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Othmar Schoek - Notturno  | ECM New Series 4766995

Othmar Schoek - Notturno

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Label: ECM New Series

Cat No: 4766995

Barcode: 0028947669951

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 5th October 2009

Contents

Artists

Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
Rosamunde Quartet

Works

Schoeck, Othmar

Satze (5) fur Streichquartett und eine Singstimme, op.47

Artists

Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
Rosamunde Quartet

About

The outstanding German baritone Christian Gerhaher, winner of a BBC Music Magazine Award in early 2009 and rapidly becoming one of the most sought-after interpreters of Lieder today, makes his ECM debut with the Rosamunde Quartet in the very personal, romantic Notturno by Othmar Schoeck (1886–1957).

Although generally acknowledged as one of the leading composers of his native Switzerland, Schoeck has never acquired a stable reputation outside the German-speaking  world. This is partly due to his strong focus on the sung word: his output comprises eight operas, some 400 songs and a couple of smaller instrumental works. Moreover, his essentially late-romantic style was considered démodé after the Second World War when the avant-garde was arguing for a more rational and emotionally restricted approach to composition.

Here is a composer who deserves rediscovery”, says Heinz Holliger. “His works often come across to me as immensely personal, intense utterances that are both touching and moving – perhaps none more so than the wonderful Notturno Op.47.” Composed by Schoek between 1931 and 1933, it served as a personal confession after an unhappy extra-marital love affair. Its five movements set verses by German 19th-century-poet Nikolaus Lenau and by the great Swiss writer Gottfried Keller.

The highly differentiated, insightful interpretation by Christian Gerhaher – one of the most distinguished young German “Lied” singers and a former disciple of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau – and the Rosamunde Quartet offers a strong plea for Schoeck’s expressive music and sheds an exciting light on his artistic preoccupation with the dark abysses of human existence.

Rosamunde Quartet:
- Andreas Reiner violin
- Diane Pascal violin
- Helmut Nicolai viola
- Anja Lechner violoncello

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