Final trio

Anne Sophie von Otter (Octavian), Barbara Bonney (Sophie), and Felicity Lott (the Marschallin).

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[rwprof]

There should be clips of te Kanawa's Marschallin. And yes, Bonney is American.

[knottyknot]

This is heavenly. Forget those self-righteous pseudo-musicologists.

[nickfox2]

You can blame the 'abrupt tempo change' on the composer, the 'imbecile' Strauss. At rehearsal 291 in the score, or 3:35 in this clip, Strauss increases the tempo, suddenly and without preparation, to quarter = 88, from quarter =72 originally, then proceeds to decrease the tempo incrementally back into the tempo primo leading into the cadence at 4:08. You may feel that Kleiber pushes it too hard, but he's actually following Strauss' instructions exactly.

[Beethoven10th]

Eine der größten Sopranistinnen aller Zeiten! Am 27. Januar ist sie zu Gast in der Laeiszhalle in Hamburg – mit Maestro Tate am Piano. Einmalig! hamburgersymphoniker.de/artike­l-445-st-konzertdetails-282.ht­m

[nickfox2]

@muslit I can accept that he pushes too hard for your taste. My original responses were to those who claimed that the conductor had no idea what he was doing. Needless to say, these people have probably never cracked a score of this opera. My point is that the essential parameters of Strauss' tempo instructions are being followed by Kleiber, who knew his scores better than any other conductor. As for my own personal taste, there is no greater performance of this trio or the opera as a whole.

[muslit]

@nickfox2

I do feel Kleiber pushes to hard. He's actually around quarter=96 at figure 292 (quarter=86). My hunch was that Strauss' faster tempo marking was more for the endurance of the voices than for anything else. Today sopranos have no problem navigating this section at a slower pace. Even with a slight accelerando leading to 292, most conductors take this slower than Strauss' tempo indications.

[juancar988]

The best version from "the rosenkavalier" of Carlos Kleiber. I love it so much!!!

Of course i have this dvd at home.

[brojohannes]

Lott is absolutely amazing, both her acting and singing.

[AmiJurgl]

Hast recht amonsaro! Meine entschuldigungen! (I was having a bad hair day)

[amonasro100]

AmiJurgl,

schade, dass Sie die wohl schönste Musik der auslaufenden deutschen Romantik als Katzenjammer ansehen.

[AmiJurgl]

Was fuer einen Katzenjammer der Strauss hat uns hintergelassen!

[vincik80]

tre cantanti adorabili per una pagina sublime.....