Strauss - Die Frau ohne Schatten / Voigt, Heppner, Schwarz, Grundheber, Hass, Sinopoli

Richard Strauss (Artist), Giuseppe Sinopoli (Artist), Deborah Voigt (Artist), Ben Heppner (Artist), Hanna Schwarz (Artist), Franz Grundheber (Artist), Sabine Hass (Artist), Ute Selbig (Artist), Werner Güra (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 25, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 3
• Label: Teldec
• ASIN: B000000S90
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #300,520 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Die Frau ohne Schatten - Or, A Fairy-Tale By Two Intellectuals: Act I - 'Licht ubern See...'

2. Die Frau ohne Schatten - Or, A Fairy-Tale By Two Intellectuals: Act I - 'Amme! Wachst Du?'

3. Die Frau ohne Schatten - Or, A Fairy-Tale By Two Intellectuals: Act I - 'Ist mein Liebster dahin,..'

4. Die Frau ohne Schatten - Or, A Fairy-Tale By Two Intellectuals: Act I - 'Wie soll ich denn nicht weinen?'

5. Die Frau ohne Schatten - Or, A Fairy-Tale By Two Intellectuals: Act I - 'Amne, um alles, wo find ich den Schatten?'

6. Die Frau ohne Schatten - Or, A Fairy-Tale By Two Intellectuals: Act I - Verwandlung: Erdenflug

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Disc: 2

1. Die Frau ohne Schatten - Or, A Fairy Tale By Two Intellectuals: Act II - 'Komm bald wieder nach Haus, mein Gebieter,..'

2. Die Frau ohne Schatten - Or, A Fairy Tale By Two Intellectuals: Act II - 'Was ist nun deine Rede, du Prinzessin,..'

3. Die Frau ohne Schatten - Or, A Fairy Tale By Two Intellectuals: Act II - Verwandlung

4. Die Frau ohne Schatten - Or, A Fairy Tale By Two Intellectuals: Act II - 'Falke, Falke, du wiedergefundener' -

5. Die Frau ohne Schatten - Or, A Fairy Tale By Two Intellectuals: Act II - 'Es gibt derer, die haben immer Zeit,..'

6. Die Frau ohne Schatten - Or, A Fairy Tale By Two Intellectuals: Act II - 'Schlange, was hab' ich mit dir zu schaffen!'

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Disc: 3

1. Die Frau ohne Schatten - Or, A Fairy Tale By Two Intellectuals: Act III - 'Schweigt doch, ihr Stimmen!'

2. Die Frau ohne Schatten - Or, A Fairy Tale By Two Intellectuals: Act III - 'Mir anvertraut,..'

3. Die Frau ohne Schatten - Or, A Fairy Tale By Two Intellectuals: Act III - 'Auf, geh nach oben, Mann,..'

4. Die Frau ohne Schatten - Or, A Fairy Tale By Two Intellectuals: Act III - 'Fort von hier!'

5. Die Frau ohne Schatten - Or, A Fairy Tale By Two Intellectuals: Act III - 'Aus unsern Taten steigt ein Gericht!'

6. Die Frau ohne Schatten - Or, A Fairy Tale By Two Intellectuals: Act III - 'Wehe, mein Kind,..'

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sinopoli Surprise, December 3, 1999

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Daniel Mitrano (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Strauss - Die Frau ohne Schatten / Voigt, Heppner, Schwarz, Grundheber, Hass, Sinopoli (Audio CD)

I haven't always been a Sinopoli fan, but I must say, he's refreshing and altogether arresting in Strauss. It all just sounds right. He finds the balances, motifs, and intstrumental details with amazing clarity. Heppner is an ideal Emperor: clean musical lines, power, interpretation, and the high notes to pull off the role are all at his disposal. Voigt has the right voice and feeling for Strauss and his Empress, but doesn't interpret as dramatically as Varady for Solti or Rysanek for Bohm. As the Dyer's Wife, Hass fills the role's vocal requirements, a true Wagnerian-dramatic-soprano, which is no small feat in itself. Grundheber does the same as her husband, but neither are ideal as Hass sometimes borders on unsteadiness which threatens to derail her voice and Grundheber rather gruff demeanor and fuzzy tone can't bring to life the character convincingly. Chorus, orchestra, and the supporting roles play and sing superbly and the sound is surprisingly clean and full-ranged. Annoyingly, there are stage cuts but unexplainably so since all of the leading singers could have sustained their parts uncut. It rivals Solti in Strauss style but not in completeness or scale. I prefer Sinopoli anyway.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic performance - shame about the cuts, July 12, 2006

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Ralph Moore "Ralph operaphile" (Bishop's Stortford, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Strauss - Die Frau ohne Schatten / Voigt, Heppner, Schwarz, Grundheber, Hass, Sinopoli (Audio CD)

No other recording - not even Solti's - lifts off the way Sinopoli's does in that stunning quartet which concludes this opera ; he controls the huge orchestral forces and intricate vocal lines to engineer the most heart-wrenching climax before the ethereal voices of the unborn children send us off to bed, amazed and delighted. So it's a thousand pities that Sinopoli permitted so many damaging cuts - not least the beautiful 'cello solo at the beginning of the scene early in Act Two just before the Emperor sees the Empress and Nurse returning from the World of Men; surely they could have been recorded and spliced in afterwards? My respect for Sabine Hass, who succumbed to cancer not long ago, does not prevent me from observing that while she conveys great intensity in her performance it is also too often a strident pain in the ears. Grundheber is gruff compared with the mellifluous Van Dam in the Solti, though that suits the character; Voigt and Heppner, however, are in unbeatable voice: powerful, lyrical and true; as good as, if not better than, their counterparts in the Solti, Varady and Domingo. Voigt is especially moving in the statue scene -again, horribly pruned but still very effective. I have four recordings of this masterpiece: Karajan 1964 Salzburg set, the Solti, the Bohm on "Opera d'Oro" (in indifferent sound but it enshrines some wonderful performances) and this one - and I wouldn't want to be without any of them, especially the Sinopoli if only for that last scene.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Voigt and Heppner make this one of the best!, April 27, 2000

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James Walters (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Strauss - Die Frau ohne Schatten / Voigt, Heppner, Schwarz, Grundheber, Hass, Sinopoli (Audio CD)

Voigt and Heppner shine here as the Emperor and his wife. In fact the whole cast is magnificent, with the exception of Sabine Hass, who is shrill, and has intonation problems. Voigt is georgeous in this opera, her voice is absolutely perfect for the role. Heppner as well makes an incredible Emperor.