With Donald Macleod. 4: 1817-21
In 1817, Weber arrived in Dresden to create a royal company for German-language opera. Although he had excellent resources available to him, with an outstanding orchestra and plenty of good singers, he felt undermined by the pro-Italian opera faction present in Dresden at the time, and was further belittled by discovering that his own title was to be Musikdirektor, ratherthan the more prestigious Kapellmeister. During this period, he also composed a number of religious and chamberworks. Weine, Weine, Weine nur Nicht
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Karl Engel (piano)
Offertorium (Gloria et Honore)
Maria Taborsky (soprano), Choir and Orchestra of St Michael's, Munich, Gisela Schindler (organ), conductor Ernst Ehret Benedictus (Missa Sancta No 2 in G,
"Jubelmesse") Henriette Schellenberg
(soprano), Laverne G'Froerer(mezzo), Keith Boldt (tenor), George Roberts (baritone),
Vancouver Chamber Choir, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, conductor Jon Washburn
Trio in G minor for flute, cello and piano, Op 63 Members of Kremerata Musica Der Freischutz, Acts 1 and 2 (excerpts) Luba Orgonasova (soprano),
Endrik Wottrich (tenor), Berlin Radio Chorus, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt