Collegium Cantandi Bonn, Helmuth Froschauer - Offenbach: Coscoletto (2001)
Artist: Collegium Cantandi Bonn, Helmuth Froschauer
Title: Offenbach: Coscoletto
Year Of Release: 2001
Label: Capriccio
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:21:17
Total Size: 374 Mb
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Tracklist: Title: Offenbach: Coscoletto
Year Of Release: 2001
Label: Capriccio
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:21:17
Total Size: 374 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview
CD 1
1. Act I: Overture 04:54
2. Act I Scene 1: Ah, bella Napoli (Erzahlerin) 00:56
3. Act I Scene 1: Intoduction: Bald wird der junge Tag erscheinen (Coscoletto, Chorus) 03:18
4. Act I Scene 2: Pst, pst! - Wer da? (Polycarp, Coscoletto, Erzahlerin, Frangipani) 03:46
5. Act I Scene 4: Duet: Der Morgen erwacht (Delfina, Mariana) 06:59
6. Act I Scene 4: Ich danke euch! - Halt! Hier steht noch eine Nachschrift (Delfina, Mariana, Erzahlerin, Arsenico) 02:50
7. Act I Scene 5: Rondo: Von allen Apothekern in der Welt (Arsenico) 02:21
8. Act I Scene 5: Und, Signora, Ihr Gemahl? (Arsenico, Mariana, Erzahlerin, Polycarp) 03:05
9. Act I Scene 6: Couplet: Mein treuer Pinscher! - Was kann ich noch ferner mir wunschen? (Polycarp, Arsenico) 03:21
10. Act I Scene 6: Und wahrend Polycarp seinem Pinscher nachjault … (Erzahlerin, Frangipani, Mariana, Arsenico, Coscoletto) 02:03
11. Act I Scene 8: Duet: Alles still und leer, wir sind allein (Mariana, Coscoletto) 03:30
12. Act I Scene 9: Terzett: Seht das Blumenmadchen hier (Delfina, Coscoletto, Mariana) 04:00
13. Act I Scene 9: Mamma mia! Coscoletto, dieser Gitarrissimo (Erzahlerin, Coscoletto, Mariana, Polycarp, Frangipani, Arsenico) 04:22
14. Act I Scene 13: Finale: Den Vulkan horet brausen (Chorus, Polycarp, Arsenico, Frangipani, Coscoletto, Mariana, Delfina) 05:23
CD 2
15. Act II: Entr'acte 01:33
16. Act II: Der Blick in die Kuche von Frangipani ist wirklich vortrefflich (Erzahlerin, Mariana, Coscoletto) 00:49
17. Act II Scene 2: Couplet: Die Liebe soll ein susses Flaschchen sein (Coscoletto) 02:12
18. Act II Scene 2: Aber bei alledem … - Gute Mariana! (Mariana, Coscoletto, Erzahlerin, Polycarp, Arsenico, Delfina, Frangipani) 04:04
19. Act II Scene 5: Duet: Ha, Fluch uber sie! (Frangipani, Delfina) 04:11
20. Act II Scene 5: Du bist dir also sicher? (Frangipani, Delfina, Erzahlerin, Polycarp) 02:24
21. Act II Scene 6: Recitative and Aria: O schauderhaftes Los (Frangipani) 02:34
22. Act II Scene 6: Pancrazio, ich brauche dringend einen Beweis (Frangipani, Polycarp, Erzahlerin, Mariana, Coscoletto, Delfina, Arse 03:08
23. Act II Scene 10: Finale: Kennt ihr die kostlichste der Speisen (Coscoletto, Delfina, Mariana, Polycarp, Arsenico, Frangipani, Chor 08:50
24. Act II Scene 10: Kennt ihr die kostlichste der Speisen (Coscoletto, Delfina, Mariana, Polycarp, Arsenico, Frangipani, Chorus) 00:56
Performers:
Mechthild Georg (Alto), Thomas Dewald (Tenor), Anke Hoffmann (Soprano), Angele Durand (Spoken Vocals), Mojca Erdmann (Soprano), Yoo-Chang Nah (Bass), Henner Lewyhe (Tenor)
Collegium Cantandi Bonn
Helmuth Froschauer
Bad Ems is a spa town near Koblenz, on the river Lahn. Still thriving, it was at the height of its popularity in the Nineteenth Century, when visitors included Tsar Nicholas I and cultural figures such as Dostoyevsky, Wagner – and Jacques Offenbach. Offenbach visited Bad Ems for the sake of his own health and because a whole series of his smaller works had their premières there. These included Les Bavards (as Bavard et Bavarde) in 1862, Signor Fagotto (1863), Le Fifre Enchanté ou Le Soldat magicien (1864), Jeanne qui pleure et Jean qui rit (1864), La Leçon de chant électromagnétique (1867) – and Coscoletto, first performed on 24 July 1865. There were further performances in Berlin, Vienna, Budapest and Baden-Baden before the 1860s were out. Soon after that it effectively disappeared until recent times. This first recording is based on a 2001 production which was presented at several locations in Germany, including Bad Ems itself, which now hosts an Offenbach festival.
