Pfitzner: Palestrina [Box set]

On this CD:

1. Palestrina, opera in 3 acts
Composed by Hans Pfitzner
Performed by Munich Bavarian State Orchestra with Kurt Bohme, Richard Holm, Hans Hotter, Max Proebstl, Hanny Steffek, Fritz Uhl, Hans Gunther Nocker
Conducted by Joseph Keilberth

Pfitzner: Palestrina, Music, Hans Pfitzner, Joseph Keilberth, Bayerisches Staatsorchester München, Carl Hoppe, Friedrich Lenz, Fritz Uhl, Hanny Steffek, Hans Günther Nöcker, Hans Hotter, Heinz Imdahl, Kurt Böhme, Max Proebstl, Richard Holm, Walter Carnuth, Classical, Classical Music, German/Austrian 20th/21st Century Opera, Opera, Opera / Operetta / Oratorio, Opera/Operetta
Hans Pfitzner: Palestrina
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • An inadequate work given with great conviction
  • Underrated opera: great performance
 Hans Pfitzner: Palestrina

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ASIN: B0000012UR
Release Date: 1989-07-21

Tracks:

  1. Palestrina: Prelude
  2. Palestrina: Act I - 'Schonste, ungnad'ge Dame'
  3. Palestrina: Act I - 'Das kann mein Herz nicht so empfinden'
  4. Palestrina: Act I - 'Ich wusste wohl, du wurdest also reden'
  5. Palestrina: Act I - Schonste, ungnad'ge Dame'
  6. Palestrina: Act I - 'Schonste, ungnad'ge Dame'
  7. Palestrina: Act I - 'Das ist die neue Zeit, die in ihm gart'
  8. Palestrina: Act I - 'Die Kunst der meister vieler hundert Jahre?'
  9. Palestrina: Act I - Und Ihr wollt's so ruhig gehen lassen?'
  10. Palestrina: Act I - Wie schon ist, was Ihr sagt'
  11. Palestrina: Act I - 'Der letzte Freund, der mir noch wohlgesinnt'
  12. Palestrina: Act I - 'Fur Ihn. Sein Wesen will's'

Tracks:

  1. Palestrina: Act I - 'Nicht ich, nicht ich, schwach bin ich, voller Fehler'
  2. Palestrina: Act I - 'Allein in dunkler Tiefe'
  3. Palestrina: Act I - 'Nah war ich dir in Noten des Lebens'
  4. Palestrina: Act I - Ighino, sieh doch, komm herein!'
  5. Palestrina: Act II - Prelude
  6. Palestrina: Act II - 'Noch eine Bank! Und schnell'
  7. Palestrina: Act II - 'Morone ist von Innsbruck schon herien?'
  8. Palestrina: Act II - 'Ein liebreich wurd'ger Herr'
  9. Palestrina: Act II - 'So wird, was in denletzten Wochen'
  10. Palestrina: Act II - 'Zahlreich wird heut' die heilige Versammlung'
  11. Palestrina: Act II - 'Die Italiener dort seht!'
  12. Palestrina: Act II - 'Geliebte Bruder, seid grefrusst im Herrn!'
  13. Palestrina: Act II - 'Von weither wandert' ich'
  14. Palestrina: Act II - 'Ich, Ercole Severolus, Zeremonienmeister der Synode'
  15. Palestrina: Act II - 'Und nun erhebt sich zur Begrussung'

Tracks:

  1. Palestrina: Act II - 'Den Heil'gen Geist, der die Konzilien leitat'
  2. Palestrina: Act II - 'Ihr wisst, von des Kaisers Propositionen'
  3. Palestrina: Act II - 'Darf ich die Frage stellen, warum nicht nach der Reih'
  4. Palestrina: Act II - 'In der Verfassung des Gemuts'
  5. Palestrina: Act II - 'Was nun! Was nun! Glaubt Ihr noch dran'
  6. Palestrina: Act II - 'Habt ihr's gesehn'
  7. Palestrina: Act III - Prelude
  8. Palestrina: Act III - 'Wie lange sie bleiben'
  9. Palestrina: Act III - 'Als sie dich griffin und banden'
  10. Palestrina: Act III - 'Evviva Palestrina, der Retter der Musik'
  11. Palestrina: Act III - 'Wie einst im himmlischen Zion'
  12. Palestrina: Act III - 'Die Messe - ach, der Messe susses Licht'
  13. Palestrina: Act III - 'O Vater, wirst du nin auch weider froh?'
  14. Palestrina: Act III - 'Evviva Palestrina! Der Retter der Musik!'
  15. Palestrina: Act III - 'Nun schmiede mich, den letzten Stein'

