jueves, 12 de agosto de 2010
Gottfried von Einem- Dantons Tod - Ferenc Fricsay
Gottfried von Einem (1918-1996): Dantons Tod - Ferenc Fricsay - Wiener Philharmoniker
Opera | Early 20th Century | 2CD | EACRip | APE+CUE+LOG | Covers | RS.com | 340MB
Label: Cantus| Year of release: 2004 | AAD
Dantons Tod
Opera in 2 Parts
Libretto: von Einem & Boris Blacher after Georg Büchner
Danton: Paul Schöffler
Desmoulins: Julius Patzak
Lucille: Maria Cebotari
Robespierre: Josef Witt
Saint Just: Ludwig Weber
Wiener Philharmoniker
Ferenc Fricsay
Rec. Live 1947
Warning: Historical Rec. Low quality sound
Amazon Review:
It has taken me a long time to get around to von Einem's splashy, intensely theatrical Dantons Tod, even though I was aware of its high reputation in Germany. Like Pfitzner's Palestrina, the work hangs on in Germain opera houses but is totally ignored in Britain and America. This is the premiere performance from 1947 in servicable radio sound, mono of course, but with plenty of intrusive stage noises. Since the pitch isn't distorted, the sound didn't bother me, but newcomers to historical sound be warned. As for the performance itself, Fricsay leads with white-hot intensity, and it's only a pity that the big crowd scenes during the Reign of Terror, so essential to the opera's dramatic impact, sound distant and murky.
As for von Einem's musical idiom, it's moernist conservative, like Orff, "Zemlinky, and Pfitzner. The music reels and punches, with a great deal of well calculated melodrama, and since the basis was Georg Buchner's searing stage play (Buchner was the author of Woyzeck, made into Berg's opera, Wozzeck), von Einem wisely makes much of the singing declamatory, leading up to the riveting trial where Danton confronts his tormentor, the evil despot Robespierre. Any listener who has a taste for Wozzeck will find von Einem equally brutal and psychological but musically much closer to film music.
This particular staging from Salzburg launched Fricsay as a major conductor, and given the equally committed soloists, Daontons Tod couldn't have had a more auspicious launch. Every voice--Schoffler, Patzak, Cebotari, and Webber--is beyond criticism.
Santa Fe listener
Tracklist:
CD1
1. Einem: Dantons Tod: Prelude
2. Einem: Dantons Tod: Sie die hubsche Dame
3. Einem: Dantons Tod: Camille, welch trube Augen!
4. Einem: Dantons Tod: [Orchestral interlude]
5. Einem: Dantons Tod: Du Kuppelpelz! Du runzlige Sublimatpille!
6. Einem: Dantons Tod: Was gibt's da, Burger?
7. Einem: Dantons Tod: Robespierre, Du bist emporend rechtschaffen
8. Einem: Dantons Tod: He, er da im Finstern?
9. Einem: Dantons Tod: [Orchestral interlude]
10. Einem: Dantons Tod: Ich sage Euch, wenn sie nicht alles
11. Einem: Dantons Tod: Ach, Camille!
12. Einem: Dantons Tod: Das ist eine bose Zeit
CD2
1. Einem: Dantons Tod: Danton! Danton!
2. Einem: Dantons Tod: Camille, morgen sind
3. Einem: Dantons Tod: Camille, Camille! Hore Camille!
4. Einem: Dantons Tod: [Orchestral interlude]
5. Einem: Dantons Tod: Ihr Name, Burger!
6. Einem: Dantons Tod: Ich weiss nicht mehr
7. Einem: Dantons Tod: Die Verhandlung wird fortgesetzt
8. Einem: Dantons Tod: [Orchestral interlude]
9. Einem: Dantons Tod: Zerissen ist der dunkle Wahn
10. Einem: Dantons Tod: Wenn ich nach Hause geh'
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