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Weber: Euryanthe / Sutherland, Vroons, Stiedry, BBC Symphony
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Weber: Euryanthe / Sutherland, Vroons, Stiedry, BBC Symphony

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Composer
WEBER, CARL MARIA VON
Artist
Sutherland, Bohme, Vroons, Kraus, Schech, Strauss-Smith, Hatt, B
Format
CD
Label
Prima Voce
Released
Jul 05, 2019
Catalog #
NI7969
UPC
0710357796920

About

Despite the (mainly traditional) cuts, this 1955 BBC broadcast is treasurable. Not only does it feature Joan Sutherland’s touchingly pure and limpid Euryanthe – a role she only sang this once – but it also extends the small discography of Frans Vroons, in a lyric-heroic role which could have been written for him. Marianne Schech and Otakar Kraus are matchless villains, Kurt Bohme a comfortable King. Yet perhaps the performance’s prime virtue is the candescent conducting of Fritz Stiedry. His visionary readings of the familiar Overture and the desolate Prelude to Act 3 are heightened by unusually good broadcast sound, captured by the late Richard Itter on state-of-the-art equipment. This thrilling Euryanthe fully vindicates Weber’s – and Chezy’s –achievement.

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REVIEW:

Despite big cuts (including around 20 minutes’ worth of Act 3), this is a well-prepared performance of considerable merits. Not the least of these is the proof that Joan Sutherland could indeed have made a serious career in the dramatic German Fach: she sounds an outstandingly fluent and natural exponent of the titlerole. Conductor Fritz Stiedry’s preserved Wagner performances are often a little spotty but here he seems in well-ordered control of everything. All the other major roles are on committed top form.

