Strauss, R. / Eiche / Woldt / Schneider: Feuersnot - COMPACT DISCS

Title: Feuersnot
Artist: Strauss, R. / Eiche / Woldt / Schneider
Label: Cpo Records
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 761203792023
Genre: Classical, Opera/Operetta
Release Date: 2015-02-10
Number of Discs: 2

Just in time to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Richard Strauss's birth comes a cpo-released concert performance of his rarely performed 'sung poem' "Feuersnot" (1901) under Ulf Schirmer. The satirist Ernst von Wolzogen, who wrote the libretto for this 'Bavarian burlesque', founded the first literary cabaret in Berlin, the Ueberbrettl, a satiric allusion to Nietzsche's Uebermensch. And in a certain way, Strauss's music is also satirical: it may very much be termed a Wagner parody, a farewell to every sort of pomp and pathos. The comic plot is about the handsome Kunrad, who has a few magical powers but comes on too fast to the mayor's daughter, Diemut, kissing her in public. To avenge the insult, she plays a humiliating trick on him. He strikes back, using his limited magic to prevent the town from making fire for light and heat. Townspeople stop gossiping about the girl's reputation and beg her to accept his advances. When she does, the couple and everyone else are ecstatic.

Tracks:
1.1 Einleitung Und Beginn
1.2 Eia, Kind'ln Gruss' Euch Gott!
1.3 Lassts Den Seltsamen Nachbarn Aus
1.4 Als Herzog Heinrich Mit Dem Lowen Kam
1.5 Sonnwend!
1.6 Heissa! Hellerlichten Loht Das Feuerlein!
1.7 Dass Ich Den Zauber Lerne
1.8 Pfuch! Schamts Euch, Junker Ubermut!
1.9 Lebhaftes Walzertempo - Weil Jetzt Die Sonn' Net Hoher Kann
1.10 Mogts Ruhig Brennen Lassen
1.11 Feuersnot! Minnegebot!
1.12 Mittsommernacht! Wehvolle Wacht!
1.13 Mittsommernacht! Wonnige Wacht!
1.14 Maja, Maja, Miamo
2.1 Leise, Leise, Lasst Uns Schauen
2.2 Hilf Dir Nun Selber!
2.3 Hilf Mir, Meister
2.4 Hollenspuk! Satanstrug!
2.5 Oh Weh, Herr Schweiker Von Gundelfing
2.6 Habt Ihr's Gehört?
2.7 Zwischenspiel
2.8 Mittsommernacht! Wonnige Wacht!

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