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Schumann - Das Paradies und die Peri      | Brilliant Classics 94065

Schumann - Das Paradies und die Peri

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Label: Brilliant Classics

Cat No: 94065

Barcode: 5028421940656

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 17th May 2010

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Contents

Artists

Julia Faulkner (soprano)
Heidi Grant Murphy (alto)
Florence Quivar (mezzo-soprano)
Elisabeth Wilke (mezzo-soprano)
Keith Lewis (tenor)
Robert Swensen (tenor)
Robert Hale (bass-baritone)
Staatskapelle Dresden

Conductor

Giuseppe Sinopoli

Works

Schumann, Robert

Das Paradies und die Peri, op.50

Artists

Julia Faulkner (soprano)
Heidi Grant Murphy (alto)
Florence Quivar (mezzo-soprano)
Elisabeth Wilke (mezzo-soprano)
Keith Lewis (tenor)
Robert Swensen (tenor)
Robert Hale (bass-baritone)
Staatskapelle Dresden

Conductor

Giuseppe Sinopoli

About

Robert Schumann wrote his oratorio Das Paradies und die Peri on Persian fairy tales, a rather unusual subject in a period when oratorios were mainly based on biblical history.

As always in Schumann’s case, his way of treating the form is highly original and imaginative. Rather than keeping in the tradition of separate sections of recitative, aria and choruses, he blended the form in a continuous stream of action in which motives related to persons or situations were the main dramatic features. In this he paved the way for Richard Wagner’s musical dramas.

Wonderful soloists and the oldest orchestra in Germany, Staatskapelle Dresden, conducted by the late Giuseppe Sinopoli.

The complete text of the oratorio is included in the booklet.

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