Schubert: Rosamunde, complete incidental music [Australia]

Munchinger, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - Schubert: Rosamunde, complete incidental music [Australia]

Schubert: Rosamunde, complete incidental music [Australia]
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Artist: Munchinger, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Composer: Franz Schubert
Conductor: Karl Munchinger
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2005-05-16
Music Label: Eloquence Australia
Soundtracks:
  1. Overture
  2. No.1 Entr' Acte Following Act 1
  3. No. 2 Ballet
  4. No. 3a Entr' Acte Following Act Ii
  5. No. 3b Romanze Der Vollmond Strahlt Auf Bergeshoh 'N'
  6. No. 4 Geisterchor In Der Tiefe Wohnt Das Licht
  7. No. 5 Entr' Acte Following Act Iii
  8. No. 6 Hirtenmelodien
  9. No.7 Hirtenchor Hier Auf Den Fluren'
  10. No. 8 Jagerchor Wie Lebt Sich's So Frohlich Im Grunen
  11. No. 9 Ballet

Music reviews of Schubert: Rosamunde, complete incidental music [Australia]

Music Review: Schubert's Greatest Theatrical Score Revived In 1975
Rating: 5 Stars

Among the works of Franz Schubert that Sir George Grove and Sir Arthur Sullivan were responsible for unearthing to allow the world to know what a great composer Schubert was, maybe the most significant was in finding the incidental music that the composer had written for the utterly ridiculous 1823 Helmina von Chezy melodrama "Rosamunde, Princess Of Cyprus." Like so much of Schubert's theatrical efforts, including his operas, "Rosamunde" was defeated by an absolutely disastrous libretto; and had it not been for Grove and Sullivan being as studious as they were, virtually everything that Schubert ever composed may well have been lost to history. Fortunately, the music for "Rosamunde" has, to understate the matter, managed to outlive the play it was attached to, and it is among Schubert's most popular large-scale works.

It was in the late 1960s and early 1970s that many of Schubert's more elaborate but (up until then) more obscure orchestral and choral works began showing up more frequently in recordings and in the concert halls of the world. "Rosamunde" benefited from this mini-revival; and one such example can be found in this 1975 recording of the complete score made in Schubert's birthplace of Vienna by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Karl Munchinger. Much like Claudio Abbado's later 1989 recording of the score with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe (which I've also reviewed), Munchinger and the VPO walk the score's fine line between drama (as in the Magic Harp/Rosamunde Overture and the big B minor Entr'acte No. 1), menace (Chorus Of The Spirits), and tenderness (the much-loved Entr'acte No. 3), and allow Schubert's genius to breathe, even if the incredible inadequacies of the play are cruelly exposed in the process. The Romanze section ("Der Vollmond Strahlt") is expertly sung by contralto Rohanzig Yachmi; and the Vienna State Opera Chorus is at its world-class best in the sections for chorus that demonstrate Schubert's gift for the Lieder genre and song structure.

Munchinger is primarily known as a modern-instrument specialist in the Baroque period (particularly with his recordings of Bach and Handel with the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra), but his handling of Schubert here is very much up to a high standard; and the aid he receives from Ms. Yachmi, the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera Chorus is first-rate. It is very close in quality to Abbado's later recording, and is a recommended recording for those who loved the Viennese classical era in general, and Schubert in particular.
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Australian pressing. If you've never heard Schubert's complete Rosamunde music, this is a great place to start. Karl Mnchinger leads a fresh, vital performance from the bracing overture onwards. The B minor Entr'acte, recently claimed to be the Unfinished Symphony's missing finale, sounds fittingly dramatic in this context. Throughout all the numbers Mnchinger employs a lithe and dramatic touch while maintaining the music's momentum. The Vienna Philharmonic follows his lead and plays with plenty of color and sparkle: powerful brass in the Overture and gorgeous strings and winds in the No. 9 Ballet. The famed Vienna State Opera Chorus lives up to its reputation, with the men sounding especially Tannah„user-like in the "Chorus of Spirits". Contralto Rohanzig Yachmi offers a tender yet noble rendition of the Act 3 Romanze. In fact, all participants make excellent contributions to this wonderful performance. The recording is another one of those Sofiensaal success stories from the 1970s, where the sound is bright, clear, and full. Irresistible. Eloquence. 2005.

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