The Wagner Journal
No Turkey in Istanbul: Joe Davies admires tenor Daniel Behle’s disc of music by Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss
No Turkey in Istanbul: Joe Davies admires tenor Daniel Behle’s disc of music by Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss
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Review of Richard: Wagner, ‘In fernem Land’ (Lohengrin); Prelude, Prize Song (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg); Rome Narration (Tannhäuser); Richard Strauss, ‘Cäcilie’, ‘Ruhe, meine Seele’, ‘Ständchen’, ‘Heimliche Aufforderung’, Symphonic Interlude No. 2 (Intermezzo), ‘Befreit’, ‘Morgen’, tenor Behle, conducted Rösner, Istanbul, 2023 (Prospero, 1 CD).
July 2024, Volume 18, Number 2, 83–4.
‘When I conducted the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra for the first time’, Thomas Rösner writes, ‘it was immediately clear to me that the sound was wonderfully soft and malleable and would be an excellent match for German Romanticism’. He’s right. This disc, alternating works from Strauss and Wagner and entitled simply Richard, is a delight. The Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic may lack the vast sonority of its German counterparts, but in warmth and expression it can match anyone.