Zemlinsky: A Florentine Tragedy / Hahn, Munich Radio Orchestra

$15.99
Label
BR Klassik
Release Date
April 19, 2024
Format
Added to Cart! View cart or continue shopping.


    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Alexander Zemlinsky
    • PERFORMER
      Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Christopher Maltman, Rachael Wilson, Benjamin Bruns
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 19, 2024
    • UPC
      4035719003475
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRK900347
    • LABEL
      BR Klassik
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Overture

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Patrick Hahn

    2. So langsam, Weib? (Simone, Bianca)

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Christopher Maltman, Rachael Wilson

      Conductor: Patrick Hahn

    3. Ich heisse Guido Bardi (Guido, Simone)

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Benjamin Bruns, Christopher Maltman

      Conductor: Patrick Hahn

    4. Wo ist mein Bündel? (Simone)

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Christopher Maltman

      Conductor: Patrick Hahn

    5. Wackrer Simone, genug, ich bitte Euch (Guido, Simone)

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Benjamin Bruns, Christopher Maltman

      Conductor: Patrick Hahn

    6. Bianca, sag, stünde nicht dies kostbar edle Kleid dem Prinzen Guido gut? (Simone, Bianca, Guido)

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Christopher Maltman, Rachael Wilson, Benjamin Bruns

      Conductor: Patrick Hahn

    7. Wie, wenn ich die weisse Bianca forderte? (Guido, Simone, Bianca)

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Benjamin Bruns, Christopher Maltman, Rachael Wilson

      Conductor: Patrick Hahn

    8. Spinn ein Kleid, getaucht in Purpur (Simone, Bianca)

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Christopher Maltman, Rachael Wilson

      Conductor: Patrick Hahn

    9. Was gibt es Neues, mein Prinz? (Simone, Guido, Bianca)

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Christopher Maltman, Benjamin Bruns, Rachael Wilson

      Conductor: Patrick Hahn

    10. Wie er gleich einem schalen Krämer spricht! (Bianca, Guido, Simone)

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Rachael Wilson, Benjamin Bruns, Christopher Maltman

      Conductor: Patrick Hahn

    11. Genug! (Simone, Guido)

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Christopher Maltman, Benjamin Bruns

      Conductor: Patrick Hahn

    12. In einem Kerker schmachtet meine Seele (Simone, Guido)

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Christopher Maltman, Benjamin Bruns

      Conductor: Patrick Hahn

    13. Was meint der Fleck hier auf dem Tuch? (Simone, Guido)

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Christopher Maltman, Benjamin Bruns

      Conductor: Patrick Hahn

    14. Holdsel'ge Bianca, der schale Krämer langweilt mich (Guido, Bianca)

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Benjamin Bruns, Rachael Wilson

      Conductor: Patrick Hahn

    15. Simone, jetzt muss ich nach Hause gehen! (Guido, Simone)

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Benjamin Bruns, Christopher Maltman

      Conductor: Patrick Hahn

    16. Ei, welch ein Schwert! (Simone, Guido)

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Christopher Maltman, Benjamin Bruns

      Conductor: Patrick Hahn

    17. Bianca, hol mein Schwert! (Simone, Bianca, Guido)

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Christopher Maltman, Rachael Wilson, Benjamin Bruns

      Conductor: Patrick Hahn

    18. Und jetzt zu dir! (Simone, Bianca)

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Christopher Maltman, Rachael Wilson

      Conductor: Patrick Hahn

    19. Eine florentinische Tragödie, Op. 16: Overture (concert version)

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Patrick Hahn


Guido Bardi, the son of the Duke of Florence, kneels before Bianca, the wife of the rich merchant Simone, and holds her hands. Simone, who has returned early from a business trip, then enters the room. The very beginning of Alexander Zemlinsky's one-act opera "A Florentine Tragedy", based on Oscar Wilde's play of the same name in the German translation by Max Meyerfeld, presents the conflict from which the tragedy arises. This stage work by the Austrian composer, who was forgotten for many decades, had its world premiere on January 30, 1917, in Stuttgart and was not performed again until 1977. This CD from BR-KLASSIK documents the Munich premiere on November 27, 2022, with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester conducted by Patrick Hahn, recorded live at the city’s Prinzregententheater.

With the "Florentine Tragedy", albeit rather belatedly, Zemlinsky followed the fashion for Renaissance and one-act works at the turn of the century. Richard Strauss had made his mark in that genre with "Salome" and "Elektra" – and the literary basis for the former had also been provided by Oscar Wilde. In the very first notes, seemingly aware of this similarity with Strauss’s work, Zemlinsky goes on the offensive with an "upbeat fanfare" – as the prelude to an orchestral introduction that can easily be interpreted as a musical representation of the main romantic relationship. At the transition to the actual stage action, however, Zemlinsky switches to a somber minor-key atmosphere. When Simone appears, the music already makes it clear that the plot cannot end otherwise than tragically. For whom, we do not yet know…

In the Munich premiere of Zemlinsky's "A Florentine Tragedy", Rachael Wilson (mezzo-soprano) sang the part of Bianca, Benjamin Bruns (tenor) was Prince Guido Bardi, and Christopher Maltman (baritone) portrayed the merchant Simone. The Münchner Rundfunkorchester performed under the young conductor Patrick Hahn. Last year, the 27-year-old Austrian – who since 2021 in Wuppertal has been the youngest Generalmusikdirektor in the German-speaking world – was engaged as the Münchner Rundfunkorchester’s Principal Guest Conductor.