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars An inadequate work given with great conviction.......2007-01-07

The review below is civilized and tolerant almost to a fault. I, too, anticipated something rare and fascinating from Pfitzner's masterpiece, which has a strong stage history in Germany but almost zero in the U.S. But in my case the expectations weren't fulfilled--this is ultra-conservative music that shows not the slightest influence of the twentieth centruy. The idiom resembles seamless, uninspired movie music, assuming the movie in question has almost no action and endless duets and monologues on arcane subjects of interest only to Jesuits and historicans of the Vatican's dicta on church music.

That said, the performance is a knockout. This could well be Fischer-Dieskau's most impressive opera portrayal (he had a habit of excelling in oddball operas--see Mathis der Maler); Gedda, fasbaender, and the rest of the cast sing with equal conviction. Kubelik is close to an ideal conductor. And yet there really is no drama here for the listener who can't see the stage. Maybe that's the secret of Palestrina--it needs a stage production to capture the eye. That's true of Die Frau ohne Schatten, Die Tote Stadt, and other operas that are congested and over-composed--they must come alive visually to reveal their potential.

5 out of 5 stars Underrated opera: great performance.......2005-08-17

Palestrina was an opera that fascinated me long before I heard it. From all I'd read, it seemed to be one of a select group of operas, dealing with the actual process of artistic creation (Benvenuto Cellini, Die Meistersinger, Mathis der Mahler, Death in Venice to name but a few). Someone, after a performance of Parsifal in Bayreuth, once also described it to me as 'Parsifal without the jokes' - a phrase attributed to several pieces and not true in this case as there are quite a lot of jokes, albeit German jokes, in Act 2. The music, I was told, purported to be post-Wagnerian conservative but well made. The Preludes to all three acts I heard fairly early on and they whetted my appetite even more - Parsifalian simplicity in the first, thrilling energy in the second and sublime resignation in the third.

Then this Kubelik recording came along and I found all my hopes and expectations matched or bettered. Yes, it is dramatically flawed - the scene between Borromeo and Palestrina in the First Act is too long and Act 2 is dramatically very far removed from the two outer acts, brimming over with characters none of whom, apart from a brief appearance by Borromeo, appear in the other two acts. Act 3 is proportionally very short. Nevertheless, it does hang together in its own way (witness the Covent Garden production of a few years ago). And musically it is a profound experience.

Pfitzner was not necessarily a very likeable man: his politics came a lot closer to the Nazis than either Richard Strauss's or Furtwangler's, for example - probably closer to Karajan's. And his music was also pretty conservative (with a small 'c') - not so far from Strauss, closer still to Reger though much more interesting. Indeed he felt himself on something of a mission to preserve the Great Tradition of High German Art - Sachs's Heil'ge Deutsches Kunst if you like. But within the confines that he set himself, he wrote some really wonderful stuff. Late Romantic harmonies (nothing too frightening) with some superb melodic invention gives you an idea of the style. The whole sequence in which Palestrina writes his great polyphony-saving Mass, inspired by visions of his dead wife and angels (yes, I know it sounds mawkish, but it works) is superb. Pfitzner handles a huge cast of soloists in Act 2 with superb dexterity and energy as discussions descend to rows to battles and finally to a riot that is ruthlessly put down. The very end of the opera is inspired. Left alone in his moment of triumph by Pope and Cardinal, son and pupil and by the cheering crowds in the street, the old composer's hands begin to improvise on the keyboard of his organ - fade to silence and to black. This is great opera and deserves to be better known.

And, in this recording, all the performers play it as if they believe exactly that. The supremely versatile Gedda sings the title-role with all the fervour, the passion and ultimately the resignation that it demands. The other substantial part, Cardinal Borromeo, is taken by the ubiquitous Fischer-Dieskau and he gives one of his great performances; obstinate, angry, dangerous, sympathetic by turns as the score and the text demand. That long solo in Act 1 that can easily outstay its welcome: here it is completely involving and dramatic. The numerous clergy and politicians at the Council of Trent in Act 2 are cast with real strength throughout. And Kubelik's conducting is masterful, allowing the score to breathe and take its time without ever getting stagnant and giving real drive and energy to the more urgent pages.

