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Schoenberg - Gurrelieder | Signum SIGCD173

Schoenberg - Gurrelieder

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Label: Signum

Cat No: SIGCD173

Barcode: 0635212017326

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 5th October 2009

Contents

Artists

Stig Andersen
Andreas Conrad
Soile Isokoski
Monica Groop
Ralf Lukas
Barbara Sukowa
Philharmonia Voices
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductor

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Works

Schoenberg, Arnold

Gurrelieder

Artists

Stig Andersen
Andreas Conrad
Soile Isokoski
Monica Groop
Ralf Lukas
Barbara Sukowa
Philharmonia Voices
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductor

Esa-Pekka Salonen

About

Recorded as part of the orchestra's ongoing 'Vienna - City of Dreams' concert programme, the latest release in Signum Records' ongoing series with the Philharmonia Orchestra is Schoenberg's choral and symphonic masterpiece Gurrelieder, performed live with Philharmonia Voices, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and other star soloists, led by Esa-Pekka Salonen.

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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