Overture: Kaiser Adolph von Nassau, Op. 130 (1945)
An operatic overture by German composer Heinrich Marschner (1795-1861). The Romantic opera "Kaiser Adolph von Nassau", with a libretto by Heribert Rau, was premiered in Dresden in 1845 with the help of Richard Wagner, although it was not financially successful. The plot concerns the historical King Adolf of Nassau, who ruled Germany from 1292 to 1298. Although he was elected "Rex romanorum" (King of the Romans), he was never crowned Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope.
Conductor: Alfred Walter, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice
Overture: Lukretia, Op. 67 (1827)
An overture by German composer Heinrich Marschner (1795-1861) from the two-act opera "Lukretia", with a libretto by August Eckschlager based on the legend of the rape of Lucretia by Sextus Tarquinius. Sextus was the youngest son of the last Etruscan tyrant of Rome, Tarquinius Superbus (Tarquin the Proud). According to Livy's account in "Ab Urbe Condita", Sextus Tarquinius' rape of the beautiful, virtuous patrician maiden Lucretia and her subsequent suicide sparked the revolt led by Lucius Junius Brutus that ended the Monarchy and led to the establishment of the Roman Republic in 509 BC.
Conductor: Alfred Walter, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice
Overture: Der Falkners Braut, Op. 65 (1830)
An operatic overture by German composer Heinrich Marschner (1795-1861). In 1830, he was appointed conductor at the Hanover Hoftheater; although by this time he was well-known in Hanover and Leipzig, he had not yet made his mark in Berlin. To this end, he composed the comic opera "Der Falkners Braut" (The Falconer's Bride), with a libretto by Wilhelm August Wohlbrück, after Alexander Julius Carl Spindler. Even though the planned Berlin premiere never materialized due to the influence of Spontini in that city, the subsequent Leipzig premiere was very successful, leading the University to award Marschner an honorary doctorate. Three years later, he found success in Berlin as well with the staging of the Romantic opera "Hans Heiling".
Conductor: Alfred Walter, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice
Overture: Prinz Friedrich von Homburg, Op. 56 (1821)
An orchestral overture by the German Romantic composer Heinrich Marschner (1795-1861). In 1821, he was commissioned to write incidental music for the last play of Heinrich von Kleist, "Prinz Friedrich von Homburg oder die Schlacht bei Fehrbellin" (Prince Friedrich of Homburg, or the Battle of Fehrbellin). The protagonist and title character is loosely based on the a military commander from the Margraviate of Brandenburg at the Battle of Fehrbellin in 1675 during the Scanian War, which was fought by an alliance of Denmark-Norway, the Dutch Republic, the Holy Roman Empire and the Margraviate of Brandenburg against Sweden and France. The story of the insubordination of Prince Friedrich of Homburg at the Battle of Fehrbellin is derived from a later memoire by King Friedrich II of Prussia (known in English as Frederick the Great). Although he recorded the episode in his "Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de la maison de Brandenbourg", it appears not to be grounded in historical fact. In reality, Prince Friedrich of Homburg was a highly disciplined and effective soldier.
Conductor: Alfred Walter, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice
Overture: Der Goldschmied von Ulm (1856)
An orchestral overture by German composer Heinrich Marschner (1795-1861). "Der Goldschmied von Ulm" (The Goldsmith of Ulm) is a play by Salomon Hermann von Mosenthal (who also wrote the libretto to Otto Nicolai's "The Merry Wives of Windsor"), for which Marschner wrote incidental music. The play's Gothic-Romantic plot recalls Marschner's opera "Hans Heiling" in its supernatural elements. The protagonist, Heinrich, is a goldsmith's apprentice who strikes a bargain with the Devil in order to obtain riches and the love of the beautiful Katharina. After numerous changes of fortune, Heinrich - poor, rich, then poor again - is released from his deal with the Devil and united with his beloved Katharina.
Conductor: Alfred Walter, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice
Grande Ouverture solenne, Op. 78 (1842)
A concert overture by the German Romantic composer Heinrich Marschner (1795-1861), written in honour of the birth of a son to Queen Victoria. Marschner incorporated the English national anthem into the thematic material treated in this overture.
Conductor: Alfred Walter, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice
Overture: Der Bäbu, Op. 98 (1837)
An operatic overture by German composer Heinrich Marschner (1795-1861). "Der Bäbu" is a comic opera with a libretto by Wilhelm August Wohlbrück that centers around the mischief of the wily title character, who is a slave in the household of Sultan Ali. Set in colonial Calcutta, characters in this opera include Muslims, Hindus and Englishmen. In some respects, "Der Bäbu" resembles Carl Maria von Weber's earlier comic opera "Abu Hassan".
Overture: Der Templer und die Jüdin, Op. 60 (1829)
An operatic overture by German composer Heinrich Marschner (1795-1861), who played a crucial role in the development of German Romantic opera; in music historical terms, Marschner is the link between Weber and Wagner. The 1829 three-act opera "Der Templer und die Jüdin" (The Templar and the Jewess) is derived from Walter Scott's famous novel "Ivanhoe". The libretto was written by Wilhelm August Wohlbrück. It became Marschner's most successful opera in his lifetime, although today he is better remembered for "Der Vampyr" and "Hans Heiling" (if he is remembered at all...)
The version of the overture recorded here was edited by Hans Pfitzner in 1912.
Conductor: Alfred Walter, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice
Overture to the 1828 opera "Der Vampyr" (The Vampire) by German composer Heinrich August Marschner (1795-1861), an pivotal figure in German Romantic opera. The opera is based on John Polidori's short story "The Vampyre."
Helmuth Froschauer conducts the WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln.
Overture to the 1829 German Romantic opera "Hans Heiling" by Heinrich August Marschner (1795-1861). The plot is based on folk legend and deals with the titular son of the Queen of the Erdgeister (spirits of the Earth), who falls in love with a mortal woman. The overture to "Hans Heiling" is unusual in that it follows a nearly fifteen-minute prologue.
George Alexander Albrecht conducts the Orchestra of RAI Torino.
Heinrich Marschner: The Vampire (opera) Part2 Szeged 2009
