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Keiser: Croesus
Artist
René Jacobs, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Dorothea Röschmann, Roman Trekel and Werner Güra
Label
Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue Number
HMM93171416
Release Date
January 4, 2011

Money doesn’t make one happy… … but the re-discovery of this extraordinary Croesus certainly does! Keiser is one of the most astonishing early German composers to have been brought to light in recent years. The composer of a good sixty operas, all of them for the Hamburg Opera, during his lifetime he was regarded as ‘the greatest and most authentic musical genius ever to be born in Germany’, and, indeed, ‘le premier homme du Monde’! If credence is to be lent to the enormous success of its first performance (1710) and its revival in 1730 (the version recorded here), this music is a veritable treasure-trove: whether it be in the writing of the arias and duos, the innovative orchestral coloration, the skilfull adaptation of an old Venetian opera to suit the tastes of Hamburg audiences, Keiser proves himself a truly great master. This recording follows the unforgettable performances at the Berlin Staatsoper under René Jacobs. ‘A superb production’ (Le Monde de la Musique). ’One could not dream of better conditions for the bringing to light of this extraordinary opera’(Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung).

  1. 1 Croesus: Sinfonia avanti l'opera Croesus René Jacobs and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin 4:51
  2. 2 Croesus: ACT I, Scene 1, "Croesus herrsche, Croesus lebe" (Coro) René Jacobs, RIAS Kammerchor and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin 1:46
  3. 3 Croesus: ACT I, Scene 1, "Ihr edlen Lydier, getreue Untertanen" (Croesus) René Jacobs, Roman Trekel, Kwangchul Youn and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin 3:13
  4. 4 Croesus: ACT I, Scene 1, "Prang die allerschönste Blume" (Croesus) René Jacobs, Roman Trekel and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin 2:19
  5. 5 Croesus: ACT I, Scene 2, "Hoffe noch, gekränktes Herz!" (Elmira) René Jacobs, Dorothea Röschmann and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin 5:11
  6. 6 Croesus: ACT I, Scene 2, "Du weißt, wie Cyrus' Macht" (Elmira) René Jacobs, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Brigitte Eisenfeld and Dorothea Röschmann 1:11
  7. 7 Croesus: ACT I, Scene 2, "Empfinden gleiche Schmerzen" (Elmira) René Jacobs, Dorothea Röschmann, Brigitte Eisenfeld and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin 1:48
  8. 8 Croesus: ACT I, Scene 3, "Lieben, Leiden, Bitten, Flehen" (Orsanes) René Jacobs, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and Klaus Häger 1:59
  9. 9 Croesus: ACT I, Scene 3, "Prinz Atis, wie dir ist bewußt" (Elmira) René Jacobs, Dorothea Röschmann, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Brigitte Eisenfeld, Graham Pushee and Klaus Häger 2:20
  10. 10 Croesus: ACT I, Scene 4, "Wahre Treu kann nicht auf Erden" (Halimacus) René Jacobs, Graham Pushee and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin 1:17
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