in Opera Now (Mar, 2019)
Rediscovered and reconstructed, Act I of Liszt’s opera Sardanapalo receives an outstanding performance from the Weimar Staatskapelle and Nationaltheater Opera Chorus under Kirill Karabits. Any fears that Liszt might not have been at home in the genre are dissipated, for the work, reconstructed by musicologist David Trippett, is lush and Romantic to a fault, with long-spun melodies, an innate sense of dramatic thrust and some thrilling choral work. Much fun can be had trying to discern musical influences, and it is obvious that Liszt had one foot in the bel canto tradition and another in a more forward-looking German school; but he does forge his own voice, and it is a …
Franz Liszt: Sardanapalo, Mazeppa – Kirill Karabits
Mazeppa. Symphonic poem No. 6, S. 100
Sardanapalo (unfinished opera, S. 687)
Act I, Scene I: Preludio
Act I, Scene I: ‘Vieni! Risplendono festive faci’ (Chorus of Concubines)
Act I, Scene I: ‘Oh del tetto paterno’ (Mirra)
Act I, Scene I: ‘L’altera Ninive a te s’inchina’ (Chorus of Concubines)
Act I, Scene II: ‘Più lunga cura’ (Mirra)
Act I, Scene II: ‘Giù pel piano’ (Mirra)
Act I, Scene II: ‘Sogno vano’ (Mirra)
Act I, Scene II: ‘Ahi! Nell’ansio rapimento’ (Mirra)
Act I, Scene III: ‘Nella tua stanza’ (Sardanapalo, Mirra)
Act I, Scene III: ‘Parla! Parla!’ (Sardanapalo, Mirra)
Act I, Scene III: ‘Sotto il tuo sguardo’ (Sardanapalo, Mirra)
Act I, Scene IV: ‘Mentre a tuo danno’ (Beleso)
Act I, Scene IV: ‘Se sol l’armi’ (Sardanapalo)
Act I, Scene IV: ‘Oh perché, perché quel core’ (Mirra, Beleso)
Act I, Scene IV: ‘Che far pensi?’ (Beleso, Sardanapalo, Mirra)
Act I, Scene IV: ‘Diletta vergine’ (Sardanapalo, Beleso, Mirra)
Act I, Scene IV: Allegro deciso
Joyce El-Khoury, Airam Hernandez, Oleksandr Pushniak, Opernchor des Deutschen Nationaltheaters Weimar, Staatskapelle Weimar, Kirill Karabits
20,90€
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