The original French libretto for Coscoletto, by one of Offenbach’s regular collaborators Charles Nuitter, has been lost; it is here performed in the German translation by Julius Hopp, prepared for the Vienna production one year after the première. The plot of Coscoletto is a characteristic piece of love and intrigue, deception and confusion, set in Naples - occasional phrases of Italian sit rather oddly amidst the German. Events range from a misdirected letter to an eruption of Vesuvius! The characters are types which, as Peter Hawig suggests in his booklet notes, can be traced back to the traditions of the commedia dell’arte. So, for example, Coscoletto (the ‘lazzarone’) and Delfina the flower-girl are versions of Arlecchino and Columbine, and the jealous, elderly husband – Frangipani, the seller of macaroni – is clearly derived from Pantalone.
In this recording Coscoletto makes for an hour and half’s entertaining listening. In the title role Mojca Erdmann has a charming, youthful voice and the ensemble work is generally very sound. In the first act finale, the interplay of soloists and chorus is well handled. Polycarp’s elegy for his recently deceased dog (poisoned by Arsenico the apothecary) is amusingly performed by Thomas Dewald. In the second act the praises of macaroni are delightfully sung, and the finale’s mock deaths, when most of the characters fear themselves accidentally poisoned, and (actual) reconciliations, provoke Offenbach to some very characteristic writing.
Yet, this remains a minor work, not likely to do anything to make us revise our views of Offenbach; it will probably be of enduring interest only to those with a special interest in Offenbach. It here receives a good, competent, but unremarkable recording. There are quite long stretches of spoken dialogue and narrative in German. The documentation includes the full libretto in German, but no translations.
Glyn Pursglove
The original French libretto for Coscoletto, by one of Offenbach’s regular collaborators Charles Nuitter, has been lost; it is here performed in the German translation by Julius Hopp, prepared for the Vienna production one year after the première. The plot of Coscoletto is a characteristic piece of love and intrigue, deception and confusion, set in Naples - occasional phrases of Italian sit rather oddly amidst the German. Events range from a misdirected letter to an eruption of Vesuvius! The characters are types which, as Peter Hawig suggests in his booklet notes, can be traced back to the traditions of the commedia dell’arte. So, for example, Coscoletto (the ‘lazzarone’) and Delfina the flower-girl are versions of Arlecchino and Columbine, and the jealous, elderly husband – Frangipani, the seller of macaroni – is clearly derived from Pantalone.
In this recording Coscoletto makes for an hour and half’s entertaining listening. In the title role Mojca Erdmann has a charming, youthful voice and the ensemble work is generally very sound. In the first act finale, the interplay of soloists and chorus is well handled. Polycarp’s elegy for his recently deceased dog (poisoned by Arsenico the apothecary) is amusingly performed by Thomas Dewald. In the second act the praises of macaroni are delightfully sung, and the finale’s mock deaths, when most of the characters fear themselves accidentally poisoned, and (actual) reconciliations, provoke Offenbach to some very characteristic writing.
Yet, this remains a minor work, not likely to do anything to make us revise our views of Offenbach; it will probably be of enduring interest only to those with a special interest in Offenbach. It here receives a good, competent, but unremarkable recording. There are quite long stretches of spoken dialogue and narrative in German. The documentation includes the full libretto in German, but no translations.
Glyn Pursglove
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