Zemlinsky - Der Traumgorge | Capriccio C5395

Zemlinsky - Der Traumgorge

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Label: Capriccio

Cat No: C5395

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 10th January 2020

Contents

Artists

Janis Martin
Josef Protschka
Pamela Coburn
Hartmut Welker
Martin Blasius
Peter Haage
Victor von Halem
Heinz Kruse
Birgit Calm
Gabriele Maria Ronge
Jugend- und Figuralchor des Hessischen Rundfunks
Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt

Conductor

Gerd Albrecht

Works

Zemlinsky, Alexander von

Der Traumgorge

Artists

Janis Martin
Josef Protschka
Pamela Coburn
Hartmut Welker
Martin Blasius
Peter Haage
Victor von Halem
Heinz Kruse
Birgit Calm
Gabriele Maria Ronge
Jugend- und Figuralchor des Hessischen Rundfunks
Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt

Conductor

Gerd Albrecht

About

Although his musical style was certainly progressive, Zemlinsky stopped short of treading the radical new paths of the Second Viennese School, despite his close personal relationship with Schoenberg. Zemlinsky was engaged by Mahler as his assistant at the Vienna Court Opera in 1907. Simultaneously, his third opera, Traumgörge (Görge the Dreamer), was accepted for performance there. Following Mahler's resignation, however, the opera was dropped by Mahler's successor, even though it had already been rehearsed. It remained dormant until the 1970s when the scores and parts were discovered in the archives of the renamed Vienna State Opera, leading to its premiere in 1980. High time, then, to hear again this magnificent account of the work in its first complete recording.

‘The performance is perhaps the best Zemlinsky has yet enjoyed on records. The cast could not have been more in tune with their roles... Capriccio’s engineering of the sound is impeccable.’ – Fanfare

Cast:
- Princess/Gertraud: Janis Martin
- Görge: Josef Protschka
- Grete: Pamela Coburn
- Hans/Kaspar: Hartmut Welker
- Pastor: Martin Blasius
- Innkeeper: Peter Haage
- Miller/Mathes: Victor von Halem
- Züngl: Heinz Kruse
- Innkeeper’s wife: Birgit Calm
- Marei: Gabriele Maria Ronge

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