassioned, as the music and the sentiments of the text demand."
-- John Quinn, MusicWeb International
Tracklist 7 tracks
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1 No. 1. Frühling (Spring) 03:27
- Track
- 1
- Title
- No. 1. Frühling (Spring)
- Duration
- 03:27
- Composer
- Richard Strauss
- Performer
- Anne Schwanewilms
- Ensemble
- Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
- Conductor
- Markus Stenz
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2 No. 2. September 05:16
- Track
- 2
- Title
- No. 2. September
- Duration
- 05:16
- Composer
- Richard Strauss
- Performer
- Anne Schwanewilms
- Ensemble
- Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
- Conductor
- Markus Stenz
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3 No. 3. Beim Schlafengehen (At Bedtime) 05:37
- Track
- 3
- Title
- No. 3. Beim Schlafengehen (At Bedtime)
- Duration
- 05:37
- Composer
- Richard Strauss
- Performer
- Anne Schwanewilms
- Ensemble
- Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
- Conductor
- Markus Stenz
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4 No. 4. Im Abendrot (In the Evening Glow) 08:23
- Track
- 4
- Title
- No. 4. Im Abendrot (In the Evening Glow)
- Duration
- 08:23
- Composer
- Richard Strauss
- Performer
- Anne Schwanewilms
- Ensemble
- Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
- Conductor
- Markus Stenz
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5 Arabella, Act III: Das war sehr gut, Mandryka 07:48
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Arabella, Act III: Das war sehr gut, Mandryka
- Duration
- 07:48
- Composer
- Richard Strauss
- Performer
- Anne Schwanewilms
- Ensemble
- Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
- Conductor
- Markus Stenz
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6 Capriccio: Morgen mittag um elf! 16:54
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Capriccio: Morgen mittag um elf!
- Duration
- 16:54
- Composer
- Richard Strauss
- Performer
- Anne Schwanewilms
- Ensemble
- Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
- Conductor
- Markus Stenz
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7 Der Rosenkavalier, Act III: Marie Theres'! … Hab' mir's gelobt 04:42
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Der Rosenkavalier, Act III: Marie Theres'! … Hab' mir's gelobt
- Duration
- 04:42
- Composer
- Richard Strauss
- Performer
- Anne Schwanewilms, Jutta Böhnert, Regina Richter
- Ensemble
- Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
- Conductor
- Markus Stenz