WDR Funkhausorchester Koln - Film Music; Concertos - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Albert Lortzing, who did not even reach the age of fifty, composed a towering number of stage works, several of which are regarded as German national treasures even today. Others have proven themselves to have stood the test of time thanks to excellent recordings. Although he became immortal with his Zar und Zimmermann and Undine, his purely orchestral output is quite thin. If it were not for the concert piece for horn and a similar work for trumpet, there would only be a number of overtures and pieces of ballet music available to a symphonic ensemble to produce a colourful portrait. The WDR Funkhausorchester has thus recorded a lively mixture of soloistic brilliance, entertaining dances and InchdramaticInch overtures whose existence was previously only known to die-hard Lortzing fans. Album Tracks 1. Casanova~Ouvertüre 2. Undine~Ballettmusik 3. beiden Schützen~Ouvertüre 4. Konzertstück für Horn und Orchester in E-dur 5. Pole und sein Kind~Ouvertüre 6. Hans Sachs~Ballettmusik 7. Rolands Knappen~Ouvertüre 8. Konzertstück für Trompete und Orchester in B-dur 9. Yelva~Ouvertüre

Album Tracks 1. Ouvert Re 2. Act 1. No. 1. Ensemble. Er Sieht So Miesepetrig Aus 3. Act 1. No. 1A. Ballade. Da Wuchs in Isenlande 4. Act 1. No. 1B. Da Musst Nicht So Romantisch Sein 5. Act 1. No. 2. Romanze & Ensemble. Einst TR Umte Kriemhilden 6. Act 1. No. 3. Entr E-Lied. Ich Bracht's Auf Dem Gymnasium 7. Act 1. No. 4. Lied & Ensemble. Einst Hatte Ich Geld Und Gut 8. Act 1. No. 5. Duett & Ensemble. Hei, GN Diges FR Ulein, Habe Die Ehre! 9. Act 1. No. 6. Finale. Kreuz-Millionen-Donnerwetter! 10. Act 1. Finale. No. 6. Heil, K Nig Gunther! 11. Act 1. Finale. No. 6C. Hymne. Recken Von Alt-Burgund 12. Act 2. No. 7. Ensemble & Chor. Ach, War Das 'Ne SCH Ne Hochzeit! 13. Act 2. No. 8. Duett. Jetzt, Wo Die Nacht Zur S en Ruhe Ladet 14. Act 2. No. 9. Terzett & Ensemble. Brunhilde, Mach Auf! 15. Act 2. No. 10. Finale. Ach! Hagen, Thu Mir Den Einz'gen Gefallen 16. Act 3. No. 12. Reigen. Nun So Lasst Uns Denn Siegfried Ermorden 17. Act 3. No. 13A. Introduktion Und Couplet. Ich Hab' Ein Bad Genommen 18. Act 3. No. 14. Duett. Sie Sieht So Miesepetrig Aus 19. Act 3. No. 15. Schlussgesang. Er Hat Verletzt Brunhilde

She was a great musical talent and a sensitive soul, the child of a socially aspiring family who forbid their daughter to marry the love of her life; instead she was forced into a utilitarian marriage with a respectable husband, but later had an affair with her first sweetheart after all - the stuff of a sentimental novel. Yet Mel Bonis (1858-1937) was no fictional character. She was one of the strongest composers of her time with a focus on piano, chamber music and art songs. She also enriched the repertoire of impressionism with numerous original gems and arrangements for orchestra. Her particularly modern Ophelia, her purring melodie of an enamoured tomcat on a roof at night, her Spanish gypsy waltz and her dances for orchestra are just some of the enchanting discoveries you will find here. Our recording pays a well-deserved tribute to this noble woman.