Rekreation Theophil Ensemble

• Johann Strauß (1825 - 1899): Eine Nacht in Venedig:
• 1 Strauß: Eine Nacht in Venedig: Overture 07:37
• Giacomo Pucchini (1858 - 1924): Gianni Schicchi:
• 2 Pucchini: Gianni Schicchi: O Mio Babbino Caro 02:26
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875): Carmen:
• 3 Bizet: Carmen: Toreador 05:09
• Josef Strauß (1915 - 1988): Winterlust, Op. 121:
• 4 Strauß: Winterlust, Op. 121 03:08
• Johann Strauß (1825 - 1899): Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410:
• 5 Strauß: Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410 06:21
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868): Il Barbiere Di Siviglia:
• 6 Rossini: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia: Largo Al Factotum 05:09
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): Don Giovanni:
• 7 Mozart: Don Giovanni: La Ci Darem La Mano 03:09
• Leo Delibes (1836 - 1891): Sylvia:
• 8 Delibes: Sylvia: Pizzicati 03:01
• Franz Lehar (1870 - 1948): Die Lustige Witwe:
• 9 Lehar: Die Lustige Witwe: Lippen Schweigen 03:35
• 10 Lehar: Die Lustige Witwe: Da Geh Ich Zu Maxim 02:55
• Gold Und Silber, Op. 79:
• 11 Lehar: Gold Und Silber, Op. 79 08:39
• Johann Strauß: Die Fledermaus:
• 12 Strauß: Die Fledermaus: Spiel' Ich Die Unschuld Vom Lande 04:49
• Robert Stolz (1880 - 1975): Gruß Aus Wien, Op. 898:
• 13 Stolz: Gruß Aus Wien, Op. 898 03:48
• Total Runtime 59:46

Info for Rekreation

Following the tradition of Arnold Schönberg (1874–1951) and his society for private musical performances, all the pieces in this production were completely redesigned and masterfully arranged by the principal horn player of the Vienna Philharmonic, Josef Reif, in order to make them performable in a reduced formation and in smaller venues.

The Theophil Ensemble Wien under the musical direction of Matthias Schorn, together with Theresa Grabner (soprano) and Daniel Schmutzhard (baritone), uncovers completely new perspectives on titles played millions of times and enables very intense, dense and intimate listening experiences through the “luxury of reduction”. Convince yourself: if you want to feel, you have to listen!

Where Matthias Schorn is written on it, there is always good music in it. Whether Mozart or musical dialect, the principal clarinetist of the Vienna Philharmonic knows how to move with taste in every idiom. Now, together with the colleagues of the Theophil-Ensemble, a female and a male singer, he dedicates himself to “recreation” – which means not only relaxation, but also new creation.

The curiosity of past centuries has often enough given way to the “old greed” for what has often been listened to by today’s audience. This album reconciles, although one has oriented itself on the reduction principles of the Association for Musical Private Performances of the (already 70 years deceased) Arnold Schönberg. Only the well-known appear here, namely in the elegant salon skirt,

which the Philharmonic’s solo horn player and arranger Josef Reif customized for this ensemble. The youngest of the represented composers is Franz Lehár (who has been dead a little longer than Schönberg), the oldest (but ageless) of course Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Theresa Grabner, soprano (tracks 2, 5, 7, 9, 12)
Daniel Schmutzhard, baritone (tracks 3, 6, 7, 9, 10)
Theophil Ensemble (1–13)
Kirill Kobantschenko, violin 1 (tracks 1, 8, 11)
Anne Harvey-Nagl, violin 1 (tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13)
Georg Wimmer, violin 2
Robert Bauerstatter, viola
Maria Grün, cello
Christoph Wimmer, double bass
Birgit Ramsl, flute
Matthias Schorn, clarinet, musical direction
David Seidel, bassoon
Josef Reif, horn

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