Strauss - Die Liebe Der Danae / Libretto By Joseph Gregor after a scenario by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Lauren Flanigan, Peter Coleman-Wright, Hugh Smith, William Lewis, Lisa Saffer, Leon Botstein - conductor / Telarc 3x Audio CD 2001 / CD-80570
UPC 089408057021
Die Liebe der Danae (The Love of Danae) is an opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to a February 1937 German libretto by Joseph Gregor, based on an outline written in 1920, "Danae, or The Marriage of Convenience", by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Strauss worked on the score in 1937, 1938 and into 1939, although he was pre-occupied with completing Daphne, developing ideas with Gregor and finally replacing him as librettist for Capriccio, and then succumbed to illness, which caused postponement for several months into 1940. The opera was finally finished on 28 June 1940.
However, for a variety of reasons including Strauss' perception that the failure of Die Frau ohne Schatten, as he put it, was caused by having been "put on in German theatres too soon after the last war", the composer refused to allow Clemens Krauss, to whom he had guaranteed the right to conduct the first performances, to stage it until two years after the war.
The opera is an ingenious mixture of comedy and Greek mythology and the final act "contains the opera's finest music, a fact recognized by Strauss."
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Telarc – CD-80570 |
Format: |
3 x CD, Album, Box Set
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Country: |
Europe |
Released:
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2001 |
Genre: |
Classical |
Style: |
Opera |
A1 |
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Der König, Wo?
Chorus – The Concert Chorale Of New York
Tenor Vocals – William Lewis (2)
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A2 |
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Interlude - Der Goldregen |
2:44 |
A3 |
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O Gold! O Süßes Gold
Soprano Vocals – Lauren Flanigan
Soprano Clarinet – Lisa Saffer
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A4 |
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Interlude - Was Bringen Die Fürsten?
Chorus – The Concert Chorale Of New York
Tenor Vocals – William Lewis (2), Rodne Brown, James Archie Worley
Baritone Vocals – William Berges
Bass Vocals – Richard Crist
Soprano Vocals – Tamara Mesie, Jane Jennings, Lauren Flanigan
Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Mary Phillips (3), Elisabeth Canis
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A5 |
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Leuchtet Mein Traum?
Soprano Vocals – Lauren Flanigan
Tenor Vocals – Hugh Smith
Chorus – The Concert Chorale Of New York
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A6 |
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Auf Goldnen Fluten Kommst Du Gezogen
Chorus – The Concert Chorale Of New York
Soprano Vocals – Tamara Mesie, Jane Jennings
Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Mary Phillips (3), Elisabeth Canis
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B1 |
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Kränze Winden Wir Fremder Hochzeit!
Soprano Vocals – Tamara Mesie, Jane Jennings
Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Mary Phillips (3), Elisabeth Canis
Baritone Vocals – Peter Coleman-Wright
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B2 |
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Der Helm Drückt Mich
Baritone Vocals – Peter Coleman-Wright
Tenor Vocals – Hugh Smith
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B3 |
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Interlude - Hochzeitszug!
Soprano Vocals – Tamara Mesie, Jane Jennings
Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Mary Phillips (3), Elisabeth Canis
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B4 |
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Niemand Rief Mich
Soprano Vocals – Lauren Flanigan
Tenor Vocals – Hugh Smith
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B5 |
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Was Tat Ich?
Tenor Vocals – Hugh Smith
Baritone Vocals – Peter Coleman-Wright
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B6 |
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Midas - Geliebter - Bleibe Mir Hold
Soprano Vocals – Lauren Flanigan
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B7 |
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Treulose Danae! Du Hast Gewählt!
Baritone Vocals – Peter Coleman-Wright
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C2 |
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Geliebter! Freund!
Soprano Vocals – Lauren Flanigan
Tenor Vocals – Hugh Smith
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C3 |
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In Syriens Glut
Tenor Vocals – Hugh Smith
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C4 |
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Als Mit Des Kleides Glanz Du Gekommen
Soprano Vocals – Lauren Flanigan
Tenor Vocals – Hugh Smith
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C5 |
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Du Schon Hier?
Tenor Vocals – Michael Hendrick
Baritone Vocals – Peter Coleman-Wright
Soprano Vocals – Tamara Mesie, Jane Jennings
Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Mary Phillips (3), Elisabeth Canis
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C6 |
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Halt! Halt! Da Ist Er!
Tenor Vocals – William Lewis (2), Rodne Brown, James Archie Worley, Michael Hendrick
Baritone Vocals – William Berges, Peter Coleman-Wright
Bass Vocals – Richard Crist
Chorus – The Concert Chorale Of New York
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C7 |
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Blüht Doch Die Welt
Tenor Vocals – Michael Hendrick
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C9 |
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Wie Umgibst Du Mich Mit Frieden
Soprano Vocals – Lauren Flanigan
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C10 |
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Wer Bist Du, Fremder?
Soprano Vocals – Lauren Flanigan
Baritone Vocals – Peter Coleman-Wright
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C11 |
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Ew'ge Pfade Trennen Sich
Soprano Vocals – Lauren Flanigan
Baritone Vocals – Peter Coleman-Wright
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C12 |
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Nimm Denn Gold Von Mir, Von Danae
Soprano Vocals – Lauren Flanigan
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C13 |
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Auch Dich Schuf Der Gott
Baritone Vocals – Peter Coleman-Wright
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- Art Direction, Design [Cover] – Anilda Carrasquillo
- Baritone Vocals – Peter Coleman-Wright, William Berges
- Bass Vocals – Richard Crist
- Chorus – The Concert Chorale Of New York
- Chorus Master – Gary Wedow
- Editor – Thomas C. Moore
- Engineer – Jack Renner, Larry Rock
- Executive-Producer – Robert Woods (2)
- Illustration [Cover] – René Milot
- Libretto By – Joseph Gregor
- Liner Notes – Bryan Gilliam, Judyth Schaubhut Smith, Leon Botstein
- Liner Notes [Translated By] – Daniel Biaggi, Dorothea Brinkmann
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Elisabeth Canis, Mary Phillips (3)
- Producer – James Mallinson
- Soprano Vocals – Jane Jennings, Lauren Flanigan, Lisa Saffer, Tamara Mesie
- Technician – Leszek M. Wojick
- Tenor Vocals – Hugh Smith, James Archie Worley, Michael Hendrick, Rodne Brown, William Lewis (2)
- Typography – Peggy DeRosa, Susan Azzarello


