Die Gezeichneten

1. Die Gezeichneten, opera in 3 acts
   Composed by Franz Schreker
   Performed by Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
   with Palle Fuhr Jorgensen, Ellen Bollongino, Hans Van Heiningen, Rita Dams, Wout Oosterkamp, Math Dirks, Marilyn Schmiege, Alex Vermeulen, Trian Aga, Lieuwe Visser, Frieder Lang, Ernst Daniel Smid, Hein Meens, William Cochran, Michael Austin, Charles van Tassel, Sigmund Cowan, Emile Goidding
   Conducted by Edo de Waart
   
   

Die Gezeichneten,Ernst Daniel Smid,Hans Van Heiningen,Math Dirks,Sigmund Cowan,Charles van Tassel,Emile Goidding,Lieuwe Visser,Palle Fuhr Jorgensen,Tian Aga,Wout Oosterkamp,Franz Schreker,Edo de Waart,Marilyn Schmiege,Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus,Ellen Bollongino,Alex Vermeulen,Frieder Lang,Hein Meens,Michael Austin,William Cochran,Marco Polo,Classical,German/Austrian 20th/21st Century Opera,Opera,Opera / Operetta / Oratorio

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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 Franz Schreker: Das Spielwerk und die Prinzessin Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Das Wunder der Heliane Zemlinsky: Der Zwerg Franz Schreker: Fantastic Overture, Op. 15 / Nachtstück from "Der Ferne Klang" / Prelude to a Drama / Interlude from "Der Schatzgräber" / Valse Lente / Ekkehard, Op. 12 (Symphonic Overture) - Vassily Sinaisky / BBC Philharmonic 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.

Average customer rating: Regarding study of music banned by 3rd Reich

The Music Survives: Degenerate Music Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music | Allemandes | Courantes | Gigue | Sarabande Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Eisler, Hanns | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Goldschmidt, Berthold | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Krenek, Ernst | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Viktor Ullmann: Der Kaiser von Atlantis/Hölderlin-Lieder The Conformist (Extended Edition) ASIN: B0000042FG Release Date: 1997-06-10

Tracks:

1. Die V (Libretto: Braunfels After Aristophanes): Vorspiel - Prolog
2. Between Two Worlds: The World At War - The Next World
3. Der Kaiser von Atlantis (Libretto: Kien): Wer da? Halt! Steh! - Ist's wahr, das es Landschaften gibt - Komm fort von hier - Schau, die Wolken
4. Das Wunder der Heliane (Libretto: Muller after Kaltneker): Act 2, Scene 3: Ich ging zu ihm
5. Flammen (Libretto: Benes, Brod): Scene 8: Introduzione - Karnevalsnacht
6. Rondeau: `Rue du Rocher' (excerpt) - Berthold Goldschmidt
7. Die Gezeichneten (Libretto: Schreker): Act 3, Scene 15: Maskenzug - Was fliehst du vor mir?
8. Deutsche Sinfonie, Op. 50: Prdium
9. Der gewaltige Hahnrei: Act Two: Zwischenspiel - Du bist so blas wie ein Licht bei Tage!
10. String Quartet No. 2 - From The Monkey Mountains - III: Largo e misterioso - The Moon And I
11. Johnny Spielt Auf (Libretto: Krenek): Ob er kommt

Description

CD Video boxed set. Londn Rec. CD sample of wks by compose rs banned by Nazi regime. 40 min. vid. documentary of how & why these composers were labelled degenerate by Nazis. Never-before-seen cover art by Art Spiegelman (Maus).

Customer Reviews:

Regarding study of music banned by 3rd Reich.......2004-12-09

I know Michael Haas, executive producer. He has made a total commitment to locating and recording work of musicians whose work was banned by the Hitler regime because composers, etc. were even suspected to be Jewish, gay, gypsy, etc. One atheist or agnostic composer was sent to concentration camp because his father had been a Jew in the past.

This is needed to give a picture of the survival of music by talented people under duress.

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Franz Schreker: Ekkehard Overture / Fantastic Overture / Interlude from "Der Schatzgraeber" (Act 3) / Prelude to "Die Gezeichneten" / Prelude to "Das Spielwerk" Franz Schreker , Edgar Seipenbusch , and Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Manufacturer: Marco Polo ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B0000045SG Release Date: 1992-12-16

Tracks:

1. Ekkehard Overture
2. Fantastic Overture
3. Interlude From Der Schatzgraber (Act 3)
4. Prelude To Die Gezeichneten
5. Prelude To Das Spielwerk

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Franz Schreker: Die Gezeichneten Manufacturer: Orfeo D'or ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00008S82Z Release Date: 2003-03-25

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Franz Schreker conducts Schreker, Bizet, Grieg Manufacturer: Symposium ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Grieg, Edvard | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Franz Schreker: und Ausdruckstanz ASIN: B0007RUTAM Release Date: 2005-06-28

Average customer rating:

Die Gezeichneten Manufacturer: Marco Polo 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 Similar Items: Franz Schreker: Das Spielwerk und die Prinzessin ASIN: B000024ON3 Release Date: 1992-12-17

Tracks:

1. Prelude - Dutch Radio PO/Edo de Waart
2. Act I: Intro - Dutch Radio PO/Edo de Waart
3. Act I: Lasst-Genug!
4. Act I: Ganz recht! Ganz recht!
5. Act I: Ich vergass, es Euch zu vertaru'n
6. Act I: Ist das nicht-Tamare?
7. Act I: Meinen Gruss, Signori, und Dank
8. Act I: Signor Podesta
9. Act I: Und wenn's grade das war', was ich wollt'?
10. Act I: Halt! Vitelozzo, was eilst du?
11. Act I: Holde Martuccia!
12. Act I: Ihr seid kostlich, Signor Alviano
13. Act I: Dort, wo die stadt weit wird

Tracks:

1. Act II: Er spielt mit uns
2. Act II: Hast du's gehort?
3. Act II: Es gibt Menschen, Herzog
4. Act II: Ah!-Ein grosser Maler nannte mir einmal
5. Act II: Die Burgerschaft ist unruhig und arg verstimmt
6. Act II: Herrliche unterirdische Raume
7. Act II: Und weiss Salvago-von Eurem Treiben?
8. Act II: Das ist mein Fluch
9. Act II: Interlude - Dutch Radio PO/Edo de Waart
10. Act II: Uns're Zeit ist voll seltsamer Dinge
11. Act II: Doch Signor, Euch zu malen
12. Act II: Narr, der Ihr seid!
13. Act II: Du Susse-du Armste-du Schonste!

Tracks:

1. Act III: Prelude - Dutch Radio PO/Edo de Waart
2. Act III: Ich hore seit gestern
3. Act III: Doch wo bleibt Carlotta?
4. Act III: Blickt dort hinuber!
5. Act III: Ah, welche Nacht!
6. Act III: Bleibt, schonste!
7. Act III: Wo ist sie, meine Braut?
8. Act III: Orch interlude - Dutch Radio PO/Edo de Waart
9. Act III: Ihr Stimme hor' ich!
10. Act III: Halt ein, genuesisches Volk!
11. Act III: Dir entgegen-du Susse!
12. Act III: Wer sprach den Name?
13. Act III: Interlude - Dutch Radio PO/Edo de Waart
14. Act III: Du lugst!
15. Act III: Wer schrie da?

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Tracks:

1. Ekkehard Overture
2. Fantastic Overture
3. Interlude From Der Schatzgraber (Act 3)
4. Prelude To Die Gezeichneten
5. Prelude To Das Spielwerk

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