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April 1935. Dresden's vast Semper Opera, where several of Wagner's works were first performed, is now a hive of activity. Microphones are being put out, the seats covered up, sound screens are being erected, and metres of cables rolled out. While Nazism is rapidly establishing itself across the country, the preparations are being made for the recording of a light and popular classical music album, led by the young conductor Karl Böhm, who has succeeded Fritz Busch, who left Germany two years earlier in protest against the election of Hitler as Chancellor.
Though Karl Böhm never cheered on the arrival of this new Germany, he believed strongly in it, and accommodated to the regime during the war, which would inspire feelings of "remorse" when the hostilities were over.
This album was recorded in a single take: corrections and manipulation were not possible at a time when magnetic tapes didn't exist. The result was some very vivacious performances of famous "popular classics" such as Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss fils, and overtures by Mozart, Beethoven and Weber which in those days were on the programme of every symphony concert. The second part is lighter, with works like the overture from Hansel and Gretel by Humperdinck, symphonic extracts from verist Italian and that veritable masterpiece of composition and orchestration which is the overture from Donna Diana by Řezníček who was enjoying great popularity in all the Sunday matinée concerts of Europe. This joie de vivre would be done away with by the war which broke out one dark day in 1939. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Die Fledermaus (Johann Strauss II)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Johann Strauss II, Composer - Karl Böhm, Conductor
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Indigo und die vierzig Rauber (Johann Strauss II)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Johann Strauss II, Composer - Karl Böhm, Conductor
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, K. 384 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Karl Böhm, Conductor
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Karl Böhm, Conductor
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Karl Böhm, Conductor
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Egmont, Op. 84 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Karl Böhm, Conductor
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Der Freischütz, Op. 77, J. 277 (Carl Maria von Weber)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Carl Maria Von Weber, Composer - Karl Böhm, Conductor
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Oberon, J. 306 (Carl Maria von Weber)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Carl Maria Von Weber, Composer - Karl Böhm, Conductor
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Undine (Albert Lortzing)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Albert Lortzing, Composer - Karl Böhm, Conductor
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Zar und Zimmermann, LoWV 38 (Albert Lortzing)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Albert Lortzing, Composer - Karl Böhm, Conductor
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
The Bartered Bride, JB 1:100, T. 93 (Bedrich Smetana)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Bedrich Smetana, Composer - Karl Böhm, Conductor
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
DISC 2
Hänsel und Gretel (Engelbert Humperdinck)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer - Karl Böhm, Conductor
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Pagliacci (Ruggero Leoncavallo)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ruggero Leoncavallo, Composer - Karl Böhm, Conductor
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Cavalleria Rusticana (Pietro Mascagni)
Pietro Mascagni, Composer - Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Karl Böhm, Conductor
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Pietro Mascagni, Composer - Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestra - Karl Böhm, Conductor - Christel Goltz, Artist, MainArtist - Chor der Staatsoperette Dresden, Choir
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Aïda (Giuseppe Verdi)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Karl Böhm, Conductor
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Donna Diana (Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, Composer - Karl Böhm, Conductor
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24, H. 111 (Hector Berlioz)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Hector Berlioz, Composer - Karl Böhm, Conductor
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Karl Böhm, Conductor
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
3 Marches militaires, Op. 51, D. 733 (Anonyme)
Franz Schubert, Composer - Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Anonymous, Composer - Karl Böhm, Conductor
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Italian Capriccio, Op. 45, TH 47 (Pyotr Illitch Tchaïkovski)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Karl Böhm, Conductor
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437 (Johann Strauss II)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Johann Strauss II, Composer - Karl Böhm, Conductor
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Rondino giocoso, Op. 4 (Theodor Berger)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Theodor Berger, Composer - Karl Böhm, Conductor
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 (version for orchestra) (Johannes Brahms)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Karl Böhm, Conductor
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Karl Böhm, Conductor
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
Album review
April 1935. Dresden's vast Semper Opera, where several of Wagner's works were first performed, is now a hive of activity. Microphones are being put out, the seats covered up, sound screens are being erected, and metres of cables rolled out. While Nazism is rapidly establishing itself across the country, the preparations are being made for the recording of a light and popular classical music album, led by the young conductor Karl Böhm, who has succeeded Fritz Busch, who left Germany two years earlier in protest against the election of Hitler as Chancellor.
Though Karl Böhm never cheered on the arrival of this new Germany, he believed strongly in it, and accommodated to the regime during the war, which would inspire feelings of "remorse" when the hostilities were over.
This album was recorded in a single take: corrections and manipulation were not possible at a time when magnetic tapes didn't exist. The result was some very vivacious performances of famous "popular classics" such as Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss fils, and overtures by Mozart, Beethoven and Weber which in those days were on the programme of every symphony concert. The second part is lighter, with works like the overture from Hansel and Gretel by Humperdinck, symphonic extracts from verist Italian and that veritable masterpiece of composition and orchestration which is the overture from Donna Diana by Řezníček who was enjoying great popularity in all the Sunday matinée concerts of Europe. This joie de vivre would be done away with by the war which broke out one dark day in 1939. © François Hudry/Qobuz
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 25 track(s)
- Total length: 02:31:57
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Staatskapelle Dresden Christel Goltz Karl Böhm Chor der Staatsoperette Dresden
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Profil
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2018 Profil (P) 2018 Profil
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