Braunfels - Die Vogel / Kwon · Wodrich · M. Kraus · Gorne · Holzmaier · Zagrosek [Import]

Walter Braunfels (Artist), Lothar Zagrosek (Artist), Hellen Kwon (Artist), Matthias Görne (Artist), Deutsche Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin (Artist), Hans Braun (Artist), Siegfried Hausmann (Artist), Dirk Schmidt Thomas Kober (Artist), Iris Vermillion, Endrik Wodrich, Wolfgang Holzmair (Artist), Martin Petzold Michael Kraus (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 11, 1997)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B0000042E6
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #85,253 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Die Vogel: Vorspiel und Prolog: Vorspiel

2. Die Vogel: Vorspiel und Prolog: Liebwerte Freunde (Nachtigal)

3. Die Vogel: 1. Akt: Graden Weges meinst du, wo die Baume stehn? (Hoffegut)

4. Die Vogel: 1. Akt: Wer ist denn da? Ruft jemand hirt nach meinem Herrn?

5. Die Vogel: 1. Akt: Tu auf den Wald, ich will hinaus!

6. Die Vogel: 1. Akt: Zy grossen taten wie nock seit Weltbestehn

7. Die Vogel: 1. Akt: Nun erwache mir, Freundin (Wiedhopf)

8. Die Vogel: 1. Akt: Torotix!

9. Die Vogel: 1. Akt: Himmel, Himmel, weh', o wehe, Himmel, jetzl ergeht's uns ube! (Ratefreund)

10. Die Vogel: 1. Akt: Haltet ein, verruchtes Vogelzeug (Wiedhopf)

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Disc: 2

1. Die Vogel: 2. Akt: Horch! es wehet der Tag heran, ich gehe zu ruhn! (Nachtigal)

2. Die Vogel: 2. Akt: Hoch steht, erhaben, was uns freut, unsere Vests, nichts ihr gleicht

3. Die Vogel: 2. Akt: Was najet dort fur ein froh Gewoge? (Wiedhopf)

4. Die Vogel: 2. Akt: Gruh! Gruh!

5. Die Vogel: 2. Akt: Halt, halt!

6. Die Vogel: 2. Akt: Weit! Weit! Wohl unber euch (Prometheus)

7. Die Vogel: 2. Akt: Habt, Kindlein, vom Prometheus ihr gehort? (Prometheus)

8. Die Vogel: 2. Akt: Krieg! Krieg!

9. Die Vogel: 2. Akt: Hei! Hei! Hei!

10. Die Vogel: 2. Akt: Ah! Ah! (Nachtigal)

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Editorial Reviews

cds are free of scratches. Hardly used. May be some handling wear to the cd case.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An overlooked jewel, June 4, 2000

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This review is from: Braunfels - Die Vogel / Kwon · Wodrich · M. Kraus · Gorne · Holzmaier · Zagrosek (Audio CD)

I don't know what made me seek out this opera a couple years ago -- was it the rosette from the Penguin Guide, or a friend's rave review? In any case I have no regrets. Hearing "Die Vogel" is a little like hearing a great but forgotten Richard Strauss opera. Braunfels was apparently a favorite composer of the conductor Bruno Walter (and others), but is today little known outside of a rather limited priesthood of opera fans. He certainly deserves much better. His idiom is sweet and light, but rich in texture and historical resonance. Listening to this opera is a fascinating experience for the die-hard Strauss fan, who will come to better understand the fuller context of pre-war German opera. It's also an absolutely superb recording, the best I know of in the "Entartete Musik" series. Highly recommended!

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not to be missed, July 5, 2002

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This review is from: Braunfels - Die Vogel / Kwon · Wodrich · M. Kraus · Gorne · Holzmaier · Zagrosek (Audio CD)

I agree with the first reviewer: I've just listened to this opera again, and it's absolutely ravishing. It's a full Wagnerian opera, but with a wonderful, gentle sunniness and humor. Its classical setting is like several of Strauss's operas but it's better realized. This is a terrific performance.

After listening to this and Rutland Boughton's "The Immortal Hour" (which I also warmly recommend) I wonder how many other wonderful operas have been forgotten because their conservative romantic idiom was untimely. Korngold's operas too, of course.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A True Pleasure, June 3, 2006

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lamplight "dr" (Charleston, SC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Braunfels - Die Vogel / Kwon · Wodrich · M. Kraus · Gorne · Holzmaier · Zagrosek (Audio CD)

I first heard Die Vogel at the Spoleto festival in Charleston, SC last year. I wanted a recording, but had great difficulty finding one until now. The music is pure and easy on the ears, the themes timeless, and the setting actually very current instead of in the drawing rooms of 18th and 19th century aristocracy. I took a first-time opera go-er with me, and she loved it! Share this hidden beauty! I hope more versions are recorded to allow the public a choice of varied interpretations.