Schumann: Das Paradies Und Die Peri, Op.50

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1. Das Paradies und die Peri (Paradise and the Peri), for soloists, chorus & orchestra, Op. 50
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Eberhard Buchner, Magdalena Hajossyova, Klaus Konig, Rosemarie Lang, Siegfried Lorenz, Carola Nossek, Hermann-Christian Polster
Conducted by Wolf-Dieter Hauschild

Schumann: Das Paradies Und Die Peri, Op.50, Music, Marga Schiml, Rosemarie Lang, Siegfried Lorenz, Hermann-Christian Polster, Robert Schumann, Wolf-Dieter Hauschild, Leipziger Rundfunkorchester, Leipziger Rundfunkorchester (Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra), Carola Nossek, Magdalena Hajossyova, Eberhard Buchner, Klaus Konig, Choral, Classical, Classical Music, Oratorio
Robert Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri / Requiem für Mignon / Nachtlied - The Monteverdi Choir / Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique / John Eliot Gardiner
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  • An Essential Schumann Recording
  • Serene ,uplifting & captivating Schumann
  • Schumann must be smiling
  • Revolution!
  • Gardiner proves himself again in another great recording
 Robert Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri / Requiem für Mignon / Nachtlied - The Monteverdi Choir / Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique / John Eliot Gardiner
Robert Schumann , John Eliot Gardiner , Barbara Bonney , Bernarda Fink , Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique , The Monteverdi Choir , Alexandra Çoku , Christoph Prégardien , Neill Archer , Gerald Finley , Cornelius Hauptmann , William Dazeley , and Hanover Boy's Choir
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  5. Schumann: Genoveva / Ziesak, Lipovsek, van der Walt, Widmer, Gilfry, Quasthoff

ASIN: B00000J67H
Release Date: 1999-06-22

Tracks:

  1. No. 1 - 'Wen bringt ihr uns zur stillen Gesellschaft?'; No. 2 - 'Ach! Wie ungern brachten wir ihn her!'; No. 3 - 'Seht die machtigen Flugel doch an!'; No. 4 - 'In euch lebe die bildende Kraft'; No. 5 - 'Kinder! kehret ins Leben zuruck!'; No. 6 - 'Kinde...
  2. Nachtlied: 'Quellende, schwellende Nacht'
  3. Paradise And The Peri: No. 1 - 'Vor Edens Tor im Morgenprangen'
  4. Paradise And The Peri: No. 2 - 'Wie glucklich sie wandeln, die sel'gen Geister'
  5. Paradise And The Peri: No. 3 - Rezitativ - 'Der hehre Engel, der die Pforte des Lichts bewacht'; 'Dir, Kind des Stamms, schon, doch voll Sunden'
  6. Paradise And The Peri: No. 4 - 'Wo find' ich sie? Wo bluht, wo liegt die Gabe'
  7. Paradise And The Peri: No. 5 - 'So sann sie nach und schwang die Fl '0 susses Land! 0 Grpracht!'
  8. Paradise And The Peri: No. 6 - 'Doch seine Strsind jetzt rot'
  9. Paradise And The Peri: No. 7 - 'Und einsam steht ein Jungling noch'; 'Komm, kuhner Held, und huld'ge mir'; 'Du schlugst des Landes Burger'
  10. Paradise And The Peri: No. 8 - 'Weh, weh, weh, er fehlte das Ziel'
  11. Paradise And The Peri: No. 9 - 'Die Peri sah das Mal der Wunde'; 'Sei dies, mein Geschenk, willkommen dorten'

Tracks:

