Richard Strauss Gustav Kuhn Alan Woodrow - Strauss Guntram (13 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Richard Strauss, Gustav Kuhn, Alan Woodrow
Strauss: Guntram
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
1. Prelude:/ 1 St. Act
2. Scene 1 :/ 1 St. Act
3. Scene 2 :/ 1 St. Act
4. Scene 3 :/ 1 St. Act
5. Prelude :/ 2 Nd . Act
6. Scene 1 :/ 2 Nd . Act
7. Scene 2 :/ 2 Nd . Act
8. Scene 3 :/ 2 Nd . Act
9. Prelude :/ 3 Rd . Act
10. Scene 1 :/ 3 Rd. Act
11. Scene 2 :/ 3 Rd. Act
12. Scene 3 :/ 3 Rd. Act
13. Scene 4 : / 3 Rd. Act

Double CD Gustav Kuhn Created Tone Colours and Melodic-harmonic Contrasts of all Shades. One Could Almost Call this a Modelperformance, which Will Hopefully Be Released on CD.

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All Artists: Richard Strauss, Gustav Kuhn, Alan Woodrow, Elisabeth Wachutka
Title: Strauss: Guntram
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Arte Nova Records
Release Date: 7/20/2004
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Style: Opera & Classical Vocal
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 743216133925

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Double CD Gustav Kuhn Created Tone Colours and Melodic-harmonic Contrasts of all Shades. One Could Almost Call this a Modelperformance, which Will Hopefully Be Released on CD.

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Mr. T. R. MCKAY | Bel Air, MD United States | 07/14/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I often wondered what an opera would sound like written between Parsifal and Salome. This is it! This opera certainly is Strauss's attempt at Wagnerian music drama be in only 90 mins in length. It looks back to Tristan und Isolde and ahead to Die Frau ohne Schatten. The vocal writing favors male singers with only one female role and very limited chorus. Perhaps the dreadfully difficult heldentenor role of Guntram which (in Strauss's own words) is lengthier than the role of Tristan!
I would love to hear Heppner or Domingo tackle some of the dramatic monologues in the studio, (just like Eaglen did on her Strauss and Mozart album singing a scene of Freihild...my first exposure to Guntram.
This work is a must for any German opera fan, and any devotee of Strauss and Wagner. The recording is of a live performance with no clapping, coughing or stage noise. This opera is a great value for a 2CD set even though the liner notes are skimpy and the libretto is in German only. No track lists or lengths are provided and no details as to the performance or recording or the obscure (to me at least) cast."