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A recital with Renée Fleming, Vienna at the turn of the 20th century, presented by Unitel Classica ; a production of Unitel

Label
A recital with Renée Fleming, Vienna at the turn of the 20th century, presented by Unitel Classica ; a production of Unitel
Language
ger
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
A recital with Renée Fleming
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
893685623
Responsibility statement
presented by Unitel Classica ; a production of Unitel
Runtime
88
Sub title
Vienna at the turn of the 20th century
Summary
This concert is Renée Flemings very personal homage to Fin de Siècle Vienna. At the turn of the last century, the capital of the Austrian Empire was also one of the cultural centers for the fine arts and, in particular, for music. With this selection Renée Fleming presents the full variety of this unique era
Table Of Contents
Five songs to texts by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Frühling übers Jahr ; Gleich und Gleich ; Die Spröde ; Die Bekehrte ; Anakreons Grab / Hugo Wolf -- Five songs to texts by Friedrich Rückert. Ich atmet' einen linden Duft ; Liebst du um Schönheit ; Um Mitternacht ; Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder! ; Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen / Gustav Mahler -- Erwartung : op. 2/1 ; Jane Grey : op. 12/1 / Arnold Schoenberg -- Five songs to poems by Richard Dehmel. Vorspiel ; Ansturm ; Letzte Bitte ; Stromüber ; Auf See / Alexander Zemlinsky -- Sterbelied : op. 14/1 ; Das Heldengrab am Pruth : op. 9/5 ; Was du mir bist : op. 22/1 ; Das eilende Bächlein : op. 27/2 ; Frag mich oft, from Walzer aus Wien ; Glück, das mir verblieb : Marietta's song from Die tote Stadt / Erich Wolfgang Korngold -- Zueignung : op. 10/1 / Richard Strauss -- I'm in love with Vienna / Johann Strauss II ; adaptation by Dimitri Tiomkin ; Summertime / George Gershwin
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Classification
resource.arrangerofmusic
resource.instrumentalist
resource.singer
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