Offenbach - Die schone Lurette | Relief CR2005

Offenbach - Die schone Lurette

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Label: Relief

Cat No: CR2005

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 28th February 2020

Contents

Artists

Frank Folker
Lutz Jahoda
Jola Siegl
Hella Janssen
Wilhelm Klemm
Wolfgang Bstandig
Helmut Strutz
Hellmuth Kaphahn
Rundfunk-Chor Leipzig
Grosses Rundfunk-Orchester Leipzig

Conductor

Gottfried Kassowitz

Works

Offenbach, Jacques

Belle Lurette (highlights)
Belle Lurette (sung in German)

Artists

Frank Folker
Lutz Jahoda
Jola Siegl
Hella Janssen
Wilhelm Klemm
Wolfgang Bstandig
Helmut Strutz
Hellmuth Kaphahn
Rundfunk-Chor Leipzig
Grosses Rundfunk-Orchester Leipzig

Conductor

Gottfried Kassowitz

About

Belle Lurette (a complete opera sung here in German) is Jacques Offenbach’s last work. He did not get to see or hear the world premiere or that of his fantastic opera The Tales of Hoffmann, which he worked on at the same time. This publication is a recording by Radio Leipzig from 1958.

The tapes were only rediscovered in the archive in the summer of 2019 and are thus offered for the very first time on CD. The performance features top GDR radio stars, the Grosses Rundfunk-Orchester and the Rundfunk-Chor Leipzig under the musical direction of Vienna conductor Gottfried Kassowitz, who makes the score sparkle with precision and transparency, yet with great temperament. The arrangement by Walter Zimmer is characterised by subtle interventions and allows all music numbers to be played, with three exceptions. The encore section has been extended to include 10 music numbers from the French ORTF production of 1965, making it possible to make meaningful comparisons between the original version and the German version. The accompanying text is by Matthias Käther, well-known and popular, among other things, for his music broadcasts on Radio rbbKultur (“Opernführer” and others).

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