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Hindemith: Cardillac / Soltész, Munich Radio Orchestra
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Hindemith: Cardillac / Soltész, Munich Radio Orchestra

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Details

Composer
Paul Hindemith
Artist
Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Philharmonischer Chor Prag, Juliane Banse, Michaela Selinger, Jan-Hendri
Format
CD
Label
BR Klassik
Released
Jul 07, 2023
Catalog #
BRK900345
UPC
4035719003451

About

BR-KLASSIK presents the live recording of a concert performance of Hindemith's opera "Cardillac" from the Prinzregententheater in Munich on October 13, 2013, in memory of the great conductor Stefan Soltész. Soltész died unexpectedly on July 22, 2022 - exactly one year ago - after collapsing while conducting Richard Strauss' "Die schweigsame Frau" at the Munich National Theatre. The Hungarian-born Austrian conductor was General Music Director of the Essen Philharmonic and Artistic Director of the Essen Aalto Music Theatre from 1997 to 2013. Both institutions were decisively shaped by him and received several awards during his era. He was a welcome guest conductor with the orchestras in Munich. In addition to the standard works from Mozart to Strauss, an important focus of his opera repertoire was Classical modernism.

Paul Hindemith's three-act opera "Cardillac", composed in 1925/26, was the composer's long-awaited first full-length stage work, and was based on E. T. A. Hoffmann's novella "Das Fräulein von Scuderi". Hindemith’s librettist Ferdinand Lion created a large-scale opera that focused primarily on the goldsmith Cardillac and on the madness that leads him to murder. Any logically structured plot was replaced by individual, self-contained scenes, resembling isolated snapshots. The premiere took place on November 9, 1926 at the Dresden State Opera under the baton of Fritz Busch, who thus spectacularly continued his series of important world premieres. Although the opera's radical style was perceived as highly unusual, it was nevertheless well received. After 1933, the work disappeared from German-language repertoires, but it promptly returned in 1946. Hindemith undertook a fundamental revision, and it was premiered in Zurich in 1952 - combined with a performance ban on the first version. As early as 1960, however, the release of the 1926 version was achieved – and it went on to supplant its revised version almost completely. This recording also features the original, first version of the opera.