– Gramophone

Tracklist 25 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Overture 08:44
    Track
    1
    Title
    Overture
    Duration
    08:44
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Fritz Stiedry
  3. 2 Act I Scene 1: Dem Frieden Heil nach Sturmestagen! (Women, Knights) 03:52
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Dem Frieden Heil nach Sturmestagen! (Women, Knights)
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Fritz Stiedry
  4. 3 Act I Scene 1: Unter bluh'nden Mandelbaumen (Adolar) 03:20
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Unter bluh'nden Mandelbaumen (Adolar)
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Frans Vroons
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Fritz Stiedry
  5. 4 Act I Scene 1: Heil Euryanth', der Lieblichsten der Schönen! (Chorus) 03:59
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Heil Euryanth', der Lieblichsten der Schönen! (Chorus)
    Duration
    03:59
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Fritz Stiedry
  6. 5 Act I Scene 1: Wohlan! Du kennst mein herrlich Eigenthum (Lysiart, Adolar, King, Chorus) 04:42
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Wohlan! Du kennst mein herrlich Eigenthum (Lysiart, Adolar, King, Chorus)
    Duration
    04:42
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Otakar Kraus, Frans Vroons, Kurt Böhme
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Fritz Stiedry
  7. 6 Act I Scene 2: Cavatina: Glocklein im Thale! Rieseln im Bach (Euryanthe) 04:52
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Cavatina: Glocklein im Thale! Rieseln im Bach (Euryanthe)
    Duration
    04:52
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Joan Sutherland
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Fritz Stiedry
  8. 7 Act I Scene 2: Recitative: So einsam bangend find' ich Dich? (Eglantine, Euryanthe) 03:14
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Recitative: So einsam bangend find' ich Dich? (Eglantine, Euryanthe)
    Duration
    03:14
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Marianne Schech, Joan Sutherland
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Fritz Stiedry
  9. 8 Act I Scene 2: Aria: O mein Leid ist unermessen (Eglantine) 01:54
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Aria: O mein Leid ist unermessen (Eglantine)
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Marianne Schech
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Fritz Stiedry
  10. 9 Act I Scene 2: Recitative: Freundin! Geliebte! an meine Brust (Euryanthe, Eglantine) 04:10
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Recitative: Freundin! Geliebte! an meine Brust (Euryanthe, Eglantine)
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Joan Sutherland, Marianne Schech
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Fritz Stiedry
  11. 10 Act I Scene 2: Duet: Unter ist mein Stern gegangen (Euryanthe, Eglantine) 03:31
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Duet: Unter ist mein Stern gegangen (Euryanthe, Eglantine)
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Joan Sutherland, Marianne Schech
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Fritz Stiedry
  12. 11 Act I Scene 2: Aria: Bethorte! Die an meine Liebe glaubt (Eglantine) 05:01
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Aria: Bethorte! Die an meine Liebe glaubt (Eglantine)
    Duration
    05:01
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Marianne Schech
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Fritz Stiedry
  13. 12 Act I Scene 2: Finale: Jubeltone, Heldensohne (Peasants, Knights) 06:43
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Finale: Jubeltone, Heldensohne (Peasants, Knights)
    Duration
    06:43
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Fritz Stiedry
  14. 13 Act II Scene 1: Aria: Wo berg' ich mich? Wo fand' ich Fassung wieder? (Lysiart) 12:19
    Track
    13
    Title
    Act II Scene 1: Aria: Wo berg' ich mich? Wo fand' ich Fassung wieder? (Lysiart)
    Duration
    12:19
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Otakar Kraus
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Fritz Stiedry
  15. 14 Act II Scene 1: Duet: Komm denn unser Leid zu rachen! (Eglantine, Lysiart) 04:24
    Track
    14
    Title
    Act II Scene 1: Duet: Komm denn unser Leid zu rachen! (Eglantine, Lysiart)
    Duration
    04:24
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Marianne Schech, Otakar Kraus
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Fritz Stiedry
  16. Disc 2
  17. 1 Act II Scene 2: Aria: Wehen mir Lufte Ruh (Adolar) 06:07
    Track
    1
    Title
    Act II Scene 2: Aria: Wehen mir Lufte Ruh (Adolar)
    Duration
    06:07
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Frans Vroons
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Fritz Stiedry
  18. 2 Act II Scene 2: Duet: Hin nimm die Seele mein (Euryanthe, Adolar) 02:59
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act II Scene 2: Duet: Hin nimm die Seele mein (Euryanthe, Adolar)
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Joan Sutherland, Frans Vroons
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Fritz Stiedry
  19. 3 Act II Scene 2: Finale: Leuchtend fullt die Konigshallen (Princes, Knights) 18:29
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act II Scene 2: Finale: Leuchtend fullt die Konigshallen (Princes, Knights)
    Duration
    18:29
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Fritz Stiedry
  20. 4 Act III Scene 1: Recitative and Duet: Hier weilest du? Hier darf ich ruhn? (Euryanthe, Adolar) 08:17
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: Recitative and Duet: Hier weilest du? Hier darf ich ruhn? (Euryanthe, Adolar)
    Duration
    08:17
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Joan Sutherland, Frans Vroons
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Fritz Stiedry
  21. 5 Act III Scene 1: Cavatina: So bin ich nun verlassen (Euryanthe) 06:49
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: Cavatina: So bin ich nun verlassen (Euryanthe)
    Duration
    06:49
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Joan Sutherland
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Fritz Stiedry
  22. 6 Act III Scene 1: Lasst mich hier in Ruh erblassen (Euryanthe, King, Chorus) 02:56
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: Lasst mich hier in Ruh erblassen (Euryanthe, King, Chorus)
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Joan Sutherland, Kurt Böhme
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Fritz Stiedry
  23. 7 Act III Scene 1: Zu ihm, zu ihm! O weilet nicht! (Euryanthe, Chorus) 02:17
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: Zu ihm, zu ihm! O weilet nicht! (Euryanthe, Chorus)
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Joan Sutherland
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Fritz Stiedry
  24. 8 Act III Scene 2: Der Mai bringt frische Rosen dar (Bertha, Rudolph, Peasants) 04:13
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act III Scene 2: Der Mai bringt frische Rosen dar (Bertha, Rudolph, Peasants)
    Duration
    04:13
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Beryl Hatt, Lloyd Strauss-Smith
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Fritz Stiedry
  25. 9 Act III Scene 2: Wedding March 04:31
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act III Scene 2: Wedding March
    Duration
    04:31
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Fritz Stiedry
  26. 10 Act III Scene 2: Trotze nicht, Vermessener! (Peasants, Lysiart's Armed Soldiers, Adolar, Lysiart) 01:45
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act III Scene 2: Trotze nicht, Vermessener! (Peasants, Lysiart's Armed Soldiers, Adolar, Lysiart)
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Frans Vroons, Otakar Kraus
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Fritz Stiedry
  27. 11 Act III Scene 2: Finale: Lasst ruhn das Schwert, der hochste Richter naht (King, Adolar, Eglantine, Chorus, Lysiart, Chorus of Hunters) 09:13
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act III Scene 2: Finale: Lasst ruhn das Schwert, der hochste Richter naht (King, Adolar, Eglantine, Chorus, Lysiart, Chorus of Hunters)
    Duration
    09:13
    Composer
    Carl Maria von Weber
    Performer
    Kurt Böhme, Frans Vroons, Marianne Schech, Otakar Kraus
    Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Fritz Stiedry