Hindemith: Mathis der Maler (Live) Koch, Streit, Uhl, Grundheber, Slowakischer Philharmonischer Chor, Wiener Symphoniker & Bertrand de Billy

• Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963): Mathis der Maler: Vorspiel:
• 1 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler: Vorspiel "Engelskonzert" (Live) 09:01
• Mathis der Maler, Scene 1:
• 2 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 1: Sonniges Land (Live) 05:49
• 3 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 1: Aufmachen! Helft uns! (Live) 02:05
• 4 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 1: Woher kommt ihr denn? (Live) 01:07
• 5 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 1: Es wollt ein Maidlein waschen gehen (Live) 04:41
• 6 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 1: Was redest du da? (Live) 05:32
• 7 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 1: Staub am Himmel, Pferdetraben (Live) 01:08
• 8 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 1: Raus, Schwarzröcke, aus eurem Geniste! (Live) 02:06
• Mathis der Maler, Scene 2:
• 9 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 2: Dem Volk stopft man die falschen Lehren (Live) 04:48
• 10 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 2: Nach dem Lärm vieler Orte (Live) 03:38
• 11 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 2: Man fühlt den Segen (Live) 01:42
• 12 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 2: Gewinnst du auch mein Herz (Live) 04:24
• 13 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 2: Rom verzieh oft (Live) 03:48
• 14 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 2: Was gibt's? (Live) 02:08
• 15 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 2: Ein Verbrecher, den Tod verdient er (Live) 06:13
• Mathis der Maler, Scene 3:
• 16 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 3: In dieser Arche wird unsere Habe (Live) 06:51
• 17 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 3: Man könnte päpstlich werden (Live) 02:44
• 18 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 3: Was bin ich anders in dieser Männerwelt (Live) 02:52
• 19 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 3: Wir sind im innersten Grund verbunden (Live) 02:56
• 20 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 3: Ich kann nicht mehr malen (Live) 05:20
• 21 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 3: Unsere Schande leuchtet (Live) 02:54
• Mathis der Maler, Scene 4:
• 22 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 4: Du hast uns lange getreten (Live) 04:05
• 23 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 4: Wer hieß euch den Grafen ermorden? (Live) 03:22
• 24 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 4: Das sieht euch gleich (Live) 01:53
• 25 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 4: Kampf und kein Ende (Live) 02:59
• 26 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 4: Sie sind da (Live) 03:00
• 27 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 4: Flohen nicht alle? (Live) 02:43
• 28 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 4: Wagen wollen, was ein Wille (Live) 02:58
• Mathis der Maler, Scene 5:
• 29 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 5: Wollt ihr mich denn entmündigen? (Live) 04:37
• 30 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 5: Du, Ursula! (Live) 08:36
• 31 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 5: Ihr wollt das Ergebnis (Live) 03:54
• 32 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 5: Mein Freund, schmäht eure Tochter nicht (Live) 03:16
• Mathis der Maler, Scene 6:
• 33 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 6: Prelude (Live) 02:35
• 34 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 6: Du wirst mich verlieren (Live) 04:19
• 35 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 6: Alte Märchen woben uns fromme Bilder (Live) 05:15
• 36 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 6: Das kann nicht der gleiche Mann sein (Live) 04:12
• 37 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 6: Gibst du noch so viel (Live) 02:56
• 38 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 6: In einem Augenblick (Live) 03:39
• 39 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 6: Dein ärgster Feind sitzt in dir selbst (Live) 05:28
• 40 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 6: Mein Bruder, entreiße dich der höllentiefen Qual (Live) 06:11
• 41 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 6: Wenn du demütig dem Bruder dich bogst (Live) 02:50
• Mathis der Maler, Scene 7:
• 42 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 7: Das ist der Kreuzweg (Live) 03:26
• 43 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 7: Ursula (Live) 05:17
• 44 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 7: Zwischenspiel (Live) 03:42
• 45 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 7: Du bringst es über dich, mein Freund (Live) 06:26
• 46 Hindemith: Mathis der Maler, Scene 7: Auf denn zum letzten Stück des Weges (Live) 03:22
• Total Runtime 03:02:48

Info for Hindemith: Mathis der Maler (Live)

Mathis der Maler is the central composition of Paul Hindemith’s output for music theater. The reception began with its successful premiere of a symphony of three orchestral parts from the opera, in March of 1934 in Berlin. That was still before the composer was attacked in the National-Socialist press which prompted a defence of Furtwängler’s in a newspaper article titled “The Hindemith Case”. The opera wasn’t premiered until May 1938, in Zurich, where the Hindemith’s had emigrated to, before moving on to the United States. Much as Mathis, who found his political engagement in the Peasant’s War and his calling to paint solely for the glory of God to collide with the expectation to positions himself on religious matters during the Reformation, Hindemith found himself torn between his refusal to propagate for the Nazis, his urge to follow his inner voice, and the demand that he position himself against the regime. These highly acclaimed performances from 2012 at Theater an der Wien with Opera Star Roland Koch in the title role is finally now available as an album release.

"This was a triumph for the Theater an der Wien." (seenandheard-international.com)

"The performance was dominated by Wolfgang Koch’s magnificent assumption of the title role." (Das Opernglas)

Wolfgang Koch, baritone (Mathis)
Kurt Streit, tenor (Albrecht von Brandenburg)
Martin Snell, bass (Lorenz von Pommersfelden)
Charles Reid, tenor (Wolfgang Capito)
Manuela Uhl, soprano (Ursula)
Franz Grundheber, baritone (Riedinger)
Slowakischer Philharmonischer Chor
Wiener Symphoniker
Bertrand de Billy, conductor

Bertrand de Billy
was born in Paris where he studied music. Starting as a member of an orchestra, he soon took on conducting. 1993-95 he was first Kapellmeister and Deputy Music Director at the Anhaltisches Theatre in Dessau, 1996-98 he held the same position at the Vienna Volksoper. 1999-2004 he was Music Director at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona and 2002-2010 he was Music Director of the Radio Symphony Orchestra in Vienna. Bertrand de Billy is principal guest of the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne (2013-2016). Since 2014/2015 he is also principal guest conductor of the Dresdner Philharmonie.

Already at an early stage of his carrier engagements brought him to the state operas in Vienna, Berlin, Hamburg and Munich, to the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, the Grand Théâtre de la Monnaie, Opéra National de Paris and to the opera houses in Washington and Los Angeles amongst others. Since 1997 he has been a regular guest at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and since 2002 at the Salzburg Festival. Worldwide, he performed with leading orchestras including the Cleveland Orchestra, the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Staatskapelle Dresden, the Orchestre de Paris, the Wiener Symphoniker as well as Museumsorchester Frankfurt, Philharmoniker Hamburg, the RSB Berlin, Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin, Dresdner Philharmoniker, Königliche Kapelle Kopenhagen, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra and many more. Bertrand de Billy conducts a wide repertoire from Bach to many world premieres and premieres. With the Theater an der Wien, the Wiener Musikverein and the Wiener Konzerthaus he is as closely connected as with the Vienna and Munich State Opera as well as the Frankfurt Opera.

Numerous CD and DVD recordings are documenting his work.

In France Bertrand de Billy is Chevalier de “l’ordre national de la légion d’honneur”, du “Mérite National” et des “Arts et Lettres”. In Austria he got the “Goldene Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich”.

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