Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur - Mendelssohn: Die erste Walpurgisnacht (2015)
BAND/ARTIST: Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur
- Title: Mendelssohn: Die erste Walpurgisnacht
- Year Of Release: 2015
- Label: Brilliant Classics
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless
- Total Time: 01:10:54
- Total Size: 315 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Op. 60, Ouvertüre: I. Das schlechte Wetter (Allegro con fuoco)
02. Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Op. 60, Ouvertüre: II. Der Übergang zum Frühling (Allegro vivace non troppo)
03. Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Op. 60: I. Es lacht der Mai (Allegro vivace non troppo) - a Druid
04. Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Op. 60: II. Könnt ihr so verwegen handeln (Allegretto non troppo)
05. Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Op. 60: III. Wer Opfer heut' zu bringen scheut (Andandte maestoso)
06. Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Op. 60: IV. Verteilt euch, wack're Männer, hier (Allegro leggiero)
07. Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Op. 60: V. Diese dumpfen Pfaffenchristen (Recitative)
08. Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Op. 60: VI. Kommt mit Zacken und mit Gabeln (Allegro molto)
09. Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Op. 60: VII. So weit gebracht, daß wir bei Nacht (L'istesso tempo. Andante maestoso)
10. Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Op. 60: VIII. Hilf, ach hilf mir, Kriegsgeselle (Allegro non troppo)
11. Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Op. 60: IX. Die Flamme reinigt sich vom Rauch (Andante maestoso)
12. Infelice in B-Flat Major, Op. 94
13. Trumpet Overture in C Major, Op. 101
14. Das Märchen von der schönen Melusine, Op. 32
15. Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt, Op. 27
Kurt Masur is one of the greatest living Mendelssohn interpreters, and this collection of lesser-known works from his famed tenure at the head of Mendelssohn’s own orchestra in Leipzig is an essential companion to the Brilliant Classics set of the composer’s complete symphonies conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch (BC93777). There is the late and little-known Trumpet Overture, and two overtures that are more like The Hebrides in their painterly sensitivity to landscape.
Edda Moser is on thrilling form as the soloist in the concert aria Infelice, which takes its form and character from Beethoven’s Ah perfido as a taut scena for a wronged heroine. The main work is the secular cantata Die erste Walpurgisnacht, which rides on the early-Romantic wave of popularity for Gothic horror and drama, setting a text by Goethe which tells of a May-Day conflict between Christians and Druids, with the Christians portrayed as the forces of oppression: the 22-year-old Mendelssohn was still culturally Jewish at this stage, rather than the Christian Establishment figure that he later became.
As Gramophone’s reviewer remarked in 1995, "the performance itself positively seethes with life…Masur’s attentive ear guarantees a notable degree of clarity and precision. Furthermore, his excellent soloists and superb Leipzig Radio Chorus exhibit great stamina, and not a single hint of strain… Infelice is again played with great gusto, with Edda Moser bemoaning her fictional fate with unnerving conviction."
01. Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Op. 60, Ouvertüre: I. Das schlechte Wetter (Allegro con fuoco)
02. Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Op. 60, Ouvertüre: II. Der Übergang zum Frühling (Allegro vivace non troppo)
03. Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Op. 60: I. Es lacht der Mai (Allegro vivace non troppo) - a Druid
04. Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Op. 60: II. Könnt ihr so verwegen handeln (Allegretto non troppo)
05. Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Op. 60: III. Wer Opfer heut' zu bringen scheut (Andandte maestoso)
06. Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Op. 60: IV. Verteilt euch, wack're Männer, hier (Allegro leggiero)
07. Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Op. 60: V. Diese dumpfen Pfaffenchristen (Recitative)
08. Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Op. 60: VI. Kommt mit Zacken und mit Gabeln (Allegro molto)
09. Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Op. 60: VII. So weit gebracht, daß wir bei Nacht (L'istesso tempo. Andante maestoso)
10. Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Op. 60: VIII. Hilf, ach hilf mir, Kriegsgeselle (Allegro non troppo)
11. Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Op. 60: IX. Die Flamme reinigt sich vom Rauch (Andante maestoso)
12. Infelice in B-Flat Major, Op. 94
13. Trumpet Overture in C Major, Op. 101
14. Das Märchen von der schönen Melusine, Op. 32
15. Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt, Op. 27
Kurt Masur is one of the greatest living Mendelssohn interpreters, and this collection of lesser-known works from his famed tenure at the head of Mendelssohn’s own orchestra in Leipzig is an essential companion to the Brilliant Classics set of the composer’s complete symphonies conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch (BC93777). There is the late and little-known Trumpet Overture, and two overtures that are more like The Hebrides in their painterly sensitivity to landscape.
Edda Moser is on thrilling form as the soloist in the concert aria Infelice, which takes its form and character from Beethoven’s Ah perfido as a taut scena for a wronged heroine. The main work is the secular cantata Die erste Walpurgisnacht, which rides on the early-Romantic wave of popularity for Gothic horror and drama, setting a text by Goethe which tells of a May-Day conflict between Christians and Druids, with the Christians portrayed as the forces of oppression: the 22-year-old Mendelssohn was still culturally Jewish at this stage, rather than the Christian Establishment figure that he later became.
As Gramophone’s reviewer remarked in 1995, "the performance itself positively seethes with life…Masur’s attentive ear guarantees a notable degree of clarity and precision. Furthermore, his excellent soloists and superb Leipzig Radio Chorus exhibit great stamina, and not a single hint of strain… Infelice is again played with great gusto, with Edda Moser bemoaning her fictional fate with unnerving conviction."
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