Sommer, H: Rübezahl und der Sackpfeifer von Neiße

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Sommer, H: Rübezahl und der Sackpfeifer von Neiße

Magnus Piontek (Rübezahl), Johannes Beck (Herr Buko), Anne Preuß (Gertrud), Hans-Georg Priese (Wido), Jueun Jeon (Bernhard Kraft), Kai Wefer (Otto Kettner), Alexander Voigt (Hieronymus Stäblein)

Philharmonisches Orchester Altenburg-Gera, Laurent Wagner

Release Date: 27th Jan 2017
Catalogue No: PC10367
Label: Pan Classics
Length: 2 hours 37 minutes

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Sommer, H: Rübezahl und der Sackpfeifer von Neisse, Op. 36, Act I

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Kai Wefer (bass-baritone), Hans-Georg Priese (tenor), Alexander Voigt (vocals), Jueun Jeon (tenor), Anne Preuß (soprano), Magnus Piontek (bass)
Philharmonisches Orchester Altenburg-Gera, Opernchor von Theater & Philharmonie Thüringen
Laurent Wagner
Recorded: 31 March - 2 April 2016
Recording Venue: Live recording, Bühnen der Stadt Gera, Germany

Act I: Prelude

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Act I: Holla, Freund Wido! (Kettner, Wido, Stäblein)

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Act I: Nun denn! Die Entscheidung ist nah (Kettner, Wido, Stäblein, Bernhard)

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Act I: Gertrud! An dich dachte mein Herz (Gertrud, Wido)

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Act I: Muss es? (Wido, Gertrud)

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Act I: Nein! Dreimal nein! (Wido)

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Act I: Hallo, hallo! Was greint denn das Jüngel? (Rübezahl, Wido)

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Act I: So, mein Sohn, da wären wir! (Ruprecht, Wido)

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Act I: Droben in Rübezahls heiligem Reich (Chorus, Wido, Rübezahl)

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Rübezahl und der Sackpfeifer von Neisse, Op. 36, Act II

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Recorded: 31 March - 2 April 2016
Recording Venue: Live recording, Bühnen der Stadt Gera, Germany

Act II: Prelude

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Act II: Die Freiheit hoch! (Chorus, Stäblein, Ruprecht, Kettner, Wido)

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Act II: Du! Lass den ungetreuen Haufen! (Ruprecht, Wido, Stäblein, Bernhard, Kettner, Chorus)

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Act II: Wido, bist du's? (Gertrud, Wido, Kettner, Chorus)

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Act II: Bleib bei mir, bleib bei mir! (Wido)

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Rübezahl und der Sackpfeifer von Neisse, Op. 36, Act III

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Johannes Beck (baritone), Merja Mäkelä (mezzo-soprano)
Recorded: 31 March - 2 April 2016
Recording Venue: Live recording, Bühnen der Stadt Gera, Germany

Act III: Prelude

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Act III: Die Welle zerrann in Schlick und Sand (Buko)

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Act III: Brigitte, was macht mein Kind? (Buko, Brigitte)

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Act III: He, holla! Den Pfeifer führ mir herein! (Buko, Diener)

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Act III: Tag, Vetter Stadtvogt (Ruprecht, Buko)

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Act III: Narr! Frag doch den Sturmwind, wo er geboren (Ruprecht, Buko)

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Act III: Gibst du ihm dein Kind zur Frau? (Ruprecht, Buko, Gertrud, Brigitte)

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Act III: Ich suche das Leben! (Gertrud, Brigitte, Buko)

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Act III: Sieh - sieh - lohnst du mir so? (Buko, Gertrud)

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Act III: Geh, geh! Zerstören ist meine Lust jetzt (Buko, Gertrud, Diener)

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Rübezahl und der Sackpfeifer von Neisse, Op. 36, Act IV

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Yao Xiangnan (tenor)
Recorded: 31 March - 2 April 2016
Recording Venue: Live recording, Bühnen der Stadt Gera, Germany

Act IV: Nachtwächter

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Act IV: He da, Kerl! Findst du die Hosen nicht? (Buko, Totengräber)

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Act IV: Hier ruhst du, Räuber meiner Ruh! (Buko)

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Act IV: Kommt an! Kommt an! (Wido, Buko, Chorus, Gertrud)

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Act IV: Hört es, ihr drunten (Wido, Chorus, Buko)

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Act IV: Rübezahl hat gerichtet (Chorus)

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Act IV: Nun deckt wohl dieser Stunde Mondenfrieden (Rübezahl)

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Act IV: Ihr aber wandelt in meiner Huld! (Rübezahl, Wido, Gertrud)

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The almost completely forgotten 'Rübezahl und der Sackpfeifer von Neisse' was first performed in 1904 in Brunswick, and in the following year in Berlin and Weimar, under the baton of Richard Strauss, with whom Sommer formed a close friendship. Its special feature is the post-Romantic melodic writing, admittedly with certain foundations in Wagner’s music.

It was performed live at Buhnender Stadt, Gera and caught by the microphones of Deutschlandradio Kultur 31st March-2nd April 2016.

Love for a woman or loyalty to the people who chose him as their leader in the struggle for freedom against the tyrant - this is the dilemma in which the young painter Wido finds himself. Wido's lover, Gertrude, was the daughter of Buko, who cruelly oppressed the population of the city of Neisse, at the foot of the Giant Mountains, and exploited them. In his despair, Wido summons the legendary Berggeist [mountain spirit] Rübezahl, who also appears promptly. Soon Rübezahl assumes the shape of a bagpipe whistle; as a simple musician, and yet brings many things together.

Rübezahl, a legendary figure from the Riesengebirge, has fascinated since the Renaissance. Sometimes he takes people off the right path, sometimes he appears as their protector. Often he takes the form of others, drives his trickery, and intervenes in destinies. The opera 'Rübezahl and the bagpipe of Neisse' is also about the power of love, the power of music and the civilising meaning of art.

Hans Sommer (1837–1922 Brunswick) saw music evolve from Schumann to Schoenberg, Wagner to Webern. A scientist and mathematician by profession, he turned to music full-time only in his forties. In 1875, Sommer met Richard and

Cosima Wagner for the first time and founded a Wagner Association in Brunswick. One year later he visited the first Bayreuth Festival as their guest. In the years that followed, he was part of the group of artists based at Wahnfried, although he tried to avoid being “a blind follower”, as Sommer himself wrote in his memoirs. From 1882 on, he published over one hundred songs and ballads in quick succession. Following the success of his opera 'Loreley', premièred in 1891, and which Richard Strauss presented in Weimar in 1892, he became an established opera composer.

Sommer, H: Rübezahl und der Sackpfeifer von Neiße

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