Strauss, R: Daphne
Lucia Popp (Daphne), Reiner Goldberg (Apollo), Ortrun Wenkel (Gaea), Kurt Moll (Peneios), Peter Schreier (Leukippos)
Sinfonieorchester und Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bernard Haitink
Not one of Strauss's best-known operas, but I wanted to include this for the ravishing singing of Lucia Popp in the title role. The final scene, as Daphne is transformed into a tree, includes...
Strauss, R: Daphne
Lucia Popp (Daphne), Reiner Goldberg (Apollo), Ortrun Wenkel (Gaea), Kurt Moll (Peneios), Peter Schreier (Leukippos)
Sinfonieorchester und Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bernard Haitink
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Not one of Strauss's best-known operas, but I wanted to include this for the ravishing singing of Lucia Popp in the title role. The final scene, as Daphne is transformed into a tree, includes...
About
Studio recording, 1982
Contents and tracklist
- Peter Schreier (tenor), Ortrun Wenkel (mezzo-soprano), Matthias Hölle (bass), Reiner Goldberg (tenor), Wolfgang Vater (bass), Uta-Maria Flake (soprano), Ludwig Baumann (bass-baritone), Alexander Senger (tenor), Kurt Moll (bass), Dorothea Wirtz (soprano), Lucia Popp (soprano)
- Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Bernard Haitink
- Recorded: 1983-11-13
- Recording Venue: 6-13 November 1982, Herkulessaal, Munich
Daphne Op 82, Seid ihr um mich, ihr Hirten alle?: Wisset, ich sah ihn, Phoibos Apollon (Peneois / Gaea / Chor des Schäfer)
Track length5:09
Ich grüße dich, weiser, erfahrener Fischer (Apollo / Peneois / Gaea / Chor der Schäfer)
Track length3:57
Was führt dich her im niedern Gewande? ... Was seh ich? Wer schreitet dort? (Apollo / Daphne)
Track length3:53
Wie bist du gewaltig, fremder Hirte ... Was können an Weite menschliche Augen forschend ermessen (Daphne / Apollo)
Track length6:39
Furchtbare Schmach dem Gotte! ... Was sagt der da? ... Ein Zeichen wollt ihr? (Apollo / Chor / 1-4.Schäfer / 1. und2.Magd / Peneios / Gaea)
Track length1:51
Was blendet so? ... Daphne ... Gespielen ... Unheilvolle Daphne (Daphne / Leukippos)
Track length10:03
Was erblicke ich? Himmlische Schönheit ... Götter! Brüder im hohen Olympos! (Apollo)
Track length7:56
Ich komme ... Ich komme, grünende Brüder [Daphnes Verwandlung] (Stimme der Daphne)
Track length10:21
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Not one of Strauss's best-known operas, but I wanted to include this for the ravishing singing of Lucia Popp in the title role. The final scene, as Daphne is transformed into a tree, includes some of Strauss's most beautiful music, and the strings of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under Bernard Haitink excel themselves.
