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Track Listings
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| 1. Act One: 'Der Konig, Wo?' - Conc Chor Of New York/Gary Wedow/William Lewis | |||
| 2. Act One: Interlude - Der Goldregen - American SO/Leon Botstein | |||
| 3. Act One: 'O Gold! O Susses Gold!' - Lauren Flanigan/Lisa Saffer | |||
| 4. Act One: Interlude - 'Was Bringen Die Fursten?' - Conc Chor Of New York/Gary Wedow/William Lewis/Tamara Mesic/Jane Jennings/Mary Phillips... | |||
| 5. Act One: 'Leuchtet Mein Traum?' - Lauren Flanigan/Hugh Smith/Conc Chor Of New York/Gary Wedow | |||
| 6. Act One: 'Auf Goldnen Fluten Kommst Du Gezogen' - Conc Chor Of New York/Gary Wedow/Tamara Mesic/Jane Jennings/Mary Phillips/Elisabeth Canis... | |||
| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Act Two: 'Kranze Winden Wir Fremder Hochzeit!' - Tamara Mesic/Jane Jennings/Mary Phillips/Elisabeth Canis/Peter Coleman Wright | |||
| 2. Act Two: 'Der Helm Druckt Mich' - Peter Coleman Wright/Hugh Smith | |||
| 3. Act Two: Interlude - 'Hochzeitszug!' - Tamara Mesic/Jane Jennings/Mary Phillips/Elisabeth Canis | |||
| 4. Act Two: Niemand Rief Mich' - Lauren Flanigan/Hugh Smith | |||
| 5. Act Two: 'Was Tat Ich?' - Hugh Smith/Peter Coleman Wright | |||
| 6. Act Two: 'Midas-Geliebter-Bleibe Mir Hold!' - Lauren Flanigan | |||
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| Disc: 3 | |||
| 1. Act Three: Prld - American SO/Leon Botstein | |||
| 2. Act Three: 'Geliebter! Freund!' - Lauren Flanigan/Hugh Smith | |||
| 3. Act Three: 'In Syriens Glut' - Hugh Smith | |||
| 4. Act Three: 'Als Mit Des Kleides Glanz Du Gekommen' - Lauren Flanigan/Hugh Smith | |||
| 5. Act Three: 'Du Schon Hier?' - Michael Hendrick/Peter Coleman Wright/Tamara Mesic/Jane Jennings/Mary Phillips/Elisabeth Canis | |||
| 6. Act Three: 'Halt! Halt! Da Ist Er!' - William Lewis/Rodne Brown/James Archie Worley/William Berges/Richard Crist/Conc Chor Of New York... | |||
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(Die) Liebe der Danae
Composed by Richard Strauss
Performed by New York Concert Chorale, American Symphony Orchestra
with Lauren Flanigan, Peter Coleman-Wright, Michael Hendrick, William Lewis, Lisa Saffer, Hugh Smith, Rodne Brown, James Archie Worley, William Berges, Richard Crist, Tamara Mesic, Mary Phillips, Jane Jennings, Elisabeth Canis
Conducted by Leon Botstein
Product Description
BBC Music Magazine
In his last and most cheerful opera on a mythological theme, Richard Strauss took up an idea by the long-dead Hofmannsthal, fusing Jupiter's many terrestrial love affairs with the legend of Midas's golden touch to tread lightly on the Ring's territory of love versus power. Taking on excess Wagnerian cargo in its central act, Strauss's Classical vessel then steers confidently to a final curtain matching Rosenkavalier for poignancy as Jupiter-Strauss takes his leave of earthly love. It is a work that many of us have loved almost to distraction since Charles Mackerras's BBC Radio 3 studio recording confirmed what Clemens Krauss first unveiled to the world at Salzburg in 1952 (happily recorded, and now a valuable historic document on CD). With the major companies still hanging fire, there have been two recent releases from unexpected sources - first Garsington, privately issuing a memento of David Fielding's bittersweet production, and now Telarc, capturing live a far more recording-friendly New York concert performance. The taxing leads rest on suitably broad shoulders here. Lauren Flanigan's vibrant Danae, with her gleaming middle register, shows little signs of customary wild pitching and emerges as a Straussian soprano of human dimensions - a good match for the imperious Jupiter of Peter Coleman-Wright, fresh from a commanding if less note-perfect Garsington debut in the role. There is a serviceable heroic-tenor Midas, a rather lacklustre quartet of Jupiter's former amours - no match for Garsington's ballroom-dancing queens - and orchestral playing to which even superb Telarc engineering can't lend godlike sheen, but which moves along flexibly under the disciplined guidance of Leon Botstein. Standing up boldly for the opera's lively humanity, this likeable newcomer has bags of personality.
In his last and most cheerful opera on a mythological theme, Richard Strauss took up an idea by the long-dead Hofmannsthal, fusing Jupiter's many terrestrial love affairs with the legend of Midas's golden touch to tread lightly on the Ring's territory of love versus power. Taking on excess Wagnerian cargo in its central act, Strauss's Classical vessel then steers confidently to a final curtain matching Rosenkavalier for poignancy as Jupiter-Strauss takes his leave of earthly love. It is a work that many of us have loved almost to distraction since Charles Mackerras's BBC Radio 3 studio recording confirmed what Clemens Krauss first unveiled to the world at Salzburg in 1952 (happily recorded, and now a valuable historic document on CD). With the major companies still hanging fire, there have been two recent releases from unexpected sources - first Garsington, privately issuing a memento of David Fielding's bittersweet production, and now Telarc, capturing live a far more recording-friendly New York concert performance. The taxing leads rest on suitably broad shoulders here. Lauren Flanigan's vibrant Danae, with her gleaming middle register, shows little signs of customary wild pitching and emerges as a Straussian soprano of human dimensions - a good match for the imperious Jupiter of Peter Coleman-Wright, fresh from a commanding if less note-perfect Garsington debut in the role. There is a serviceable heroic-tenor Midas, a rather lacklustre quartet of Jupiter's former amours - no match for Garsington's ballroom-dancing queens - and orchestral playing to which even superb Telarc engineering can't lend godlike sheen, but which moves along flexibly under the disciplined guidance of Leon Botstein. Standing up boldly for the opera's lively humanity, this likeable newcomer has bags of personality.
Performance ****
Sound *****
© BBC Music Magazine 2001
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