Weber: Oberon
CML call number: CD/OPERA/Weber
Bernard Holland wrote in the New York Times: "Weber's last opera … emits an uncomplicated humanity. … Weber's lyrical impulses knew exactly where they were going, and his clarion ear for orchestration was deeply admired by those who came after him — by Debussy and Berlioz in particular. So acute are his treatments of the clarinet and the horn that those instruments almost become people. None of which changes the fact that 'Oberon' … is a complete mess. … [B]y the time of its premiere in 1826, Weber was more than half dead of consumption. … [Conductor John Eliot Gardiner], the Monteverdi Choir, the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, seven soloists and a narrator have made a reclamation project of this sublime wreckage. … [I]n addition to the music and the singing, there is a speaker … to introduce the players and set the scenes. … Sir John's excitement over this music is palpable. The famous overture puts listeners at the edges of their seats but never sounds feverish. The chorus is crucial to Weber's operas, and this one sings beautifully" ("A Guided Tour through the Ruin of 'Oberon,'" 11/27/05).
Bernard Holland wrote in the New York Times: "Weber's last opera … emits an uncomplicated humanity. … Weber's lyrical impulses knew exactly where they were going, and his clarion ear for orchestration was deeply admired by those who came after him — by Debussy and Berlioz in particular. So acute are his treatments of the clarinet and the horn that those instruments almost become people. None of which changes the fact that 'Oberon' … is a complete mess. … [B]y the time of its premiere in 1826, Weber was more than half dead of consumption. … [Conductor John Eliot Gardiner], the Monteverdi Choir, the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, seven soloists and a narrator have made a reclamation project of this sublime wreckage. … [I]n addition to the music and the singing, there is a speaker … to introduce the players and set the scenes. … Sir John's excitement over this music is palpable. The famous overture puts listeners at the edges of their seats but never sounds feverish. The chorus is crucial to Weber's operas, and this one sings beautifully" ("A Guided Tour through the Ruin of 'Oberon,'" 11/27/05).
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