If you have anything of a taste for German romantic opera, if you enjoy Strauss's operas for example, I do urge you to try Pfitzner's masterpiece.
Heart of The Young
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    Tracks:

    1. Carmen, Prelude - Orch der Wiener Staatsoper/Walter
    2. Carmen, Act 1: Einen KuB von der Mutter-Ich seh' die Mutter dort - Todor Mazaroff/Esther Rethy
    3. Carmen, Act 2: Was ist Zigeuners hochste Lust? - Elsa Brems/Dora Komarek/Olga Levko-Antosch
    4. Carmen, Act 2: Hier an dem Herzen treu geborgen - Todor Mazaroff
    5. Carmen, Act 2: Dort in der felsen wilden Kluften-Du wirst mit Staunen sehn - Elsa Brems/Todor Mazaroff/Dora Komarek/Olga Levko-Antosch/Remendado/Anton Arnold/Chor
    6. Carmen, Act 3: Hier in der Felsenschlucht-Ich sprach, daB ich furchtlos mich fuhle - Esther Rethy
    7. Carmen, Act 3: Soll auf ewig dich meiden? - Todor Mazaroff/Elsa Brems/Esther Rethy/Margit Bokor/Dora Komarek/Anton Arnold/Remendado/Chor
    8. Carmen, Act 4: Wie, du liebst mich nicht mehr?-Wohin eilst du? - Todor Mazaroff/Elsa Brems/Chor
    9. Palestrina, Act 1: Es drohet nicht von eitlen Dilettanten - Alfred Jerger
    10. Palestrina, Act 1: Es hat der Kaiser Ferdinand - Alfred Jerger
    11. Palestrina, Act 1: Allein in dunkler Tiefe - Josef Witt/Anna Gregorig/Enid Szantho/Chor
    12. Palestrina, Act 1: Innig vertraut, liebender Laut - Josef Witt/Enid Szantho/Anna Gregorig/Chor
    13. Palestrina, Act 1: Mein Vater! - Esther Rethy/Margit Bokor
    14. Palestrina, Act 2: Von weit her wandert' ich durch Muhsal und Beschwerde - Georg Maikl/William Wernigk/Karl Ettl
    15. Palestrina, Act 2: ...die Kongragation beginnen soll - Karl Ettl/Fred Destal
    16. Palestrina, Act 3: Wie einst im himmlischen Zion - Herbert Alsen
    17. Palestrina, Act 3: Der Messe, ach der Messe suBes Licht-O Palestrina - Alfred Jerger/Josef Witt

    Tracks:

    1. Notre Dame, Act 1: Sie kommt! Siehst du sie - Karl Friedrich/Josef Witt/Georg Monthy/Herbert Alsen/Else Schulz/Chor
    2. Notre Dame, Act 1: Was treibst du hier - Alfred Jerger/Karl Friedrich/Josef Witt/Else Schulz
    3. Notre Dame, Act 1: Du bist es wirklich, Gringoire - Alfred Jerger/Josef Witt
    4. Notre Dame, Act 1: Er schlug sie in die Flucht - Josef Witt
    5. Notre Dame, Act 1: Ein kleiner Schuh!-Ja, in jenem schonen Land - Karl Friedrich/Else Schulz
    6. Notre Dame, Act 2: So sanft und friedlich - Alfred Jerger
    7. Notre Dame, Act 1: Intermezzo - Orch der Wiener Staatsoper/Moralt
    8. Aida, Act 1: O ware ich erkoren-Holde Aida - Todor Mazaroff
    9. Aida, Act 3: Zur Ferne entfliehen-Entfliehen wir - Todor Mazaroff/Maria Nemeth
    10. Aida, Act 3: Sei ruhig!-Nein, du bist nicht schuldig! - Maria Nemeth/Todor Mazaroff/Alexander Sved
    11. Aida, Act 3: Eilet und fliehet! - Todor Mazaroff/Alexander Sved/Herbert Alsen
    12. Aida, Act 4: Die Priester werden meiner Tat - Todor Mazaroff/Kerstin Thorborg
    13. Aida, Act 4: Leb wohl, o Erde - Maria Nemeth/Todor Mazaroff/Kerstin Thorborg/Chor
    14. Die Verkaufte Braut, Act 1: Seht am Strauch die Knospen springen - Chor Der Wiener Staatsoper
    15. Die Verkaufte Braut, Act 1: Nun in Lust und Leide - Esther Rethy/Anton Dermota
    16. Die Verkaufte Braut, Act 1: Alles ist so gut wie richtig - Alois Pernerstorfer/Georg Monthy/Olga Levko-Antosch
    17. Die Verkaufte Braut, Act 1: Durch die Reihen hinzufliegen - Chor Der Wiener Staatsoper
    18. Die Verkaufte Braut, Act 3: Nur ein Weilchen, Marie - Olga Levko-Antosch/Elena Nikolaidi/Georg Monthy/Erich Kaufmann/Alois Pernerstorfer/Esther Rethy
    19. Die Verkaufte Braut, Act 3: Endlich allein-Wie fremd und tot - Esther Rethy
    Die Sänger der Wiener Staatsoper zur Wiedereröffnung des Hauses am Ring 1955
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      		Die Sänger der Wiener Staatsoper zur Wiedereröffnung des Hauses am Ring 1955

