Heinz Becker "Sie Müsse Entschuldiche" [Live] [Import]

1. Sie Müsse Entschuldische

2. Edgar Szimbrowsky

3. Uffreeche ? Für Wene Denn ?

4. Tombola

5. So Einen Juni Hatten Wir Noch Nie

6. Der Karnevalspräsident

7. Frauehaus

8. Toupet

9. Lichterkett

10. Politiker

11. Wenn Mir Mo Fortgehe Wolle

12. Bouillon

13. Freßkorb

14. Stephans Freizeit

15. Kindesmißhandlung

16. Abendgarderobe

17. Kaltes Büffet

18. S'tanja

19. Stephans Bekannter

Heinz Becker "Sie Müsse Entschuldiche",Gerd Dudenhoffer,Hansa,World Music

Average customer rating: The best opera by Schreker Impressive? Perhaps. Sick? You make the call.... opera-goers, wake up!

Schreker: Die Gezeichneten Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Schreker: Der ferne Klang Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Das Wunder der Heliane Franz Schreker: Das Spielwerk und die Prinzessin Zemlinsky: Der Zwerg Ernst Krenek: Jonny spielt auf ASIN: B00000426V Release Date: 1995-07-18

Tracks:

1. Act I
2. Act Ii
3. Act Iii

Amazon.com

The title means "The Marked," as in "stigmatized." This luscious late-Romantic extravaganza is so beautiful, and the plot so silly, that listening to it is like having one of those dreams where you remember how wonderful it was, though it made no sense at all upon waking. Carlotta is a painter in love with the wealthy but deformed Alviano. She loves his "soul"--that is because she has a heart condition that prevents her from experiencing, um, the physical side of things. Tamare, who has a crush on Carlotta and who's been running around kidnapping and raping young women in his spare time, finally abducts Carlotta and shows her what she's been missing. Not only does she love it, but before she dies she reviles Alviano for his ugliness, so he promptly goes insane. There's more, but telling you wouldn't help. Just try it. --David Hurwitz

Album Details

As Part of Decca's Acclaimed Entartete (German for Degenerate) Series Devoted to Either Suppressed Or Forbidden Music During the First Half of the 20th Century, Franz Schreker's Opera Die Gezeichneten (The Branded) is a Period Masterpiece. This Story of a Dying Woman Painter Carlotta Betraying Here Longstanding Faithful Lover Alviano for a Newer More Physically Attractive Tamare and the Consequences that Ensue is Certainly Intriguing. Lovers of Expertly-crafted, Infectiously Beautiful Orchestration However Will Simply Rejoice in the Massive 120+ Member Ensemble Schreker Requires Assembled Here. All of the Vocalists Deliver Energetic, Passionate Performances Throughout and Decca's Sound is State of the Art. All in all a Remarkable Achievement!

Customer Reviews:

The best opera by Schreker.......2007-03-08

Perfect! Deep! Intense, sublime.

Martin Pitchon

Impressive? Perhaps. Sick? You make the call...........2003-08-05

Under the heading "Two Jewish Scribblers", the Nazis, in their exhibition of "Degenerate Music" took a shot at a pair of Jewish opera composers, the second being Franz Schreker. "...There was no sexual pathological aberration he would not have set to music." Well, I doubt it had much to do with being a "Jewish Scribbler", but Schreker did rush in where others hesitated! I'm right there with "Salome", and many others among the "shocking works" of the 20th century, but this one left me feeling queasy.

"Die Gezeichneten", which premiered in 1918, has many of the characteristics that I look for in a great expressionist opera. It is ambitious, sophisticated, and highly imaginative in it's use of orchestral color. The libretto is at times richly descriptive, and the prelude is darkly haunting. One of my favorite composers, Alexander Zemlinsky, commisioned the libretto for "Gezeichneten", asking Schreker for "the tragedy of an ugly man". But Schreker decided to set it himself, and Zemlinsky went on to set his own "tragedy of an ugly many"--his masterpiece "Der Zwerg".

