Richard Strauss: Capriccio [Import]

Richard [1] Strauss (Composer), Georges Prêtre (Conductor), Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra), Alois Pernerstorfer (Performer), August Jaresch (Performer), Christa Ludwig (Performer), Erich Majkut (Performer), Fritz Sperlbauer (Performer), Fritz Wunderlich (Performer), Hans Christian (Performer), Harald Proglhoff (Performer), Herbert Lackner (Performer), Lisa della Casa (Performer), Ljubomir Pantscheff (Performer), Lucia Popp (Performer), Otto Wiener (Performer), Peter Klein (Performer), Robert Kerns (Performer), Siegfried Rudolf Frese (Performer), Waldemar Kmentt (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Alois Pernerstorfer, August Jaresch, Christa Ludwig, Erich Majkut, Fritz Sperlbauer, et al.
• Orchestra: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
• Conductor: Georges Prêtre
• Composer: Richard [1] Strauss
• Audio CD (September 30, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Orfeo
• ASIN: B001ERJ78E
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #510,693 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Capriccio, opera, Op. 85 (TrV 279): Einleitung (Sextett)

2. Capriccio, opera, Op. 85 (TrV 279): Bezaubernd ist sie heute wieder!

3. Capriccio, opera, Op. 85 (TrV 279): Bei sanfter Musik schläft sich's am besten

4. Capriccio, opera, Op. 85 (TrV 279): Der Strom der Töne trug mich fort

5. Capriccio, opera, Op. 85 (TrV 279): Die Bühne ist fertig, wir können beginnen

6. Capriccio, opera, Op. 85 (TrV 279): Ihr geht. Entließ euch schon die Macht

7. Capriccio, opera, Op. 85 (TrV 279): Bravo, Bravo! Sie sind wirklich kein Laie

8. Capriccio, opera, Op. 85 (TrV 279): Kein Andres, das mir so im Herzen loht

9. Capriccio, opera, Op. 85 (TrV 279): Wie schön die Worte, kaum kenn' ich sie wieder!

10. Capriccio, opera, Op. 85 (TrV 279): Verraten hab ich meine Gefühle!

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Disc: 2

1. Capriccio, opera, Op. 85 (TrV 279): Darf ich Sie nach Paris zurückbringen?... / Oktett 1 'Lach-Ensemble' / Ein passierlicher Einfall!

2. Capriccio, opera, Op. 85 (TrV 279): Er ist heroisch und hochdramatisch / Oktett 2 'Streit-Ensemble' / Aber so hört doch!

3. Capriccio, opera, Op. 85 (TrV 279): Holà, ihr Streiter in Apoll!

4. Capriccio, opera, Op. 85 (TrV 279): La Roche, du bist groß

5. Capriccio, opera, Op. 85 (TrV 279): Adieu La Roche!

6. Capriccio, opera, Op. 85 (TrV 279): Herr Direktor! Herr Direktor!

7. Capriccio, opera, Op. 85 (TrV 279): Zwischenspiel (Mondscheinmusik)

8. Capriccio, opera, Op. 85 (TrV 279): Wo ist mein Bruder?

9. Capriccio, opera, Op. 85 (TrV 279): Morgen mittag um elf!

10. Capriccio, opera, Op. 85 (TrV 279): Ihre Liebe schlägt mir entgegen

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Die Aufnahme ist grossartig! Nimm, Gaetano!, October 6, 2008

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Ben Brouwer (Minneapolis, MN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Richard Strauss: Capriccio (Audio CD)

It's a travesty that this recording has existed, with its excellent live sound quality and dream-team cast, in a vault (or a dingy basement) somewhere for the last 44 years. It's also a travesty that this performance contains cuts. If two travesties weren't enough, there's a third: Orfeo still refuses to include a printed libretto.

This recording makes an excellent companion to the 1959 Sawallisch studio effort on EMI (which, incidentally, is uncut and includes a libretto). Each recording is utter perfection in its own way, and both have beyond-exemplary casts. Documents like this are solid proof that postwar casts are unequalled in this repertoire. (May my prejudices be clear...)