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Spohr: The Alchemist

Bernd Weikl (Don Feliz de Vasquez - Der Alchymist), Moran Abauloff (Inez), Jörg Dürmüller (Don Alonzo de Castros), Jan Zinkler (Don Ramiro de Loxa), Susanna Putters (Paola), Mike Garling (Lopez), Linda Foerster (Inquisitor), Romuald Jasinski & Stantcho Velitchkov (Zwei Gypsies)

Braunschwieg...

Spohr: The Alchemist
Bernd Weikl seizes with both hands the opportunities offered by the Alchemist's eccentric character...The part is well written, and very well sung...Spohr's orchestration is, as always, imaginatively...

International Record Review, July/August 2011

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Spohr: The Alchemist

Bernd Weikl (Don Feliz de Vasquez - Der Alchymist), Moran Abauloff (Inez), Jörg Dürmüller (Don Alonzo de Castros), Jan Zinkler (Don Ramiro de Loxa), Susanna Putters (Paola), Mike Garling (Lopez), Linda Foerster (Inquisitor), Romuald Jasinski & Stantcho Velitchkov (Zwei Gypsies)

Braunschwieg...

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Bernd Weikl seizes with both hands the opportunities offered by the Alchemist's eccentric character...The part is well written, and very well sung...Spohr's orchestration is, as always, imaginatively...

International Record Review, July/August 2011

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This is the first recording of Spohr's three-act opera, The Alchemist. Christian Fröhlich conducted this live performance in the Staatstheater Braunscheig in May 2009. This was the first time the opera had been heard since its last performance in Prague in 1838.

Artists

Bernd Weikl (Don Feliz de Vasquez - Der Alchymist), Moran Abauloff (Inez), Jörg Dürmüller (Don Alonzo de Castros), Jan Zinkler (Don Ramiro de Loxa), Susanna Putters (Paola), Mike Garling (Lopez), Linda Foerster (Inquisitor), Romuald Jasinski & Stantcho Velitchkov (Zwei Gypsies)

Braunschwieg Staatsorchester and Chorus, Christian Fröhlich

  • Release date: 18th Apr 2011
  • Label: Oehms
  • Catalogue number: OC923
  • Length: 2 hours 11 minutes

Contents and tracklist

Spohr: Der Alchymist
Work length8:11
  • Bernd Weikl, Moran Abouloff, Jörg Dürmüller, Jan Zinkler, Susanna Putters, Mike Garling, Linda Foerster, Romuald Jasinski, Stantcho Velitchkov
  • Braunschweig State Theatre Chorus, Braunschweig State Orchestra
  • Christian Fröhlich
Overture
Track length8:11
Spohr: Der Alchymist, Act I
Work length40:31
  • Bernd Weikl, Moran Abouloff, Jörg Dürmüller, Jan Zinkler, Susanna Putters, Mike Garling, Linda Foerster, Romuald Jasinski, Stantcho Velitchkov
  • Braunschweig State Theatre Chorus, Braunschweig State Orchestra
  • Christian Fröhlich
Bergauf, bergab, von Felz zu Schlucht (Zigeuner, Lopez)
Track length7:09
Aria. So bin ich verraten, verstossen, verlacht (Paola)
Track length2:36
Duet. Sie ist's (Paola, Inez)
Track length4:08
Recitative. Doch still, wer nahet? (Paola)
Track length2:21
Recitative and Aria. O welcher Reiz dies holde Bild (Alonzo)
Track length8:41
Ich folg' umsonst der Freude Spuren (Ramiro, Ziguener, Alonzo, Chorus)
Track length5:07
Fort ist er (Alonzo, Vasquez, Inez)
Track length10:29
Spohr: Der Alchymist, Act II
Work length43:26
  • Bernd Weikl, Moran Abouloff, Jörg Dürmüller, Jan Zinkler, Susanna Putters, Mike Garling, Linda Foerster, Romuald Jasinski, Stantcho Velitchkov
  • Braunschweig State Theatre Chorus, Braunschweig State Orchestra
  • Christian Fröhlich
Recitative and Duet. Es ist schon spat (Ramiro, Paola)
Track length11:26
Recitative and Aria. Ha! Welch ein Plan! (Paola)
Track length12:18
Arietta. Der Abend neigt sich zu der Erde nieder (Inez)
Track length3:38
So offne Deine schönen Augenlider (Alonzo, Inez)
Track length3:34
Sieh jene Schar (Inez, Alonzo, Zigeuner, Lopez)
Track length2:19
Recitative. Flieht nicht, Senora (Lopez, Alonzo, Paola)
Track length1:20
Abuhamet (Paola, Zigeuner, Inez, Chorus)
Track length4:13
Finale. De bebst, Geliebte? (Alonzo, Inez, Paola, Lopez, Ziguener, Vasquez, Ramiro)
Track length4:38
Spohr: Der Alchymist, Act III
Work length39:32
  • Bernd Weikl, Moran Abouloff, Jörg Dürmüller, Jan Zinkler, Susanna Putters, Mike Garling, Linda Foerster, Romuald Jasinski, Stantcho Velitchkov
  • Braunschweig State Theatre Chorus, Braunschweig State Orchestra
  • Christian Fröhlich
Vision (Vasquez, Inquisitor)
Track length7:41
Recitative and Aria. Vor meine Richter wird' ich bald gefuhrt (Vasquez)
Track length3:41
Fliehe nicht vor Mannerschritten (Zigeuner, Ramiro, Inez, Paola)
Track length4:01
Weh' mir! (Inez, Ramiro, Zigeuner)
Track length7:43
Finale. Auf gold'nen Wolken naht der Morgen (Volk, Alonzo, Inez, Lopez, Ramiro, Vazquez, Paola)
Track length16:26

Awards and reviews

July/August 2011

Bernd Weikl seizes with both hands the opportunities offered by the Alchemist's eccentric character...The part is well written, and very well sung...Spohr's orchestration is, as always, imaginatively coloured as part of the dramatic expression.
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