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Wagner, Strauss / Pieczonka, Schirmer, Munich Rso


Release Date: 05/30/2006 
Label:  Orfeo   Catalog #: 665061   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Richard WagnerRichard Strauss
Performer:  Adrianne Pieczonka
Conductor:  Ulf Schirmer
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 5 Mins. 

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Notes and Editorial Reviews

Recapturing the style of legendary lyric and jugend-lich-dramatisch sopranos of the past, Adrianne Pieczonka effortlessly forges a link between the 'two great Richards' of the operatic world with her exemplary legato, lieder-like clarity of diction and radiant top notes. Recapturing the style of legendary lyric and jugend-lich-dramatisch sopranos of the past, Adrianne Pieczonka effortlessly forges a link between the 'two great Richards' of the operatic world with her exemplary legato, lieder-like clarity of diction and radiant top notes. Read less

Works on This Recording

1. Tannhäuser: Dich, teure Halle by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Adrianne Pieczonka (Soprano)
Conductor:  Ulf Schirmer
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1845/1861; Germany 
Length: 3 Minutes 25 Secs. 
Language: German 
2. Tannhäuser: Allmächt'ge Jungfrau "Elisabeth's Prayer" by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Adrianne Pieczonka (Soprano)
Conductor:  Ulf Schirmer
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1845/1861; Germany 
Length: 4 Minutes 56 Secs. 
Language: German 
3. Die Walküre: Der Männer Sippe sass hier im Saal by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Adrianne Pieczonka (Soprano)
Conductor:  Ulf Schirmer
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1856; Germany 
Length: 4 Minutes 31 Secs. 
Language: German 
4. Lohengrin: Einsam in trüben Tagen "Elsa's dream" by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Adrianne Pieczonka (Soprano)
Conductor:  Ulf Schirmer
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1847; Germany 
Length: 5 Minutes 42 Secs. 
Language: German 
5. Lohengrin: Euch Lüften, die mein Klagen by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Adrianne Pieczonka (Soprano)
Conductor:  Ulf Schirmer
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1847; Germany 
Length: 3 Minutes 22 Secs. 
Language: German 
6. Wesendonck Lieder by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Adrianne Pieczonka (Soprano)
Conductor:  Ulf Schirmer
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1857-1858; Germany 
Length: 17 Minutes 29 Secs. 
Language: German 
7. Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60: Es gibt ein Reich by Richard Strauss
Performer:  Adrianne Pieczonka (Soprano)
Conductor:  Ulf Schirmer
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1911/1916; Germany 
Length: 5 Minutes 37 Secs. 
Language: German 
8. Arabella, Op. 79: Das war sehr gut, Mandryka by Richard Strauss
Performer:  Adrianne Pieczonka (Soprano)
Conductor:  Ulf Schirmer
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1929-1932; Germany 
Length: 5 Minutes 51 Secs. 
Language: German 
9. Capriccio, Op. 85: Kein Andres, das mir so im Herzen loht by Richard Strauss
Performer:  Adrianne Pieczonka (Soprano)
Conductor:  Ulf Schirmer
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1940-1941; Germany 
Length: 14 Minutes 25 Secs. 
Language: German 

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