Schoenburg
Gurrelieder
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
2 CD / SACD Hybrid Set
"Sometimes less is not more. More is exhilarating.
... the music-making was superb ... And what terrific soloists!"*****
Richard Morrison, The Times |
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“The opening songs have a featherweight transparency, the interludes a natural fluency … and the choral climax transmits a properly ecstatic, pantheistic glow”
The Financial Times |
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“Salonen cracks into Schoenberg’s stacked layers of activity and strikingly schizophrenic mood shifts, revealing clarity and sonic grandeur. His soloists are top-notch too. Essential listening.”
Classic FM Magazine
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Acknowledged as the UK’s foremost musical pioneers, with an extraordinary recording legacy, the Philharmonia leads the field for its quality of playing. Together with its relationships with the most sought-after artists, most importantly its Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor Esa-Pekka Salonen, the Philharmonia Orchestra is at the heart of British musical life.
Esa-Pekka Salonen made his London conducting debut with the Philharmonia Orchestra in September 1983 and he has returned to conduct the Orchestra on a regular basis ever since. This is the first in our series of Philharmonia releases that feature Salonen as conductor and is a hybrid SACD/CD in both stereo and surround. Forthcoming recordings as part of Salonen’s new partnership with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Signum include Mahler’s 6th and 9th symphonies and Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique.
“[Salonen] brought this extravagant manifestation of late Romanticism to a suitable blazing climax.”
The Evening Standard
“The Philharmonia played as if the music really mattered, with beautifully moulded textures and impeccable attacks.”
The Financial Times
| Philharmonia Orchestra |
| Philharmonia Voices |
| City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus |
| Stig Andersen |
Waldemar |
Ralf Lukas |
Bauer |
| Soile Isokoski |
Tove |
Andreas Conrad |
Klaus-Narr |
| Monica Groop |
Waldtaube |
Barbara Sukowa |
Sprecher |
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| CD 1 |
| Part I |
| 1. |
Orchestral Prelude
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| 2. |
Waldemar: |
Nun dämpft die Dämmerung jeden Ton |
| 3. |
Tove: |
O, wenn des Mondes Strahlen leise gleiten |
| 4. |
Waldemar:
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Roß! Mein Roß! Was schleichst du so träg! |
| 5. |
Tove: |
Sterne jubeln, das Meer, es leuchtet |
| 6. |
Waldemar:
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So tanzen die Engel vor Gottes Thron nicht |
| 7. |
Tove: |
Nun sag' ich dir zum ersten Mal |
| 8. |
Waldemar: |
Es ist Mitternachts Zeit |
| 9. |
Tove: |
Du sendest mir einen Liebesblick |
| 10. |
Waldemar |
Du wunderliche Tove! |
| 11. |
Orchestral Interlude
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| 12. |
Stimme der Waldtaube: |
Tauben von Gurre! Sorge quält mich |
| CD 2 |
| Part II |
| 1. |
Waldemar:
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Herrgott, weißt du, was du tatest |
| Part III |
| 2. |
Waldemar: |
Erwacht, König Waldemars Mannen wert! |
| 3. |
Bauer: |
Deckel des Sarges klappert und klappt |
| 4. |
Waldemars Mannen: |
Gegrüßt, o König, an Gurres See Strand |
| 5. |
Waldemar: |
Mit Toves Stimme flüstert der Wald |
| 6. |
Klaus-Narr: |
Ein seltsamer Vogel ist so ’n Aal |
| 7. |
Waldemar: |
Du strenger Richter droben |
| 8. |
Waldemars Mannen: |
Der Hahn erhebt den Kopf zur Kraht |
| 9. |
Des Sommerwindes wilde Jagd Sprecher: |
Herr Gänsefuß, Frau Gänsekraut |
| 10. |
Chor:
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Seht, die Sonne |
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