  1. Das Paradies und die Peri: No. 10 - 'Die Peri tritt mit schner Gebe vor Edens Tor'; 'Gern grussen wir, die so gegangen'
  2. Das Paradies und die Peri: No. 11 - 'Ihr erstes Himmelshoffen schwand'; 'Hervor aus den Wassern geschwind'; 'Ach Eden, ach Eden'
  3. Das Paradies und die Peri: No. 12 - 'Fort streift von hier das Kind der L 'Fen ersten Fall'
  4. Das Paradies und die Peri: No. 13 - 'Die Peri weint'
  5. Das Paradies und die Peri: No. 14 - 'Im Waldesgrstillen See'; 'Ach, einen Tropfen nur aus der See'
  6. Das Paradies und die Peri: No. 15 - 'Verlassener Jg'; 'Doch sieh, wer naht dort leise schleichend'; 'Du hier?'
  7. Das Paradies und die Peri: No. 16 - '0 lass mich von der Luft durchdringen'; 'Sie wankt - sie sinkt'
  8. Das Paradies und die Peri: 4 Bars Before No. 17 - 'Schlaf nun und ruhe in Traumen voll Duft'
  9. Das Paradies und die Peri: No. 18 - 'Schmdie Stufen zu Allahs Thron'; 'Auch der Geliebten vergesset nicht'; 'Seht da, die Bahn zum ew'gen Licht'
  10. Das Paradies und die Peri: 3 Bars Before No. 19 - 'Dem Sang von ferne lauschend'; 'Noch nicht! Treu war die Maid'
  11. Das Paradies und die Peri: No. 20 - 'Verstossen: Verschlossen aufs neu das Goldportal!'
  12. Das Paradies und die Peri: No. 21 - 'Jetzt sank des Abends goldner Schein'
  13. Das Paradies und die Peri: No. 22 - 'Und wie sie niederws sich schwingt'; 'Peri, ist's wahr, dass du in den Himmel willst?'; 'Mit ihrer Schwestern Worten wachst ihr Schmerz'
  14. Das Paradies und die Peri: No. 23 - 'Hinab zu jenem Sonnentempel!'; 'Sie schwebt herab im frohen Hoffen'; 'Doch horch, wie Vesperruf zum Beten'; 'Und was fuhlt er, der sund'ge Mann'; 's war eine Zeit, du selig Kind'
  15. Das Paradies und die Peri: No. 24 - '0 heil'ge Trn inn'ger Reue'
  16. Das Paradies und die Peri: No. 25 - 'Es fallt ein Tropfen aufs Land ypten'; 'Und sieh, demutig betend kniet der Mann'
  17. Das Paradies und die Peri: No. 26 - 'Freud', ew'ge Freude, mein Werk ist getan'; 'Willkommen, willkommen unter den Frommen!'

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This lovely, unjustly neglected work should have become part of the mainstream repertoire long ago. Based on a Persian legend retold by poet Thomas Moore, the story is an endearing mixture of Western and Eastern religion. Setting a Christian vision of Heaven in Allah's garden, it tells of a supplicant tainted not by guilt but by inheritance, who must be cleansed by compassion and undaunted personal effort to be admitted to Paradise. The music is basically lyrical, tender, and serene but encompasses the depths and heights of intensity, lamentation, devotion, ecstasy, and triumph. A succession of vintage Schumann songs, sometimes bursting into operatic arias, is held together by often highly dramatic accompanied tenor recitatives and by long passages melding the solo voices with chorus and orchestra; the instruments evoke images of sun, moon, flowers, water, even the clash of war, refuting Schumann's supposed inability to orchestrate. The singing by both chorus and soloists is beyond praise; the orchestra is wonderfully transparent but often too subdued, evidently by interpretive choice. Of the two short pieces, the second is more beguiling for its mysterious, shimmering atmosphere. --Edith Eisler

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars An Essential Schumann Recording.......2006-07-22

