Oberon
Album by Carl Maria von Weber & Hillevi Martinpelto & Jonas Kaufmann & Steve Davislim & Monteverdi Choir & Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique & Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Oberon is an opera by German composer Carl Maria von Weber, completed in 1826. The work combines Romantic orchestral colour, folkloric and supernatural elements and melodically driven vocal writing, and as Weber's final stage work it reflects his contribution to the development of German Romantic opera.
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Disc 1
- 1.Oberon: Overture8:46
- 2.Oberon, Act 1: Narration: In a Garden Full of Beautiful Flowers0:15
- 3.Oberon, Act 1: Trio: Light as Fairy Foot Can Fall3:23
- 4.Oberon, Act 1: Narration: Watching Over Oberon, His Sleeping Master0:42
- 5.Oberon, Act 1: Aria: Fatal Vow!2:17
- 6.Oberon, Act 1: Narration: Puck, Searching High and Low1:17
- 7.Oberon, Act 1: Vision: O Why Art Thou Sleeping, Sir Huon the Brave?1:32
- 8.Oberon, Act 1: Narration: The Vision Is Gone0:41
- 9.Oberon, Act 1: Oberon, Act 1: Ensemble: Honour and Joy6:28
- 10.Oberon, Act 1: Narration: Huon Is Sure That His Vision…0:47
- 11.Oberon, Act 1: Aria: From Boyhood Trained6:07
- 12.Oberon, Act 1: Narration: So Knight and Squire Take Ship From France0:39
- 13.Oberon, Act 1: Finale: Haste, Gallant Knight10:11
- 14.Oberon, Act 2: Glory1:26
- 15.Oberon, Act 2: Narration: It Is the Wedding Day…0:31
- 16.Oberon, Act 2: Dance of the Bayaderes0:34
- 17.Oberon, Act 2: Narration: Reiza Whispers Anxiously…1:13
- 18.Oberon, Act 2: Melodrama and Narration: Summoned by the Horn1:38
- 19.Oberon, Act 2: Narration: While Huon and Reiza Get Ready to Leave0:23
- 20.Oberon, Act 2: Arriette: A Lonely Arab Maid2:51
- 21.Oberon, Act 2: Narration: All Is Now Set Fair…0:08
- 22.Oberon, Act 2: Quartet: Over the Dark Blue Waters3:00
- 23.Oberon, Act 2: Narration: But the Lovers’ Troubles…0:09
- 24.Oberon, Act 2: Solo & Choir: Spirits of Air and Earth and Sea5:49
Disc 2
- 2.Oberon, Act 2: Narration: On a Barren Island0:29
- 3.Oberon, Act 2: Ruler of This Awful Hour3:00
- 4.Oberon, Act 2: Narration: Huon Has Lost the Magic Horn0:16
- 5.Oberon, Act 2: Scene & Arie: Ocean Thou Mighty Monster8:40
- 6.Oberon, Act 2: Narration: What Reiza Has Seen…0:22
- 7.Oberon, Act 2: Narration: Alas Poor Mortal0:53
- 8.Oberon, Act 2: Narration: Oberon Orders Puck0:27
- 9.Oberon, Act 2: Finale: And Hark, the Mermaids…oh Is Pleasant8:48
- 10.Oberon, Act 3: Narration: Rescued by Corsairs0:16
- 11.Oberon, Act 3: Lied: O Araby Dear3:20
- 12.Oberon, Act 3: Narration: Sherasimin Is Entranced0:13
- 13.Oberon, Act 3: Duet: On the Banks5:21
- 14.Oberon, Act 3: Narration: Puck Has Magicked…1:00
- 15.Oberon, Act 3: Terzettino: And I Must I Then3:01
- 16.Oberon, Act 3: Narration: But There Is No Response…0:15
- 17.Oberon, Act 3: Cavatine: Mourn Thou Poor Heart5:02
- 18.Oberon, Act 3: Narration: Almanzor Is Bewitched0:54
- 19.Oberon, Act 3: Rondo: I Revel in Hope3:18
- 20.Oberon, Act 3: Narration: Suddenly the Curtains Part…0:52
- 21.Oberon, Act 3: Chorus & Ballet: For Thee Hath Beauty4:15
- 22.Oberon, Act 3: Narration: Huon Tries to Break Free0:57
- 23.Oberon, Act 3: Almanzor Is Rooted to the Spot…finale: Hark What Notes5:17
- 24.Oberon, Act 3: Narration: Huon With True Heroism0:29
- 25.Oberon, Act 3: March & Finale4:28







