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Enjott Schneider - Mystic Landscapes | Wergo WER51172

Enjott Schneider - Mystic Landscapes

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Label: Wergo

Cat No: WER51172

Barcode: 4010228511727

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 1st December 2017

Contents

Artists

Julia Sophie Wagner (soprano)
Choir & Orchestra of the Janacek Opera of the National Theatre Brno

Conductor

Hansjorg Albrecht

Works

Schneider, Enjott

Symphony no.5 'Schwarzwald-Saga'
Symphony no.6 'Der Rhein'

Artists

Julia Sophie Wagner (soprano)
Choir & Orchestra of the Janacek Opera of the National Theatre Brno

Conductor

Hansjorg Albrecht

About

Mystic Landscapes is the eighth of 10 CDs in WERGO’s continuing "Edition Enjott Schneider". The Rhine and the Black Forest are mystical and legendary landscapes that throughout the world are seen as inspirations for German Romanticism. Enjott Schneider conceived this recording as a tribute to these landscapes, not as illustrative programme music, but as an attempt to capture a certain mood in sound. Both symphonies have a strongly biographical background and are musical embodiments of personal memories of the composer.

Not without a certain tongue-in-cheek intent, the music in Symphony No.5 'Black Forest Saga' sometimes takes on an archaic tone that presents the Black Forest in the context of films depicting Celtic legends. The choral effects are sometimes distilled into Romantic vocalises or onomatopoeic sounds like the whistling of the wind or the rustling of leaves. As literary material Enjott Schneider used texts from the poem Der Mummelsee by August Schnezler.

The 'Romantic' central sections of the river between Mainz and Cologne are sometimes considered symbolic of Germany itself and have long inspired poets, painters, and visitors from around the world. In four movements the Symphony No.6 'The Rhine' thematicizes different moods and atmospheres of this legendary river.

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