Bruckner: Symphony No.7 / Wolf: Lieder (Thielemann/Fleming)

Recorded live at the Semperoper Dresden, September 2011
Certificate: N/A
Running Time: c.106 mins
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Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
The Dresden Staatskapelle has a living Bruckner tradition, stretching back a century or more, which is lovingly curated by its new music director, Christian Thielemann, who is himself a powerful advocate for the composer's symphonies as the pinnacle of the Austro-German tradition; and in particular for the Wagnerian resonances of the Seventh whose Adagio was shaped by news of Wagner's death in Venice. Hugo Wolf was also deeply affected by that news; his songs, like Bruckner's symphonies, can be seen as oblique reflections on the influence of Wagner, especially when sung, as they are here by Renée Fleming, with the utmost delicacy and intimacy.

Programme:

Hugo Wolf:
Verborgenheit   orch. Joseph Marx
Er ist's  orch. Hugo Wolf
Elfenlied  orch. Günther Raphael
Anakreons grab  orch. Hugo Wolf
Mignon  orch. Hugo Wolf

Richard Strauss:
Befreit  Op.39 No.iv

Anton Bruckner:
Symphony No.7 in E  (Robert Haas Edition)

Filmed in High Definition and in true Surround Sound.

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Related Websites:
http://www.staatskapelle-dresden.de/en/
https://www.opusarte.com/