Flury: The Magic Mirror & Little Ballet Music Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra & Paul Mann

• Richard Flury (1896 - 1967): The Magic Mirror, Pt. 1 "In the Woman's Chamber":
• 1 The Magic Mirror, Pt. 1 "In the Woman's Chamber": No. 1, Introduction 00:56
• 2 The Magic Mirror, Pt. 1 "In the Woman's Chamber": No. 2, Waltz I 01:42
• 3 The Magic Mirror, Pt. 1 "In the Woman's Chamber": No. 3, The Student's Serenade 03:11
• 4 The Magic Mirror, Pt. 1 "In the Woman's Chamber": No. 4, The Student Enters 01:51
• 5 The Magic Mirror, Pt. 1 "In the Woman's Chamber": No. 5, The Husband Enters 03:03
• 6 The Magic Mirror, Pt. 1 "In the Woman's Chamber": No. 6, Waltz II 02:31
• 7 The Magic Mirror, Pt. 1 "In the Woman's Chamber": No. 7, The Husband's Farewell 02:53
• The Magic Mirror, Pt. 2 "In the Laboratory of a Medieval Alchemist and Magician":
• 8 The Magic Mirror, Pt. 2 "In the Laboratory of a Medieval Alchemist and Magician": No. 8, Scene of the Magician 02:18
• 9 The Magic Mirror, Pt. 2 "In the Laboratory of a Medieval Alchemist and Magician": No. 9, The Husband Is Healed 01:42
• 10 The Magic Mirror, Pt. 2 "In the Laboratory of a Medieval Alchemist and Magician": No. 10, The Husband Is Given a Magic Mirror 01:14
• 11 The Magic Mirror, Pt. 2 "In the Laboratory of a Medieval Alchemist and Magician": No. 11, Waltz III 01:24
• 12 The Magic Mirror, Pt. 2 "In the Laboratory of a Medieval Alchemist and Magician": No. 12, Interlude I 00:36
• 13 The Magic Mirror, Pt. 2 "In the Laboratory of a Medieval Alchemist and Magician": No. 13, The Student Draws the Husband 00:51
• 14 The Magic Mirror, Pt. 2 "In the Laboratory of a Medieval Alchemist and Magician": No. 14, Waltz IV 04:24
• 15 The Magic Mirror, Pt. 2 "In the Laboratory of a Medieval Alchemist and Magician": No. 15, The Student's Presentiment of Death 00:59
• 16 The Magic Mirror, Pt. 2 "In the Laboratory of a Medieval Alchemist and Magician": No. 16, Bolero 04:02
• 17 The Magic Mirror, Pt. 2 "In the Laboratory of a Medieval Alchemist and Magician": No. 17, Interlude II 01:01
• 18 The Magic Mirror, Pt. 2 "In the Laboratory of a Medieval Alchemist and Magician": No. 18, Czardas 03:29
• 19 The Magic Mirror, Pt. 2 "In the Laboratory of a Medieval Alchemist and Magician": No. 19, Interlude III 00:19
• 20 The Magic Mirror, Pt. 2 "In the Laboratory of a Medieval Alchemist and Magician": No. 20, Death of the Student 01:41
• The Magic Mirror, Pt. 3 "Still in the Woman's Chamber":
• 21 The Magic Mirror, Pt. 3 "Still in the Woman's Chamber": No. 21, Return of the Husband 02:12
• 22 The Magic Mirror, Pt. 3 "Still in the Woman's Chamber": No. 22, Interlude IV 01:31
• 23 The Magic Mirror, Pt. 3 "Still in the Woman's Chamber": No. 23, Reunion with His Wife 00:45
• 24 The Magic Mirror, Pt. 3 "Still in the Woman's Chamber": No. 24, The Husband Accuses His Wife 01:21
• 25 The Magic Mirror, Pt. 3 "Still in the Woman's Chamber": No. 25, Interlude V 00:31
• 26 The Magic Mirror, Pt. 3 "Still in the Woman's Chamber": No. 26, Her Girlfriends Try to Appease Him 02:27
• 27 The Magic Mirror, Pt. 3 "Still in the Woman's Chamber": No. 27, Opening the Trunk 00:30
• 28 The Magic Mirror, Pt. 3 "Still in the Woman's Chamber": No. 28, Devils Push the Sinner into the Fire 03:13
• Little Ballet Music:
• 29 Little Ballet Music: I. Arabesque 03:10
• 30 Little Ballet Music: II. Melodie 02:09
• 31 Little Ballet Music: III. Alla polacca 01:29
• 32 Little Ballet Music: IV. Valse pastorale 01:54
• 33 Little Ballet Music: V. Tambourin 02:16
• 34 Little Ballet Music: VI. Marche de Kermesse 01:57
• Total Runtime 01:05:32

Info for Flury: The Magic Mirror & Little Ballet Music

Der magische Spiegel (‘The Magic Mirror’), a 1954 ballet by the Swiss composer Richard Flury (1896–1967), tells a pantomime tale of flirtation, cuckoldery, magical spells and perdition – but this is no puritanical morality play: using the limited resources of a chamber orchestra to surprisingly full-bodied effect, Flury conjures up a delightful sequence of dances – a generous number of waltzes, with a czardas, a bolero and more – that skip past in good-humoured succession. And behind its innocent title, the Little Ballet Music of thirty years earlier hides a buoyant dance-suite, scored with a feeling for colour that would have gone down well in Hollywood. This recording was made by the team – Paul Mann and the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra – responsible for a ‘pulsating’ recording of Richard Flury’s one-act opera Eine florentinische Tragödie.

"The opera has its moments, notably a rapt interlude as the cuckolded merchant Simone meditates on death…Long Long displays smiling, open charm as Guido, and Daniel Ochoa’s bright, perfectly articulated baritone negotiates Simone’s bland monologues with impressive class. The orchestral goods are ably delivered by the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra under Paul Mann." (Opera)

"Flury’s version [of A Florentine Tragedy] has an almost verismo feel to it: brassy declarations seem to echo the fanfares in Turandot; vocal lines have Italianate fluidity to them. Paul Mann conducts the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra in a pulsating account…Toccata’s rich recording allows both works to bloom and this disc is well worth exploring." (Gramophone Magazine)

Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra
Paul Mann, direction

Paul Mann
as made a name as one of the most talented of the younger British conductors. He trained in England as a pianist and conductor, and in 1998 he won the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition. The prize opened doors for him in earnest with the great orchestras in England, the USA, Europe, Japan, Australia and South America.

In 2005 he joined the Odense Symphony Orchestra as Chief Conductor, and besides this he engages in extensive conducting activities with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Halle Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic, Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia, the New Japan Philharmonic, the Norwegian Opera, the Norwegian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Fresno Philharmonic, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and others. He also appears frequently as a guest conductor with the New York City Ballet. He has recorded with the English Chamber Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra for Decca and Warner Classics.

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