Composer: Leo Fall
Performer: WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, Anke Krabbe, Henning Freiberg, Andrea Bönig, Michael Roider
Orchestra: WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Conductor: Axel Kober
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: CPO
Catalogue: 777796-2
Release: 2017
Size: 240 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Brüderlein fein
01. Musical prologue
02. Dialogue: Wir schreiben das Jahr 1890 (Narrator)
03. Duet and Song: O schau, o schau! (Tony Drechsler, Gertrud)
04. Dialogue: Und freust Du dich denn gar net (Narrator)
05. Duet: Kannst dich noch erinnern, Weiberl? (Tony Drechsler, Josef Drechsler)
06. Spiel auf der goldenen Fiedel (Gertrud)
07. Dialogue: Ein seltsamer Gast (Narrator)
08. Hoch sollen sie leben (Chorus)
09. Bühnenmusik
10. Dialogue: Es kommt mir alles wie im Traum vor (Narrator)
11. Duet: Frau Drechsler, Herr Drechsler, ich bitt’ um die Ehr (Speaker)
12. Dialogue: Frau Drechsler, darf ich bitten (Narrator)
13. Auf dem Violon von Gold (Gertrud)
14. Jetzt bin ich noch Mädchen (Tony Drechsler)
15. Dialog: Gut hab ich g’schlafen (Narrator)
16. Duet and Finale: Kannst dich noch daran erinnern? (Tony Drechsler, Josef Drechsler)
17. Walzer Leben und Lieben
Following Der fidele Bauer, Paroli, Die Kaiserin, and Madame Pompadour, cpo are now proud to present Leo Fall’s Brüderlein fein – and next year they plan to release Die Dollarprinzessin! Brüderlein fein is an Old Viennese singspiel in one act that is closely related to the operetta. The libretto is by Julius Wilhelm, who was regarded as a specialist in the tales of Old Vienna that had been the fashion since the turn of the century – just when the city began to be transformed into a modern metropolis. Old Vienna was created as its idyllic opposite, as the fiction of a Biedermeier city in which life was a dream, an image that continues to exercise its fascination even today. Brüderlein fein explores a fictional episode from the life of the legendary composer Joseph Drechsler. From 1822 to 1830 he was the conductor at the Leopoldstadt Theater, where he wrote the stage music for Ferdinand Raimund’s Zaubermärchen. His last and most famous work, Der Verschwender, contains Brüderlein fein, the song from which the title of Fall’s one-act work was derived. For this delightful subject Leo Fall developed an affectionate tone, endowing it with a warm sound all of his own. The Neue Freie Presse went into raptures: ‘Leo Fall has adorned the outstanding libretto with a sounding and singing wreath of sweet Old Viennese melodies numbering among the most fragrant gifts of this master so strong in feeling and emotion’. The premiere on 1 December 1909 was followed by 113 more performances in the Hölle Cabaret in the cellar of the Theater an der Wien, bringing Fall one of his greatest successes.