Tracklist 19 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Act I: Prelude 02:05
    Track
    1
    Title
    Act I: Prelude
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Stefan Soltész
  3. 2 Act I: Mörder! Mörder! Verborgen! Wo? (Chorus) 03:55
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act I: Mörder! Mörder! Verborgen! Wo? (Chorus)
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Ensemble
    Philharmonischer Chor Prag, Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Stefan Soltész
  4. 3 Act I: Über euch allen, die Ordnung erschaffend (Provost Marshal, Chorus) 03:57
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act I: Über euch allen, die Ordnung erschaffend (Provost Marshal, Chorus)
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Kay Stiefermann
    Ensemble
    Philharmonischer Chor Prag, Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Stefan Soltész
  5. 4 Act I: Wer ging vorbei, verehrt fast wie ein Gott? (The Lady, The Courtier) 04:33
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act I: Wer ging vorbei, verehrt fast wie ein Gott? (The Lady, The Courtier)
    Duration
    04:33
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Michaela Selinger, Oliver Ringelhahn
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Stefan Soltész
  6. 5 Act I: Wagschalen dieser Welt! (The Courtier) 02:46
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act I: Wagschalen dieser Welt! (The Courtier)
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Oliver Ringelhahn
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Stefan Soltész
  7. 6 Act I: Die Zeit vergeht, Rose zerfiel (The Lady) 04:29
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act I: Die Zeit vergeht, Rose zerfiel (The Lady)
    Duration
    04:29
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Michaela Selinger
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Stefan Soltész
  8. 7 Act I: Pantomime 04:43
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act I: Pantomime
    Duration
    04:43
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Stefan Soltész
  9. 8 Act II: Mag Sonne leuchten! (Cardillac, The Gold Merchant) 06:06
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act II: Mag Sonne leuchten! (Cardillac, The Gold Merchant)
    Duration
    06:06
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Markus Eiche, Jan-Hendrik Rootering
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Stefan Soltész
  10. 9 Act II: Mein Geliebter kommt (Cardillac's Daughter) 03:46
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act II: Mein Geliebter kommt (Cardillac's Daughter)
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Juliane Banse
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Stefan Soltész
  11. 10 Act II: Der Wagen wartet (The Officer, Cardillac's Daughter) 03:10
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act II: Der Wagen wartet (The Officer, Cardillac's Daughter)
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Torsten Kerl, Juliane Banse
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Stefan Soltész
  12. 11 Act II: Dies ist das Rechte! (Cardillac, Cardillac's Daughter) 06:05
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act II: Dies ist das Rechte! (Cardillac, Cardillac's Daughter)
    Duration
    06:05
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Markus Eiche, Juliane Banse
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Stefan Soltész
  13. 12 Act II: Was ich erschuf ist würdig eines Königs (The Officer) 04:22
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act II: Was ich erschuf ist würdig eines Königs (The Officer)
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Torsten Kerl
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Stefan Soltész
  14. 13 Act II: Ich begehre das Schönste, was Ihr schuft (The Officer, Cardillac) 06:54
    Track
    13
    Title
    Act II: Ich begehre das Schönste, was Ihr schuft (The Officer, Cardillac)
    Duration
    06:54
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Torsten Kerl, Markus Eiche
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Stefan Soltész
  15. 14 Act II: Mag Mondlicht leuchten! (Cardillac) 03:56
    Track
    14
    Title
    Act II: Mag Mondlicht leuchten! (Cardillac)
    Duration
    03:56
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Markus Eiche
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Stefan Soltész
  16. Disc 2
  17. 1 Act III: Stimme des Alten drang mir ins Blut (The Officer, Cardillac, The Gold Merchant) 04:06
    Track
    1
    Title
    Act III: Stimme des Alten drang mir ins Blut (The Officer, Cardillac, The Gold Merchant)
    Duration
    04:06
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Torsten Kerl, Markus Eiche, Jan-Hendrik Rootering
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Stefan Soltész
  18. 2 Act III: Trinker, kommt zum Rausch des Bluts! (The Gold Merchant, The Officer, Cardillac, Cardillac's Daughter) 05:39
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act III: Trinker, kommt zum Rausch des Bluts! (The Gold Merchant, The Officer, Cardillac, Cardillac's Daughter)
    Duration
    05:39
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Jan-Hendrik Rootering, Torsten Kerl, Markus Eiche, Juliane Banse
    Ensemble
    Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Stefan Soltész
  19. 3 Act III: Meine Lippen auf die Wunde (Cardillac's Daughter, The Officer, Chorus, Cardillac) 05:07
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act III: Meine Lippen auf die Wunde (Cardillac's Daughter, The Officer, Chorus, Cardillac)
    Duration
    05:07
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Juliane Banse, Torsten Kerl, Markus Eiche
    Ensemble
    Philharmonischer Chor Prag, Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Stefan Soltész
  20. 4 Act III: Vermöchte jener Winz'ge das Gewaltige zu fassen? (Cardillac, Chorus, The Officer) 07:18
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act III: Vermöchte jener Winz'ge das Gewaltige zu fassen? (Cardillac, Chorus, The Officer)
    Duration
    07:18
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Markus Eiche, Torsten Kerl
    Ensemble
    Philharmonischer Chor Prag, Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Stefan Soltész
  21. 5 Act III: Gegen mich hatte er diesen Abend den Dolch erhoben (The Officer, Cardillac's Daughter, Chorus) 07:41
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act III: Gegen mich hatte er diesen Abend den Dolch erhoben (The Officer, Cardillac's Daughter, Chorus)
    Duration
    07:41
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Torsten Kerl, Juliane Banse
    Ensemble
    Philharmonischer Chor Prag, Münchner Rundfunkorchester
    Conductor
    Stefan Soltész