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)

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.com Sales Rank: #117,576 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Die Vögel, opera in 2 acts, Op. 30: Vorspiel

2. Die Vögel, opera in 2 acts, Op. 30: Liebwerte Freunde

3. Die Vögel, opera in 2 acts, Op. 30: Act 1: "Graden Weges meinst du, wo die Bäume stehn?"

4. Die Vögel, opera in 2 acts, Op. 30: Act 1: "Wer ist denn da? Ruft jemand hier nach meinem Herrn?"

5. Die Vögel, opera in 2 acts, Op. 30: Act 1: "Tu auf den Wald, ich will hinaus!"

6. Die Vögel, opera in 2 acts, Op. 30: Act 1: "Zu großen Taten wie noch seit Weltbestehn"

7. Die Vögel, opera in 2 acts, Op. 30: Act 1: "Nun erwache mir, Freundin"

8. Die Vögel, opera in 2 acts, Op. 30: Act 1: "Torotix!"

9. Die Vögel, opera in 2 acts, Op. 30: Act 1: "Himmel, Himmel, weh', o wehe, Himmel, jetzt ergeht's uns übel!"

10. Die Vögel, opera in 2 acts, Op. 30: Act 1: "Haltet ein, verructes Vogelzeug"

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Disc: 2

1. Die Vögel, opera in 2 acts, Op. 30: Act 2: "Horch! es wehet der Tag heran, ich gehe zu ruhn!"

2. Die Vögel, opera in 2 acts, Op. 30: Act 2: "Hoch steht, erhaben, was uns freut, unsere Veste, nichts ihr gleicht"

3. Die Vögel, opera in 2 acts, Op. 30: Act 2: "Was nahet dort für ein froh Gewoge?"

4. Die Vögel, opera in 2 acts, Op. 30: Act 2: "Gruh! Gruh!"

5. Die Vögel, opera in 2 acts, Op. 30: Act 2: "Halt, halt!"

6. Die Vögel, opera in 2 acts, Op. 30: Act 2: "Weit! Weit! Wohl über euch"

7. Die Vögel, opera in 2 acts, Op. 30: Act 2: "Habt, Kindlein, vom Prometheus ihr gehört?"

8. Die Vögel, opera in 2 acts, Op. 30: Act 2: "Krieg! Krieg!"

9. Die Vögel, opera in 2 acts, Op. 30: Act 2: "Hei! Hei! Hi!"

10. Die Vögel, opera in 2 acts, Op. 30: Act 2: "Ah! Ah!"

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	"marrano" (Malibu, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Roger Mastrude "Roger Mastrude" (Capitola, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

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

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

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.