Claudio Abbado, The Chamber Orchestra of Europe - Franz Schubert: Rosamunde (1991)
Claudio Abbado, The Chamber Orchestra of Europe - Franz Schubert: Rosamunde (1991)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 249 Mb | Total time: 60:09 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 431 655-2 | Recorded: 1987, 1989
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 249 Mb | Total time: 60:09 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 431 655-2 | Recorded: 1987, 1989
Schubert had only about a month to put together the incidental music for the Rosamunde play. As a result, he had to press some already written compositions into service and add them to those newly composed in order to complete the score in time for the first performance on Dec 20, 1823. As it was, the final numbers of the score were ready only two days before the performance, leaving little time for adequate rehearsal. That may be a reason, along with the convoluted nature of the play itself, why there were only two performances before the play was cancelled.
Another result of the disparate sources of the music is that, while several of the individual numbers are among Schubert's best compositions, as a whole they are not very well unified stylistically. The overture was originally taken from Schubert's opera of the previous year, "Alfonso und Estrella," but was later replaced with the overture from his Singspiel "Die Zauberharfe" when the Rosamunde music was eventually published. The third Entr'acte shares its main melody with the slow movement of the A-minor string quartet (D804), which was probably already written.
It's believed by some Schubert experts (e.g. Brian Newbould) that the first Entr'acte was originally intended as the final movement of the "Unfinished Symphony." It is in the same key of B-minor, uses the same orchestral instrumentation, is in a sonata form with development that Schubert typically used in his symphonic last movements, and shares a darkly dramatic mood similar to that of the first movement. On the other hand, Elizabeth McKay points out in the accompanying notes to this CD that the Entr'acte also shares thematic material with the first ballet movement, also in B-minor, and that it's likely Schubert wrote the ballet (and vocal) numbers for rehearsal before completing and orchestrating the remaining numbers. Whether or not Schubert ever intended it as such, the Entr'acte does make a suitable last movement for a "reconstructed" symphony that also uses Schubert's existing sketches for the third (scherzo) movement.
This recording with Claudio Abbado conducting the Chamber Orchestra of Europe is quite excellent throughout, with thoughtful, well paced conducting and excellent sound. Mezzo-soprano von Otter sings the Romanze with feeling, and the choral numbers are sung appropriately. The only oddity about this recording is that the individual numbers are taken in a different order than they originally appeared in the play "to make for good listening," according to the accompanying notes. Nonetheless, this CD provides a fine performance of the Rosamunde music and is probably the best one currently available.–Mary Ann Bergman
Performer:
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano
Ernst-Senff-Chor
The Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Tracklist:
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern D 797
01. Overtüre »Die Zauberharfe«
02. No. 1 Entr'acte nach dem 1. Aufzug
03. No. 4 Geisterchor »In der Tiefe wohnt das Licht«
04. No. 2 Ballett
05. No. 6 Hirtenmelodien
06. No. 7 Hirtenchor »Hier auf den Fluren«
07. No. 5 Entr'acte nach dem 3. Aufzug
08. No. 3b Romanze »Der Vollmond strahlt auf Bergeshöh'n«
09. No. 3a Entr'acte nach dem 2. Aufzug
10. No. 8 Jägerchor Der »Wie lebt sich's so Fröhlich im Grünen«
11. No. 9 Ballett
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Claudio Abbado, The Chamber Orchestra of Europe - Franz Schubert: Rosamunde (1991)
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