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      Wolfgang Sawallisch - Hans Pfitzner
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        		Wolfgang Sawallisch - Hans Pfitzner
        Hans Pfitzner , Wolfgang Sawallisch , and Sinfonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
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        Pfitzner: Palestrina / Schreier, Lorenz, Wlaschiha, Hübner, Noceck, R. Lang ; Suitner
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • Amazing and Triumphant!
        		 Pfitzner: Palestrina / Schreier, Lorenz, Wlaschiha, Hübner, Noceck, R. Lang ; Suitner
        Hans Pfitzner , Staatskapelle Berlin , Peter Schreier , Siegfried Lorenz , Otmar Suitner , Fritz Hübner , Ekkehard Wlaschiha , Carola Nossek , Rosemarie Lang , Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin , and Hermann Christian Polster
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        Release Date: 1994-01-04

        Tracks:

        1. Prld - Staatskapelle Berlin/Otmar Suitner
        2. Act I: 1. Scene One, Schonste, Ungnad'ge Dame - Rosemarie Lang
        3. Act I: 2. Scene Two, Ighino, Gut, Dass Ich Dich Seh! - Rosemarie Lang/Carola Nossek
        4. Act I: 3. Scene Three, Schonste, Ungnad'ge Dame - Siegfried Lorenz/Peter Schreier
        5. Act I: 4. Scene Four, Der Letzte Freund - Peter Schreier
        6. Act I: 5. Scene Five, (First Part), Fur Ihn! Sein Wesen Will's - Peter Schreier/Henno Garduhn/Horst Gebhardt/Andreas Schmidt/Olaf Bar/Gunther Leib/Heinz Reeh...

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        1. Act I: 5. Scene Five (Conclusion), Nicht Ich-Schwach Bin Ich - Peter Schreier/Henno Garduhn/Horst Gebhardt/Andreas Schmidt/Olaf Bar/Gunther Leib/Heinz Reeh...
        2. Act I: 6. Scene Six, Allein In Dunkler Tiefe - Peter Schreier/Brigitte Eisenfeld/Margot Stejskal/Adelheid Vogel
        3. Act I: 8. Scene Seven, Ighino, Sieh Doch, Komm Herein - Rosemarie Lang/Carola Nossek
        4. Act II: Prld - Staatskapelle Berlin/Otmar Suitner
        5. Act II: 1. Scene One, Noch Eine Bank! Und Schnell! - Peter-Jurgen Schmidt/Ekkehard Wlaschiha
        6. Act II: 2. Scene Two, Morone Ist Von Innsbruck Schon Herein - Peter-Jurgen Schmidt/Fritz Hubner/Siegfried Lorenz
        7. Act II: 3. Scene Three, Ein Liebreich Wurd'ger Herr - Siegfried Lorenz/Peter-Jurgen Schmidt
        8. Act II: 4. Scene Four, Zahlreich Wird Heut' Die Heilige Versammlung - Reiner Suss/Fritz Hubner/Peter-Jurgen Schmidt/Siegfried Lorenz/Heinz Reeh/Gunther Leib...

