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Beethoven, John Eliot Gardiner - Leonore 2xCD Box Set New Sealed
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This listing is for Beethoven, John Eliot Gardiner - Leonore 2xCD Box Set New Sealed.
Label: Archiv Produktion – 453 461-2
Format: 2 × CD, Album
Country: Europe
Released: 1997
Genre: Classical
Style: Romantic
Tracklist:
1-1 Overtüre 13:03
1-2 Twas In Truth 1:27
1-3 Arie: «O Wär Ich Schon Mit Dir Vereint» 3:22
1-4 Beharrlch Bleibt Dem Liebes Pfad 0:28
1-5 Duett : Jezt Schätzen , Jetz Sind Wir Allein 4:53
1-6 Der Kerker , Rocco, Der Vater 0:24
1-7 Terzett : Ein Mann Is Bald Genommen 3:44
1-8 Fidelio Kam - Und Niemand Weiss Woher 0:18
1-9 Quartett : Mir Ist So Wunderbar 4:01
1-10 Gefühl Is Gut , Doch Geld Ist Besser 0:14
1-11 Arie : Hat Man Nicht Auch Gold Beineben 2:27
1-12 Unantastbar Klar Birgt Lenores Brust 1:07
1-13 Terzett : Gut Söhnchen , Gut 5:52
1-14 Einleitung D- Dur 2:00
1-15 Der Gouverneur 0:41
1-16 Arie Mit Chor : Ha ! Welch Ein Augenblick 3:07
1-17 Postiert Eine Trompete Auf Dem Wachturm 0:09
1-18 Duett : Jetzt , Alter , Hat Es Eile 4:35
1-19 Und Leonore Begeget Marzelline 0:23
1-20 Duett : Um In Der Ehe Froh Zu Leben 6:06
1-21 Die Ersten Steine Des Dumpfen Gemäuers 0:30
1-22 Rezitativ Und Arie : Ach Brich Noch Nicht , Du Mattes Herz! 7:48
2-1 Finale : O Welche Lust In Freier Luf 7:56
2-2 Entfernt Euch Jetzt ! Nun , Könntihr Eilen 2:41
2-3 Wir Mussen Gleich Zu Werke Schreiten 3:40
2-4 Auf Euch Nur Will Ich Buen 2:50
2-5 Florestans Not Im Dunkel Tauber Einsamkeit 1:22
2-6 Gott! Welch Dunkel Hier 10:10
2-7 Wie Kalt Ist Es In Diesem Unterirdichen Gewölbe 1:41
2-8 Nur Hurtig Fort , Nur Frisch Gegraben 4:01
2-9 Dort , In Der Tiefe 0:53
2-10 Euch Werde Lohn In Bessern Welt 4:52
2-11 Und Rocco Eilt 0:22
2-12 Er Sterbe ! Doch Er Soll Erst Wissen 4:27
2-13 Oh Leonore ! Alles Was Dein Mut Gewagt - Verloren 0:07
2-14 Ich Kann Mich Noch Nicht Fassen 7:45
2-15 Zur Rache ! Zur Rache 4:21
2-16 O Gott! O Welch Ein Augenblick 4:17
2-17 So Müssen Endlich Aufgeklärte 0:09
2-18 Doch Höre Erst , Du Bösewicht 0:50
2-19 Dann Herrscht Allgemeine Freiheit Und Der Geister 0:05
2-20 Nein , Nein , Nein! Er Ist Noch Zu Geringen Bestraft 0:13
2-21 Ein Höherer Geist , Vom Himmel Gesandt 0:11
2-22 Der König Wird Dein Richter Sein 1:10
2-23 Wer Ein Holdes Weib Errungen 4:32
2-24 March B-Dur 1:51
Romain Rolland, writing specifically of Beethoven’s Leonore, described the work as “a monument of the anguish of the period, of the oppressed soul and its appeal to liberty”. John Eliot Gardiner, in the first complete recording of Fidelio’s predecessor for more than two decades, reveals both musically and verbally how the early, more radical opera has worked its spell on him, too. This, he says, is Beethoven struggling to recover the revolutionary fervour of his Bonn years; this is the score where the direct expression of spontaneous emotion, rather than the nobility of philosophical abstraction, is really to be found.
Characteristically, this new recording brings in its wake both a reappraisal of all the available source material, and insights aplenty gathered from the touring production which preceded it. Co-editor Nicholas McNair draws a fine-tooth comb through the comparative Leonore/Fidelio versions in an absorbing thesis which sees Leonore in the broader context of contemporary German philosophy. And, given that the slower musical pace of Leonore is counterbalanced by a stronger narrative thrust, the actor Christoph Bantzer contributes a sprightly narration which interleaves, deftly and movingly, brief asides from the likes of Wordsworth, Goethe and Holderlin.
And then, of course, there is the music. The Leonore No. 2 Overture is distinguished by the telling contrasts Gardiner draws between brooding strata of strings and the pearly light of the woodwind; and a reversal of the first two numbers gives Christiane Oelze a head start as a radiant Marzelline. The trio (Rocco, Marzelline and Jaquino) which prepares the Quartet “Mir ist so wunderbar”, does tend to impede the momentum but, like the ‘extra’ Marzelline and Leonore duet, “Um in der Ehe” in Act 2, it has a telling effect on the beat of the work’s human heart, and Gardiner’s sensitivity to its pulse throughout makes good any shortfall in dramatic impetus.
The D major March which introduces Act 2 is here restored to its original place for the first time since the premiere. With period-instrument brass and timpani making menacing circumstance out of what can be mere pomp, it makes the entry of Don Pizarro darker still. Matthew Best is, in articulation if not in range, one of the most blood-curdling Pizarros on disc, just as Alastair Miles is one of the noblest Don Fernandos.
“Komm, Hoffnung” reveals the resilience and steady, gleaming core of Hillevi Martinpelto’s Leonore. There are times when one craves a fiercer edge of passion; but, with the equally sharply focused tenor of Kim Begley, it is a joy to hear “O namenlose Freude” perfectly paced, and really sung. This Florestan sings his great aria without Fidelio’s vision of an “Engel Leonore”: Begley, no Heldentenor after all, is particularly well suited to the constant, dark minor key of this “Lebens Fruhlingstagen”, which presages Gardiner’s triumphant – and often surprising – finale.
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| Listing Type | Gallery Listing |
| Listing ID# | 228492331 |
| Start Time | Mon 21 Apr 2025 14:25:34 (EDT) |
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