I recall a biography of Schumann that I once read in which the author opined that Schumann was a miniaturist foolishly driven to try his hand at bigger works. The author went on to say the composer's tiny piano piece "Elf" (from Bunte Blatter, I believe) is worth more than all his massive choral works together, collecting dust as they are on library shelves. I submit there are two things wrong with this assessment. First, when it was issued, no one had taken Schumann's big choral works down form the shelf and dusted them off for a long time, so it was pretty impossible for music lovers to make a judgment about their contents. Second, the person who took them down off the shelf, when it occurred, was not John Eliot Gardiner. Pretty strong praise, maybe, but though "Das Paradies und die Peri" has been recorded before, more or less successfully (there used to be a semi-decent version by Armin Jordan on Erato), the beauty and sheer genius of Schumann's work was only hinted at in earlier recordings. And it is a thing of beauty, with music that would beguile even Schumann's detractors. Much is made of Schumann's naivete about orchestral color when he wrote his First Symphony in 1841. Well, by the time of "Peri" in 1843, Schumann knew how to write for the orchestra. His writing for winds, harp, high percussion--instrumentation he rarely used for coloristic effect in his works--is beautifully rich.

Part of the success, of course, is original instruments, whose freshening effect in Schumann's music can be likened to the efforts of a restorer working on the oil painting of an old master. However, it must be said that Schumann was in the thrall of Mendelssohn at this point in his career, so a piece like "The Chorus of the Nile Spirits" (No. 11) has all the lightness of a Mendelssohn scherzo; this is an influence Schumann progressively shed in his later choral music. Still, it is not merely original instruments nor Mendelssohnian influence but Gardiner's sure ear for balance that makes this music come up so fresh and radiant.

Add the fact that Gardiner has at his disposal the radiant voice of Barbara Bonney for his Peri, and it would be difficult to imagine finer talents employed on Schumann's behalf. The other soloists are fine as well--Christoph Pregardien being an especially sweet-voiced match for Bonney in the tenor-solo role.

As critics have pointed out, in "Peri" Schumann benefited from his work with the German lied; the vocal writing is always fluent, and Schumann is always sensitive to the text he is setting. High points for me are the gentle finale to Part 2 (No. 17); No. 20, where the rejected Peri vows to keep on keeping on; No. 23, where the Peri wins her wings, so to speak, by capturing the tears of the repentant sinner; and the final magnificent solo and chorus (No. 26), to which I could listen again and again. No. 23 is like one of Schumann's famous ballads, Nos. 17 and 26 like the best of his great love songs. Sure, the libretto is more than a bit corny for modern tastes. Just skim it, and listen to the music.

Actually, Schumann did miscalculate a bit in this work, and that may be why it isn't heard as often as it should be. The first part is clearly the most dramatic, with a thrilling battle scene using "Turkish" percussion and a powerful final chorus with thundering timpani; Schumann would use that trick again at the end of his wonderful Second Symphony. At this point, Schumann wasn't a seasoned enough oratorio composer to pick, or craft, a libretto that would share the dramatic wealth across all parts. But Parts 2 and 3--especially Part 3--have so many individual beauties that we're the losers if we don't overlook Schumann's miscalculation.

As to the other works on the disc, "Requiem fur Mignon," a very unusual setting of a scene from Goethe, is probably Schumann's best-known choral work, though you are unlikely to hear it in as imaginative and subtle a treatment as Gardiner gives it. Until hearing Gardiner, I thought Abbado's recording, also on DG, was as much as I needed to know about this work, but again, original instruments make all the difference. Despite the enthusiasm of Schumann expert John Devario, who wrote the excellent notes, for "Natchlied," I find it is not on the same exalted plain as either Peri or the Requiem, but it is short and relatively sweet and certainly nice to have as an addendum to the other pieces.

All in all, this is one of the most important Schumann recordings in years. And years.

5 out of 5 stars Serene ,uplifting & captivating Schumann.......2000-10-31

I have just re listened to this marvelously moving collection of Schumann's choral works again after my initial purchase. I am even more moved and in awe at both Gardiner's way with the Romantic era, and Schumann's powerfully wrought music. Lilting, intense, lyrical but always serene and flowing.

