A native of Munich, Karl Amadeus Hartmann (b. 1905, d. 1963) ranks among the leading German composers of the twentieth century. A substantial portion of his œuvre, which includes eight symphonies and chamber works, had its origins in one of the darkest periods in world history – from 1933 to 1945 – when the Nazis were in power. This period, in which Hartmann gradually withdrew from public life and which eventually culminated in his own innere Emigration (inner emigration), represented a decisive turning point in his creative development. Before that time, Hartmann had adopted a playful, neoclassical style influenced by jazz and Dadaism with which he had hardly distinguished himself from his contemporaries. With no prospect of a performance of his work in sight, he subsequently created a musical language which, besides bearing the influences of Bach, Bruckner and Beethoven, was also highly indebted to those composers whose music the Nazis had banned, such as Mahler, Berg, Stravinsky, Prokofiev and Bartók. He employs this language not only in his symphonies and many of his chamber works, but also in his opera Simplicius Simplicissimus, based on the 1669 novel Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus by Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen. The full title of the second version, presented here, is Simplicius Simplicissimus: drei Szenen aus seiner Jugend.
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Act 1: Overture; L’Hommage De Serge Prokofieff Karl Amadeus Hartmann
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Act 1: Anno Domini Karl Amadeus Hartmann
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Act 1: Du Sehr Verachter Bauernstand Karl Amadeus Hartmann
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Act 1: Der Baum Karl Amadeus Hartmann
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Act 1: O Lauf, Bub! Karl Amadeus Hartmann
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Act 1: Tränen Des Vaterlandes, Anno 1636 Karl Amadeus Hartmann
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Act 2: Wald, Hinten Ein Kreuz.. Komm, Trost Der Nacht Karl Amadeus Hartmann
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Act 2: Bäume, Lauter Bäume Karl Amadeus Hartmann
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Act 2: Unser Lieber Vater Karl Amadeus Hartmann
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Act 2: Mein Treuester Vater Karl Amadeus Hartmann
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Act 2: Nun Simplici, Liebes Kind Karl Amadeus Hartmann
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Act 2: Mein Lieber Und Wahrer, Einziger Sohn Karl Amadeus Hartmann
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Act 3: Bankett Beim Gouverneur Karl Amadeus Hartmann
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Act 3: Drei Tänze Der Dame: Schnell Karl Amadeus Hartmann
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Act 3: Drei Tänze Der Dame: Lustig Karl Amadeus Hartmann
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Act 3: Drei Tänze Der Dame: Furioso Karl Amadeus Hartmann
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Act 3: Als Männer Sind Wir Durchaus Ehrlich Karl Amadeus Hartmann
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Act 3: Lebhaft, Hochedler Herr Gubernator Karl Amadeus Hartmann
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Act 3: Hauptmann Tanzt Mit Der Dame Karl Amadeus Hartmann
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Act 3: Mein Gott Karl Amadeus Hartmann
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Act 3: Schlag Mich Der Donner Karl Amadeus Hartmann
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Act 3: Herr, Jetzt Seh’ Ich Wohl Karl Amadeus Hartmann
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Act 3: Bravo, Simplici, Bravissimo! Karl Amadeus Hartmann
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Act 3: Finale, Dank Herr! Karl Amadeus Hartmann
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Act 3: Marsch, Es Dröhnt Die Stadt Karl Amadeus Hartmann
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Act 3: Gepriesen Sei Der Richter Der Wahrheit! Karl Amadeus Hartmann