This is the original Strauss orchestration from 1940, rarely performed until recently. The first orchestration by Robert Hegger, much inferior to Strauss, was performed in 1936. In 1940, Strauss orchestrated Zueignung for the soprano Viorica Ursuleac, who created the role of Helena in Die Agyptishe Helena. Thus came the added dedication in the third strophe over the already extant melodic line: Du Wunderbare Helena, Habe dank!
She's brave all right. Take a deep breath and dive right into the chest. Scared the bejesus out of me with the "cadenza" too -- never heard it and would never have had the moxie to sing it. But good! Wonderful!
@fattyboyblue To be fair though, Strauss orchestrated a lot of his lieder, and in fact some of it was written with orchestra first and he adapted it for piano later.
What is great about this song is that it sounds so great by so many singers. There are so many to choose from on youtube. The all present a completely different style. They are sung by men and women. They all work. What a composition. Well done Renne also for your version! :)
It's hard to understand why beautiful music inspires so many nasty comments. Why is it necessary to trumpet the fact you don't like a particular performance? Isn't taste, in the final analysis, a somewhat mysterious and ultimately private matter for which there is truly no accounting? Even those claiming the most impeccable taste stumble occasionally for reasons they would be hard pressed to defend.
I think Renee is one of the greatest, however she does the like the overblown productions to show off her unlimited capacity, to her detriment I think. Ther is a magnificdent film of Schumans life with katherine Hepburn as Clara playing Deciation to Franz Litst her of course made a sensational but overblown version of it. Hepburn as Clara says simply and succintly; you know franz, some things are best left in their most simple form. but I rave. sorry.
Best performence of "Zueignung" i ve ever heard. I very like this and Kiri Te Kanawa performance, both of them are much diffrent and amaizing. But finall of "Zueignung" by Fleming is sooo awesome!!!
I think this is actually the Strauss orchestration and is not the one typically heard, that is an orchestration by the original conductor who's name escapes me.
I believe this version's additional line makes a reference to Helena in the additional text. The composer added the few words of text when he reworked and orchestrated the lied into this version, for the same soprano who first sang the roll of Helena (of Troy...sort of) in his opera The Egyptian Helena.
Actually, she doesn't have the biggest voice live. That's why she and Hampson like performing together so much. Great voice though. And I enjoy this recording.
This is the original Strauss orchestration from 1940, rarely performed until recently. The first orchestration by Robert Hegger, much inferior to Strauss, was performed in 1936. In 1940, Strauss orchestrated Zueignung for the soprano Viorica Ursuleac, who created the role of Helena in Die Agyptishe Helena. Thus came the added dedication in the third strophe over the already extant melodic line: Du Wunderbare Helena, Habe dank!
StanislavZivkov 4 days ago
the most wonderful version...
martynabanczyk 1 week ago
a bit brutish, which i suppose is what happens when a lyric plays at being dramatic. give jessye norman's a listen and compare.
karynchaotic 4 months ago
herr thielemann in bester verfassung,so wie sie auch.
Jussipeace 5 months ago
Way way way too much drama, no sweetness,nolovingness, Sounds like she's warming up for the "Suicidio",
cantorgasma 6 months ago
1:15 - 1:23
does ANYONE know what she sings there!!?!
I've only heard Fleming and Kanawa sing that small interlude
to the very last "Habe Da..." ? No music that I can find has text there!?!??!
DanCur4991 6 months ago 2
Not only a great performer and great musician, but a poetic interpreter of texts.
drwmbr 6 months ago
This is not the original key, is it? And it's also faster than usual... I don't like this version, altough I really enjoy Renée Fleming's voice.
bpmartinelli 6 months ago
No one should be allowed to sing this except Dame Kiri.
cantorgasma 7 months ago
@cantorgasma Good joke!
jussipeaceyeah 4 months ago
She's brave all right. Take a deep breath and dive right into the chest. Scared the bejesus out of me with the "cadenza" too -- never heard it and would never have had the moxie to sing it. But good! Wonderful!
manthasagittarius 7 months ago
Please Just compare with E. Schwarzkopf. Then get a feeling and opinion
bendfeldtf 9 months ago
Love how she sings "sank" just before the end: Powerful, dramatic and dark
Oberonification 10 months ago
BEAST
lsuman93 1 year ago
I love her voice, but I hate when lieder is performed with an orchestra.
fattyboyblue 1 year ago
@fattyboyblue To be fair though, Strauss orchestrated a lot of his lieder, and in fact some of it was written with orchestra first and he adapted it for piano later.
opmaus 1 year ago
What is great about this song is that it sounds so great by so many singers. There are so many to choose from on youtube. The all present a completely different style. They are sung by men and women. They all work. What a composition. Well done Renne also for your version! :)
SugarTomAppleRoger 1 year ago
wait so
how did this become music?
C1B0RG1 1 year ago
Glorious!
LittleLotte7793 1 year ago
Stark und durcherlebt! So eindrucksvolle, schöne Stimem!
Akykor 1 year ago
It's hard to understand why beautiful music inspires so many nasty comments. Why is it necessary to trumpet the fact you don't like a particular performance? Isn't taste, in the final analysis, a somewhat mysterious and ultimately private matter for which there is truly no accounting? Even those claiming the most impeccable taste stumble occasionally for reasons they would be hard pressed to defend.
bronxboy47 1 year ago
ugh! no no to the no!
thisizjoey 1 year ago
Stick to Mozart my dear....
wasww26 1 year ago
I think Renee is one of the greatest, however she does the like the overblown productions to show off her unlimited capacity, to her detriment I think. Ther is a magnificdent film of Schumans life with katherine Hepburn as Clara playing Deciation to Franz Litst her of course made a sensational but overblown version of it. Hepburn as Clara says simply and succintly; you know franz, some things are best left in their most simple form. but I rave. sorry.
Cheers.
flyboytim 1 year ago
ma cosa sta cantando???
nemmeno lei lo sa!!!! una versione tutta sua!!!
vergogna!!
giorgioot 2 years ago
Best performence of "Zueignung" i ve ever heard. I very like this and Kiri Te Kanawa performance, both of them are much diffrent and amaizing. But finall of "Zueignung" by Fleming is sooo awesome!!!
voguemonroe 2 years ago
this is a very strange version, which I never heard bevore. there is a strange addition shortly before the final line.
andrewendler 2 years ago
I think this is actually the Strauss orchestration and is not the one typically heard, that is an orchestration by the original conductor who's name escapes me.
I believe this version's additional line makes a reference to Helena in the additional text. The composer added the few words of text when he reworked and orchestrated the lied into this version, for the same soprano who first sang the roll of Helena (of Troy...sort of) in his opera The Egyptian Helena.
theucrepublicans 2 years ago
@theucrepublicans you are very right about this
bygojohn 1 year ago
Merci!
tychaton08 2 years ago
she has a powerful voice..like her live though
kakeygirl93122 2 years ago
you're right!
PukKoleszka 2 years ago
@kakeygirl93122
Actually, she doesn't have the biggest voice live. That's why she and Hampson like performing together so much. Great voice though. And I enjoy this recording.
BurlyLumberjack 1 year ago
no comments ?
PukKoleszka 2 years ago