C.E.F. Weyse

The Sleeping Draught

Stig Fogh Andersen, tenor
Giordano Bellincampi, conductor
Sten Byriel, bass
Danish National Chamber Orchestra
Elsebeth Dreisig, soprano
Gert Henning-Jensen, tenor
Tina Kiberg, soprano
Michael Kristensen, tenor
Guido Paevatalu, barytone
Johan Reuter, barytone
Sokkelund Sangkor
Eva Hess Thaysen, soprano

Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer

About:
At the end of the eighteenth century in Denmark the syngespil (the genre known in Germany as Singspiel and in French as opéra-comique) was used as an element in the struggle for the Danish language and the Danish identity. Common to all the syngespil was the fact that they were performed in Danish, that the characters were ordinary citizens (not gods, royalty or aristocrats, as was normally the case), and that they had a comic element and simple music. At the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen the syngespil became the most popular genre of all in the course of the 1790s. Weyse gathered together what he had learned from the composers Kunzen and Schultz and added his own rich, catchy melodies, thus creating the most popular syngespil ever in Denmark. On 21st April 1809 The Sleeping Draught was premiered at the Royal Theatre, Copenhagen.

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Sovedrikken (The Sleeping Draught)
Singspiel in two acts after C.F. Bretzner's German original
Libretto by Adam Oehlenschläger
[CD 1]

1

Ovverture

4:31

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Act One

2

No. 1 Quintet "Amor, Amor!"

4:05

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3

No. 2 Quintet "Hr. Advokaten" (Charlotte, Rose, Walther, Saft, Brausse)

3:34

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4

No. 3 Romance "De klare bølger rulled'"

3:38

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5

No. 4 Arie "Fra Orient til Occident"

3:51

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No. 5 Quintet "O, hr. Brausse"

3:11

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No. 6 Arie "Salig, Venus, ved din lue"

4:10

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No. 7 Ariette "Amor, Bacchus! Synk herned"

1:53

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No. 8 Arie "Kærlighed er stærk som døden"

4:43

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No. 9 Romance "Skøn jomfru! Luk dit vindue op"

2:39

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No. 10. Ariette "For Dem mit hjerte bruser"

2:12

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12

No. 11 Finale "Venlig, mildt din blege læbe"

19:19

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[CD 2]
Act Two

1

No. 12 Ariette "Op! Munter til arbejd' alt solen opstår"

2:22

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2

No. 13 Chorus "Rask er vandmøllerens liv"

2:04

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3

No. 14 Arie "Elskov! Fryd for skønne sjæle!"

4:38

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No. 15 Duet "En mand mistænker ej i løn"

3:35

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No. 16 Cavatine "Elskovsskønne, gyldne dage"

4:52

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No. 17 Quartet "O, mon ikke vore tårer"

4:41

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No. 18 Arie "Ej manden alene for alle ting står"

2:23

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No. 19 Romance "Det blanke sværd på væggen hang"

2:44

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9

No. 20 Romance "Knap klokken slog det tolvte slag"

2:20

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No. 21 Finale "Hvad ser jeg? O himmel!?"

8:51

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Total playing time 96 minutes

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Recorded at the Danish Radio Concert Hall 1999/2000

Rcording producer: John Frandsen
Executive producer: Tatjana Kandel
Sound engineer: Jan Oldrup
Editing engineers: John Frandsen and Jan Oldrup

This CD has been recorded in cooperation with Danmarks Radio

Physical Format: Compact Disc

Catalogue Number: 8.224149-50

Barcode: 730099984928

Release Date: August 2001

Genre: Classical

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Reviews

DANISH MUSIC AWARD 2002

Eine ausgesprochen liebeswerte Aufnahme
(Orpheus)

This is lively, graceful music with nice orchestral touches, and it never gets too cute. (Classics Today)

Den første komplette indspilning nogensinde af syngespilsklassikeren i dansk musikteater, med en perlerække af tidens bedste danske operasangere til at realisere Weyse og Oehlenschlægers lille komedie
(Berlingske Tidende)

This performance is energetically led by Giordano Bellancampi and wery well played by the Danish orchestra. It's lively, graceful music, with nice orchestra touches, and it never gets too cute. It's a very pleasant hour and a half, and I recommend it to those curious about non-German/Italian/French opera of this period
(Classics Today)

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