Immerse yourself in the captivating world of Ferruccio Busoni's operatic genius with this comprehensive collection of his works "Arlecchino & Turandot." Released on Warner Classics, this album showcases two of Busoni's most celebrated operas, "Arlecchino, oder Die Fenster" and "Turandot," both composed with spoken dialogue and presented in their original German librettos.
"Arlecchino, oder Die Fenster," composed in 1913, is a one-act opera that premiered in Zurich in May 1917. This whimsical and intricate piece is a delightful exploration of comedy and drama, featuring a rich tapestry of characters and a score that highlights Busoni's unique compositional style. The opera's spoken dialogue adds a layer of intimacy, bringing the audience closer to the characters and their stories.
"Turandot," completed in 1917, is a two-act opera that also premiered in Zurich alongside "Arlecchino." Busoni's adaptation of the classic tale is a masterclass in operatic storytelling, blending elements of mystery, romance, and intrigue. The opera's libretto, also in German, is a testament to Busoni's literary prowess, complementing his musical genius.
This album features a total of 44 tracks, spanning over two hours and sixteen minutes of captivating music. From the playful and humorous scenes in "Arlecchino" to the dramatic and suspenseful moments in "Turandot," this collection offers a comprehensive journey through Busoni's operatic repertoire. The album includes notable pieces such as "Umzug und Tanz" from "Arlecchino" and the dramatic "Finale. 'Vatermörderin!'" from "Turandot," providing a rich and varied listening experience.
Whether you are a seasoned opera enthusiast or a newcomer to the genre, this album is a treasure trove of musical and dramatic delights. Ferruccio Busoni's "Arlecchino & Turandot" is a testament to his enduring legacy as one of the most innovative and influential composers of the early 20th century.
Tracks
Busoni: Arlecchino, Op. 50: "Ein Schauspiel ist's für Kinder nicht" (Arlecchino)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Ernst Theo Richter, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Arlecchino, Op. 50: "Maestro?" (Arlecchino, Matteo)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Ernst Theo Richter, Thomas Mohr, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Arlecchino, Op. 50: "Quel giorno più non vi leggemmo avante" (Arlecchino, Matteo)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Ernst Theo Richter, Thomas Mohr, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Arlecchino, Op. 50: "Und noch hab ich euch zu danken" (Abbate, Dottore, Matteo)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Philippe Huttenlocher, Thomas Mohr, Wolfgang Holzmair, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Arlecchino, Op. 50: "So wüßt ihr von Nichts?" (Matteo, Abbate, Dottore)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Philippe Huttenlocher, Thomas Mohr, Wolfgang Holzmair, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Arlecchino, Op. 50: "Gott, eh' dem Schlachten" (Abbatte, Dottore, Matteo)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Philippe Huttenlocher, Thomas Mohr, Wolfgang Holzmair, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Arlecchino, Op. 50: Marsch - "Den schlüssel ließ ich mir nachfertigen" (Arlecchino, Matteo)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Ernst Theo Richter, Thomas Mohr, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Arlecchino, Op. 50: "Ora incommincian le dolenti note" (Arlecchino, Matteo)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Ernst Theo Richter, Thomas Mohr, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Arlecchino, Op. 50: "Jetz aber" (Arlecchino, Colombina)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Ernst Theo Richter, Susanne Mentzer, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Arlecchino, Op. 50: Arietta. "Wie ist ihr Schlaf, Madame?" (Arlecchino, Colombina)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Ernst Theo Richter, Susanne Mentzer, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Arlecchino, Op. 50: "Mit dem Schwerte, mit der Laute" (Leandro, Colombina)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Stefan Dahlberg, Susanne Mentzer, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Arlecchino, Op. 50: "Contro l'empio traditore" (Leandro, Colombina)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Stefan Dahlberg, Susanne Mentzer, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Arlecchino, Op. 50: "O Colombina" (Leandro, Colombina)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Stefan Dahlberg, Susanne Mentzer, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Arlecchino, Op. 50: "Madame, ich seh', ihr bildet euch an meiner Schule" (Arlecchino, Leandro)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Ernst Theo Richter, Stefan Dahlberg, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Arlecchino, Op. 50: "Est ist schon ganz finster" (Dottore, Abbate, Colombina)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Philippe Huttenlocher, Stefan Dahlberg, Wolfgang Holzmair, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Arlecchino, Op. 50: "Was vermuten, was beginnen" (Dottore, Abbate, Colombina)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Philippe Huttenlocher, Susanne Mentzer, Wolfgang Holzmair, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Arlecchino, Op. 50: "Laßt uns beten, asinus providentialis" (Abbate, Leandro, Dottore, Colombina)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Philippe Huttenlocher, Stefan Dahlberg, Susanne Mentzer, Wolfgang Holzmair, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Arlecchino, Op. 50: "Glück auf zur Fahrt" (Arlecchino)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Ernst Theo Richter, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Arlecchino, Op. 50: "Wahrlich, ich weiß nicht mehr aus noch