        Tracks:

        1. Act II: 5. Scene Five, Den Heil'gen Geist - Hans-Joachim Ketelsen/Gunther Kurth/Ekkehard Wlaschiha/Gunther Leib/Bernd Zettisch/Reiner Suss...
        2. Act II: 6. Scene Six, Was Nun! Was Nun! - Hans-Joachim Ketelsen/Peter-Jurgen Schmidt/Gunther Kurth/Reiner Suss
        3. Act II: 7. Scene Seven, Habt Ihr's Gesehn? - Fritz Hubner
        4. Act III: Prld - Staatskapelle Berlin/Otmar Suitner
        5. Act III: 1. Scene One, Wie Lange Sie Bleiben - Peter Scheier/Carola Nossek
        6. Act III: 2. Scene Two, Ist Palestrina, Der Meister, Hier? - Hermann Christian Polster/Siegfried Lorenz/Peter Scheier/Carola Nossek
        7. Act III: 3. Scene Three, Nun Scmiede Mich - Peter Schreier

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Amazing and Triumphant!.......2003-03-15

        This rendition of of "Palestrina" is absolutly wonderful. Don't be confused, this is an opera of the life of the composer Palestrina, not a work actually produced by him. Peter Schreier is a fabulous Palestrina. This piece's tempo keeps moving, but does not push. The music in the sene with the ghosts of the past composers is superbly sung and played. The sene where the patriarchs, archbishops, and cardinals debate Palestrina's new Mass is full of power and passion. The singers even in the minor roles execute their performances beautifully. The sene where the Pope gives his benediction to Palestrina (Schreier) is moving and paternal. I would recommend this version to anyone interested in great music and the life of the composer Palestrina. Hans Hotter out did himself.
        Das Vatikan-Konzert Zu Ehren Seiner Heiligkeit Papst Benedikt XVI
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          		Das Vatikan-Konzert Zu Ehren Seiner Heiligkeit Papst Benedikt XVI

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          Knappertsbusch: Maestro Energico (Box Set)
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            Pfitzner: Palestrina
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              		Pfitzner: Palestrina

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              ASIN: B00008IAIG
              Release Date: 2003-03-04
              Christian Thielemann - Pfitzner · Strauss / Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
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              • A schoolmaster's idea of romance
              • Magnificent Performances of Pfitzner's and Strauss' music
              • A Treasury of Late Romanticism
              		 Christian Thielemann - Pfitzner · Strauss / Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
              Hans Pfitzner , Richard Strauss , Christian Thielemann , and Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
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              Release Date: 1997-05-13

              Tracks:

              1. Palestrina: Palestrina: Vorspiel zum I. Akt
              2. Palestrina: Palestrina: Vorspiel zum II. Akt
              3. Palestrina: Palestrina: Vorspiel zum III. Akt
              4. Das Herz, op. 39: Das Herz, op. 39: Liebesmelodie
              5. Das Kchen von Heilbronn op. 17: Das Kchen von Heilbronn op. 17: Ouverture (op. 17a)
              6. Guntram, op. 25: Guntram, op. 25: Vorspiel zum I. Akt
              7. Capriccio, op. 85: Capriccio, op. 85: Vorspiel (Streichsextett)
              8. Feuersnot, op. 50: Feuersnot, op. 50: Liebesszene

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              Near the end of his life, the great German conductor Eugen Jochum saw off a visitor to his Munich home with the rather unexpected admonition, "Don't forget Pfitzner and Reger!" Well, Reger has had it pretty good on recordings since then, while Pfitzner has been ignored, if not forgotten, until recently. Enter Christian Thielemann, a conductor who has clearly mastered the grand manner and who possesses an undeniable affinity with the music. Leading the orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, whose music director he became in 1997, he makes a welcome contribution to the Pfitzner discography in this, his debut recording for DG. Thielemann's accounts of the preludes to Acts I, II, and III of Palestrina, and of orchestral excerpts from other operas by Pfitzner and Strauss, are full of conviction and refreshingly old-fashioned in their lyric intensity and sweep. Especially lovely: the playing Thielemann elicits in Strauss's unabashedly Parsifalian prelude to Guntram, a work that failed at its premiere, but of which the composer was so fond he quoted some of its music in Ein Heldenleben. --Ted Libbey

              Customer Reviews:

              3 out of 5 stars A schoolmaster's idea of romance.......2006-01-02

              Thielemann captures Pfitzner's characteristic warm-bath style very well, but this is still romanticism as seen by a schoolmaster. All three preludes to Palestrina are dreamily diffuse, as if the idea of writing Parsifal came to mind and that was enough. The long overture Katchen von Heilbronn is also weak tea, although it manages to work up a mdicum of discreet passion. If you find Busoni, Schmidt, and Reger too hot-blooded, I guess Pfitzner is your man.

