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Eine florentinische Tragödie by Zemlinsky, composed in 1917 after an unfinished work by Oscar Wilde, is not a work that gets played very often; all the same, with only three singers and running to less than an hour, it would be a perfect companion to many other works of a similar running time - Pagliacci etc. - for a double-billing. It's a shame, as it is a wonderful little orchestral and vocal gem, while the devilish subject matter would be a treat for inventive producers. Judge for yourself: We are in Renaissance Florence. Cloth merchant Simone returns home early from a business trip, to find his wife Bianca cheating on him with Prince Guido. Simone acts as if he hasn't seen anything, and believes that Guido had only come over to buy some cloth. He shows him a few samples, and asks him to choose whatever he wants from his shop. The Prince replies that all he wants is... Bianca. Simone is furious; the men begin by exchanging words, but the Prince so exasperates the merchant that he decides that the matter can only be settled with swords. During the fight, Bianca urges the Prince to kill her hated husband; the Prince seems to have the upper hand, but in the end it is Simone who wins, killing Guido. Miraculously, he wins back his wife's respect, who falls once again, loving and full of admiration, into her lawful wedded husband's arms. Zemlinsky's style borrows from Strauss and Wagner, but the composer also has an idiom which is very much his own, working at the outer limits of tonality, with beautiful orchestration. This new recording will add to the work's sadly rather meagre discography. © SM/Qobuz
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Eine florentinische Tragodie, Op. 16 (Alexander von Zemlinsky)
Bertrand de Billy, Conductor - Alexander Zemlinsky, Composer - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2018 CapriccioNR (P) 2018 CapriccioNR
Bertrand de Billy, Conductor - Alexander Zemlinsky, Composer - Wolfgang Koch, Artist, MainArtist - Heidi Brunner, Artist - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 CapriccioNR (P) 2018 CapriccioNR
Charles Reid, Artist, MainArtist - Bertrand de Billy, Conductor - Alexander Zemlinsky, Composer - Wolfgang Koch, Artist - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 CapriccioNR (P) 2018 CapriccioNR
Bertrand de Billy, Conductor - Alexander Zemlinsky, Composer - Wolfgang Koch, Artist, MainArtist - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 CapriccioNR (P) 2018 CapriccioNR
Charles Reid, Artist, MainArtist - Bertrand de Billy, Conductor - Alexander Zemlinsky, Composer - Wolfgang Koch, Artist - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 CapriccioNR (P) 2018 CapriccioNR
Charles Reid, Artist - Bertrand de Billy, Conductor - Alexander Zemlinsky, Composer - Wolfgang Koch, Artist, MainArtist - Heidi Brunner, Artist - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 CapriccioNR (P) 2018 CapriccioNR
Charles Reid, Artist, MainArtist - Bertrand de Billy, Conductor - Alexander Zemlinsky, Composer - Wolfgang Koch, Artist - Heidi Brunner, Artist - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 CapriccioNR (P) 2018 CapriccioNR
Charles Reid, Artist - Bertrand de Billy, Conductor - Alexander Zemlinsky, Composer - Wolfgang Koch, Artist, MainArtist - Heidi Brunner, Artist - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 CapriccioNR (P) 2018 CapriccioNR
Charles Reid, Artist - Bertrand de Billy, Conductor - Alexander Zemlinsky, Composer - Wolfgang Koch, Artist - Heidi Brunner, Artist, MainArtist - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 CapriccioNR (P) 2018 CapriccioNR
Charles Reid, Artist - Bertrand de Billy, Conductor - Alexander Zemlinsky, Composer - Wolfgang Koch, Artist, MainArtist - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 CapriccioNR (P) 2018 CapriccioNR
Charles Reid, Artist - Bertrand de Billy, Conductor - Alexander Zemlinsky, Composer - Wolfgang Koch, Artist, MainArtist - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 CapriccioNR (P) 2018 CapriccioNR
Charles Reid, Artist, MainArtist - Bertrand de Billy, Conductor - Alexander Zemlinsky, Composer - Heidi Brunner, Artist - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 CapriccioNR (P) 2018 CapriccioNR
Charles Reid, Artist, MainArtist - Bertrand de Billy, Conductor - Alexander Zemlinsky, Composer - Wolfgang Koch, Artist - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 CapriccioNR (P) 2018 CapriccioNR
Charles Reid, Artist - Bertrand de Billy, Conductor - Alexander Zemlinsky, Composer - Wolfgang Koch, Artist, MainArtist - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 CapriccioNR (P) 2018 CapriccioNR
Bertrand de Billy, Conductor - Alexander Zemlinsky, Composer - Wolfgang Koch, Artist, MainArtist - Heidi Brunner, Artist - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 CapriccioNR (P) 2018 CapriccioNR
Charles Reid, Artist, MainArtist - Bertrand de Billy, Conductor - Alexander Zemlinsky, Composer - Wolfgang Koch, Artist - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 CapriccioNR (P) 2018 CapriccioNR
Bertrand de Billy, Conductor - Alexander Zemlinsky, Composer - Wolfgang Koch, Artist, MainArtist - Heidi Brunner, Artist - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
(C) 2018 CapriccioNR (P) 2018 CapriccioNR
Album review
Eine florentinische Tragödie by Zemlinsky, composed in 1917 after an unfinished work by Oscar Wilde, is not a work that gets played very often; all the same, with only three singers and running to less than an hour, it would be a perfect companion to many other works of a similar running time - Pagliacci etc. - for a double-billing. It's a shame, as it is a wonderful little orchestral and vocal gem, while the devilish subject matter would be a treat for inventive producers. Judge for yourself: We are in Renaissance Florence. Cloth merchant Simone returns home early from a business trip, to find his wife Bianca cheating on him with Prince Guido. Simone acts as if he hasn't seen anything, and believes that Guido had only come over to buy some cloth. He shows him a few samples, and asks him to choose whatever he wants from his shop. The Prince replies that all he wants is... Bianca. Simone is furious; the men begin by exchanging words, but the Prince so exasperates the merchant that he decides that the matter can only be settled with swords. During the fight, Bianca urges the Prince to kill her hated husband; the Prince seems to have the upper hand, but in the end it is Simone who wins, killing Guido. Miraculously, he wins back his wife's respect, who falls once again, loving and full of admiration, into her lawful wedded husband's arms. Zemlinsky's style borrows from Strauss and Wagner, but the composer also has an idiom which is very much his own, working at the outer limits of tonality, with beautiful orchestration. This new recording will add to the work's sadly rather meagre discography. © SM/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:18
- Main artists: ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Wolfgang Koch Charles Reid Bertrand de Billy Heidi Brunner
- Composer: Alexander von Zemlinsky
- Label: CapriccioNR
- Area: Autriche
- Genre: Classical Opera
- Period: Modern Style
(C) 2018 CapriccioNR (P) 2018 CapriccioNR
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