Prague Sinfonia, Christian Benda - Schubert - Complete Overtures Volume 1, 2 (2009) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Der Teufel als Hydraulicus, D. 4: Overture
02. Der Spiegelritter, D. 11: Overture
03. Overture in D major, D. 12
04. Overture in D major, D. 26
05. Des Teufels Lustschloss, D. 84: Overture
06. Der vierjahrige Posten, D. 190: Overture
07. Claudine von Villa Bella, D. 239: Overture
08. Die Freunde von Salamanka, D. 326: Overture
09. Overture in B flat major, D. 470

Revered for his incomparable Lieder , Franz Schubert was also an avid opera-goer who yearned, largely in vain, for success as a composer of stage works. This disc features several of his less familiar early overtures, from Der Spiegelritter and Der Teufel als Hydraulicus (circa 1811/2) and his first completed opera, the Medieval fantasy Des Teufels Lustschloß (1813/4), to the Overture in B flat (1816). It is hard to believe that such accomplished and effective music was the work of a teenager.


01. Overture in D major, D. 556
02. Overture in D major, D. 590, "im italienischen Stile" (In the Italian Style): Overture in the Italian Style in D major, D. 590
03. Overture in D major, D. 591, "im italienischen Stile" (In the Italian Style): Overture in the Italian Style in D major, D. 591
04. Die Zauberharfe, D. 644: Die Zauberharfe, D. 644: Overture, "Rosamunde"
05. Die Zwillingsbruder, D. 647: Overture
06. Overture in E minor, D. 648
07. Alfonso und Estrella, D. 732: Overture, "Rosamunde"
08. Die Verschworenen (Der hausliche Krieg), D. 787: Overture
09. Fierrabras, D. 796: Overture

Although Schubert’s dream of success as a composer for the stage largely eluded him, some of his theatrical music was performed during his lifetime. His overtures for Georg von Hofmann’s Die Zwillingsbrüder and for Die Zauberharfe—later transferred to Rosamunde, D. 644—sadly won little praise, though the Overture in the Italian Style, D590 was appreciated for its ‘youthful fire’, and the Overture in E minor, D. 648 was heard in 1821.

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