Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Elisabeth Kulman & Violeta Urmana — Mendelssohn, Wagner, Schumann

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Обложка альбома «Mendelssohn, Wagner, Schumann» — Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Elisabeth Kulman & Violeta Urmana

The conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt carved his reputation in Baroque repertoire, but later broadened his activities into the Classical and Romantic eras. These previously unreleased recordings, made at the Styriarte festival in 1999, chronicle his first foray into the works of Richard Wagner. Harnoncourt’s patiently unfolded account of the Prelude to Wagner’s <i>Tristan und Isolde</i> benefits significantly from the sensitively balanced playing of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Using the ensemble’s modest size as an advantage, Harnoncourt reveals fascinating instrumental detail often occluded in larger-scale performances. The Lithuanian soprano Violeta Urmana is refulgent in Isolde's tragic “Liebestod”, where Harnoncourt builds an appropriately passionate peroration. A highly-charged “Bacchanale” from <i>Tannhäuser</i> shows another side of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, punchy and powerful in Wagner’s depiction of unrestrained erotic energy. Ardently committed performances of Mendelssohn’s overture <i>Die schöne Melusine</i> and Schumann’s <i>Requiem für Mignon</i> complete this invaluable addition to the Harnoncourt discography.

Артист

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Elisabeth Kulman & Violeta Urmana

Треки

  1. Die schöne Melusine Overture, Op. 32 11:43
  2. Commentary on Wagner's Tannhäuser by Nikolaus Harnoncourt 0:45
  3. Tannhäuser, WWV 70: Overture - Bacchanale (Venusberg) 19:20
  4. Commentary on Wagner's Tristan und Isolde by Nikolaus Harnoncourt 1:53
  5. Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90, Act I: Prelude 11:24
  6. Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90, Act III: Mild und leise "Isoldes Liebestod" 6:42
  7. Requiem für Mignon, Op. 98b 11:23
  8. Commentary on Mendelssohn's Melusine Concert Overture by Nikolaus Harnoncourt and complete performance 18:42