ein!" (Matteo)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Thomas Mohr, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Arlecchino, Op. 50: Umzug und TanzFerruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Arlecchino, Op. 50: "Verehrliche Versammlung" (Arlecchino)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Ernst Theo Richter, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Turandot, Act 1: Introduktion - "Peking! Stadt der Wunder!" (Kalaf, Barak)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Falk Struckmann, Stefan Dahlberg, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Turandot, Act 1: Lamento. "O Verweilt!" (Chor, Königinmutter, Barak, Kalaf)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Falk Struckmann, Anne-Marie Rodde, Chœurs de l'Opéra de Lyon, Stefan Dahlberg, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Turandot, Act 1: "Barak, Barak, o du tückishcer Alter" (Kalaf, Barak)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Falk Struckmann, Stefan Dahlberg, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Turandot, Act 1: "Dich will ich rächen" (Kalaf, Barak)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Falk Struckmann, Stefan Dahlberg, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Turandot, Act 1: "Rechts zunächst der große Thron" (Truffaldino)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Markus Schäfer, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Turandot, Act 1: "Das find' ich doch sehr vernünftig" (Truffaldino)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Markus Schäfer, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Turandot, Act 1: "Wir sind die Doktores und sitzen zu Gericht" (Chor, Altoum, Pantalone, Tartaglia)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Chœurs de l'Opéra de Lyon, Franz-Josef Selig, Michael Kraus, Wolfgang Holzmair, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Turandot, Act 1: "Konfutse, dir hab' ich geschworen" (Altoum)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Franz-Josef Selig, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Turandot, Act 1: "Steh' auf, unkluger Jüngling!" (Altoum, Kalaf)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Franz-Josef Selig, Stefan Dahlberg, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Turandot, Act 1: "Entweiche, entweich' der Gefahr" (Altoum, Kalaf, Pantalone, Tartaglia)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Franz-Josef Selig, Michael Kraus, Stefan Dahlberg, Wolfgang Holzmair, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Turandot, Act 1: "Lieber möcht' ich gar auf einem Bein" (Pantalone, Altoum, Kalaf, Tartaglia, Chor, Turandot, Adelma, Truffaldino)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Markus Schäfer, Chœurs de l'Opéra de Lyon, Franz-Josef Selig, Gabriele Sima, Mechthild Gessendorf, Michael Kraus, Stefan Dahlberg, Wolfgang Holzmair, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Turandot, Act 1: "Was kriecht am Boden, fliegt gen Himmel" (Turandot, Kalaf, Pantalone, Tartaglia, Altoum, Chor)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Chœurs de l'Opéra de Lyon, Franz-Josef Selig, Mechthild Gessendorf, Michael Kraus, Stefan Dahlberg, Wolfgang Holzmair, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Turandot, Act 1: "Wes Stamms und Names ist der fremde Prinz" (Kalaf, Chor)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Chœurs de l'Opéra de Lyon, Stefan Dahlberg, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Turandot, Act 2: Lied mit Chor. "La la la" (Chor)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Chœurs de l'Opéra de Lyon, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Turandot, Act 2: Tanz. "Nacht wird zum Tag, schauet!" (Chor)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Chœurs de l'Opéra de Lyon, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Turandot, Act 2: "Genug! Mein Kopf steht nach andren Dingen!" (Turandot, Adelma)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Gabriele Sima, Mechthild Gessendorf, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Turandot, Act 2: "Hören wir zunächst, was Truffaldino meldet" (Adelma, Turandot, Truffaldino)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Markus Schäfer, Gabriele Sima, Mechthild Gessendorf, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Turandot, Act 2: "Ich schlich geschickt" (Truffaldino, Turandot, Adelma, Altoum, Pantalone, Tartaglia)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Markus Schäfer, Franz-Josef Selig, Gabriele Sima, Mechthild Gessendorf, Michael Kraus, Wolfgang Holzmair, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Turandot, Act 2: "Heimliche Kunde kam mir zu" (Altoum, Turandot, Pantalone, Tartaglia)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Franz-Josef Selig, Mechthild Gessendorf, Michael Kraus, Wolfgang Holzmair, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Turandot, Act 2: "Adelma, meine Freundin" (Turandot, Adelma)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Gabriele Sima, Mechthild Gessendorf, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Turandot, Act 2: IntermezzoFerruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Turandot, Act 2: "Hört mir nur das klägliche Getrommel!" (Tartaglia, Pantalone, Chor, Kalaf, Altoum, Turandot)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Chœurs de l'Opéra de Lyon, Franz-Josef Selig, Mechthild Gessendorf, Michael Kraus, Stefan Dahlberg, Wolfgang Holzmair, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
Busoni: Turandot, Act 2: Finale. "Vatermörderin!" (Altoum, Chor, Pantalone, Tartaglia, Kalaf, Turandot, Truffaldino, Adelma)Ferruccio Busoni, Kent Nagano, Markus Schäfer, Chœurs de l'Opéra de Lyon, Franz-Josef Selig, Gabriele Sima, Mechthild Gessendorf, Michael Kraus, Stefan Dahlberg, Wolfgang Holzmair, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
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