In Schreker's version, a hunchback nobleman, Alviano, builds a world of fantastic beauty on an island he dubs "Elysium". His more attractive noble friends amuse themselves by abducting noblewomen, taking them to the island and ravishing them. Not wanting to spoil the beauty of the island, our hero doesn't participate, prefering to get his jollies the only way he can--paying cringing prostitutes. He then meets the young, beautiful, noblewoman Carlotta, who loves him for the beauty of his soul. Her monologue at the end of Act I describing this was, for me, the high point of the opera. Sadly, Carlotta, has a weak heart which can't stand activities that would...uh...overwork it, so their relationship remains unconsumated. Eventually, though, she starts to tire of her noble hunchback, and when finally Tamare, the most rapacious of his friends abducts and rapes her to death (a "her lips said 'no', her eyes said 'yes'" sort of thing), she is finally satisfied, and when Alviano rushes to her side, she dies with Tamare's name on her lips. Alviano goes mad.

The music has many virtues, but even at it's most impressive seems infected with a sort of "icky" quality, that well matches the text. It is fascinating, and late romantic enthusiasts like me should check it out and form their own opinion. For those who espouse nihlistic hedonism, it might seem the greatest opera ever written. But for me, the triumph of lust and taking over real love and respect hardly seems so romantic.

The performance is first rate, though the Alviano has an odd, not very attractive cast to his voice. But this is the performance to own, all other available recordings being drastically cut. This account is complete.

opera-goers, wake up!.......1999-02-23

why is this opera not performed, at least here in the us? because opera-goers are so entrenched in the staple repertoire, which hasn't substantially changed for 100 years. the story is ludicrous, of course. how many standard rep operas DO NOT have ludicrous stories? this opera is everything the above reviewers say it is: lush, romantic, beautiful, memorable characters; i could go on and on. and yet, nobody performs this gorgeous opera anywhere in the states. i can perfectly understand opera-goers not wanting to stomach schoenberg or stockhausen -- they have a right to reject the objectionable. but opera-goers must wake up and open their minds and hearts to works of beauty that have not been cannonized. and this goes for some later strauss, all of handel, and many other rarely heard gems. opera-lovers, i say unto you: get this cd. it would be a great first step in getting yourselves out of your standard rep rut.

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Heinz Becker Gerd Dudenhöffer Manufacturer: Bmg/RCA Records Label ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000879E Release Date: 1992-04-01

Tracks:

1. E Katz
2. Auto Klaue
3. Entsafter
4. Hei Handt
5. Tomaten
6. De
7. Dr. Schenkberg
8. Ausler
9. Sonnencreme
10. Schicksalsschl
11. Se Klingleknopp
12. S'rita Kries a Kind
13. Danka
14. S'gebiss
15. Wenn Man Sich So Bedenkt
16. Autobez

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Heinz Becker "Sie Müsse Entschuldiche" Gerd Dudenhoffer Manufacturer: Bmg/Hansa ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000879F Release Date: 1994-07-04

Tracks:

1. Sie Mntschuldische
2. Edgar Szimbrowsky
3. Uffreeche ? Fe Denn ?
4. Tombola
5. So Einen Juni Hatten Wir Noch Nie
6. Der Karnevalsprdent
7. Frauehaus
8. Toupet
9. Lichterkett
10. Politiker
11. Wenn Mir Mo Fortgehe Wolle
12. Bouillon
13. Freorb
14. Stephans Freizeit
15. Kindesmiandlung
16. Abendgarderobe
17. Kaltes B
18. S'tanja
19. Stephans Bekannter

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Transition Heinz Becker Manufacturer: West Wind ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0000281XJ Release Date: 1992-01-01

Tracks:

1. Herber Alptraum - Heinz Becker
2. Inside of the Ear Is Hot - Louis Sclavis
3. Morning Kino - Louis Sclavis
4. Jazz Box - John Lindberg
5. Spiel-O-Thek - John Lindberg
6. Kodopista - Heinz Becker
7. Panuskg - Heinz Becker
8. To Be Able To - Louis Sclavis
9. Mariendorf Totalisator - Heinz Becker
10. Her Majesty's Suite - John Lindberg
11. Furioso Ma Piano - Louis Sclavis

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Orff: Veni Creator Spiritus; Kantaten und Chirsätze Manufacturer: Wergo ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Orff | Orff, Carl | ( O ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music A Cappella | Folk | Styles | Music ASIN: B000005W94 Release Date: 1993-12-08

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