If Gardiner's driven and superbly played HIP Schumann Symphonies were not enough to entice, then do try these beautifully proportioned and recorded works. The clarity is amazing. The Nachtlied is spell binding. Barbara Bonney is enthralling in the Peri role. The choral ending and final brass blaze to part one of Paradise and the Peri is spine tingling, no other way to describe my reaction.

I'm a real Schumann convert. Now wouldn't John Eliot like to try Schumann's opera Genoveva? I hope so. This is simply a spectacularly affecting set. Don't hesitate.

5 out of 5 stars Schumann must be smiling.......2000-10-08

In an interview, Gardiner said that he thought that no one understood Schumann. And you know what -- he's right. It's too easy to criticize Gardiner for his hubris, but when the results are this good, who cares? Schumann is NOT the incoherent, rambling, second rate Romantic composer that too many people view him as (Schumann, BTW, absolutely *hated* the term "Romantic"). Such a misguided point of view makes musicians think that it's perfectly fine to tamper with Schumann's scores, modifying dynamics, setting out sluggish tempi that are modified with self-indulgent rubato, and blaming him for poor orchestration without making an effort to bring out the often cleverly beautiful counterpoint and part-writing in proper balance. With great soloists (lead by the incomparable Barbara Bonney as the Peri), a disciplined choir, and a "period" orchestra, Gardiner's recording of Schumann's "Paradis and the Peri" is a triumph in every way. Gardiner finally reveals Schumann as the one of the most important (if not *the* most important) and vital composers of the first generation of European Romanticism (the others include Mendelssohn, Liszt, Berlioz, and Chopin). The use of period instruments and a properly balanced choir (NOT of the overblown Victorian type, thank god!) ensure clarity, so that the various lines come out with great eloquence. And Gardiner's direction is forthright and vigorous, yet eloquent and expressive, not entirely lacking in rubato (which is a hallmark of 19th century performance practice, after all) yet careful to keep the score moving, thus emphasizing the overall strucuture of this glorious and deeply moving work. Gardiner presents Schumann as Master Raro -- Florestan and Eusebius in perfect balance. Also, don't miss Gardiner's recording of Schumann's symphonies! And I do hope Gardiner will go on to record Schumann's Faust Scenes -- one of the composer's greatest yet most neglected works.

5 out of 5 stars Revolution!.......2000-01-16

This is actually beyond words! What Gardiner is doing with the romantic repertoire should have been done a long time ago! The clarity of the orchestra, the superb soloists and the wonderful choir blended together to create something absolutuely overwhelming! This cd makes you wonder...what have we really been doing all these years...is the 20th century ideals really good when it comes to the music and the way we hear it? Anyway, this is a superb disc with music ignored by the people who had no understanding for Schumann's way of writing when it actually were themselves who didn't understand a thing!

5 out of 5 stars Gardiner proves himself again in another great recording.......1999-10-01

This superb album of three Schumann choral works proves (yet again) that John Eliot Gardiner belongs in the class of major conductors and not just of "period instruments" specialists. And the works themselves richly deserve to be heard, particularly the spectacular "Paradise and the Peri," which is Schumann at his best; despite the somewhat quaint period flavor of the text, the evocative nature of the music makes this an oratorio that deserves more than to be trotted out as a curiosity. Gardiner and his singers and instrumentalists play it for all it's worth, as they do the magnificent "Requiem for Mignon" and the explosive "Nachtlied." An album not to be missed!
Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri
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    ASIN: B0000035UB
    Release Date: 1997-08-19

    Tracks:

