Korngold: Die Kathrin
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Composer: Erich Wolfgang KorngoldConductor: Martyn Brabbins
Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra
Performer: BBC Singers
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set, Import
CD Release Date: 1998-10-27
Music Label: Cpo Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Act 1, Scene 1: Mesdames, Messieurs! - Toby Spence
- Act 1, Scene 1: Es Ist Ja Wahr: In Meinem Herzen Bin Ich Nur Ein Sanger - David Rendall
- Act 1, Scene 1: Pourquoi Me Voulez-Vous Quitter? - David Rendall
- Act 1, Scene 2: ...Und Da Hat Er Mich Gekusst! - Melanie Diener
- Act 1, Scene 2: Ich Soll Ihn Niemals, Niemals Mehr Sehn. - David Rendall/Melanie Diener
- Act 1, Scene 2: Cathrine! - Was Ist? Madame? - David Rendall
- Act 1, Scene 4: Entr'acte - BBC Conc Orch/Martyn Brabbins
- Act 1, Scene 4: Kathrin! Kathrin! - David Rendall
- Act 1, Scene 4: Heut' Ziehn Sie Ab, Bleibt Keiner Da! - BBC Singers/Martyn Brabbins
- Act 1, Scene 4: Mein Mann Hat Mich Vermieden - Melanie Diener
- Act 2, Scene 1: Na, Was Soll Denn Das Kosten? - Alison Duguid
- Act 2, Scene 1: Zu Ihm! Ich will Zu Ihm! - Melanie Diener
- Act 2, Scene 1: Was Gibt's Denn Da? - Robert Hayward
- Act 2, Scene 2: Monsieur Francois - BBC Singers/Martyn Brabbins
- Act 2, Scene 2: Verdienst Eigentlich Gar Nicht, Dass Ich So Nett Bin - Lillian Watson
- Act 2, Scene 3: In Einer Viertelstund' - Robert Hayward
- Act 2, Scene 3: Es Tut Mir Leid - Della Jones
- Act 2, Scene 3: Madame, C' Est Servi - Melanie Diener
- Act 2, Scene 4: Ich Muss Ihn Retten! - Melanie Diener
- Act 2, Scene 4: Was Ist Geschehn? - Melanie Diener
- Act 3: Mutter, Mutter! - David Rendall
- Act 3: Wo Ist Mein Heim - David Rendall
- Act 3: Wach Auf, Du Schone Sunderin! - David Rendall
- Act 3: Mein - Mein? Noch Immer Mein? - David Rendall
Music reviews of Korngold: Die Kathrin
Music Review: Guileless Melody
Rating: 5 Stars
That this work of splendor has languished in obscurity speaks volumes about the problems of opera in the modern age. While Strauss was thinning his orchestral textures and trying to be like Mozart, after Schreker and others had largely abandoned expressionism in favor of "zeitoper", Korngold, true to his inner voice, headed in the opposite direction and produced a work with more splendid melody than any work since Puccini, and in spirit "Die Kathrin" is Puccinian in so many ways. Who else since Puccini (or before him for that matter) has so perfectly captured the chemistry of infatuation when young lovers meet? The accompanying booklet apologizes for the libretto, and it's true that it lacks the tight dramatic structure and sharp characterizations of Puccini's oeuvre, but I thought it worked. Puccini was a very sophisticated dramatist, and the elements of his operas are, almost without exception, balanced to perfection. But with "Kathrin", there's not an ounce of guile or calculation. And while Puccini's stories head for heartache, "Kathrin" is an archtypal story of love, at first torn apart by the difficulties of the world, which survives through the power of steadfast devotion and optimism.Calling this work "operetta like" sells it short. It does have one brief scene of spoken dialogue (included in the booklet, but not in the recording), but the music is through-composed in a ripe late romantic idiom, tinged with the harmonic language of expressionism, but immediate it's appeal. The highlights are too numerous to catalogue, but Kathrin's prayer at the end of Act I "Mein Mann hat mich vermieden" ("My man has left me") is heartbreaking, with the music alone enought to bring tears to your eyes. And the opening to Act III is equally moving, with chiming church bells, and a melody that only Korngold could have written.
This was Korngold's last opera[...]. Korngold was planning a new opera at the time of his premature death in 1957. Imagine if he'd lived to finish it--a true romantic opera appearing in the mid 1960s! As much as I love Barber's "Antony and Cleopatra" (and, yes, I do like it very much), I'd guess Korngold's work would have blown it away. So, in my opinion, it's a sin to neglect what he did leave us. Please, opera companies...stage "Die Kathrin". Let it assume it's proper place in the reperatory.
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