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Saul Lilienstein
Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (Washington National Opera ...
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Title
Time
Info
1
Richard Strauss and Modernism
2:22
2
The Prologue: prelude and exposition
3:34
3
A young composer
7:25
4
Dancing Master and Music Master
1:55
5
A fine mess of things
2:46
6
The Composer's vision
4:08
7
The seduction of the innocent
5:00
8
The Composter: rapture and despair
4:15
9
One opera; two versions
1:36
10
Hofmannsthal and Strauss
0:37
11
The Opera: on the island of Naxos
1:28
12
Three nymphs lament for Ariadne
1:30
13
Ariadne: memory, regret and prophesy
2:16
14
Harlequin
1:27
15
Ariadne: yearning for an exalted death
4:51
16
The comedians: a song and dance routine
2:51
17
Ariadne and Zerbinetta: a missed opportunity
1:53
18
Zerbinetta
10:17
19
The comedians, in waltz time
2:55
20
The nymphs greet Bacchus
3:29
21
Ariadne and Bacchus
12:00
22
Transfigurations
8:53
Total time
78:25