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Schoenberg - Gurrelieder | Australian Eloquence ELQ4807055

Schoenberg - Gurrelieder

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Label: Australian Eloquence

Cat No: ELQ4807055

Barcode: 0028948070558

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 21st October 2013

Contents

Artists

Siegfried Jerusalem
Sharon Sweet
Marjana Lipovsek
Hartmut Welker
Philip Langridge
Barbara Sukowa
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Slowakischer Philharmonischer Chor Bratislava
Wiener Philharmoniker

Conductor

Claudio Abbado

Works

Schoenberg, Arnold

Gurrelieder

Artists

Siegfried Jerusalem
Sharon Sweet
Marjana Lipovsek
Hartmut Welker
Philip Langridge
Barbara Sukowa
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Slowakischer Philharmonischer Chor Bratislava
Wiener Philharmoniker

Conductor

Claudio Abbado

About

2013 marks the centenary of the first performance of Schoenberg’s – if not the early 20th century’s – essay in gargantuism. The forces involved were unprecedented: in addition to the soloists (soprano, mezzo-soprano, two tenors, bass and speaker) there were three male-voice choirs and an eight-part mixed choir; and the 150-piece orchestra included 25 woodwind, 11 percussion, 4 harps and 80 strings. In 1903 he had even been compelled to ask the Waldheim–Eberle Press to prepare him some special 48-stave manuscript paper.

The reception at the first performance was overwhelming: the ovation lasted fifteen minutes; the composer’s denigrators were silenced, and many members of the audience wept.

The title means 'Songs of Gurre', referring to Gurre Castle in Denmark, scene of the medieval love-tragedy revolving around the Danish national legend of the love of the Danish king Valdemar Atterdag (spelt Waldemar by Schoenberg) for his mistress Tove, and her subsequent murder by Valdemar's jealous Queen Helvig.

Cast:
- Siegfried Jerusalem (Waldemar)
- Sharon Sweet (Tove)
- Marjana Lipovsek (Wood Dove)

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