    1. Das Paradies und die Peri Op. 50: 1. Vor Edens Tor, im Morgernpranger
    2. Das Paradies und die Peri Op. 50: 2. Wie glucklich sie wandeln
    3. Das Paradies und die Peri Op. 50: 3.Der hehre Engel
    4. Das Paradies und die Peri Op. 50: Wo find' ich sie?
    5. Das Paradies und die Peri Op. 50: So sann sie nach
    6. Das Paradies und die Peri Op. 50: Doch seine Strome sind jetzt rot
    7. Das Paradies und die Peri Op. 50: Und einsam steht ein Jungling
    8. Das Paradies und die Peri Op. 50: Weh, weh, er fehlte das Zeil
    9. Das Paradies und die Peri Op. 50: Die Peri sah das Mal der Wunde
    10. Das Paradies und die Peri Op. 50: Die Peri tritt mit
    11. Das Paradies und die Peri Op. 50: Ihr erstes Himmelshoffen schwand
    12. Das Paradies und die Peri Op. 50: Fort streift von hier das Kind der Lufte
    13. Das Paradies und die Peri Op. 50: Die Peri weint
    14. Das Paradies und die Peri Op. 50: Im Waldesgrun am stillen See
    15. Das Paradies und die Peri Op. 50: Verlassener Jungling
    16. Das Paradies und die Peri Op. 50: O lass mich von der Luft durchdringen
    17. Das Paradies und die Peri Op. 50: Schlaf' nun und ruhe in Traumen

    Tracks:

    1. Das Paradies und die Peri Op. 50: Schmucket die Stufen zu Allahs Thron
    2. Das Paradies und die Peri Op. 50: Dem Sang von ferne laudschend
    3. Das Paradies und die Peri Op. 50: Verstossen! Verschlossen aufs neu' das Goldportal
    4. Das Paradies und die Peri Op. 50: Jetzt sank des Abends gold'ner Schein
    5. Das Paradies und die Peri Op. 50: Und wie sie niederwarts sich schwingt
    6. Das Paradies und die Peri Op. 50: Hinab zu jenem Sonnentempel!
    7. Das Paradies und die Peri Op. 50: O heil' ge Tranen inniger Reue
    8. Das Paradies und die Peri Op. 50: Es fallt ein Tropfen aufs Lands
    9. Das Paradies und die Peri Op. 50: Freud', ew' ge Freude
    Das Paradies & Die Peri
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Gorgeous: Newer Singers Should Consider Singing This
    • A Moving Performance
    		 Das Paradies & Die Peri
    Schumann , Gedda , Moser , Fassbaender , and Schmidt
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    ASIN: B00006YX70
    Release Date: 2003-04-08

    Tracks:

    1. Nr. 1: Vor Edens Tor Im Morgenprangen
    2. Nr. 2: Wie Gluchlich Sie Wandein
    3. Nr. 3: Der Hehre Engel, Der Die Pforte Des Lichts Bewacht
    4. Nr. 4: Wo Find' Ich Sie?
    5. Nr. 5: So Sann Sie Nach Und Schwang Die Flugel
    6. Nr. 6: Doch Seine Strome Sind Jetzt Rot
    7. Nr. 7: Und Einsam Steht Ein Jungling Noch
    8. Nr. 8: Weh, Weh, Er Fehlte Das Ziel
    9. Nr. 9: Die Peri Sah Das Mal Der Wunde
    10. Nr. 10: Die Peri tritt Mit Schuchterner Gebarde
    11. Nr. 11: Ihr Erstes Himmelshoffen Schwand
    12. Nr. 12: Fort Streift Von Hier Das Kind Der Lufte
    13. Nr. 13: Die Peri Weint
    14. Nr. 14: Im Waldesgrun Am Stillen See
    15. Nr. 15: Verlassener Jungling
    16. Nr. 16: O Lab Mich Von Der Luft Durchdringen
    17. Nr. 17: Schlaf Nun Und Ruhe In Traumen Voll Duft

    Tracks:

    1. Nr. 18: Schmucket Die Stufen Zu Allahs Thron
    2. Nr. 19: Dem Sang Von Ferne Lauschend
    3. Nr. 20: Verstoben! Verschlossen Aufs Neu Das Goldportal
    4. Nr. 21: Jetzt Sank Des Abends Goldner Schein
    5. Nr. 22: Und wie Sie Niederwarts Sich Schwingt
    6. Nr. 23: Hinab Zu Jenem Sonnentempel
    7. Nr. 24: O Heil'ge Tranen Inniger Reue
    8. Nr. 25: Es Fallt Ein Tropfen Aufs Land
    9. Nr. 26: Freud', Ew'ge Freude, Mein Werk Ist Getan
    10. Der Konig Von Thule Op. 67 Nr. 1 - Chor Des Stadtischen Musikvereins Zu Dusseldorf
    11. Schon-Rohtraut Op. 67 Nr. 2 - Chor Des Stadtischen Musikvereins Zu Dusseldorf
    12. Ungewitter Op. 67 Nr. 4 - Chor Des Stadtischen Musikvereins Zu Dusseldorf
    13. Schnitter Tod Op. 75 Nr. 3 - Chor Des Stadtischen Musikvereins Zu Dusseldorf
    14. Im Walde Op. 75 Nr. 2 - Chor Des Stadtischen Musikvereins Zu Dusseldorf
    15. Der Traurige Jager Op. 75 Nr. 3 - Chor Des Stadtischen Musikvereins Zu Dusseldorf
    16. Vom Verwundeten Knaben Op. 75 Nr. 5 - Chor Des Stadtischen Musikvereins Zu Dusseldorf
    17. Am Bodensee Op. 59 Nr. 2 - Chor Des Stadtischen Musikvereins Zu Dusseldorf
    18. Der schmidt Op. 145 Nr. 1 - Chor Des Stadtischen Musikvereins Zu Dusseldorf

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Gorgeous: Newer Singers Should Consider Singing This.......2005-06-19

    Mezzo soprano Birgitt Fassbaender, tenor Nicolai Gedda and soprano Edda Moser shine in the solo arias and the chorus is glorious in this often neglected and forgotten, obscure cycle of songs by Robert Schumann. Das Paradies Und Die Peri (The Paradise and the Fairy ?) is sung in German and remains essentially German music. It's beautiful to hear and would influence such later 19th century composers as Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss (The Four Last Songs can be traced to this work). I feel the only reasons you should go for this recording is the outstanding musicianship by conductor, orchestra and singers. I am a big fan of Edda Moser, who had a dramatic and huge voice but was also very controlled and focused in its lyrical splendor - she was thus a fine Mozart singer. Birgitte Fassbaender was endowed with a rich, warm mezzo voice which sounds creamy and glorious on this recording. Tenor Nicolai Gedda possessed elegance in his voice, a refined manner and truly remarkable artistry. He is without a doubt the very definition of a tenor di grazie- a purely graceful tenor, without all the bloodchilling highs or dramatic strength of a Pavoratti or Mario Del Monaco or John Vickers. Gedda was comfortable singing Lieder, like the baritone Dietrich Fischer Dieskau, who sings on this recording as well with his usual flair. A German jewel. Loved this recording. I would love to hear current singers (who specialize or who have been praised for their German repertoire or fine Lieder singers) sing this work today. Das Paradies is a terrific work and I feel it ought to be at least included in recitals and concert. If I were somehow influential in the classical music scene, I would contract such singers as soprano Renee Fleming (who is not just an opera star but also a fine singer of Mozart and Strauss and Schubert Lieder, more importantly, because it is closer to this style in Das Paradies) Bryn Terfel, who I feel is the new Dieskau, with a rich, masculine and yet graceful voice that can definately have a place in such "Lieder" song cycles as this one, if not Terfel then Quasthoff. A fine mezzo for this would be Jennifer Larmore (if she is still singing) or Cecilia Bartoli who champions rare works like this by the way. I could see Yvonne Minton singing this too, though I believe she is retired or not singing anymore. Though Edda Moser has a big voice for this kind of stuff, for me it works. But if a light voice would be preferred in a newer version, I think this is a perfect vehicle for Natalie Dessay. So, in closing, I say that this is a fine work of classical music and operatic "lieder" type of work, even at time bordering on secular oratorio. Fans of Schumann, Moser, Fassbaender, Gedda an Dieskau would be pleased.

