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Beethoven - Fidelio / Benacková · Rolfe Johnson · Vogel · I. Raimondi · Ainsley · Wilson-Johnson · Sir Charles Mackerras

Ludwig van Beethoven, Charles Mackerras, Gabriela Benacková
Beethoven - Fidelio / Benacková · Rolfe Johnson · Vogel · I. Raimondi · Ainsley · Wilson-Johnson · Sir Charles Mackerras
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (21) - Disc #1
1. Overture - No.
2. No. 1 Duet: 'Jetzt, Schatzchen, Jetzt Sind Wir Allein' - John Mark Ainsley
3. No. 1 Dialogue: 'Der Arme Jaquino Dauert Mich' - Ildiko Raimondi
4. No. 2 Aria: 'O War Ich Schon Mit Dir Vereint' - Ildiko Raimondi
5. No. 2 Dialogue: 'Marzelline! Ist Fidelio Noch Nicht Zuruck?' - John Mark Ainsley
6. No. 3 Quartet: 'Mir Ist So Wunderbar' - John Mark Ainsley
7. No. 3 Dialogue: 'Hore, Fidelio' - Gabriela Benackova
8. No. 4 Aria: 'Hat Man Nicht Auch Gold Beineben' - Siegfried Vogel
9. No. 4 Dialogue: ' Ihr Konnt Das Leicht Sagen, Meister Rocco' - Gabriela Benackova
10. No. 5 Trio: 'Gut, Sohnchen, Gut' - Gabriela Benackova
11. No. 5 Dialogue: 'Aber Nun Ist Es Zeit' - No. 6 March - Siegfried Vogel
12. No. 6 Dialogue: 'Ist Etwas Neues Vorgefallen?' - Franz-Josef Kapellmann
13. No. 7 Aria With Chorus: 'Ha! Welch Ein Augenblick!' - Edinburgh Festival Chorus
14. Act One No. 7 Dialogue: 'Hauptmann, Horen Sie!' - Franz-Josef Kapellmann
15. No. 8 Duet: 'Jetzt, Alter, Jetzt Hat Es Eile!' - Franz-Josef Kapellmann
16. No. 9 Recitative and Aria: ' Abscheulicher! Wo Eilst Du Hin?' - Gabriela Benackova
17. No. 9 Dialogue: 'Aber Marzelline' - John Mark Ainsley
18. No. 10 Finale I: 'O Welche Lust' - Edinburgh Festival Chorus
19. No. 10 'Nun Sprecht, Wie Ging's?' - Gabriela Benackova
20. No. 10 'Ach, Vater, Vater, Eilt!' - John Mark Ainsley
21. No. 10 'Leb Wohl, Du Warmes Sonnenlicht' - John Mark Ainsley
Track Listings (15) - Disc #2
1. No. 11 Introduction and Aria: 'Gott! Welch Dunkel Hier!'/'In Des Lebens Fruhlingstagen' - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
2. No. 12 Melodrama and Duet: 'Wie Kalt ist Es In Diesem Unteridischen Gewolbe!' - Siegfried Vogel
3. Act Two No. 12a 'Nur Hurtig Fort, Nur Frisch Gegraben' - Siegfried Vogel
4. No. 12a Dialogue: 'Er Erwacht!' - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
5. No. 13 Trio: 'Euch Werde Lohn In Bessern Welten' - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
6. No. 13 Dialogue: 'Alles Ist Bereit' - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
7. No. 14 Quartet: 'Er Sterbe! Doch Er Soll Erst Wissen' - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
8. No. 14 Dialogue: 'Vater Rocco, Der Herr Minister Kommt An!' - John Mark Ainsley
9. No. 14 Dialogue: 'Meine Leonore, Was Hast Du Fur Mich Getan!' - Gabriela Benackova
10. No. 15 Duet: 'O Namelose Freude' - Gabriela Benackova
11. No. 16 Finale II: 'Heil Sei Dem Tag' - Edinburgh Festival Chorus
12. No. 16 'Des Besten Konigs Wink Und Wille' - David Wilson-Johnson
13. No. 16 Recitative: 'Hinweg Mit Diesem Bosewicht!' - David Wilson-Johnson
14. No. 16 'Wer Ein Holdes Weib Errungen' - Anthony Rolfe Johnson
15. Appendix - 'Leonore' Overture No. 3 - Edinburgh Festival Chorus

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All Artists: Ludwig van Beethoven, Charles Mackerras, Gabriela Benacková, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Siegfried Vogel, Franz-Josef Kapellmann, Ildiko Raimondi, John Mark Ainsley, David Wilson-Johnson, Elaine Martone, Erica Brenner, Martin Atkinson
Title: Beethoven - Fidelio / Benacková · Rolfe Johnson · Vogel · I. Raimondi · Ainsley · Wilson-Johnson · Sir Charles Mackerras
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Telarc
Release Date: 3/24/1998
Genre: Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 089408043925

Synopsis

Amazon.com

There are several good recordings of Beethoven's only opera--most notably, perhaps, those of Otto Klemperer and Wilhelm Furtwangler, both intensely dedicated--in their different ways--to bringing out the music's nobility and idealism. I would not want to be without either one, but they do not exhaust possible approaches to this masterpiece. Mackerras offers an exciting alternative from the crackling first chords of the overture: high energy, dramatic tension, and strong narrative flow in this story of a political prisoner, persecuted and condemned to death, whose wife disguises herself as a man to gain access to his dungeon. The singing and playing are first-class, and vivid recording heightens the excitement. --Joe McLellan

CD Reviews

Clarity

Stephan Fay | Panamá City | 05/30/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This recording reproduces everything with clarity and strong presence, thanks to the smaller forces of the orchestra and the period brass instruments."