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Schoenberg's melodic, tonal Wagnerian masterpiece Gurrelieder calls for one of the largest ... more
orchestras ever assembled on one concert platform, including 25 woodwind, 25 brass, 11 percussion, three four-part male voice choirs and a mixed eight-part choir; Simon Rattle fondly remembers it as the "biggest score in Liverpool's Music Library". In the interview with him included in the liner notes, he also adds: "although 400 people are involved, Gurrelieder is in fact the world's largest string quartet". In music of sumptuous beauty it tells the story of a king, Waldemar, whose beautiful young mistress Tove is murdered by his wife. Waldemar joins a terrifying night-time ride of skeletons and corpses while railing against God. But although the themes and sound-world are Wagnerian, Rattle treats the score like Strauss--using a light, even ironically Mozartian, touch. The effect is overwhelmingly powerful, and the work's climaxes (the skeletons' "Wild hunt", and the massive "Hymn to the sun at the end") are all the more spine-tingling for the careful restraint and generally quick tempi that have gone before. The singers couldn't be bettered; tenor Thomas Moser has a rich baritone range perfect for the demanding role of Waldemar, the king whose lover is foully murdered, and Karita Mattila is both creamy and intense as the lover in question. Philip Langridge and Anne Sofie von Otter are also on top form. Stunning.--Warwick Thompson
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Advantages: Well-written, informative text Disadvantages: British readers may not initially take to the American focus
influenced a generation of young American composers. Some, like Schoenberg became Americanised themselves: Ross tells a good story involving the otherwise primly German exile composer.
The main merit of the book is the author's sound knowl;edge of the accompanying literary, social and political background. As a previous reviewer has remarked, it is an excellent cultural study. Ross uses this background to set out the central message of his work, the way in which classical music has drawn on other froms of music and culture to renew itself throughout the twentieth century.
The paperback revised edition comes with an appendix of recommended recordings, and as a 'taster', details of a website where the works discussed can be sampled. A really excellent feature, meriting the#'value for money' rating I have given. ...
Advantages: Wonderful performance of the Korngold Violin Concerto Disadvantages: Content repetition, speech over music, disappointing extras, etc
working with a raft of world class orchestras and performing in all the top concert halls. She has won a Grammy for her recordings of the violin concerti of Brahms and Stravinsky, along with a host of other awards during her highly productive recording activities. After an initial contract with Sony Classical she is currently contracted to Deutsche Grammophon and her recent unusual album combination of the Schoenberg and Sibelius Violin concerti was the first recording of a piece by gritty 20th century composer Schoenberg to ever hit the top of the classical charts - quite an achievement.
Hilary Hahn has pursued an original approach to her highly informative website at www.hilaryhahn.com where she maintains a travel blog giving a fascinating insight into her touring musical life around the world and a further indication of her interest ...
Advantages: You will hear a landmark in music history Disadvantages: Can be frightening for those only used to Bach
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), is best known for his ground-breaking and hugely influential music for ballet. Indeed, 'The Rite of Spring' or 'Le Sacre du Printemps' is perhaps the best example of Stravinsky's challenging and provocative interpretation of the 'Brave New World'.
'The Rite' was premiered in the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris (1913), and it all started well as a seemingly innocent bassoon melody floated out from the orchestral pit. What was to follow, however, was to shock and enrage the unprepared Parisian audience: pagan content, ritual sacrifice, wild choreography, savage and hugely unconventional music. This moment is a milestone in music history, and heralded (along with Schoenberg) a transformation in music: whilst once thought of as horrific, Stravinsky's music is now admired and is still perpetually ...
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Product details
Title
Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
Composer
Arnold (Franz Walther) Schoenberg (1874 - 1951)
Main Performer
Brigitte Fassbaender (Mezzo soprano); Hans Hotter (Narrator); Hermann Becht (Baritone); Pater Haage (Tenor); Peter Haage (Tenor)
Orchestra / Ensemble(s)
Berlin Cathedral Choir; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Düsseldorf Musikverein Chorus
Date of Release
07/04/2003
Recomended Retail Price
14.99 GBP
Label / Distributor
Double Decca / Universal Manufacturing and Logistics
Pieces in Set
2
Running Time
3 hours 32 minutes
Genre(s)
Vocal and choral, Orchestral
Stereo
Stereo
SPAR Code
DDD
EAN
28947372820
Catalogue Number
473
Work 1
Work Title
Gurrelieder
Excerpt(s)
1. Orchestral Interlude 2. Song of the Wood-Dove
Composer
Arnold (Franz Walther) Schoenberg (1874 - 1951)
Genre
Vocal & Choral
Date Written
1900-03 Revised 1910-11
Conductor
Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra / Ensemble
Berlin Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra / Ensemble
Düsseldorf Musikverein Chorus
Orchestra / Ensemble
Berlin Cathedral Choir
Main Performer
Brigitte Fassbaender (Mezzo soprano), Hans Hotter (Narrator), Hermann Becht (Baritone), Pater Haage (Tenor), Peter Haage (Tenor), Siegfried Jerusalem (Tenor), Susan Dunn (Soprano)
Opera Part(s)
Brigitte Fassbaender, Hans Hotter, Hermann Becht, Pater Haage, Peter Haage, Siegfried Jerusalem, Susan Dunn
