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SCHUBERT SPERING CHORUS MUSICUS KOLN - DER VIERJAHRIGE POSTEN DIE CD

SCHUBERT SPERING CHORUS MUSICUS KOLN - DER VIERJAHRIGE POSTEN DIE CD

GBP 21.96

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Artist:

SCHUBERT / SPERING / CHORUS MUSICUS KOLN

Title:

DER VIERJAHRIGE POSTEN DIE ZWILLINGSBRUDER

Genre:

CLASSICAL / ORCHESTRAL & SYMPHONIC

SKU:

811691011448

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4 - 8 Business Days

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SKU/Barcode: 811691011448

Franz Schubert never achieved the success as a composer for the stage that the aspired to, and even since his genius has been fully recognized, his dramatic works have not found their way into the repertoire. This is due not so much to the quality of the music, which is often very high, but to the fact that Schubert devoted himself to a form, thesingspiel, which wasn't quite an opera, but a play with interpolated musical numbers that fell quickly out of style and has never made a popular comeback. Several Mozart singspiele, particularly Die Entf hrung aus dem Serail and Die Zauberfl te, have remained in the repertoire due to the large percentage of musical numbers they contain, their dramatic appeal, and their extraordinary music, criteria that Schubert's work doesn't meet. It's good, though, to have excellent recordings such as this one, to allow listeners to become familiar with the composer's neglected dramatic work. The music is very much in the Classical style, with a strong Mozartian flavor. Schubert's contemporaries found this music too serious for the light subject matter, but to modern ears it seems delightfully elegant, and often playful. The overtures to these short works are particularly attractive, and certainly merit consideration for inclusion in orchestral concerts. Schubert's vocal writing is, as would be expected, masterful and gratifying. The pieces receive crisp, spirited performances by Christoph Spering, conducting Chorus Musicus K ln and Das Neue Orchester, who sing and play with the care and energy to present these pieces in the best possible light. The vocal soloists are consistently fine. Soprano Aga Mikolaj and tenor Andreas Karasiak are especially persuasive, and Mikolaj's silvery tone and her security in the stratospheric reaches of her role are impressive. Phoenix's sound is clean, bright, and vibrant. The CD should be of strong interest to any Schubert fan and anyone intrigued by operatic literature from off the beaten path.
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