Hugo Wolf: Five Songs (Verborgenheit; Er istss; Elfenlied; Anakreons Grab; Mignon); Richard Strauss: Befreit Op. 39 No. 4; Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
Renée Fleming (Soprano);
Staatskapelle Dresden; Christian Thielemann
The Dresden Staatskapelle has a living Bruckner tradition, stretching back a century and more, which is lovingly curated by its new music director, Christian Thielemann, who is himself a powerful advocate for the composers 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 Wagners death in Venice. Hugo Wolf was also deeply affected by that news; his songs, like Bruckners 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.
Bruckner
Symphony No. 7 in E Major
Strauss, R
Befreit, Op. 39 No. 4
Renee Fleming (soprano)
Wolf, H
Verborgenheit (No. 12 from Morike-Lieder)
Renee Fleming (soprano)
Er ists (No. 6 from Morike-Lieder)
Renee Fleming (soprano)
Elfenlied (No. 16 from Morike-Lieder)
Renee Fleming (soprano)
Anakreons Grab (No. 29 from Goethe-Lieder)
Renee Fleming (soprano)
Mignon II Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt (No. 6 from Goethe-Lieder)
Renee Fleming (soprano)