Special offer. Goldmark: Merlin
Robert Künzli (Merlin), Anna Gabler (Viviane), Brian Davis (Lancelot), Daniel Behle (Modred), Gabriela Popescu (Morgana), Frank van Hove (The Demon), Sebastian Holecek (Artus), In-Sung Sim (Glendower), Michael Mantaj (Gawein), Werner Rollenmüller (Bedwyr)
Philharmonischer Chor München &...
…this production is vocally strong, with Robert Künzli as a noble-voiced Merlin, Frank van Hove as the scheming Demon and Anna Gabler a touching Viviane being the clear stars of the show.
Special offer. Goldmark: Merlin
Robert Künzli (Merlin), Anna Gabler (Viviane), Brian Davis (Lancelot), Daniel Behle (Modred), Gabriela Popescu (Morgana), Frank van Hove (The Demon), Sebastian Holecek (Artus), In-Sung Sim (Glendower), Michael Mantaj (Gawein), Werner Rollenmüller (Bedwyr)
Philharmonischer Chor München &...
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…this production is vocally strong, with Robert Künzli as a noble-voiced Merlin, Frank van Hove as the scheming Demon and Anna Gabler a touching Viviane being the clear stars of the show.
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Contents and tracklist
- Sebastian Holecek (baritone), Robert Kunzli (tenor), Anna Gabler (soprano), Michael Mantaj (bass), Daniel Behle (tenor), Werner Rollenmuller (bass), Brian Davis (baritone), Frank van Hove (baritone), Gabriela Popescu (mezzo-soprano), In-Sung Sim (bass)
- Munich Philharmonic Chorus, Philharmonie Festiva
- Gerd Schaller
Act I Scene 5: Gruss euch, ihr Guten, und frohen Dank (Arthur, Lancelot, Glendower, Chorus, Bedwyr)
Track length11:21
Act I Scene 6: Das Fraulein von der Quelle, die wilde Jagerin (Chorus, Viviane, Merlin)
Track length9:01
Act I Scene 6: Sei uns gegrusst, du holder Gast! (Arthur, Lancelot, Glendower, Gawain, Modred, Viviane, Merlin, Chorus)
Track length4:39
Act I Scene 6: Leb'wohl, Merlin! (Viviane, Modred, Lancelot, Gawain, Glendower, Chorus, Arthur)
Track length2:57
Act II Scene 2: Von dieser Statte sel'ger Einsamkeit (Arthur, Modred, Lancelot, Chorus)
Track length4:19
Act II Scene 3: Mein Konig!…Gruss dir, Edler! (Merlin, Arthur, Modred, Lancelot, Chorus)
Track length6:14
Act II Scene 5: Sie kommt! Sie irrt umher in dumpfem Sinnen (Demon, Viviane, Chorus)
Track length7:25
Act III Scene 3: Nun steigst du herauf, du goldene Pracht! (Merlin, Chorus, Lancelot)
Track length8:30
Awards and reviews
February 2010
…this production is vocally strong, with Robert Künzli as a noble-voiced Merlin, Frank van Hove as the scheming Demon and Anna Gabler a touching Viviane being the clear stars of the show.
March 2010
Goldmark's fresh, Weber-ish melodic gift and his uses of recitative with a verismo pace and of carefully placed, ear-bending modulations set Merlin in an intriguing post-Parsifal world. …the beau role of Viviane, Merlin's nemesis but love… taken here by a most dramatically aware Anna Gabler), has a musical profile of real individuality... The Philharmonie Festiva... play fluently for the sympathetic championship of Gerd Schaller.
July/August 2012
Robert Kunzli reveals why Wagnerian roles are in his domain. His voice is firm, with a sure top and the clarion power to cleave through the heavier orchestration...He is not crudely belting out his voice, nor is he limited to one dynamic...Profil must be praised for providing the opportunity to hear an opera which deserves attention rather than neglect
