Christian Thielemann - Pfitzner · Strauss / Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
On this CD:
1. Palestrina, opera in 3 acts Plelude to Act I:Ruhig (Andante)
Composed by Hans Pfitzner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Conducted by Christian Thielemann
2. Palestrina, opera in 3 acts Prelude to Act II:Mit Wucht und Wildhelt
Composed by Hans Pfitzner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Conducted by Christian Thielemann
3. Palestrina, opera in 3 acts Prelude to Act III:Langsam, sehr getragen
Composed by Hans Pfitzner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Conducted by Christian Thielemann
4. Das Herz, opera, Op. 39 Love Theme:Sehr ruhig, lieblich (Motto tranquillo, dolce)
Composed by Hans Pfitzner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Conducted by Christian Thielemann
5. Das Käthchen von Heilbronn, incidental music, Op 17 Overture:Kräftig, frisch und schnell
Composed by Hans Pfitzner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Conducted by Christian Thielemann
6. Guntram, opera, Op. 25 Prelude to Act I: Mässig langsam
Composed by Richard Strauss
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Conducted by Christian Thielemann
7. Capriccio, opera, Op. 85 Prelude (String Sextet):Andante con moto
Composed by Richard Strauss
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Conducted by Christian Thielemann
8. Feuersnot, opera, Op. 50 Love Scene:Langsam-Sehr ruhig-Bewegt-Sehrleidenschaftlich bewegt-mässig
Composed by Richard Strauss
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Conducted by Christian Thielemann
Editorial Reviews
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Near the end of his life, the great German conductor Eugen Jochum saw off a visitor to his Munich home with the rather unexpected admonition, "Don't forget Pfitzner and Reger!" Well, Reger has had it pretty good on recordings since then, while Pfitzner has been ignored, if not forgotten, until recently. Enter Christian Thielemann, a conductor who has clearly mastered the grand manner and who possesses an undeniable affinity with the music. Leading the orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, whose music director he became in 1997, he makes a welcome contribution to the Pfitzner discography in this, his debut recording for DG. Thielemann's accounts of the preludes to Acts I, II, and III of Palestrina, and of orchestral excerpts from other operas by Pfitzner and Strauss, are full of conviction and refreshingly old-fashioned in their lyric intensity and sweep. Especially lovely: the playing Thielemann elicits in Strauss's unabashedly Parsifalian prelude to Guntram, a work that failed at its premiere, but of which the composer was so fond he quoted some of its music in Ein Heldenleben. --Ted Libbey
Christian Thielemann - Pfitzner · Strauss / Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Music, Hans Pfitzner, Richard Strauss, Christian Thielemann, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, 20th/21st Century Incidental Music for Orchestra, Chamber, Classical, Classical Artists, Classical Music, German/Austrian 20th/21st Century Opera, German/Austrian Romantic Opera, Opera, Opera / Operetta / Oratorio, Orchestral, Sextet for Six String Instruments
Christian Thielemann - Pfitzner · Strauss / Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
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