Orf Vienna Radio Symph Orch - Carl Maria Von Weber: Peter Schmoll and his neighbours (Peter Schmoll und seine nachbarn)

After an overture that combines skill with individuality, Peter Schmoll unfolds over a succession of 20 colourful scenes. This was the usual format for musical comedies of the time, one that was used for some three decades. In Peter Schmoll, we catch glimpses of Weber's noted lyricism that was to permeate Der Freisch�tz, written fifteen years later in 1817.