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Richard Strauss Friedenstag (Peace Day) Label: Koch Records Marc, Roloff, Robert Bass/Collegiate Chorale and Orchestra Friedenstag is a true anomaly, composed during 1935 and 1936, from a libretto co-authored by the banned "non-Aryan" author Stefan Zweig. The title Peace Day is somewhat misleading, for the work has its martial elements, although it ends on an optimistic note proclaiming brotherhood of all peoples. More so than with most of Strauss's other post-1933 works (Daphne, Capriccio), it is virtually unknown, partly because Friedenstag is closer to being an oratorio than an opera in structure, and also because, like Daphne, it was virtually unheard outside of Germany and has seldom been performed since the 1930s. Die Frau Ohne Schatten or Rosenkavalier it isn't, but it does feature rich, melodic arias, however, and vast, sweeping passages for orchestra and chorus, and suffers from none of the wordiness of Capriccio. This recording is from a live 1989 Carnegie Hall performance, and is the only modern performance on record, although there does exist a 1939 radio transcription of a performance by the Vienna State Opera under Clemens Krauss, also from Koch. Bruce Eder, All Music Guide Releases: Year Type Label Koch Records

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