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Bernd Weikl, Claude Dormoy, Otto Nicolai
Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Wieber von Windsor
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
1. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: Ouvert?re
2. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: Act 1. Dialog. Unsere Geschichte
3. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: Act 1. No. 1. Nein, das ist wirklich doch zu keck
4. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: Act 1. Dialog. Die Frauen ?berlegten
5. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: Act 1. No. 2. So geht indes hinein
6. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: Act 1. Dialog. Die Damen Fluth und Reich
7. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: Act 1. No. 3. Nun eilt herbei, Witz, heitre Laune
8. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: Act 1. Dialog. Es juckt mir in den Fingern
9. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: Act 1. No. 4. So hab ich Dich errungen
10. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: Act 2. Dialog. Da hatten die Frauen
11. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: Act 2. No. 5. Als B?blein klein
12. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: Act 2. Dialog. Am n?chsten Morgen
13. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: Act 2. No. 6. Gott gr?? Euch, Sir
Track Listings (19) - Disc #2
1. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: Act 2. Dialog. Im Garten des Herrn Reich
2. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: Act 2. No. 7a. Dies ist die Stunde
3. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: Act 2. No. 7b. Horch, die Lerche singt im Hain
4. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: Act 2. No. 7c. Fenton! Mein M?dchen
5. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: Act 2. No. 7d. Best?rmen denn die l?st'gen Freier
6. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: Act 2. Dialog. Zur gleichen Stunde
7. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: Act 2. No. 8. So, juetzt h?tt' ich ihn gefangen
8. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: Act 2. No. 9. Wer klopft? Macht auf, Herr Fluth
9. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: Act 3. Dialog. Falstaff lief zur?ck
10. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: Act 3. No. 10. Vom J?ger Herne die M?r ist alt
11. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: Act 3. Dialog. Frau Reich w?nschte sich
12. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: Act 3. No. 11. Wohl denn, gefa?t ist der Entschlu?
13. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: Act 3. Dialog. Kurz vor Mitternacht
14. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: Act 3. No. 12. O s??er Mond
15. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: Act 3. No. 13. Die Glocke schlug schon Mitternacht
16. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: Act 3. No. 15. M?cken, Wespen, Fliegenchor
17. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: Act 3. No. 16. Er gesteht noch immer nicht
18. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: Act 3. Dialog. Nun, Herr Ritter
19. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: Act 3. No. 17. So hat denn der Schwank

CD Details

All Artists: Bernd Weikl, Claude Dormoy, Otto Nicolai, Bernhard Klee, Hanna Schwarz, Berlin State Opera Chorus, Berliner Staatskapelle, Staatskapelle Berlin, Edith Mathis, Helen Donath, Karl-Ernst Mercker, Kurt Ludwig, Peter Schreier
Title: Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Wieber von Windsor
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Berlin Classics
Release Date: 3/22/1994
Genre: Classical
Style: Opera & Classical Vocal
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 782124211523

CD Reviews

An opera where Germany meets Italy

N. Freidin | Huntington, WV | 06/16/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Otto Nicolai's, 'Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor', based on a libretto by Hermann Mosenthal (1845), an adaptation of Shakespeare's, 'The Merry Wives of Windsor', is indeed a merry piece. Many may be familiar with the opera only by the overture, a concert favourite. But the opera itself is loaded with melodic arias, sparkling duets and ensembles, and just really fun music, expertly crafted.

Of course, Sir John Falstaff, that rotund, jovial, womanizing knight, has played a leading character in operas by Verdi (Falstaff) and Vaughan-Williams (Sir John in Love). They should not be compared. Each provides a very different perspective, in very different musical languages.

This recording, with Bernhard Klee conducting the Staatskapelle Berlin, is an exciting interpretation. There is, of course, the Bavarian recording directed by Heger, with such greats as Fritz Wunderlich, Gottlob Frick and Edith Mathis (on the EMI label), the most recommended by the 'experts'. Frick was not terribly comical, and the minor roles were not memorable. In this recording Mathis (Frau Fluth) reappears, this time without any weak links, with superb and energetic interpreters, like Bernd Weikl (Herr Fluth), Peter Schreier (Fenton), and the incomparable comic bass, Kurt Moll (Sir John). Klee keeps the music bubbling throughout. The Berlin Classics recording of 1976 is crystal-clear, but the German libretto comes without an English translation.

Nicolai trained in Germany and Italy, and absorbed the influences of the musical traditions of both to create a wonderful, frolicking, opera. His untimely death, at the age of 39, deprived us of perhaps other operatic pleasures."

Ganz Gut! Prima!

Joshua L. Lindgren | Twin Cities. Minnesota | 05/31/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Great recording quality, articulate vocalists (for us German speakers! =^), and an orchestra worth listening to by itself - a great recording of a Super Oper! (Spelling intended - Ausgeseichnet!)"