Richard - Wagner & Strauss: Opera Scenes & Orchesterlieder Daniel Behle, Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra & Thomas Rösner

• Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949): 4 Lieder, Op 27:
• 1 Strauss: 4 Lieder, Op 27: No. 2, Cäcilie 02:09
• 2 Strauss: 4 Lieder, Op 27: No. 1, Ruhe, meine Seele 03:49
• Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883): Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act III :
• 3 Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act III :"In fernem Land, unnahbar euren Schritten. Gralserzählung" 05:10
• Richard Strauss: 6 Lieder, Op 17:
• 4 Strauss: 6 Lieder, Op 17: No. 2, Ständchen 02:30
• Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96, Act III:
• 5 Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96, Act III: Vorspiel 09:50
• 6 Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96, Act III: Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein. Preislied 03:57
• Richard Strauss: 4 Lieder, Op. 27:
• 7 Strauss: 4 Lieder, Op. 27: No. 3, Heimliche Aufforderung 03:17
• Intermezzo Op 72:
• 8 Strauss: Intermezzo Op 72: Symphonic Interlude, Reverie by the fireplace 06:49
• 5 Lieder, Op 39:
• 9 Strauss: 5 Lieder, Op 39: No 4, Befreit 05:00
• Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser, WWV 70, Act III:
• 10 Wagner: Tannhäuser, WWV 70, Act III: Ibrunst im Herzen 10:03
• Richard Strauss: 4 Lieder, Op 27:
• 11 Strauss: 4 Lieder, Op 27: No 4, Morgen 03:23
• Total Runtime 55:57

Info for Richard - Wagner & Strauss: Opera Scenes & Orchesterlieder

Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss are the two important fixed stars in the musical world of the well-known German tenor Daniel Behle. It has long been a heartfelt wish of the singer to sing the music of these two important "Richards" with a large orchestra and also to record it on disc. Now this wish has been fulfilled on the Swiss label PROSPERO: Together with the Borusan Istanbul Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Austrian conductor Thomas Rösner, Behle sings selected orchestral songs by Richard Strauss such as Ständchen Op. 17 / 2 as well as scenes from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Lohengrin and Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner.

"Songs by Richard Strauss and scenes from Wagner operas are combined on this album with the now 49-year-old tenor Daniel Behle. With a brilliant technique and a correspondingly exquisite and controlled voice, Behle is an outstanding interpreter of Strauss. He sings the songs with great sensitivity and a pronounced sense of both the sensuality and the drama of the songs. Together with his clear articulation, this leads to expressive, atmospherically dense and suggestive interpretations. The singer shows how well and musically he can sing Wagner, not only vocally but also artistically. This gives his touching Gralserzählung and his Romerzählung more tenderness and lyricism than with other interpreters. This Wagnerian bel canto does not lead to a lack of passion and urgency. Behle owes nothing to the ecstatic outbursts in the Romerzählung. In the Preislied from Die Meistersinger, we are far from the juvenile enthusiasm of a René Kollo, but instead we hear more poetic joy and tenderness At the helm of the excellent Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic, Thomas Rösner provides a dazzling blaze of color." (Remy Franck, pizzicato.lu)

Daniel Behle, tenor
Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Rösner, conductor

Daniel Behle
The versatile tenor and composer Daniel Behle is equally successful in the concert, Lied and opera genres. His extensive repertoire ranges from Baroque masterpieces, Classical and Romantic works to compositions of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Daniel Behle appears in concert with renowned orchestras, including the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Berliner and Wiener Philharmoniker, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazianale di Santa Cecilia, Wiener Symphoniker, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and Bachakademie Stuttgart. He works with conductors such as Stefan Asbury, Bertrand de Billy, Semyon Bychkov, Christoph Eschenbach, James Gaffigan, Thomas Hengelbrock, Pablo Heras Casado, Marek Janowski, Philippe Jordan, Ingo Metzmacher, Kent Nagana, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Hans-Christoph Rademann, Jeremie Rhorer, Andreas Spering, Christian Thielemann and Franz Welser-Möst.

Several highlights mark his 2019/20 season: he will perform "MoZart" (Sony Classical, release September 2019) together with L'Orfeo Barockorchester at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg. In spring 2020, he sings Mendelssohn's "Elias" with the Orchestre de Paris under the baton of Daniel Harding and Mahler's "Lied von der Erde" with the Hamburger Symphoniker with Sylvain Cambreling. With the Lautten Compagney Berlin he will appear at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, with Klangvokal Dortmund and at the Handel Festival Halle.

He will sing recitals at the Alte Oper Frankfurt, Hugo-Wolf-Akademie Stuttgart, at the Theater Bern and the Brucknerhaus Linz. At the Theater Schweinfurt he will premiere his new chamber music programme "Behlcanto" together with the Alliage Quintett.

Opera commitments take him to several important opera houses. After his highly acclaimed debut in 2016 as Ferrando in "Così fan tutte" he will return to the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in October 2019 as Don Ottavio in "Don Giovanni" under Hartmut Haenchen's baton. Further opera highlights are his role debuts as Lohengrin at the Theater Dortmund and at the Staatsoper Stuttgart (Direction: Cornelius Meister) and as Florestan ("Fidelio") at the Staatsoper Hamburg. He will perform Matteo in a new production of "Arabella" at the Opernhaus Zürich with Fabio Luisi conducting, before returning to the Bayreuther Festspiele as David ("Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg") and Walther von der Vogelweide ("Tannhäuser").

As a composer, his transcriptions for tenor and piano trio have met with great critical acclaim: he has performed "WinterreiseN" (Sony Classical) at the Wigmore Hall London, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and the Alte Oper Frankfurt. Equally successful are "Mein Hamburg" (Berlin Classics; new compositions and arrangements of famous tenor arias), and his Christmas album "Meine schönsten Weihnachtslieder" (Sony Classical).

To date he has published 13 highly acclaimed solo albums, including "Die schöne Müllerin", Strauss "Lieder" (both Capriccio), Gluck "Arias" (Decca) and Schubert "Arias" (dhm).

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