    5 out of 5 stars A Moving Performance.......2004-01-24

    I write this review as a novice, not because I know and can itemize that it is an exceptional performance, but because I FEEL IT. The melodies, with their counterpoint of solo voices, choir and orchestra as performed by the three soloists, and the Dusseldorf singers and musicians alternately calm and lift the soul, with or without knowledge of German. The directors, Messers Czyz and Schmidt, are to be commended, as are all performers.
    Das Paradies Und Die Peri Oratorio Op 50
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      Release Date: 1994-09-19
      Robert Schumann: Das Paradies Und Die Peri, Op 50
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        Release Date: 1992-05-01
        Great Moments of . . . Edda Moser
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        • Portrait Of A Great Soprano
        • The best from the only soprano "flying" on VOYAGER's disc!!
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        ASIN: B000005GSP
        Release Date: 1996-01-09

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Portrait Of A Great Soprano.......2004-11-21

        This album features several great performances of the incredible high dramatic and lyric German soprano Edda Moser. She was a soprano in the "grand" tradition, though she is lesser known except for the few and faithful fans who know her intimately through having seen her in performances in Europe and through her recordings. Edda Moser was the daughter of Hans Joachim Moser, an esteemed German music philosopher. Her Met debut was as one of the Rhinemaidens in Wagner's Das Rheingold. Most people are familiar with Moser through her incredible performance as Dona Ana in Joseph Losey's film version of Don Giovanni starring Ruggero Raimondi and the famous Kiri Te Kenawa as Dona Elvira, this being back in 1979.

        Her training was mostly in German opera but she excelled in the Italian operas of Mozart: Dona Ana in Don Giovanni, The Queen of the Night In The Magic Flute, diva roles in Idomeneo and Mitridate and her Puccini role was of Liu in Turandot. She was also a hot item in German operetta (Suppe's Boccacio is among a recording of such)and German Lieder- Schubert's Paradise Und Peri. She sang the soprano part in Rossini's Stabat Mater, not an easy task for a singer. In this sense, Edda Moser was a bit like Birgit Nilsson, who sang the difficult high tessituras in several operas. Her voice was heavy and dramatic but lyric and spinto so it was hard for her to take on roles such as Tosca or Norma. She was a champion of rare operas at a time when revivals were making it possible for such operas as Mozart's Idomeneo to be performed even today. Mozart's Mitridate should be performed with more frequency and Moser's performance in that opera shows why. This collection showcases much of her talents, particularily in the German/Mozart repertoire. She makes the best Queen of the Night ever and her Dona Ana raises the bar for sopranos today. Some German Lieder and rare treasures are also in her arsenal and this album truly captures her in all her glory. Fans will be thrilled. Novices will be pleased.

        5 out of 5 stars The best from the only soprano "flying" on VOYAGER's disc!!.......1999-10-15

        One of the greatest voices of the century. For many people this record brigs together the best performances of EDDA MOSER, from the unforgettable and most ungry ELETTRA to the scared voices of the KRÖNUNGSMESSE. And not to be forgotten her performance of the QUEEN OF THE NIGHT which is considered one of the best of all times (Her performance on this area is the only opera recording included in the golden disc of the VOYAGER)

        Music Review:

        1. Schumann: Dichterliebe Op48; Myrthen Op25
        2. Shostakovich: Michelangelo Suite Op. 145a
        3. Shostakovich: The Lady and the Hooligan, Ballet Suite No.2
        4. Strauss, Strauss and Lanner
        5. Virtuoso Flute Music
        6. Virtuoso Violin Sonatas
        7. Wolf, Pfitzner and Strauss
        8. Alfonso X El Sabio: Cantigas De Santa Maria
        9. Animal Classics
        10. Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 2 In C Minor

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