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Ariadne auf Naxos (English): R.Armstrong / Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Brewer, R.D.Smith, etc (Stereo)+le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (2CD)

Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)

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CHAN3168
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RICHARD STRAUSS (1864-1949)
Ariadne on Naxos - sung in English
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme

Christine Brewer (soprano)
Robert Dean Smith (tenor)
Gillian Keith (soprano)
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano)
John Graham-Hall (tenor)
Wynne Evans (tenor)
Roderick Williams (baritone)
Matthew Rose (bass)
Alan Opie (baritone)
Paul Keohone (bass)
Anita Watson (soprano)
Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano)
Gail Pearson (soprano)
Dean Robinson (bass)
Declan McCusker (tenor)
Stephen Fry (Major-Domo)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Richard Armstrong, conductor

On the opera stage, Christine Brewer has made a speciality of the late romantic repertoire and of Richard Strauss in particular. This is the first time that she has recorded her superb interpretation of the part in a complete recording of the opera, and the first time that this opera has been recorded sung in English. With an all-star cast, the recording is a major addition to the Chandos Opera in English catalogue.

As a bonus, the orchestral suite from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, op.60, is also included. The music was written for a play to be performed before the opera Ariadne auf Naxos, but it was felt that the play, followed by an opera would make for too long an evening. Strauss later wrote a new prologue for the opera (the one we are now used to) and arranged this suite from the incidental music to the play. It shows Strauss at his most delightful - the eighteenth-century flavour reflected in the fact that Strauss based No.5-No.7 on airs by Jean-Baptiste Lully who had provided the music for Moliere’s original play.

Track List   

Disc   1

  • 01. I. Ouverture (Jourdain - der Burger)
  • 02. II. Menuett
  • 03. III. Der Fechtmeister
  • 04. IV. Auftritt und Tanz der Schneider
  • 05. V. Das Menuett des Lully
  • 06. VI. Courante
  • 07. VII. Aufritt des Cleonte
  • 08. VIII. Vorspiel zum II. Aufzug (Intermezzo)
  • 09. IX. Das Diner: Tafelmusik
  • 10. The Prologue: Orchestral Introduction
  • 11. The Prologue: My good Major-Domo (Music Master, Major-Domo)
  • 12. The Prologue: This dressing room is given to mam'zelle Zerbinetta (Footman, Officer, Composer, Tenor, Wigmaker, Zerbinetta, Prima Donna, Music Master, Dancing Master)
  • 13. The Prologue: I can show them the secrets of the universe (Composer, Music Master)
  • 14. The Prologue: Fellow actors, dearest of friends' (Zerbinetta, Composer, Music Master, Prima Donna, Dancing Master)
  • 15. The Prologue: The company's rising from table (Footman, Music Master, Major-Domo, Prima Donna, Dancing Master, Tenor, Zerbinetta, Composer)
  • 16. The Prologue: I'm staggered - how unexpected! (Music Master, Composer, Dancing Master, Tenor, Prima Donna, Zerbinetta)
  • 17. The Prologue: She takes him for the God of Death (Composer, Zerbinetta)
  • 18. The Prologue: A moment means nothing (Zerbinetta, Composer)
  • 19. The Prologue: The stage awaits you (Music Master, Prima Donna, Composer)

Disc   2

  • 01. The Opera: Overture
  • 02. The Opera: Sleeping? (Naiad, Dryad, Echo)
  • 03. The Opera: Ah! (Ariadne, Echo, Harlequin, Zerbinetta, Truffaldino)
  • 04. The Opera: A golden time was Theseus-Ariadne (Ariadne, Naiad, Dryad, Echo, Harlequin, Zerbinetta, Scaramuccio, Truffaldino)
  • 05. The Opera: Loving, hating, hoping, fearing (Harlequin, Echo, Zerbinetta)
  • 06. The Opera: There is a land, a world untainted (Ariadne)
  • 07. The Opera: The lady, we are sad to see (Brighella, Scaramuccio, Harlequin, Truffaldino, Zerbinetta)
  • 08. The Opera: Your gracious Royal Highness (Zerbinetta)
  • 09. The Opera: The moment I think I'm true to one lover (Zerbinetta)
  • 10. The Opera: Quite a sermon, but a waste of effort (Harlequin, Zerbinetta, Brighella, Scaramuccio, Truffaldino)
  • 11. The Opera: To console a stubborn woman (Brighella, Scaramuccio, Harlequin, Truffaldino, Zerbinetta)
  • 12. The Opera: A shining marvel, a youthful God! (Dryad, Naiad, Echo)
  • 13. The Opera: Circe, Circe can you still hear me? (Bacchus, Ariadne, Naiad, Dryad, Echo)
  • 14. The Opera: Theseus! (Ariadne, Bacchus)
  • 15. The Opera: Me? Can you be sure? (Bacchus, Ariadne)
  • 16. The Opera: Shall we not pass over? (Ariadne, Bacchus, Naiad, Dryad, Echo, Zerbinetta)

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