Edition Staatskapelle Dresden Vol.49: Karl Bohm | Haenssler Profil PH20056

Edition Staatskapelle Dresden Vol.49: Karl Bohm

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Label: Haenssler Profil

Cat No: PH20056

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Release Date: 6th September 2024

Contents

Artists

Elisabeth Hongen (alto)
Torsten Ralf (tenor)
Josef Herrmann (baritone)
Elfriede Weidlich (soprano)
Kurt Bohme (bass)
Sachsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden
Dresdner Knabenchor
Staatskapelle Dresden

Conductor

Karl Bohm

Works

Bizet, Georges

Carmen (highlights in German)

Brahms, Johannes

Symphony no.4 in E minor, op.98

Reger, Max

Variations and Fugue on a theme of Mozart, op.132

Schubert, Franz

Symphony no.5 in B flat major, D485

Artists

Elisabeth Hongen (alto)
Torsten Ralf (tenor)
Josef Herrmann (baritone)
Elfriede Weidlich (soprano)
Kurt Bohme (bass)
Sachsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden
Dresdner Knabenchor
Staatskapelle Dresden

Conductor

Karl Bohm

About

Karl Böhm in 1973 for the 425th anniversary of the orchestra wrote, “I headed the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden for nine years – the most wonderful and meaningful time of my life.” He was forty in 1934, when he moved to assume direction of the Dresden State Orchestra and Opera. There, his sensitive yet dramatic style of conducting, his vigour and intellectual resilience, his feel for classical form and unerring sense of tempo, very soon won the respect and trust of the musicians and singers in his charge; they did after all represent one of the best orchestras and most capable opera ensembles in Europe.

Every season, Böhm conducted nearly all the Staatskapelle concerts and about 70 opera performances, setting new standards above all in the Mozart, Wagner and Strauss repertoire. In this extraordinarily extensive activity, he set his stamp on the ensemble, whose guest performances confirmed its international ranking. Even in his first year in Dresden, he made recordings in the Semperoper, which always had to be especially prepared for the purpose. They included numerous individual symphonic works and items from opera, as well as lavish projects that were technically difficult to record at the time.

Recorded 1937 (Reger), 1939 (Brahms), 1942 (Schubert, Bizet)

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