              The second half of the CD is devoted to out-of-the-way excerpts from Strauss operas. As with the Pfitzner selections, the attraction here comes mostly from Thielemann's way with his orcehstra--he makes the Deutsche Oper ensemble sound glowing and relaxed. Personally, I like a lot more bite, but Strauss was floating along in the Prelude to his early opera Guntram, and the prelude to Capriccio is hardly bracing, either. The Love Scene from Feuerssnot is like to be the only music most of us will ever hear form that work, and it actually ends on a forte--how shocking.

              This whole 75 min. CD is devoid of spine, but that's the nature of a certain strain of last-minute German romanticism. All in all, this is the perfect recording to listen to while eating marzipan or if you need a birthday present for some jellyfish.

              5 out of 5 stars Magnificent Performances of Pfitzner's and Strauss' music.......2001-09-06

              Along with his recent recording of Wagner's music with the Philadelphia Orchestra, this recording of Pfitzner's and Strauss' scores may be Thielemann's finest to date. Most noteworthy is the ebullient warm performance of Pfitzner's Palestrina from the Deutsche Oper orchestra, but I also enjoyed hearing two of Richard Strauss' lesser known works. I wholeheartedly recommend this CD as a splendid introduction to Pfitzner's music.

              5 out of 5 stars A Treasury of Late Romanticism.......2001-08-10

              All of the works on this CD beautifully evoke a lost world of idealism, heroism, chivalry, and courtly love. This disc has been a constant companion for nearly five years now. I have given at least five copies as gifts. I bought it because I am a Richard Strauss fanatic, and recordings of the orchestral passages of his first two operas, GUNTRAM and FEUERSNOT, are very rare. Thielemann's performances of the Strauss selections are superb. But I seldom listen to them, because this CD was my introduction to the works of Hans Pfitzner and I find myself simply listening to the Pfitzner selections over and over again. The CD begins with the Preludes to the three acts of his operatic masterpiece PALESTRINA. They are obviously indebted to Wagner's PARSIFAL. These works ache with desire, not for the sensuous, but for the noble, the etherial, the transcendent. The Prelude to the second act is particularly riveting and sublime. The other two pieces--the love theme from the opera DAS HERZ and the overture to DAS KAETCHEN VON HEILBRONN--evoke more sensuous but no less noble longings. The performances and recording are magnificent in every way. Every romantic will fall in love with this CD.
              Brahms: Symphony in Em No4, Op98; Pfitzner: Palestrina
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                		Brahms: Symphony in Em No4, Op98; Pfitzner: Palestrina

                Manufacturer: Preiser Records
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                ASIN: B00004WEXX
                Release Date: 2000-09-26

                Tracks:

                1. Palestrina: Akt 1: Vorspiel - Ruhig (Andante)
                2. Palestrina: Akt 2: Vorspiel - Mit Wucht Und Wildheit
                3. Palestrina: Akt 3: Vorspiel - Langsam, Sehr Getragen
                4. Sym No.4 in e, Op.98: 1. Satz: Allegro Non Troppo
                5. Sym No.4 in e, Op.98: 2. Satz: Andante Moderato
                6. Sym No.4 in e, Op.98: 3. Satz: Allegro Giocoso
                7. Sym No.4 in e, Op.98: 4. Satz: Allegro Energico E Passionato

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                5. Schmidt: Jeanne d'Arc
                6. Schubert: Piano Quintet "The Trout"; Brahms: String Sextet No. 1
                7. Schubert: The Complete Original Piano Duets, Vol. 3
                8. Schumann: Fantasy in C / Symphonic Etudes / Brendel
                9. Shostakovich: Symphony 10
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