Schoenberg - Gurrelieder
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Label: Signum
Cat No: SIGCD173
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 5th October 2009
Contents
Artists
Stig AndersenAndreas Conrad
Soile Isokoski
Monica Groop
Ralf Lukas
Barbara Sukowa
Philharmonia Voices
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor
Esa-Pekka SalonenWorks
GurreliederArtists
Stig AndersenAndreas Conrad
Soile Isokoski
Monica Groop
Ralf Lukas
Barbara Sukowa
Philharmonia Voices
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor
Esa-Pekka SalonenAbout
Epic, opulent and often challenging, Gurrelieder made a decisive opening statement for ‘Vienna: City of Dreams’. Written between 1901 and 1911 it progresses from swooning post-Tristan Romanticism to stark, violent Expressionism, and even introduces Schoenberg's revolutionary Sprechgesang. As The Independent said in its review: "In a little under two hours, the 19th century ended and the 20th began … should City of Dreams continue in this fashion, it will be unmissable."
Cast:
- Stig Andersen (Waldemar)
- Andreas Conrad (Klaus-Narr)
- Soile Isokoski (Tove)
- Monica Groop (Waldtaube)
- Ralf Lukas (Bauer)
- Barbara Sukowa (Sprecher)
"The music-making was superb ... And what terrific soloists!" - The Times (5 Stars)
"How fitting that the opening concert of Esa-Pekka Salonen's Philharmonia series City of Dreams: Vienna 1900-1935 should conclude with the mightiest wake-up call in all music ... Schoenberg's scoring at its most fantastical - was despatched with great virtuosity." - Independent (4 Stars)
"Vienna - City of Dreams... looks set to be one of the musical highlights of 2009 if Esa-Pekka Salonen's sensational account of Schoenberg's seminal Gurrelieder at the Festival Hall last weekend proves typical. ... It was a brilliant, bold and generous masterstroke to open the festivities with Schoenberg's song-symphonic epic... Salonen charts Schoenberg's journey with an unerring command of his vast forces" - Sunday Times
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