Josephs Legende
Josephs Legende, CD, on Channel Classics. Music by Richard Strauss, performed by Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra; 70 tracks.
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Josephs Legende, op. 63: A vast pillared hall in the Palladian style
Josephs Legende, op. 63: Each of them approaches the dais...
Josephs Legende, op. 63: The slave with the two white greyhounds
Josephs Legende, op. 63: The first slave sets the bowl with gems before Potiphar's wife
Josephs Legende, op. 63: But suddenly a dancer emerges from their midst...
Josephs Legende, op. 63: The Sheik again beckons to the young oriental on the gallery...
Josephs Legende, op. 63: The boxers begin a sort of dance...
Josephs Legende, op. 63: Suddenly the latter throw themselves on each other and begin to box
Josephs Legende, op. 63: Then Potiphar makes a sign and his armed men step in
Josephs Legende, op. 63: The Sheik bows again and gestures upwards again
Josephs Legende, op. 63: The harpists, flutists and boys with cymbals begin to play...
Josephs Legende, op. 63: Meanwhile he makes four leaps in the four directions of the compass...
Josephs Legende, op. 63: Suddenly his leaping takes on something somewhat heavy...
Josephs Legende, op. 63: After Joseph has given expression to the heights of lightness and joy...
Josephs Legende, op. 63: Potiphar makes a sign and the two mulattos...
Josephs Legende, op. 63: Potiphar's wife, who is still holding the collar high in the air...
Josephs Legende, op. 63: Potiphar gestures to have the tables cleared
Josephs Legende, op. 63: Then a door in the right wall opens and Potiphar's wife...
Josephs Legende, op. 63: She straightens up and for a moment she stands there as if frozen...
Josephs Legende, op. 63: Then Joseph's stillness is broken...
Josephs Legende, op. 63: For a moment, Joseph stays there on the ground...
Josephs Legende, op. 63: At first, Joseph stands there motionless...
Josephs Legende, op. 63: All in vain; he does not bow down towards her...
Josephs Legende, op. 63: Suddenly, as though they had heard a noise...
Josephs Legende, op. 63: Potiphar's wife rises up in passion...
Josephs Legende, op. 63: These figures of the dance must rush past as quickly as a dream
Josephs Legende, op. 63: Now the young slave girl brings Potiphar's wife...
Josephs Legende, op. 63: Potiphar looks at her for a moment and then at Joseph...
Josephs Legende, op. 63: For a moment she stands there as though purged of her violent passion
Josephs Legende, op. 63: At the moment that the two torturers take hold of Joseph...
Josephs Legende, op. 63: Fear, and ultimately horror takes over
Josephs Legende, op. 63: Suddenly the glow of the flames rises up again...
Josephs Legende, op. 63: A ray of light comes from the star...
Josephs Legende, op. 63: At the same moment his chains shatter and fall to the ground...
Josephs Legende, op. 63: Potiphar's wife stretches both arms stiffly out...
Josephs Legende, op. 63: She falls back dead into the arms of her women