Vier letzte Lieder [Four Last Songs] / Arabella, Capriccio, Der Rosenkavalier [excerpts]

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RICHARD STRAUSS
Vier letzte Lieder [Four Last Songs] / Arabella, Capriccio, Der Rosenkavalier [excerpts]
Anne Schwanewilms (soprano) / Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Markus Stenz

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Release Date: Sunday 10 March 2013

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"she soars through them all, pearl-like, backed by the succulent purr of Cologne's Gürzenich Orchestra, conducted by Markus Stenz." (The Times)

"There's some wonderful singing [in the Capriccio extract]...She's also excellent as Arabella. At the start of the solo her singing is touching and with a hint of vulnerability to it. Later...she becomes more impassioned, as the music and the sentiments of the text demand...the Gürzenich-Orchester is inspired by Markus Stenz to some gorgeous playing." (MusicWeb)

"Schwanewilms is arguably the finest native German interpreter of Strauss's more lyrical operatic roles, yet despite a soprano of considerable loveliness, she can sound disengaged, particularly from the words. Here, she gives a good account of herself, especially in the closing monologues of Arabella and Countess Madeleine" (Sunday Times)

"she soars through them all, pearl-like, backed by the succulent purr of Cologne's Gürzenich Orchestra, conducted by Markus Stenz." (The Times)

Tracks:

Four Last Songs
Das war sehr gut, Mandryka (from Arabella)
Morgen mittag um elf! (from Capriccio)
Marie Theres'! ... Hab mir's gelobt (from Der Rosenkavalier)
with Jutta Böhnert (Sophie) & Regina Richter (Octavian)