Nessler / Prey / Wdr Rundfunkorchester Koln Trumpeter Of Sackingen CD

The first performance of 'The Trumpeter of Sackingen' on May 4, 1884 at the Stadttheater in Leipzig was an unprecedented success. For the hundredth Leipzig performance there was a procession with flaming torches in honor of the composer. 'The Trumpeter' then began it's triumphant conquest of the entire German theatre scene; within a few years the opera had been performed several thousand times and, by the turn of the century, had established it's place in the repertoire of all the major opera houses. That great critical authority Eduard Hanslick showed most restraint, making an attempt to analyze the 'popular force, the winning something' in Nessler's 'musical mediocrity', and concluding: 'The most remarkable thing in this unprecedentedly successful opera is precisely it's success.' in 1884 - the year following Wagner's death, the year which saw the premieres of Massenet's 'Manon' and Puccini's first work, 'Le Villi', the year in which Bruckner's seventh symphony and Mahler's 'Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen' were composed, - the tastes of the Biedermeier period and quaint romanticism had made their second conquest of the German opera world.

1. Alt Heidelberg, Du Feine 2. Aber, Aber, Meine Herren 3. Ich Knie Vor Euch - Gegen Geister Hilft Der Pater 4. Ei, Ei Jungburschlein Wohlgemut 5. Darum Greif Nach Der Trompete 6. Haltet Ein! 7. Der Hans Schwingt Die Liese 8. Das Ist Doch Eine Sund Und Schand! 9. Viel Bunte Nachen Wiegt Der Rhein 10. O, Heil'ger Fridoline 11. Da Schlage Doch Das Wetter Drein 12. Das Kommt Vom Grafen Wildenstein! 13. Zurne Nicht, Mein Vaterchen 14. Wenig Dank Wisst Ihr Dem Retter 15. Ha, Da Ist Er! 16. So Wird Es Recht! 17. Was Solch Landsknechtmusikus 18. Ihr Habt Gewiss Schon Mein Geharrt 19. Gott Sei Gedankt, Wir Sind Allein 20. Zu Hilfe! Zu Hilfe! 21. Es Kommt Ein Wundersamer Knab 22. Ha, Das Sind Sie! 23. Das Ist Im Leben Hasslich Eingerichtet 24. Verlorene Liebe, Erstobenes Gluck! 25. Schnell, Ihe Knechte, Schliesst Das Tor! 26. Heil Dem Tapfern! Heil Dem Sieger