Schumann - Scenes from Goethe’s Faust
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Label: RCO Live
Cat No: RCO09001
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 5th October 2009
Contents
Artists
Christian Gerhaher (baritone)Christiane Iven (soprano)
Alastair Miles (bass)
Werner Gura (tenor)
Mojca Erdmann (soprano)
Birgit Remmert (alto)
Netherlands Radio Choir
Netherlands Children’s Choir
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Conductor
Nikolaus HarnoncourtWorks
Scenes from Goethe's Faust, WoO3Artists
Christian Gerhaher (baritone)Christiane Iven (soprano)
Alastair Miles (bass)
Werner Gura (tenor)
Mojca Erdmann (soprano)
Birgit Remmert (alto)
Netherlands Radio Choir
Netherlands Children’s Choir
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Conductor
Nikolaus HarnoncourtAbout
Cast:
- Christian Gerhaher, baritone (Faust, Pater Seraphicus, Dr. Marianus)
- Christiane Iven, soprano (Gretchen, Noth, Büsserin, Una poenitentium)
- Alastair Miles, bass (Mephistopheles, Böser Geist)
- Werner Güra, tenor (Ariel, Pater Ecstaticus, Vollendeter Engel)
- Mojca Erdmann, soprano (Marthe, Sorge, Engel, selige Knabe, Büsserin, Magna Peccatrix)
- Birgit Remmert, alto (Schuld, Seligen Knabe, Mater Gloriosa, Mater Aegyptiaca)
- Elisabeth von Magnus, alto (Mangel, Seligen Knabe, Büsserin, Mulier Samaritana)
- Franz-Josef Selig, bass (Pater Profundus, Vollendeter Engel)
Nikolaus Harnoncourt on Schumann's Faust-Szenen:
"When I think of Schumann, I picture him at the cafe in Dresden where he would meet Wagner and Mendelssohn every week.They were about the same age, and all three were from Saxony. Luckily for Wagner's reputation, both the others died young; had they lived longer, simultaneously with Wagner, music history would have been very different indeed. I consider Schumann the greatest genius of the three - Wagner's genius was not primarily musical, but theatrical.
One of the things that make Faust so incredible is Schumann's ability to select precisely those scenes from such a huge drama which illustrate that one aspect of redemption. In music, there are two or three famous sunrises - in The Creation and The Seasons by Haydn, and in Schumann's Faust-Szenen: Faust finds himself in a deep cavern. Day breaks, and Faust awakens to see how the sun shines upon the highest mountain tops. He himself still lies in darkness. Once the sunlight reaches him, he says, "So let the sun remain behind me!" because his eyes cannot bear the light. I think this sunrise with its oscillating changes of colour is one of the most beautiful moments in the history of music."
Recorded live at Concertgebouw Amsterdam on 18, 20, 21, 23 and 24 April 2008.
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